Hugh Casey

Full Name: Hugh Thomas Casey	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/207	First Game: April 29, 1935
Birthdate: October 14, 1913	Final Game: September 23, 1949
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: July 3, 1951
Deathplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 14, 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia, Hugh Casey (Hugh Thomas Casey) played for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career. Casey broke into the bigs on April 29, 1935 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.93 ERA in 227.1 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hugh Casey's best season was 1939, when he posted a 2.93 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 79 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1935	CHI	N	13	0	0	0	3.86	10	13	11	0	0	0	25.2	29	2	14	1	0
1939	BRO	N	40	25	15	10	2.93	79	88	74	15	0	1	227.1	228	13	54	4	11
1940	BRO	N	44	10	11	8	3.62	53	63	62	5	2	2	154	136	13	51	4	6
1941	BRO	N	45	18	14	11	3.89	61	81	70	4	1	7	162	155	8	57	2	1
1942	BRO	N	50	2	6	3	2.25	54	32	28	0	0	13	112	91	3	44	1	2
1946	BRO	N	46	1	11	5	1.99	31	31	22	0	0	5	99.2	101	2	33	2	2
1947	BRO	N	46	0	10	4	3.99	40	36	34	0	0	18	76.2	75	7	29	0	2
1948	BRO	N	22	0	3	0	8.00	7	36	32	0	0	4	36	59	6	17	1	2
1949	PIT	N	33	0	4	1	4.66	9	24	20	0	0	5	38.2	50	4	14	0	1
1949	NY	A	4	0	1	0	8.22	5	10	7	0	0	0	7.2	11	0	8	0	0
1949	Total		37	0	5	1	5.24	14	34	27	0	0	5	46.1	61	4	22	0	1
Total	NL		339	56	74	42	3.41	344	404	353	24	3	55	932	924	58	313	15	27
Total	AL		4	0	1	0	8.22	5	10	7	0	0	0	7.2	11	0	8	0	0
Total			343	56	75	42	3.45	349	414	360	24	3	55	939.2	935	58	321	15	27

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1935	CHI	N	P	13	3	5	0	1	1.000
1939	BRO	N	P	40	14	53	0	5	1.000
1940	BRO	N	P	44	5	40	1	1	.978
1941	BRO	N	P	45	10	41	1	6	.981
1942	BRO	N	P	50	7	18	2	2	.926
1946	BRO	N	P	46	9	32	2	4	.953
1947	BRO	N	P	46	4	13	0	2	1.000
1948	BRO	N	P	22	1	7	0	1	1.000
1949	PIT	N	P	33	1	0	0	0	1.000
1949	NY	A	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000
1949	Total		P	37	1	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	343	54	210	6	22	.978

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1935	CHI	N	13	6	1	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	3	0	0
1939	BRO	N	40	74	10	15	6	.203	.234	.243	3	3	13	10	2
1940	BRO	N	45	36	4	9	1	.250	.308	.278	1	3	11	8	0
1941	BRO	N	45	50	4	6	0	.120	.185	.140	1	4	15	5	0
1942	BRO	N	50	27	2	4	4	.148	.207	.185	1	2	7	4	0
1946	BRO	N	46	22	1	3	0	.136	.208	.136	0	2	4	5	1
1947	BRO	N	46	18	0	1	1	.056	.105	.056	0	1	2	2	0
1948	BRO	N	22	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	0
1949	PIT	N	33	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0
1949	NY	A	4	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1949	Total		37	4	1	1	2	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0
Total	NL		340	243	23	40	13	.165	.213	.193	7	15	56	36	3
Total	AL		4	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			344	244	23	40	14	.164	.212	.193	7	15	56	36	3

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Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from Memphis (Southern Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1938).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (September 29, 1948).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 10, 1949).
Signed by New York Yankees (September 4, 1949).
Released by New York Yankees (October 13, 1949).

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