Jerry Casale

Full Name: Jerry Joseph Casale	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: September 14, 1958
Birthdate: September 27, 1933	Final Game: July 22, 1962
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 27, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, Jerry Casale (Jerry Joseph Casale) played for the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career. Casale broke into the bigs on September 14, 1958 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.31 ERA in 179.2 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jerry Casale's best season was 1959, when he posted a 4.31 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 93 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1958	BOS	A	2	0	0	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0
1959	BOS	A	31	26	13	8	4.31	93	89	86	9	3	0	179.2	162	20	89	3	7	5
1960	BOS	A	29	14	2	9	6.17	54	78	66	1	0	0	96.1	113	14	67	5	5	1
1961	LA	A	13	7	1	5	6.54	35	34	31	0	0	1	42.2	52	9	25	0	6	1
1961	DET	A	3	1	0	0	5.25	6	8	7	0	0	0	12	15	3	3	0	2	0
1961	TOT	A	16	8	1	5	6.26	41	42	38	0	0	1	54.2	67	12	28	0	8	1
1962	DET	A	18	1	1	2	4.66	16	19	19	0	0	0	36.2	33	5	18	1	2	0
Total			96	49	17	24	5.08	207	228	209	10	3	1	370.1	376	51	204	9	22	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1958	BOS	A	P	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BOS	A	P	31	26	179.2	8	12	3	1	1	8	1	1	.870
1960	BOS	A	P	29	14	96	5	13	0	0	1	5	1	0	1.000
1961	LA	A	P	13	7	42.2	4	4	1	0	1	4	2	2	.889
1961	DET	A	P	3	1	12	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	.667
1961	TOT	A	P	16	8	54.2	6	6	3	2	1	5	3	2	.800
1962	DET	A	P	18	1	36.2	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
Total			P	96	49	370	24	37	6	3	3	19	6	3	.910

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1958	BOS	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1959	BOS	A	31	59	7	10	3	9	.169	.234	.356	2	5	21	4	0
1960	BOS	A	29	33	4	9	0	4	.273	.333	.364	3	3	9	0	1
1961	LA	A	13	13	2	6	1	2	.462	.500	.846	2	1	4	0	0
1961	DET	A	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1961	TOT	A	16	16	2	6	1	2	.375	.412	.688	2	1	7	0	0
1962	DET	A	18	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	0	1	4	0	0
Total			96	116	13	25	4	15	.216	.278	.379	7	10	41	4	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1952).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Boston Red Sox in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Los Angeles Angels to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jim Donohue (June 7, 1961).

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