Sean Casey

Full Name: Sean Thomas Casey	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/215	First Game: September 12, 1997
Birthdate: July 2, 1974	MLB Experience: 11 years
Birthplace: Willingboro, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
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8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Sean Casey ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Sean Thomas Casey (born on July 2, 1974, Willingboro, New Jersey, nicknamed "the Mayor," is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A graduate of the University of Richmond, he was drafted in 1995 in the 2nd round by the Cleveland Indians and was traded to the Reds before the 1998 season. Casey had his best year in 2004 hitting .324. In 1999, he won the Hutch Award.

Sean Casey is regarded by many Reds fans as one of the most approachable, friendliest players on the team, and his nickname, "the Mayor", comes from his reputation for chatting casually with every runner who makes it to first base, and from his very public charity work. It was frequently expanded to "the Mayor of Riverfront" when the Reds played at Riverfront Stadium. Casey is also regarded as among the slowest-running players in the game, grounding into 27 double play|double plays in the 2005 season.

Sean Casey was signed to the Reds through the 2006 season. However, despite his popularity among Reds fans, his name was often mentioned in rumors of possible trades to bolster the Reds' pitching staff. Indeed, Sean Casey was traded December 6, 2005 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for left handed pitcher Dave Williams (baseball)|Dave Williams. Reds manager Jerry Narron later announced that outfielder Adam Dunn would replace Casey at first base.

Casey has made the sports news for his charitable work almost as often as his fieldwork. He has been active in Big Brothers and Make-A-Wish Foundation, as well as the "Casey's Crew" program, where he provided free high-priced tickets to disadvantaged youth. Casey credits his Christian upbringing, in Pittsburgh's affluent Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania|Upper St. Clair suburb, for his generosity.[1] On April 14th, 2006, Sean was placed on the disabled list for 6-8 weeks. His injury was caused when the Chicago Cubs left fielder John Mabry elbowed him in the back on a routine play.

There is some disagreement on what was Sean Casey's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1999, when he slugged 25 home runs, hit for a .332 average and knocked in 99 runs. However, others believe that it was 2004, when he slugged 24 home runs, hit for a .324 average and knocked in 99 runs.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SB	IBB	GDP
1997	CLE	A	6	10	1	2	0	1	.200	.333	.200	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
1998	CIN	N	96	302	44	82	7	52	.272	.365	.417	21	1	43	45	3	1	3	11
1999	CIN	N	151	594	103	197	25	99	.332	.399	.539	42	3	61	88	9	0	13	15
2000	CIN	N	133	480	69	151	20	85	.315	.385	.517	33	2	52	80	7	1	4	16
2001	CIN	N	145	533	69	165	13	89	.310	.369	.458	40	0	43	63	9	3	8	16
2002	CIN	N	120	425	56	111	6	42	.261	.334	.362	25	0	43	47	5	2	6	11
2003	CIN	N	147	573	71	167	14	80	.291	.350	.408	19	3	51	58	2	4	4	19
2004	CIN	N	146	571	101	185	24	99	.324	.381	.534	44	2	46	36	10	2	5	16
2005	CIN	N	137	529	75	165	9	58	.312	.371	.423	32	0	48	48	5	2	3	27
2006	PIT	N	59	213	30	63	3	29	.296	.377	.408	15	0	23	22	6	0	5	7
2006	DET	A	53	184	17	45	5	30	.245	.286	.364	7	0	10	21	1	0	4	3
2006	Total		112	397	47	108	8	59	.272	.336	.388	22	0	33	43	7	0	9	10
2007	DET	A	143	453	40	134	4	54	.296	.353	.393	30	1	39	42	2	2	11	9
Total	NL		1134	4220	618	1286	121	633	.305	.371	.460	271	11	410	487	56	15	51	138
Total	AL		202	647	58	181	9	85	.279	?	?	37	1	50	65	4	2	15	12
Total			1336	4867	676	1467	130	718	.301	?	?	308	12	460	552	60	17	66	150

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1997	CLE	A	DH	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	CLE	A	1B	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.000
1998	CIN	N	1B	86	79	683.1	643	36	4	65	.994
1999	CIN	N	1B	148	147	1297	1189	55	6	109	.995
1999	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	CIN	N	1B	129	126	1079	1062	61	6	106	.995
2001	CIN	N	1B	136	134	1127	1146	62	7	89	.994
2001	CIN	N	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	CIN	N	1B	108	106	935	927	70	7	93	.993
2002	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	CIN	N	1B	144	144	1251.2	1257	75	6	112	.996
2004	CIN	N	1B	145	142	1245.2	1233	56	8	86	.994
2004	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	CIN	N	1B	134	132	1138.2	1153	55	2	91	.998
2006	PIT	N	1B	55	55	461.1	471	20	0	44	1.000
2006	DET	A	1B	51	47	413	467	14	2	40	.996
2006	Total		1B	106	102	874.1	938	34	2	84	.998
2007	DET	A	1B	131	105	989	992	42	2	87	.998
2007	DET	A	DH	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1268	1217	10623.2	10542	546	50	922	.996
Total			DH	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000