John
Casey
 
Nickname: The Mighty
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 19, 1859 in Cooperstown, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1887   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Best Hitter Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1877 17 BSN NL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1878 18 BSN NL 60 235 26 61 13 5 0 36 0 0 6 2 .260 .275 .357 .632 20.5 4.1
1879 19 BSN NL 83 336 58 102 42 1 0 71 2 0 23 7 .304 .346 .435 .781 43.8 7.6
1880 20 BSN NL 84 325 50 98 22 2 0 51 0 1 31 1 .302 .361 .382 .743 41.6 11.2
1881 21 BSN NL 83 322 51 93 22 6 0 40 0 0 31 6 .289 .350 .394 .745 42.9 8.1
1882 22 BSN NL 84 327 56 79 28 9 1 54 0 0 25 30 .242 .293 .391 .685 36.1 7.2
1883 23 BSN NL 98 387 49 99 33 4 1 41 0 0 22 44 .256 .293 .370 .663 40.9 5.4
1884 24 BSN NL 111 450 79 134 32 8 3 49 0 0 30 27 .298 .344 .424 .768 61.4 16.6
1885 25 BSN NL 112 422 80 112 32 12 6 74 0 1 70 29 .265 .370 .441 .811 67.4 14.2
1886 26 BSN NL 117 448 65 122 32 6 3 64 0 1 59 38 .272 .357 .391 .747 62.7 11.2
1887 27 BSN NL 113 442 70 123 22 8 3 64 0 1 47 5 .278 .345 .385 .729 55.1 4.1
1888 28 BSN NL 123 450 43 111 22 8 4 73 1 0 22 24 .247 .288 .358 .646 45.7 9.2
1889 29 CL6 NL 136 531 94 164 46 7 6 100 1 0 69 40 .309 .390 .456 .845 90.1 23.9
1890 30 CL6 NL 134 521 77 153 30 7 7 77 0 0 52 11 .294 .358 .418 .776 73.3 22.5
1891 31 CL6 NL 140 565 67 156 19 6 3 68 1 0 48 25 .276 .333 .347 .680 65.6 11.1
15 Years Sim 1483 5764 866 1607 395 89 37 862 5 4 535 289 .279 .340 .397 .737 746.6 156.7
162 Game Average 629 94 175 43 9 4 94 0 0 58 31 .279 .340 .397 .737 81.6  
Career Highs 140 565 94 164 46 12 7 100 2 1 70 44 .309 .390 .456 .845 90.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4575 690 1273 327 67 25 675 4 3 405 247 .278 .337 .395 .732 588.6
vs LH   1189 176 334 68 22 12 187 1 1 130 42 .281 .352 .405 .758 167.1
Home 747 2820 434 787 184 40 16 422 1 4 282 141 .279 .343 .390 .733 370.2
Away 736 2944 432 820 211 49 21 440 4 0 253 148 .279 .337 .405 .741 385.5
RISP   1715 0 480 122 28 14 740 0 0 194 87 .280 .345 .408 .753 242.5
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   642 90 178 41 12 5 95 0 0 94 32 .277 .371 .402 .773 96.6
Mar/Apr 45 184 19 48 6 2 0 19 1 0 13 10 .261 .315 .315 .630 17.9
May 286 1131 171 316 93 13 11 190 0 0 97 57 .279 .336 .414 .750 150.6
June 274 1057 168 290 65 9 10 157 4 0 110 55 .274 .345 .381 .726 138.0
July 289 1123 176 323 84 13 9 180 0 0 107 53 .288 .349 .410 .759 155.0
August 264 1002 140 302 72 25 2 134 0 3 93 49 .301 .357 .429 .787 145.7
Sep/Oct 324 1267 192 328 75 27 5 182 0 1 115 65 .259 .321 .373 .694 148.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1877 17 BSN NL 1B 5 0 6.7 7 1 0 1 1.000 10.81   0.0
1878 18 BSN NL 1B 60 60 523.0 711 69 10 56 .987 13.42   1.4
1879 19 BSN NL 1B 83 83 759.0 949 79 12 80 .988 12.19   2.0
1880 20 BSN NL 1B 84 84 745.0 969 76 11 71 .990 12.62   1.8
1881 21 BSN NL 1B 83 83 750.3 954 68 13 104 .987 12.26   1.3
1882 22 BSN NL 1B 84 84 749.3 929 80 12 83 .988 12.12   1.1
1883 23 BSN NL 1B 98 98 873.3 1169 83 9 96 .993 12.90   1.9
1884 24 BSN NL 1B 111 111 997.3 1284 122 20 124 .986 12.69   1.6
1885 25 BSN NL 1B 112 112 1011.0 1222 105 14 128 .990 11.81   1.2
1886 26 BSN NL 1B 117 117 1060.3 1170 112 22 128 .983 10.88   0.8
1887 27 BSN NL 1B 113 112 977.7 1284 111 14 149 .990 12.84   1.9
1888 28 BSN NL 1B 123 123 1099.7 1405 111 19 137 .988 12.41   1.0
1889 29 CL6 NL 1B 135 135 1196.3 1197 112 20 127 .985 9.85   1.2
1890 30 CL6 NL 1B 134 134 1188.3 1416 131 13 130 .992 11.72   1.8
1891 31 CL6 NL 1B 140 140 1243.7 1367 114 20 154 .987 10.72   1.8
Career Totals   1482 1476 13181.0 16033 1374 209 1568 .988 11.89   20.7
Career Highs   140 140 1243.7 1416 131 22 154 1.000 13.42    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1879-9-.255*
Slugging Pct
1879-9-.313*
1884-6-.424
1885-4-.437*
1889-7-.456
CAR-25-.397
OPS
1885-7-.804*
CAR-32-.737
XR
1889-8-90.1
1890-10-73.3
CAR-8-746.6
Games
1878-1-60
1879-1-83
1880-1-84
1882-1-84
1883-1-98
1884-9-111
1885-1-112
1889-3-136
1890-10-134
1891-1-140
CAR-5-1483
At-Bats
CAR-7-5764
Runs
1882-8-56
CAR-11-866
Hits
CAR-11-1607
Total Bases
1884-10-191
1885-10-186
1889-7-242
CAR-7-2291
Singles
CAR-32-1086
Doubles
1878-3-13
1879-2-42
1880-7-22
1882-1-28
1883-1-33
1884-3-32
1885-1-32
1886-3-32
1888-6-22
1889-1-46
1890-10-30
CAR-1-395
Triples
1878-9-5
CAR-25-89
Homeruns
1885-3-6
CAR-23-37
RBIs
1878-6-36
1879-4-71
1880-6-51
1882-6-54
1889-7-100
1890-10-77
CAR-8-862
Walks
1878-10-6
1879-7-23
1880-5-31
1881-5-31
1890-4-52
CAR-10-535
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 15
   Gray Ink Test: 86
 
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