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George Caster

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: August 4, 1907 in Colton, CA us

Died: December 18, 1955 in Lakewood, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA

School: San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1934 (Age 27-037d, 7,768th in major league history)
vs. CLE 8.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 5 ER, W

Last Game: September 16, 1946 (Age 39-043d)
vs. WSH 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: George Jasper Caster

Nicknames: Ug

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1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

100

ERA

4.54

376

127

1377.2

595

WHIP

1.500

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-23 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 7

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	171	4	Apr 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	6-7		99	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.28	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.023	.61	0.04%	1.01	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
2	172	7	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	L(0-1)	2	8.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.80	2.48	29	9	9	2	2	4	67			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	.96	0.220	2.02	0.28%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	173	12	May 1	SLB		NYY	L,5-14	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	2.1	3	6	6	3	2	1	0	5.84	4.00	13	2	3	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.246	.92	-0.21%	-2.98	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d3
4	174	22	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.02	3.69	5	2	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.028	.11	0.01%	2.88	7b 123 0 out d4	8b end d 4
5	175	29	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,9-10	8-GF	BL(0-3)	6	1.2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	5.06	4.78	9	4	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.96	-0.818	2.27	-0.38%	-2.39	8b 12- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
6	176	37	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-5	L(0-4)	8	4.2	5	3	3	4	0	1	0	5.23	5.54	22	3	11	1	4	4	38			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.104	.55	-0.04%	-1.16	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d3
7	177	39	May 30(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.41	6	0	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.013	.04	0.00%	-0.41	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	178	42	Jun 1(2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-5			1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.16	5.30	4												3					0
9	179	43	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	W,14-12		S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.88	5.28	5												4					0
10	180	46	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	6-8		3	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.33	4.93	11	2	6	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.114	.15	0.02%	1.65	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
11	181	48	Jun 8(2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-8	1-2		0	1.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.76	4.97	8	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.091	.07	-0.01%	-1.34	1t --- 2 out d5	2t 3 out d5
12	182	52	Jun 15	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-10	8-GF(8)		6	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.71	5.05	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b 12- 2 out d7	8b end d 7
13	183	54	Jun 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-12	6-7		3	2.0	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	5.58	5.42	11	4	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-2.99	6b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d12
14	184	65	Jun 30	SLB		CLE	W,12-6	8-GF	S(2)	10	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.23	5.45	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	.16	0.010	.01	0.00%	1.10	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	185	66	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,6-10	5-6		0	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	5.71	5.75	11	2	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-1.90	5t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d9
16	186	71	Jul 6(1)	SLB		DET	L,5-7	7-8		4	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.65	5.76	10	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.026	.01	0.00%	0.10	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
17	187	76	Jul 13(1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-7	6-6		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.50	5.76	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.55	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
18	188	88	Jul 24	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-9	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.35	5.63	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	189	90	Jul 26	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.22	5.63	4	1	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	0.184	.00	0.00%	-0.11	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
20	190	94	Jul 31(1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,16-11	2-7		4	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	0	0	5.84	5.31	25	6	6	0	1	8		3	1	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.362	.00	0.00%	-1.94	2b 123 2 out a2	7b 12- 2 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	191	100	Aug 6(1)	SLB		CHW	W,9-6	8-GF	S(4)	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.63	5.14	5	1	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.150	.00	0.00%	1.78	8t 1-3 1 out a3	9t end a 3
22	192	103	Aug 8	SLB		CHW	L,2-16	4-GF		1	6.0	8	11	7	3	1	2	0	6.19	5.50	32	15	5	1	0	8		0	0	1	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	3	.10	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-7.71	4t --- 0 out d5	9t end d14
23	193	107	Aug 11(2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	W(1-4)	2	9.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	0	5.72	5.00	40						56						40	2	0			0
24	194	114	Aug 17(2)	SLB		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(2-4)	5	9.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.12	4.69	30						78						30	1	0			0
25	195	120	Aug 21(2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-12	GS-	L(2-5)	3	5.1	6	7	6	2	5	1	0	5.47	4.67	24						33						22					0
26	196	121	Aug 22	SLB		PHA	L,4-5	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.33	4.68	9	4	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.101	.00	0.00%	1.10	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
27	197	126	Aug 26	SLB		WSH	L,0-3	GS-5	L(2-6)	3	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.33	4.73	20	8	6	0	2	4	43			1	0	0	19	0	0	1	2	0	0	.78	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.26	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
28	198	130	Aug 30	SLB		CHW	W,10-1	CG	W(3-6)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.91	4.53	31	19	6	1	0	3	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.390	.00	0.00%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	199	133	Sep 1(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-9			1	3.2	7	3	1	0	3	1	0	4.81	4.53	18												17					0
30	200	137	Sep 6(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS-	L(3-7)	4	0.2	7	6	6	1	0	1	0	5.34	4.69	9						13						7					0
31	201	148	Sep 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6			13	4.1	2	1	1	3	0	1	0	5.20	4.83	17												14					0
32	202	154	Sep 26(1)	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	4-7		5	3.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.02	4.72	13	5	3	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.316	.00	0.00%	3.10	4t -23 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
							9-23		W-L:3-7,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.0	104.0	105	66	58	37	36	12	2	5.02	4.72	447	1.32		5%	5%	61	48	15	27%	2	2	0	402	16	2	4	9	0	5	.82	-0.301	.37	-0.28%	-2.66

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