George Caster
Philadelphia Athletics 1934–1935; Philadelphia Athletics 1937–1940; St. Louis Browns 1941–1944; Detroit Tigers 1945; St. Louis Browns 1945; Detroit Tigers 1946
Percentile snapshot
1940 season — qualified pitchers
of 95 qualified 1940 pitchers (min 154 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 33.6 | 39.3 | .248 | 0.8 |
| 1935 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .261 | .273 | .534 | 31.7 | 37.4 | .251 | -0.5 |
| 1937 | 37 | 93 | 90 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .228 | .256 | .484 | 12.8 | 21.4 | .223 | 2.8 |
| 1938 | 42 | 112 | 101 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .198 | .264 | .248 | .511 | 27.9 | 28.8 | .247 | 4.2 |
| 1939 | 28 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .209 | .419 | -1.3 | 7.0 | .193 | 0.9 |
| 1940 | 36 | 67 | 62 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .169 | .145 | .314 | -26.0 | -17.7 | .152 | -2.6 |
| 1941 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .207 | -67.9 | -46.1 | .096 | 0.0 |
| 1942 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | -58.5 | -45.8 | .107 | 1.5 |
| 1943 | 35 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | -12.9 | 3.4 | .175 | 1.8 |
| 1944 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 41.6 | 53.9 | .256 | 1.9 |
| 1945 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .313 | .214 | .527 | 53.7 | 49.9 | .274 | -0.2 |
| 1946 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -49.6 | -21.7 | .133 | -0.6 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 37.0 | 3.41 | 1.243 | 3.65 | 4.78 | 108.3 | 129.5 | 0.8 |
| 1935 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 44 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 63.3 | 6.25 | 1.942 | 3.41 | 5.82 | 129.5 | 71.9 | -0.5 |
| 1937 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 227 | 114 | 107 | 100 | 23 | 231.7 | 4.43 | 1.442 | 3.88 | 4.97 | 107.0 | 104.7 | 2.8 |
| 1938 | 42 | 40 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 310 | 136 | 117 | 112 | 25 | 281.3 | 4.35 | 1.518 | 3.58 | 4.75 | 99.2 | 110.1 | 4.2 |
| 1939 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 144 | 74 | 45 | 59 | 16 | 136.0 | 4.90 | 1.390 | 3.90 | 4.86 | 104.5 | 94.9 | 0.9 |
| 1940 | 36 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 234 | 130 | 69 | 75 | 18 | 178.3 | 6.56 | 1.699 | 3.79 | 4.61 | 105.0 | 66.8 | -2.6 |
| 1941 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 58 | 37 | 36 | 12 | 104.3 | 5.00 | 1.361 | 3.11 | 4.69 | 108.9 | 86.0 | 0.0 |
| 1942 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 25 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 80.0 | 2.81 | 1.263 | 3.83 | 3.76 | 101.1 | 132.3 | 1.5 |
| 1943 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 18 | 41 | 43 | 4 | 76.3 | 2.12 | 1.441 | 5.07 | 3.55 | 106.3 | 157.5 | 1.8 |
| 1944 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 5 | 81.0 | 2.44 | 1.531 | 5.11 | 3.44 | 96.6 | 145.6 | 1.9 |
| 1945 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 3 | 67.0 | 4.57 | 1.507 | 4.30 | 3.68 | 105.3 | 76.5 | -0.2 |
| 1946 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 41.3 | 5.66 | 1.597 | 4.14 | 3.66 | 100.2 | 64.5 | -0.6 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-05-21 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1939-06-17 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1937-08-29 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1937-05-27 | CLE @ ATH Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1938-08-27 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-04-23 | ATH @ MIN Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 1937-05-16 | NYY @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 1938-07-13 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 1939-05-07 | ATH @ DET Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1939-07-06 | MIN @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.