George Caster
1934–1946 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, MLS, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
380G
.184AVG
.218OBP
.214SLG
More career statistics
81H
0HR
37RBI
0SB
76–100W–L
1,377.2IP
595K
4.54ERA
127GS
39SV
9Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 440 | 442 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 133 | 134 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 470 | 472 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,096 | 6,100 |
| Pitching · p er | 695 | 698 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,469 | 1,468 |
| Pitching · p hr | 121 | 123 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,133 | 4,126 |
| Pitching · p r | 833 | 831 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 380 | 470 | 440 | 25 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 18 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | .184 | .218 | .214 | .432 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,377.7 | 376 | 127 | 62 | 76 | 100 | 39 | 1,469 | 833 | 695 | 121 | 597 | 595 | 0 | 0 | 4.54 | 1.500 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1937-05-11 to 1937-05-21
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six Home Runs Allowed | 1940-09-24 | 1 in 18,629 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1943-09-18 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1940-09-18 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 202 | 211 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 51 | .230 | .261 | .265 |
| Away | 178 | 261 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 83 | .146 | .169 | .171 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .172 | .212 | .172 |
| May | 68 | 83 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | .184 | .217 | .237 |
| June | 72 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 24 | .209 | .225 | .244 |
| July | 69 | 83 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | .175 | .193 | .200 |
| August | 72 | 95 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 32 | .169 | .189 | .213 |
| September | 72 | 85 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | .179 | .224 | .179 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 62 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | .098 | .136 | .098 |
| boston-red-sox | 57 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21 | .210 | .250 | .258 |
| cleveland-guardians | 54 | 75 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 19 | .271 | .280 | .300 |
| chicago-white-sox | 54 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 19 | .205 | .227 | .241 |
| detroit-tigers | 53 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | .109 | .119 | .141 |
| new-york-yankees | 44 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .172 | .194 | .172 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 |
| st-louis-browns | 25 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | .262 | .311 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 15 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .267 | 37 | 15 |
| 1935 | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 22 | 5 | – | – | – | .227 | 63 | 24 |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 90 | 19 | – | 11 | – | .211 | 231 | 100 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 42 | 101 | 20 | – | 10 | – | .198 | 280 | 112 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 43 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .209 | 136 | 59 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 62 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .129 | 178 | 75 |
| 1941 |  St. Louis Browns | 32 | 29 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .103 | 104 | 36 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 39 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | 80 | 34 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 22 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .136 | 76 | 43 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 42 | 22 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .227 | 80 | 46 |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 32 | 14 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .214 | 67 | 32 |
| 1946 |  Detroit Tigers | 26 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 41 | 19 |