Red
Causey
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 11, 1893 in Usa, FL, GEORGETOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1918   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 24 PHA AL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 8 8 8 10 10 10
1919 25 PHA AL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 9 9 10 10 10
1920 26 PHA AL $ 300,000 7 2 3 3 8 9 8 10 10 10
1921 27 PHA AL $ 300,000 7 2 3 3 8 9 9 10 10 10
1922 28 PHA AL $ 1,378,571 7 2 3 2 8 9 9 10 10 10
1923 29 PHA AL $ 2,285,714 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10
1924 30 PHA AL $ 1,840,000 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 10 10 10
1925 31 BSN NL $ 1,840,000 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10
1926 32 BSN NL $ 5,500,000 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10
1927 33 BSN NL $ 5,500,000 7 1 2 2 8 9 8 10 10 10
1928 34 BSN NL $ 5,500,000 7 1 1 1 8 8 8 10 10 10
1929 35 BSN NL $ 950,000 7 1 1 1 8 8 8 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 1 1 1 8 8 8 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000 7 3 4 3 8 9 9 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 24 PHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1919 25 PHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1920 26 PHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1921 27 PHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1922 28 PHA AL $ 1,378,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1923 29 PHA AL $ 2,285,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1924 30 PHA AL $ 1,840,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1925 31 BSN NL $ 1,840,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1926 32 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1927 33 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1928 34 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
1929 35 BSN NL $ 950,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1918 24 PHA AL 10 7 .588 29 20 14 3 6 181.7 173 65 2 61 44 3.22 .257 .323 .325 .648 12.1
    AAA   2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 24.7 18 4 0 15 14 1.46 .198 .311 .198 .509  
1919 25 PHA AL 14 14 .500 33 27 23 4 1 238.3 230 80 1 55 97 3.02 .256 .298 .313 .612 15.6
1920 26 PHA AL 11 16 .407 33 31 21 1 0 257.7 297 117 2 66 78 4.09 .290 .335 .369 .704 13.4
1921 27 PHA AL 18 17 .514 37 37 23 0 0 302.3 354 149 5 75 74 4.44 .292 .337 .383 .720 17.2
1922 28 PHA AL 17 8 .680 30 30 18 1 0 238.0 236 91 0 70 36 3.44 .261 .317 .326 .643 18.2
1923 29 PHA AL 11 17 .393 31 28 18 0 0 226.7 287 110 2 60 37 4.37 .312 .356 .394 .750 9.5
1924 30 PHA AL 10 13 .435 31 26 15 0 0 211.0 257 80 1 50 35 3.41 .300 .340 .368 .707 15.2
1925 31 PHA AL 3 1 .750 7 7 2 0 0 45.7 46 13 0 9 13 2.56 .260 .300 .339 .639 3.9
  BSN NL 5 5 .500 18 17 5 0 0 135.7 158 63 2 29 20 4.18 .289 .329 .385 .713 8.3
  TOT   8 6 .571 25 24 7 0 0 181.3 204 76 2 38 33 3.77 .282 .322 .373 .695 12.2
1926 32 BSN NL 16 19 .457 41 41 7 1 0 303.0 343 129 3 92 56 3.83 .290 .344 .353 .697 17.2
1927 33 BSN NL 14 19 .424 41 41 12 1 0 311.7 390 155 5 76 43 4.48 .310 .351 .398 .749 14.0
1928 34 BSN NL 22 12 .647 41 41 12 3 0 320.0 372 134 4 94 48 3.77 .296 .350 .363 .713 19.1
1929 35 BSN NL 14 17 .452 39 39 11 1 0 282.7 373 173 7 84 45 5.51 .322 .366 .420 .786 6.4
12 Years Sim 165 165 .500 411 385 181 15 7 3054.3 3516 1359 34 821 626 4.00 .291 .339 .368 .707 170.1
1 Years AAA 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 24.7 18 4 0 15 14 1.46 .198 .311 .198 .509  
Season Average 13 13 .500 34 32 15 1 0 254.5 293 113 2 68 52 4.00 .291 .339 .368 .707  
Career Highs 22 19 .680 41 41 23 4 6 320.0 390 173 7 94 97 5.51 .322 .366 .420 .786  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1654 635 16 344 346   .284 .324 .353 .677
vs LH   1862 724 18 477 280   .298 .348 .383 .730
Home 83 80 .509 200 189 89 7 0 1543.3 1746 629 15 417 314 3.67 .287 .333 .357 .690
Away 82 85 .491 211 196 92 8 7 1511.0 1770 730 19 404 312 4.35 .295 .340 .380 .720
Mar/Apr 18 18 .500 45 45 18 0 0 342.0 410 170 3 97 59 4.47 .299 .345 .372 .718
May 36 27 .571 75 69 33 4 1 554.3 624 214 3 154 113 3.47 .289 .337 .354 .690
June 35 31 .530 75 74 45 6 0 599.0 602 203 4 150 122 3.05 .263 .308 .333 .641
July 25 27 .481 66 61 31 3 2 488.0 612 230 7 118 104 4.24 .308 .347 .393 .739
August 24 35 .407 78 70 28 2 2 549.3 644 278 7 148 134 4.55 .294 .338 .367 .705
Sep/Oct 27 27 .500 72 66 26 0 2 521.6 624 264 10 154 94 4.55 .301 .349 .398 .748
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger 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
1918 24 PHA AL 29 57 5 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .123 .153 .140 .293 0.1 0.0
1919 25 PHA AL 33 80 6 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 .125 .157 .150 .307 -0.1 0.0
1920 26 PHA AL 33 84 6 17 2 0 0 11 1 0 1 20 .202 .212 .226 .438 3.8 0.0
1921 27 PHA AL 37 106 16 27 2 1 1 10 0 0 3 25 .255 .273 .321 .593 9.8 0.5
1922 28 PHA AL 30 79 2 14 4 0 0 10 0 0 2 20 .177 .195 .228 .423 3.4 0.0
1923 29 PHA AL 31 71 5 19 2 0 0 10 0 0 4 14 .268 .307 .296 .602 6.5 0.7
1924 30 PHA AL 31 67 6 17 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 15 .254 .265 .284 .548 4.8 0.0
1925 31 PHA AL 7 16 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .313 .294 .375 .669 1.8 0.1
  BSN NL 18 44 3 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 9 .159 .224 .182 .406 1.9 0.0
  TOT   25 60 6 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 11 .200 .242 .233 .476 3.7 0.1
1926 32 BSN NL 41 114 10 23 5 0 0 10 0 1 6 25 .202 .242 .246 .487 5.9 0.0
1927 33 BSN NL 41 110 11 21 1 0 0 8 0 1 6 28 .191 .237 .200 .437 4.2 0.0
1928 34 BSN NL 41 115 12 17 2 0 0 9 0 1 4 20 .148 .175 .165 .340 0.7 0.0
1929 35 BSN NL 39 97 5 15 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 25 .155 .178 .175 .353 1.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 411 1040 90 199 27 1 1 89 1 4 38 260 .191 .220 .222 .442 44.2 1.4
162 Game Average 409 35 78 10 0 0 35 0 1 14 102 .191 .220 .222 .442 17.4  
Career Highs 41 115 16 27 5 1 1 11 1 1 6 32 .268 .307 .321 .602 9.8  
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   732 54 136 17 1 1 64 1 4 21 184 .186 .208 .216 .423 22.0
vs LH   308 36 63 10 0 0 25 0 0 17 76 .205 .248 .237 .485 16.0
Home 200 485 39 94 17 0 0 45 0 2 24 120 .194 .232 .229 .461 20.7
Away 211 555 51 105 10 1 1 44 1 2 14 140 .189 .209 .216 .425 17.3
RISP   279 0 62 8 1 1 89 0 0 7 73 .222 .235 .269 .504 15.8
Close/Late   98 8 20 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 21 .204 .220 .214 .434 3.4
Mar/Apr 45 124 11 26 4 0 0 10 0 0 4 40 .210 .240 .242 .482 5.8
May 75 179 13 38 3 0 0 17 0 1 12 43 .212 .259 .229 .488 9.9
June 75 215 15 37 6 0 0 11 0 0 2 60 .172 .179 .200 .379 3.4
July 64 166 15 26 5 0 0 18 0 1 6 37 .157 .185 .187 .372 2.4
August 70 170 13 28 5 0 0 14 0 0 6 40 .165 .196 .194 .390 3.5
Sep/Oct 72 186 23 44 4 1 1 19 1 2 8 40 .237 .267 .285 .552 13.0
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    
1918 24 PHA AL P 29 20 181.7 12 48 4 4 .938 2.97    
1919 25 PHA AL P 33 27 238.3 13 59 2 2 .973 2.72    
1920 26 PHA AL P 33 31 257.7 18 49 4 3 .944 2.34    
1921 27 PHA AL P 37 37 302.3 28 64 4 3 .958 2.74    
1922 28 PHA AL P 30 30 238.0 28 48 5 3 .938 2.87    
1923 29 PHA AL P 31 28 226.7 20 57 7 4 .917 3.06    
1924 30 PHA AL P 31 26 211.0 20 29 2 0 .961 2.09    
1925 31 PHA AL P 7 7 45.7 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.36    
  BSN NL P 18 17 135.7 12 23 0 1 1.000 2.32    
  TOT   P 25 24 181.3 16 31 0 1 1.000 2.33    
1926 32 BSN NL P 41 41 303.0 27 59 2 9 .977 2.55    
1927 33 BSN NL P 41 41 311.7 21 78 6 5 .943 2.86    
1928 34 BSN NL P 41 41 320.0 20 72 3 9 .968 2.59    
1929 35 BSN NL P 39 39 282.7 19 72 5 5 .948 2.90    
Career Totals   411 385 3054.3 242 666 44 48 .954 2.68    
Career Highs   41 41 320.0 28 78 7 9 1.000 3.06    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1925 31 BSN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 19 8 0 5 2 4.80 .333 .387 .404 .791
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 19 8 0 5 2 4.80 .333 .387 .404 .791
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1925 31 BSN NL 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .429 .200 .629
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .429 .200 .629
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1919-10-3.02
1922-6-3.44
1924-3-3.41
Wins
1921-5-18
1922-9-17
1928-3-22
CAR-47-165
Losses
1919-10-14
1920-10-16
1921-2-17
1923-3-17
1926-3-19
1927-2-19
1929-8-17
CAR-33-165
Winning Pct
1922-3-.680
1928-3-.647
Saves
1918-5-6
Games Pitched
1926-3-41
1927-4-41
1928-3-41
1929-6-39
CAR-48-411
Games Started
1921-8-37
1926-1-41
1927-1-41
1928-1-41
1929-3-39
CAR-41-385
Complete Games
1921-10-23
Shutouts
1918-8-3
1919-2-4
1922-10-1
1928-2-3
Innings Pitched
1921-9-302.3
1927-10-311.7
1928-10-320.0
CAR-43-3054.3
Hits Allowed
1921-5-354
1926-4-343
1927-3-390
1928-3-372
1929-2-373
CAR-28-3516
Walks Allowed
CAR-36-821
Walks per 9IP
1927-9-2.2
Hits per 9IP
1919-8-8.7
1922-4-8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
1919-10-3.7
WHiP
1919-8-1.20
1922-7-1.29
OAVG
1919-8-.256
1922-5-.261
OOBP
1919-7-.298
1922-10-.317
OSLG
1919-5-.313
1921-7-.383
1922-2-.326
1926-6-.353
1928-10-.363
OOPS
1919-5-.612
1921-10-.720
1922-2-.643
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 65    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1918
Had first career hit on 4/17/1918, off Tom Hughes (BOS)
Earned first career win on 4/21/1918
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1918, winning 2 games with a 1.42 ERA
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1918, going 10-7, 3.22 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 9/13/1921, off Dolf Luque (WAS)
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/20/1922 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/27/1922 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1922, going 4-2, 1.61
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,285,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1923: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $1,840,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/20/1925 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Boston (N) on 7/16/1925 (Going to BSN: P Red Causey, P Howard Ehmke, SS Ike Davis, LF Freddy Leach. Going to PHA: P Johnny Morrison, P Frank Shellenback, LF Earle Combs)
7/31/1925: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $5,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1928, going 6-2, 2.94
Injured on 6/7/1928 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
7/16/1928: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $950,000 per year, for 2 years