Jerry Casale
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Jerry Joseph Casale (born September 27, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1958 and 1962. Listed at 6' 2", 200 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
Casale reached the majors in 1958 with the Boston Red Sox, spending three years with them before moving to the Los Angeles Angels (1961) and Detroit Tigers (1961-1962). His most productive season came in 1959 with Boston, when he recorded career-highs in wins (13), strikeouts (93), ERA (4.31), complete games (9), innings pitched (179 ⅔ ), and collected two three-hit shutouts against the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. His .619 Won-Loss % ranked him 10th in the American League.
In a five-season career, Casale posted a 17-24 record with 207 strikeouts in 370 ⅓ innings. He also helped himself with the bat, hitting .216 (25-for-116) with four home runs and 15 RBI.
Following his baseball retirement, Casale opened a restaurant on 34th Street near Park Avenue, Manhattan. An entire wall of his restaurant features a mural of Fenway Park, and a younger Casale about to slam a home run over the Green Monster, Fenway's left-field wall. He also has collaborated in Bat for the Cure, an annual fantasy softball challenge organizated to raise money and awarenness in the fight against prostate cancer.
