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Casey
Hageman was born May 12, 1887, in Mount Oliver, PA. He
grew up in Beaver Falls, PA, and graduated from Beaver
Falls High School.
In 1906, Casey pitched for an independent baseball team
in Waynesburg, PA. In 1907, he began pitching for
Uniontown of the Pennsylvania-Ohio-Maryland League.
Casey later had stints with minor league clubs in Grand
Rapids, Denver, and Jersey City.
After graduating from Geneva College in 1911, Casey made
his Major League Baseball debut on September 18, 1911,
pitching a complete game for the Boston Red Sox in a 4-1
loss to the Cleveland Naps (nka the Cleveland Indians)
at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston.
On April 9, 1912, Casey was the star of the first game
played at Boston's Fenway Park, which was an exhibition
game against the Harvard Crimson baseball team that
ended in the middle of the seventh inning. Casey pitched
a one-hit complete game 2-0 win for Boston and drove in
the first two runs in Fenway Park history.
Casey played another season in the Major Leagues, in
1914, pitching 12 games for the St. Louis Cardinals and
16 games for the Chicago Cubs.
Overall, Casey played three seasons in the Major
Leagues, pitching in 32 games, including 11 as a
starter, for the Boston Red Sox in 1911 and 1912 and for
the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs in 1914. As
a Major Leaguer, Casey posted a 3-7 won-loss record with
a 3.07 ERA and tossed four complete games while striking
out 47 batters in 120.1 innings.
Highlights of Casey's baseball career include two
no-hitters in the minor leagues, a complete game victory
in an exhibition game at the Fenway Park opener, and a
4-for-4 day at the plate while pitching 7 innings of
relief to win a game for the Cubs in 1914.
Kurt Moritz "Casey" Hageman died April 1, 1964, at age
76, in New Bedford, PA. He is buried in Grand Rapids,
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