Batting
Batting Statistics
Year Team Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI W K SB CS BA OBP SLG
1895 Milwaukee 22
1896 Louisville 23 49 184 16 39 1 1 0 42 12 7 7 5 .212 .256 .228
1898 Providence 25 67 218 45 84 13 .385
1899 Providence 26 73 295 58 89 11 .302
1899 Brooklyn 26 6 20 2 3 1 0 0 4 4 1 1 .150 .261 .200
1899 Washington 26 46 178 21 56 13 0 3 81 32 9 5 .315 .365 .414
1900 Providence 27 138 569 96 179 33 .315
1901 Providence 28 116 463 79 144 29 11 1 198 25 .311 .428
1902 Providence 29 126 476 85 153 27 3 2 192 .321 .403
1903 Jersey City 30 116 457 88 142 25 4 2 181 45 .311 .396
1904 Jersey City 31 97 371 55 110 14 3 0 130 33 .296 .350
1905 Jersey City 32 79 274 51 73 19 4 1 103 19 .266 .376
1906 Jersey City 33 129 504 54 131 10 5 5 166 21 .260 .329
1908 Baltimore 35 68 234 32 66 5 2 0 75 5 .282 .321
1909 Baltimore 36 86 310 29 83 7 3 0 96 10 .268 .310
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13yr Minor League 1095 4171 672 1254 136 35 11 1493 215 .301 .358
2 yr Major League 101 382 39 98 15 1 3 127 48 17 7 11 .257 .307 .325
Pitching
Pitching Statistics
Did Not Pitch
Fielding
Fielding Statistics
Year Team Age Pos G PO A E DP Pct
1895 Milwaukee 22
1896 Louisville 23 1B 38 348 17 10 14 .973
SS 11 20 31 14 4 .785
1898 Providence 25 3B 57
1899 Providence 26 2B 73
1899 Brooklyn 26 3B 3 1 3 0 0 1.000
SS 2 2 3 3 0 .625
1899 Washington 26 1B 37 337 16 11 26 .970
3B 6 12 11 5 0 .821
SS 3 8 12 2 0 .909
1900 Providence 27 1B 137
1901 Providence 28 1B 99
1902 Providence 29 1B 124
1903 Jersey City 30 1B 116
1904 Jersey City 31 1B 97
1905 Jersey City 32 1B 79
1906 Jersey City 33 1B 129
1908 Baltimore 35 1B 68
1909 Baltimore 36 1B 85
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13yr Minor League 1B 934
2B 73
3B 57
2 yr Major League 1B 75 685 33 21 40 .972
3B 9 13 14 5 0 .844
SS 16 30 46 19 4 .800
Postseason
Did not play in postseason
Transactions
April 25, 1899 - Traded by the Brooklyn Superbas with Mike Heydon, Dan McFarlan and $2500 cash to
Washington Senators for Doc Casey and Duke Farrell.
June 23, 1899 - Sold to Providence of the Eastern League.
January 27, 1907 - Sold to Wilmington of the Tri-State League.
Biography
Ninth native Delawarean to play in the major leagues. Buried at Cathedral Cemetery in Wilmington,
Delaware. On April 7th, 1896, Cassidy became the first professional baseball player in history to
be x-rayed as he had a splinter of bone removed from his wrist. Led Eastern League in games and at
bats in 1900.
Best Game
April 28, 1899 - New York Giants at Washington Senators.
The Washington Senators historically have been a bad team and the 1899 season was no exception. The
team finished 11th out of 12 teams in the National League, winning a mere 54 games. This game
against the Giants was one of those victories. Pete Cassidy, recently acquired from the Brooklyn
Superbas, batted third and played shortstop for the Senators. Cassidy gave the Senators the early
lead when he doubled in Win Mercer. He singled and scored in the third and then lined a grand slam
to the rightfield corner in the fourth inning. After being retired in the fifth inning, Cassidy
walked in the seventh but was caught stealing. In the field at short, Cassidy handled nine chances
flawlessly. Cassidy played the next day at shortstop then shifted to third. A week later he was the
starting first baseman for the Senators where he played until his sale to Providence in June.
