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Nap Lajoie credited Doc Casey for bringing him into pro ball. Lajoie, a Providence hack driver, was dubious about playing professionally until he saw the 5'6" Casey catching for Pawtucket (New England League). Casey switched to third base, averaging 135 ML games a season from 1901 through 1907. He became a dentist and ran a Detroit drug store. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 6, 1903: The Pirates Deacon Phillippe, en route to 25 wins, lets one get away when the Cubs score nine runs on nine hits in the top of the 9th for an 11-4 triumph at Exposition Park. Dick Harley leads off the 9th with a single, the first hit off Phillippe since the 2nd inning. Doc Casey drills a bases-loaded single to make the score 6-4, and Evers follows with a two-run triple. The scoring ends when Chance is forced at 2B. Jack Taylor is the winner, the 3rd time in 11 days he's beaten the Bucs. » December 16, 1905: The Cubs trade OF Jack McCarthy and Billy Maloney, 3B Doc Casey, and pitcher Buttons Briggs to Brooklyn for Jimmy Sheckard, who will take over LF for the National League champions of the next three years.