Married to Sarah...they have two children, son Mackail (2/16/07) and daughter Cooper (4/28/10)...Is a 2000 graduate of Soquel High School (CA)...Attended Fresno State University and was a three-time All-Western Athletic Conference selection...earned freshman All-American honors in 2001...was inducted into the school's baseball Hall-of-Fame in October of 2009.
2014
Returned to Major League Baseball after one year in Japan and ranked fourth in the NL in hits (177), setting a new career high, and garnering Comeback Player of the Year awards from both the Sporting News and MLBPA Players Choice Awards...Was also named Jeff Conine Mr. Marlin Award winner by South Florida chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America...Finished the first half of season tied with Andrew McCutchen for the NL lead in hits (115)…was just the second Marlin ever to finish first half leading or tied for lead in NL in hits, joining Luis Castillo, who led NL outright in 2002 (115)...75 RBI as third baseman were most by a Marlin since Miguel Cabrera in 2007 (114)...Final ranks among NL third basemen: first in hits (176), RBI (75) and fielding percentage (.979); tied for first in multi-hit games (49); second in walks (67), batting average (.288) and OBP (.356)...Did not make an error at home (179 total chances), becoming first Marlins' third baseman to go entire season without making an error at home. Joined Juan Pierre (232 TC in 2003) and Juan Encarnacion (159 TC in 2003) as only Marlins position players to finish a season without making an error at home...Reached base safely in 31 straight games from June 4 to July 7; tied for fifth-longest streak in NL behind Denard Span (36). Was by far the longest such streak of his career in a single season (previously 14, from April 10-27, 2011). > Finished season with most RBI in Club history for a player with four-or-fewer HR, beating out Edgar Renteria (4/52) in 1997...It was most RBI with four-or-fewer HR in MLB since Willie McGee (3/77) in 1990...Had 100 hits prior to All-Star break for first time in career; with Giancarlo Stanton (104), first Marlin teammates to do so since 2008 (Ramirez, Cantu)...At All-Star break, had 53 RBI with just one HR in 93 games. According to Elias, was first player since Ozzie Smith (53 RBI/0 HR) in 1987 to have 53 RBI with one or fewer HR through 93 games...It was most RBI at break in Club history for a player with one HR or fewer, ahead of Omar Infante (2011) and Edgar Renteria (1997), who each had 27 RBI with one HR...Snapped the longest homerless streak of career (232 atbats) with a two-run shot off Tim Lincecum in first inning of 3-2 win vs. Giants on July 20. Was his second HR of season (first since May 10)...In a 3-2 win vs. Pittsburgh on June 15, drove in game-tying runs in eighth inning with two-run double, and drove in walk-off run in 10th with sac fly. According to Elias, was first player in Club history with three-plus RBI in a game, including walk-off RBI in extras, while driving in all of the team's runs...On July 8 at Arizona, had hitting streaks of 14 games overall and 21 on road snapped. Overall streak was longest of career; road streak tied Robinson Cano for third-longest in MLB in 2014, behind Jose Abreu (25) and Starling Marte (23)...His 21-game road hitting streak began on May 15. Prior to that date, was batting just .200 on road...After May 15, hit .312 on road for rest of season, which ranked ninth in NL over that span.
2013
Played for Rakuten Golden Eagles in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, helping the nine-year-old organization earn its first Japan Series title with a seven-game victory over Yomiuri Giants... Batted .292 (150x513) with 28 home runs, 30 doubles and 93 RBI during the regular season, and .289 (11x38) with a home run and two RBI in 11 postseason games, with a hit in nine of those contests... During the regular season, tied for second in Pacific League in home runs, ranked third in slugging (.515), fourth in RBI and walks (70), fifth in doubles, seventh in runs scored (78) and 13th in on-base percentage (.376)... Appeared in 129 games at third base and 18 at first base.
2012
Last appeared in Major League Baseball in 2012 with the Pirates and Yankees... Opened season in Pittsburgh and batted .230 (61x265) through 92 games before being traded to New York on July 31... Had season-long hitting streak of nine games from June 12-21 (.371/13x35, 2b, 2 hr, 8 rbi)... Batted .286 (6x21) with three doubles, a home run and five RBI over first six games with Yankees, but had no extra-base hits and one RBI in final 16 games; overall, batted .151 (8x53) in 22 games following trade, going hitless in final 11 appearances.
2011
Spent entire season with Milwaukee...Made 147 appearances (139 starts) at third base and five appearances at
first base...Tied career high with an 11-game hitting streak from 4/14-25 and hit .280 (26-for-93) overall during the month of April...
Tallied third career triple on 7/26 vs. Chicago (NL)...Hit three home runs and tallied season-high five RBI on 8/3 vs. St. Louis; became the
11th player in franchise history to hit three home runs in one game (16th time overall)...Tripled again on 8/12 vs. Pittsburgh. ...Hit .260
(26-for-100) with six homers and 20 RBI in 27 games during the month of August...Went 9-for-68 (.132) with two homers and four RBI
in September.
2010
Was named Brewers Most Valuable Player as voted on by members of the Milwaukee Chapter
of the Baseball Writers Association of America...Batted .285 with 23 HR and 104 RBI in 157 games...Made 156 starts (152g at 3B, 3g at DH, 1g at 1B)...Was among the National League leaders in RBI (6th, 104), hits (9th, 174) and doubles (10th, 38)...His 102 RBI as a third baseman set a franchise record at that position, breaking the previous
mark of 97 set by Ryan Braun in 2007...Tied the Mets' David Wright for the most RBI in the National League as a third baseman in
2010.....had the most hits (172) and doubles (38) in the National League as a third baseman...On 4/11 vs. St. Louis belted his first career walkoff homer with a solo shot off Kyle McClellan
in the ninth inning to give the Brewers an 8-7 win...From 4/10-4/22 recorded a career-high 11-game hitting streak (16-43, .372, 3hr, 11rbi)...Belted a grand slam off Brendan Donnelly in the 17-3 win on 4/26 vs. Pittsburgh.....was the
second grand slam of his career...Set a franchise record with hits in 9 consecutive at-bats from 8/10-8/12, including a pair of
career-high-tying 4-hit games on 8/11 and 8/12 vs. Arizona...Had a streak of 11 straight at-bats with a hit at Miller Park from 8/10-8/20 to set a new franchise
record for consecutive at-bats with a hit at home...Led the Major Leagues with 28 RBI in the month of August...Made his first career start at first base on 9/13 at Houston, replacing Prince Fielder, who had
played in a franchise-record 327 consecutive games...Underwent right knee surgery on 10/4 to remove two loose bodies (Dr. William Raasch)
2009
Was one of the top candidates for National League
Rookie of the Year, batting .301 with 16 HR and 66 RBI in 116 games...Made 85 starts (62 G at 3B, 20 G at 2B, 3 G at DH)...Finished fifth in the National League Rookie of the Year voting, receiving one first-place vote...Batted .339 (21-for-62) with 6 HR and 16 RBI in 27 games during spring training to make his first career
Opening Day roster...Made just one start through the Brewers' first 38 games of the season but was inserted into the lineup after an injury to second baseman Rickie Weeks in May...Led Major League rookies in RBI (66) and was among all
rookies in batting average (2nd, .301) and HR (T2nd, 16)...Produced 27 RBI over his final 31 games of the season...Was named National League Rookie of the Month for September (27 G, .337, 5 HR, 26 RBI)...His 26 RBI in September tied the Royals' Billy Butler for second in the Major Leagues and trailed only the Phillies' Ryan Howard (27)...Batted .371 (33-for-89) with runners in scoring position...Belted his first Major League home run with a solo shot off Mark Buehrle on 6/14 vs. Chicago-AL...Smacked his first career grand slam off Brian Stokes on 6/29 vs. New York-NL
2008
Enjoyed his best Minor League season at Triple-A Iowa as he batted .296 with 12 HR and 92 RBI in 133 games...Led the team in hits (147) and multi-hit games (42)...From 6/26-7/8 produced a season-high 14-game hitting streak (25-51, .490, 3hr, 16rbi)...Earned a September callup to the Cubs and appeared in 9 games, batting .167 (4-for-24) with 5 RBI...Made his Major League debut on 9/2 vs. Houston and struck out as a pinch hitter against Wesley Wright...Recorded his first Major League hit on 9/21 vs. St. Louis
with an infield single off Braden Looper.....was his first career start in the Majors (2-for-3, 2rbi, sf)...Played for Culiacan in the Mexican Pacific League.
2007
Batted a combined .261 with 10 HR and 59 RBI in 123 games between Triple-A Iowa and Double-A Tennessee...Began the year at Iowa, where he batted .173 with 1 HR and 5 RBI in 18 games...Was transferred to Tennessee on 5/4 and batted .273
with 9 HR and 54 RBI in 105 games...Was a Southern League All-Star...From 5/14-6/5 recorded a career-high 21-game hitting streak (27-83, .325, 2 HR, 22 RBI)...the streak included a
pair of 5-RBI games (5/23 and 5/26 vs. Jacksonville)...Appeared in 48 games as a catcher with Tennessee, marking his first career appearances at that position since 2004 (28 G)...Played for Culiacan in the Mexican Pacific League.
2006
Batted .280 with 11 HR and 68 RBI in 135 games at
Triple-A Iowa...Played for Culiacan in the Mexican Pacific League.
2005
Casey spent the entire season at West Tenn (AA), where he batted .297 in a career-high 124 games for the Diamond Jaxx ... clubbed 31 doubles and 8 home runs on the year - and ranked first on the club with 72 RBI ... batted .312 in 64 home games, going 67-for-215 with 17 doubles, 5 homers and 44 RBI ... recorded 38 multi-hit games, including four 4-hit games and one 5-hit contest.
u went 5-for-6 July 4 at Tennessee with 2 doubles and 4 RBI ... the five hits on the day were a career high ... drove in a season-high 6 runs on August 29 against Charlotte, going 2-for-3 with a home run ... led all third basemen in the Southern league with a .953 fielding percentage ... named to the Southern League Midseason All-Star team - went 1-for-5 with a homer and 3 RBI in the contest.
2004
Batted .261 in 119 games for Daytona (A) with 30 doubles, 10 homers and 66 RBI ... was named to the Florida State League all-star team ... had 29 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI affairs ... had a 10-game hitting streak July 5-15, batting .333 (12-36) with 4 doubles, 3 home runs and 10 RBI over the stretch ... was 2-for-3 with a home run, 4 RBI and 3 runs scored on July 24 against Brevard County.
2003
Casey appeared in 64 games for Lansing (A) after being selected by the Cubs in the draft - batted .272 with 18 doubles and 23 RBI ... posted a career-high 13-game hitting streak July 12-28 ... went 17-for-47 (.362) with 4 doubles and 7 RBI ... had at least one hit in 50 of his 64 games played.
