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Old 02-15-2021, 08:01 PM   #600
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Jesus Casiano to retire!

Jesus Casiano, who had arguably the greatest single season as a hitter in the WPK history in 1970 when he had a slash line of .367/.423/.655, leading the league in hits with 234, in home runs with 46, and in RBI with 152, for an 11.6 WAR season and earning the SJL MVP award, the only one of his probable Hall of Fame career, has seen the writing on the wall and is stepping away from the game at age 37.

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Casiano had a disastrous season for the Jacksonville Wolf Pack in 1978 and became a free agent at the end of the season, only to find that there was no market for him at this stage of his career. He did eventually sign a minor league deal with the El Paso organization and has played for their AAA club in Honolulu this season but having not received an invitation to join the big league club when the rosters expanded on September 1st, he must have seen that a return to the WPK was not in the cards.
The Jacksonville Wolf Pack is the only WPK team he ever played for, as it turns out, and he put up 70.7 WAR playing for them over the course of 14 seasons. He was an 8-time All-Star, 7-time Silver Slugger, and 6-time Gold Glove award winner as a third baseman. It looks like he will finish his career with the most doubles for a WPK player with 482 and the most RBI with 1,506. He is 4th on the career HR list at 353.
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