Kurt Moritz "Casey" Hageman (May 12, 1887 – April 1, 1964) was an American

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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who played between 1911 and 1914 for the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

(1911–1912),

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(1914) and

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(1914). Hageman batted and threw right-handed.

Formative years

A native of

Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania Mount Oliver is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a largely residential area situated atop a crest about west of the Monongahela River. The borough is surrounded entirely by the city of Pittsburgh, having resis ...

, Hageman was born on May 12, 1887. A student at

Geneva College Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergra ...

, he was signed by the Boston Red Sox following his graduation.

Career

During a three-season career, Hageman posted a 3–7 record with 47

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s and a 3.07

earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...

in 32 appearances, including 11 starts, four

complete game In baseball, a complete game (CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a relief pitcher. A pitcher who meets this criterion will be credited with a complete game regardless of the number of innings played—pitche ...

s, 18

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, one save, and 120.1

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of work. While pitching for the Grand Rapids Stags of the

Ohio State League The Ohio State League was a minor league baseball league that operated in numerous seasons between 1887 and 1947, predominantly as a Class D level league. League franchises were based in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Histo ...

, Hageman fatally beaned Dayton Veterans second baseman Charles "Cupid" Pinkney on September 14, 1909.Lammers, Craig
"Charles Pinkney"
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Death

Hageman died in

New Bedford, Pennsylvania New Bedford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 925 at the 2010 census. Geography New Bedford is located in the northwestern corner of Lawrence Count ...

on April 1, 1964, at the age of seventy-six.

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