• Card series: Beginnings: 1880's
• City: Philadelphia
• Team: Quakers
• League: National League

Daniel Maurice Casey (1862-1943) was dubbed by Time “the Mudville Man” and helped inaugurate the Hall of Fame in 1939 with a stirring re-enactment of Casey at the Bat. Whether he was Ernest Thayer’s model or not, Casey was a fine pitcher for the Philadelphia Quakers, leading the NL in ERA in 1887. He pitched 7 years for 4 teams, won 96 games with two 20+ seasons.

• Became a candidate for THAT Casey by striking out, breaking Quakers fans’ hearts 8/21/87
• The week prior, Casey had won the game with his only career HR, inspiring the fans’ hopes
• In ’87 he won 28 of the 45 games he started, with a 2.86 ERA in 390 innings