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John Castino
John Anthony Castino

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School Rollins College

Debut April 6, 1979
  vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 7, 1984
Born October 23, 1954 in Evanston, IL

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 24 MIN AL 148  393   49  112  13  8   5   52   5  2  27  72  .285  .331  .397   93  156  22   2   0   1   9 RoY-1
 1980 25 MIN AL 150  546   67  165  17  7  13   64   7  5  29  67  .302  .336  .430  102  235  21   3   1   0  15
 1981 26 MIN AL 101  381   41  102  13  9   6   36   4  5  18  52  .268  .301  .396   95  151   7   2   3   1   3
 1982 27 MIN AL 117  410   48   99  12  6   6   37   2  5  36  51  .241  .304  .344   76  141   3   2   1   2  11
 1983 28 MIN AL 142  563   83  156  30  4  11   57   4  2  62  54  .277  .348  .403  103  227  10   4   1   1  11
 1984 29 MIN AL   8   27    5   12   1  0   0    3   0  0   5   2  .444  .531  .481  179   13   0   0   2   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      666 2320  293  646  86 34  41  249  22 19 177 298  .278  .329  .398   96  923  63  13   8   5  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        564   71  157  21  8  10   61   5  5  43  72  .278  .329  .398   96  225  15   3   2   1  12
 Career High    150  563   83  165  30  9  13   64   7  5  62  72  .302  .348  .430  103  235  22   4   3   2  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 24 MIN AL  445  316   52   4.4   105| .285  .274| .331  .340| .397  .415| .728  .755|  93  .468  -5.6  -0.5  71%
 1980 25 MIN AL  599  425   75   4.8   105| .302  .278| .336  .342| .430  .413| .766  .755| 102  .515  -1.1  -0.1  58%
 1981 26 MIN AL  409  296   45   4.1    94| .268  .264| .301  .330| .396  .384| .697  .713|  95  .499  -5.2  -0.5  44%
 1982 27 MIN AL  453  332   41   3.3   101| .241  .268| .304  .332| .344  .408| .648  .739|  76  .356 -14.6  -1.5  28%
 1983 28 MIN AL  640  434   81   5.0   101| .277  .270| .348  .333| .403  .408| .751  .740| 103  .543   3.4   0.3  66%
 1984 29 MIN AL   32   17    6   9.5   100| .444  .268| .531  .332| .481  .405|1.012  .736| 179  .795   3.4   0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2578 1820  300   4.4   102| .278  .271| .329  .335| .398  .406| .727  .742|  96  .490 -19.7  -2.0  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 24 MIN AL 3B 143 85 277 14 31 .963 .953 2.53 2.66 3.23 3.07 106 1010.0 SS 5 6 9 1 3 .938 .968 3.00 4.10 4.66 5.00 2 29.0 1980 25 MIN AL 3B 138 105 340 18 34 .961 .951 3.22 2.59 3.36 3.01 135 1193.7 SS 18 23 55 4 14 .951 .963 4.33 4.26 5.63 4.99 11 124.7 1981 26 MIN AL 3B 98 86 224 8 24 .975 .950 3.16 2.52 3.25 2.95 97 859.7 2B 4 10 12 1 5 .957 .982 5.50 4.92 8.61 5.56 3 23.0 1982 27 MIN AL 2B 96 193 228 2 63 .995 .981 4.39 4.70 4.94 5.35 86 767.3 3B 21 25 50 2 6 .974 .954 3.57 2.62 3.95 3.07 20 171.0 OF 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.15 3.48 2.47 4 31.0 LF 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 2.20 1.90 3.30 2.28 4 30.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 DH 1 1983 28 MIN AL 2B 132 301 406 7 94 .990 .981 5.36 4.77 5.43 5.36 132 1171.0 3B 8 15 24 1 1 .975 .956 4.88 2.58 5.63 3.08 7 62.3 DH 1 1984 29 MIN AL 3B 8 8 12 0 1 1.000 .948 2.50 2.19 2.69 2.75 8 67.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 26 MIN AL 2B 4 10 12 1 5 .957 .982 5.50 4.92 8.61 5.56 3 23.0 1982 27 MIN AL 2B 96 193 228 2 63 .995 .981 4.39 4.70 4.94 5.35 86 767.3 1983 28 MIN AL 2B 132 301 406 7 94 .990 .981 5.36 4.77 5.43 5.36 132 1171.0 1979 24 MIN AL 3B 143 85 277 14 31 .963 .953 2.53 2.66 3.23 3.07 106 1010.0 1980 25 MIN AL 3B 138 105 340 18 34 .961 .951 3.22 2.59 3.36 3.01 135 1193.7 1981 26 MIN AL 3B 98 86 224 8 24 .975 .950 3.16 2.52 3.25 2.95 97 859.7 1982 27 MIN AL 3B 21 25 50 2 6 .974 .954 3.57 2.62 3.95 3.07 20 171.0 1983 28 MIN AL 3B 8 15 24 1 1 .975 .956 4.88 2.58 5.63 3.08 7 62.3 1984 29 MIN AL 3B 8 8 12 0 1 1.000 .948 2.50 2.19 2.69 2.75 8 67.0 1982 27 MIN AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1982 27 MIN AL DH 1 1983 28 MIN AL DH 1 1982 27 MIN AL LF 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 2.20 1.90 3.30 2.28 4 30.0 1982 27 MIN AL OF 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.15 3.48 2.47 4 31.0 1979 24 MIN AL SS 5 6 9 1 3 .938 .968 3.00 4.10 4.66 5.00 2 29.0 1980 25 MIN AL SS 18 23 55 4 14 .951 .963 4.33 4.26 5.63 4.99 11 124.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 416 324 927 43 97 .967 .952 3.01 2.59 3.35 3.01 373 3363.7 2B* 232 504 646 10 162 .991 .981 4.96 4.74 5.28 5.36 221 1961.3 SS* 23 29 64 5 17 .949 .964 4.04 4.23 5.45 4.99 13 153.7 OF* 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.15 3.48 2.47 4 31.0 5 1 0# LF* 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 2.20 1.90 3.30 2.28 4 30.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.50 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 677 869 1637 58 276 .977 .965 3.70 3.38 4.09 3.90 611 5510
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1979-AL-ROY-Tie

Triples
1979 AL-8-10
1981 AL-9-1

Sac. Hits
1979 AL-22-2
1980 AL-21-2

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.5 (1582) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

October 11, 1985: Released by the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Minnesota Twins$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$550,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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