Bill Castro
From BR Bullpen
William Radhames Castro Checo
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
[edit] Biographical Information
Since his playing career ended, pitcher Bill Castro has held various positions in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He was a scout from 1985-1987, and the minor league pitching coordinator in 1989-1991. Since 1992 Castro has been a Brewers coach. During most of that time he has been the club's bullpen coach, but spent part of 2002 as the team's pitching coach. He began the 2009 season as the Brewers' pitching coach but was fired on August 12 with the team's mound crew badly underperforming. He was replaced by AAA pitching coach Chris Bosio.
After his retirement as a player, Castro told SABR researchers that he was actually one year and a half older than his listed birthday of December 13, 1953. Such fibbing on birth dates was quite common at the time; the fake age, usually to make the player appear younger than he was, is known as the player's baseball age.
