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John Costello
John Reilly Costello

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School Mercyhurst College

Debut June 2, 1988
  vs. PHI 1.7 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game October 5, 1991
Born December 24, 1960 in Bronx, NY

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1988 27 STL NL   5   2  36   0   0   0  15  1   49.7   44   15   10   3   25   38   0   0   214   4   1  1.81  3.49  193 1.389
 1989 28 STL NL   5   4  48   0   0   0  11  3   62.3   48   24   23   5   20   40   2   0   252   7   0  3.32  3.61  109 1.091
 1990 29 TOT NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   4  0   10.7   12    8    7   3    2    2   1   0    47   1   1  5.91  3.71   63 1.313
         STL NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   3  0    4.3    7    3    3   1    1    1   1   0    21   1   0  6.23  3.80   61 1.846
         MON NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    6.3    5    5    4   2    1    1   0   0    26   0   1  5.68  3.64   64 0.947
 1991 30 SDP NL   1   0  27   0   0   0   6  0   35.0   37   15   12   2   17   24   0   2   157   3   0  3.09  3.80  123 1.543
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .647  11   6 119   0   0   0  36  4  157.7  141   62   52  13   64  104   3   2   670  15   2  2.97  3.62  122 1.300
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   3  68   0   0   0  20  2   90.0   80   35   29   7   36   59   1   1   382   8   1  2.97  3.62  122 1.300
 Career High      5   4  48   0   0   0  15  3   62.3   48   24   23   5   25   40   2   2   252   7   1  1.81  3.61  193 1.091

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 27 STL NL  36    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 28 STL NL  48    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1991 30 SDP NL  27    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      119   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         16    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     48    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5                           0   2   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 27 STL NL    5    5    0   0.0    90| .000  .257| .000  .321| .000  .378| .000  .699|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1989 28 STL NL    8    8    0   0.0    93| .000  .257| .000  .325| .000  .383| .000  .708|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1991 30 SDP NL    2    2    0   0.0    96| .000  .261| .000  .329| .000  .391| .000  .720|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        15   15    0   0.0    92| .000  .258| .000  .324| .000  .382| .000  .705|-100  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 27 STL NL P 36 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.69 1.09 1.96 0 49.7 1989 28 STL NL P 48 3 4 0 0 1.000 .946 0.15 0.63 1.01 1.86 0 62.3 1990 29 TOT NL P 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.87 0 10.6 STL NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.88 0 4.3 MON NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.86 0 6.3 1991 30 SDP NL P 27 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.19 0.59 1.29 1.85 0 35.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 27 STL NL P 36 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.69 1.09 1.96 0 49.7 1989 28 STL NL P 48 3 4 0 0 1.000 .946 0.15 0.63 1.01 1.86 0 62.3 1990 29 TOT NL P 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.87 0 10.6 STL NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.88 0 4.3 MON NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.86 0 6.3 1991 30 SDP NL P 27 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.19 0.59 1.29 1.85 0 35.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 119 6 12 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.63 1.03 1.89 0 157.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 119 6 12 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.63 1.03 1.89 0 158
An Important note about our fielding stats


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Transactions 

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

April 23, 1990: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Rex Hudler.

November 9, 1990: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the San Diego Padres for Brian Harrison (minors).

November 19, 1991: Released by the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989St. Louis Cardinals$85,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$105,000
Career (may be incomplete)$190,000

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