Alberto Castillo

Alberto (Betancourt) Castillo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 254 lb.

Born: July 5, 1975 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
School: Miami Dade Wolfson CC (Miami, FL)
Drafted
by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 2008
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Diamondbacks 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.094 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 32 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 3.81 28 0 5 0 0 0 26.0 27 11 11 3 10 0 23 7 0 1 121 118 1.423 9.3 1.0 3.5 8.0 2.30
2009 33 BAL AL 0 0 2.25 20 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 12 4 3 0 4 1 8 1 0 0 49 208 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2010 34 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 10.13 14 0 6 0 0 0 10.2 16 12 12 5 6 0 11 0 0 1 51 42 2.063 13.5 4.2 5.1 9.3 1.83
2011 35 ARI NL 1 0 1.000 2.31 17 0 4 0 0 0 11.2 10 3 3 0 7 0 6 1 0 0 50 177 1.457 7.7 0.0 5.4 4.6 0.86
4 Yrs 3 0 1.000 4.33 79 0 19 0 0 0 60.1 65 30 29 8 27 1 48 9 0 2 271 102 1.525 9.7 1.2 4.0 7.2 1.78
162 Game Avg. 3 0 1.000 4.33 68 0 16 0 0 0 52 56 26 25 7 23 1 41 8 0 2 233 102 1.525 9.7 1.2 4.0 7.2 1.78
BAL (3 yrs) 2 0 1.000 4.81 62 0 15 0 0 0 48.2 55 27 26 8 20 1 42 8 0 2 221 94 1.541 10.2 1.5 3.7 7.8 2.10
ARI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.31 17 0 4 0 0 0 11.2 10 3 3 0 7 0 6 1 0 0 50 177 1.457 7.7 0.0 5.4 4.6 0.86
AL (3 yrs) 2 0 1.000 4.81 62 0 15 0 0 0 48.2 55 27 26 8 20 1 42 8 0 2 221 94 1.541 10.2 1.5 3.7 7.8 2.10
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.31 17 0 4 0 0 0 11.2 10 3 3 0 7 0 6 1 0 0 50 177 1.457 7.7 0.0 5.4 4.6 0.86

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 32 BAL AL 26.0 28 0 11 3.81 5.08 -0.01 -0.38 103.3 4.87 3 0.3 .9 -0.1 0.4 6 .510 .502 $
2009 33 BAL AL 12.0 20 0 4 3.00 5.28 -0.11 -0.39 101.7 5.09 3 0.3 1.1 -0.0 0.4 4 .513 .502 $
2010 34 BAL AL 10.2 14 0 12 10.13 5.10 -0.17 -0.39 103.7 5.05 -6 -0.6 .7 0.1 -0.5 -5 .456 .496 $
2011 35 ARI NL 11.2 17 0 3 2.31 4.38 0.31 -0.33 102.2 3.82 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.3 3 .512 .501 $
4 Seasons 60.1 79 0 30 4.48 4.99 0.00 -0.37 102.8 4.74 1 0.1 .9 -0.1 0.6 9 .502 .500 $
BAL (3 yrs) 48.2 62 0 27 4.99 5.13 -0.07 -0.38 103.0 4.97 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 0.3 6 .499 .500 $
ARI (1 yr) 11.2 17 0 3 2.31 4.38 0.31 -0.33 102.2 3.82 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.3 3 .512 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 32 BAL AL 28 121 104 11 27 5 0 3 2 0 10 23 .260 .364 .394 .758 .308 41 1 7 0 0 0 1
2009 33 BAL AL 20 49 43 4 12 3 0 0 0 1 4 8 .279 .354 .349 .703 .343 15 3 1 1 0 1 0
2010 34 BAL AL 14 51 45 12 16 3 0 5 0 0 6 11 .356 .431 .756 1.187 .379 34 2 0 0 0 0 1
2011 35 ARI NL 17 50 41 3 10 6 0 0 1 0 7 6 .244 .360 .390 .750 .278 16 2 1 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 79 271 233 30 65 17 0 8 3 1 27 48 .279 .374 .455 .829 .320 106 8 9 1 1 1 2
162 Game Avg. 68 233 201 26 56 15 0 7 3 1 23 41 .279 .374 .455 .829 .320 91 7 8 1 1 1 2
MLB Averages .260 .328 .409 .737 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 32 BAL AL 2.4 0.2 125 -0.5 0.8 -1.2 .46 0.3 -1.3 -3.5 -0.3 0.46 1.2 5 9 10
2009 33 BAL AL 2.8 0.3 51 0.5 0.9 -0.4 1.13 0.2 0.3 6.1 0.6 1.13 3.6 6 5 8
2010 34 BAL AL -6.4 -0.6 52 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .36 -0.6 0.4 -8.3 -0.8 0.36 -7.3 2 1 9
2011 35 ARI NL 2.3 0.2 52 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .75 -0.0 -0.1 1.0 0.1 0.75 0.7 4 3 9
4 Yrs 1.2 0.1 280 -0.1 2.5 -2.6 .62 -0.1 -0.1 -4.7 -0.4 0.62 -1.8 17 18 36

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 32 BAL AL 28 28 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 33 12 36% 7 .459 5 9 10 6 3 19 19 9 9 13 11 7 2.8 17
2009 33 BAL AL 20 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 17 1 6% 7 1.135 6 5 8 6 2 12 13 7 0 13 1 6 1.8 9
2010 34 BAL AL 14 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 2 25% 8 .364 2 1 9 1 2 11 7 7 2 8 7 3 2.3 14
2011 35 ARI NL 17 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 13 3 23% 7 .755 4 3 9 7 2 8 9 8 1 11 1 5 2.1 10
4 Yrs 79 79 19 3 0 1 0 1 0% 10 9 71 18 25% .618 17 18 36 20 9 50 48 31 12 45 20 21 2.3 13

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 32 BAL AL 121 37% 2.5% 19.0% 8.3% 6.6% 30% 0.84 1.12 64% 11% 7.7% 9% 19 1 5%
2009 33 BAL AL 49 61% 0.0% 16.3% 8.2% 6.1% 25% 0.94 1.70 71% 11% 0.0% 17% 17 3 18%
2010 34 BAL AL 51 47% 9.8% 21.6% 11.8% 15.7% 50% 0.70 1.10 57% 15% 27.8% 10% 12 2 17%
2011 35 ARI NL 50 48% 0.0% 12.0% 14.0% 12.0% 60% 0.80 1.23 72% 28% 0.0% 10% 7 2 29%
4 Yrs 271 45% 3.0% 17.7% 10.0% 9.2% 39% 0.82 1.24 66% 15% 8.9% 11% 55 8 15%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.1% 8.6% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 32 BAL AL 121 465 3.84 281 60% 30% 13% 29% 29% 70% 0% 43% 82% 50% 5% 6 4 22% 27 20 3 22% 7 2 0 0 0
2009 33 BAL AL 49 183 3.73 106 58% 33% 17% 16% 34% 67% 5% 39% 75% 51% 10% 5 2 24% 12 7 1 13% 2 2 0 0 0
2010 34 BAL AL 51 199 3.90 133 67% 33% 9% 32% 26% 67% 0% 45% 87% 61% 4% 2 1 25% 13 5 0 27% 2 1 0 0 0
2011 35 ARI NL 50 177 3.54 101 57% 29% 14% 22% 36% 71% 0% 41% 81% 60% 10% 5 3 14% 7 4 0 17% 1 2 0 0 0
4 Yrs 271 1024 3.78 621 61% 31% 13% 26% 30% 69% 1% 42% 81% 54% 7% 18 10 22% 59 36 4 21% 12 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 32 BAL AL 121 27 3 1 3 0 14 1 2 2 1 12 6 2 50% 1 1 0 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 33 BAL AL 49 12 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 26 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2010 34 BAL AL 51 16 3 0 5 0 0 1 4 3 2 4 3 1 75% 1 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011 35 ARI NL 50 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Yrs 271 65 7 1 8 0 17 2 6 5 3 21 12 4 57% 2 2 1 115 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 32 1 0 1.000 3.81 28 0 5 0 0 0 26.0 27 11 11 3 10 0 23 7 0 1 121 118 1.423 9.3 1.0 3.5 8.0 2.30 118
2009 33 1 0 1.000 3.32 48 0 9 0 0 0 38.0 39 15 14 3 14 1 31 8 0 1 170 137 1.395 9.2 0.7 3.3 7.3 2.21 137
2010 34 2 0 1.000 4.81 62 0 15 0 0 0 48.2 55 27 26 8 20 1 42 8 0 2 221 94 1.541 10.2 1.5 3.7 7.8 2.10 94
2011 35 3 0 1.000 4.33 79 0 19 0 0 0 60.1 65 30 29 8 27 1 48 9 0 2 271 102 1.525 9.7 1.2 4.0 7.2 1.78 102

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 32 1 1 .500 3.81 26.0 27 12 11 3 10 23 7 1.423 9.3 3.5 8.0 2.30 1.0 28
2009 33 1 0 1.000 2.45 11.0 12 3 3 0 4 7 1 1.455 9.8 3.3 5.7 1.75 0.0 20
2010 34 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 16 13 12 5 6 10 0 2.200 14.4 5.4 9.0 1.67 4.5 14
2011 35 1 0 1.000 2.70 10.0 11 3 3 0 8 5 1 1.900 9.9 7.2 4.5 0.63 0.0 17
4 Yrs 3 2 .600 4.58 57.0 66 31 29 8 28 45 9 1.649 10.4 7.1 1.61 1.3 79

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