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John Castino
John Anthony Castino

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 23, 1954 in Evanston, IL
High School: New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
School: Rollins College
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1979
Final Game: May 7, 1984
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John Castino
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1979	24	MIN	AL	148	445	393	49	112	13	8	5	52	5	2	27	72	.285	.331	.397	.728	93	156	9	1	22	2	0	*5/6	RoY-1
1980	25	MIN	AL	150	599	546	67	165	17	7	13	64	7	5	29	67	.302	.336	.430	.766	102	235	15	0	21	3	1	*56
1981	26	MIN	AL	101	409	381	41	102	13	9	6	36	4	5	18	52	.268	.301	.396	.697	95	151	3	1	7	2	3	*5/4
1982	27	MIN	AL	117	453	410	48	99	12	6	6	37	2	5	36	51	.241	.304	.344	.648	76	141	11	2	3	2	1	45/78D
1983	28	MIN	AL	142	640	563	83	156	30	4	11	57	4	2	62	54	.277	.348	.403	.751	103	227	11	1	10	4	1	*4/5D
1984	29	MIN	AL	8	32	27	5	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	2	.444	.531	.481	1.013	179	13	2	0	0	0	2	/5
6 Seasons				666	2578	2320	293	646	86	34	41	249	22	19	177	298	.278	.329	.398	.727	96	923	51	5	63	13	8
162 Game Avg.				162	627	564	71	157	21	8	10	61	5	5	43	72	.278	.329	.398	.727	96	225	12	1	15	3	2

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1979	24	MIN	AL	445	316	52	4.4	105	.336	.285	.274	.331	.340	.397	.415	.728	.755	93	.468	-5.6	-0.6	.640	.188	.112	5.0
1980	25	MIN	AL	599	425	75	4.8	105	.324	.302	.278	.336	.342	.430	.413	.766	.755	102	.515	-1.1	-0.1	.663	.185	.128	9.1
1981	26	MIN	AL	409	296	45	4.1	94	.295	.268	.264	.301	.330	.396	.384	.697	.713	95	.499	-5.2	-0.5	.589	.173	.129	4.8
1982	27	MIN	AL	453	332	41	3.3	101	.262	.241	.268	.304	.332	.344	.408	.648	.739	76	.356	-14.6	-1.4	.538	.183	.102	3.0
1983	28	MIN	AL	640	434	81	5.0	101	.289	.277	.270	.348	.333	.403	.408	.751	.740	103	.543	3.4	0.3	.695	.240	.126	5.9
1984	29	MIN	AL	32	17	6	9.5	100	.480	.444	.268	.531	.332	.481	.405	1.013	.736	179	.795	3.4	0.3	1.059	.222	.037
6 Seasons				2578	1820	300	4.4	102	.303	.278	.271	.329	.335	.398	.406	.727	.742	96	.490	-19.7	-2.0	.635	.197	.119	28.6
162 Game Avg.				627	443	73	4.4	102	.303	.278	.271	.329	.335	.398	.406	.727	.742	96	.490	-19.7	-2.0	.635	.197	.119	7

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	24	MIN	AL	445	1.1%	16.2%	6.1%	5.8%	23%	2.67	5.5	78.6	7.6	1.60	71%
1980	25	MIN	AL	599	2.2%	11.2%	4.8%	6.2%	22%	2.31	8.1	42.0	8.5	1.62	78%
1981	26	MIN	AL	409	1.5%	12.7%	4.4%	6.9%	28%	2.89	7.3	63.5	10.6	1.14	79%
1982	27	MIN	AL	453	1.3%	11.3%	8.0%	5.3%	24%	1.42	8.0	68.3	11.1	1.54	78%
1983	28	MIN	AL	640	1.7%	8.4%	9.7%	7.0%	29%	0.87	10.4	51.2	9.9	1.02	78%
1984	29	MIN	AL	32	0.0%	6.3%	15.6%	3.1%	8%	0.40	13.5		9.0	2.00	78%
6 Seasons				2578	1.6%	11.6%	6.9%	6.3%	25%	1.68	7.8	56.6	9.3	1.35	77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	24	MIN	AL	9	0	33%	160	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	9	49%	21	13	8	4	2	2	18	7	11
1980	25	MIN	AL	14	0	30%	252	7	5	58%	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	7	18	46%	38	23	13	13	7	6	23	7	15
1981	26	MIN	AL	4	0	30%	130	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	44%	18	9	9	3	2	1	6	4	2
1982	27	MIN	AL	5	0	32%	178	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11	34%	25	17	7	5	4	1	11	5	6
1983	28	MIN	AL	15	0	35%	303	4	2	67%	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	19	42%	40	31	9	18	6	11	23	8	14
1984	29	MIN	AL	0	0	29%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33%	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
6 Seasons				47	0	32%	1044	22	19	54%	18	17	3	2	1	0	5	2	27	72	43%	145	95	47	44	22	21	83	32	49
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1979	24	MIN	AL	445	48%	112			8	3	0	2	1.17	5	0	11	1	4	4	1	1	25	22	88%	96	9	9%	56	26	46%	303	47	16%	30	18	60%	27	9	33%	0
1980	25	MIN	AL	599	43%	165			1	0	0	0	1.60	13	0	8	7	6	7	6	0	22	21	95%	113	15	13%	69	36	52%	356	54	15%	30	18	60%	37	19	51%	0
1981	26	MIN	AL	409	30%	102			0	0	0	0	1.07	6	0	9	5	1	3	3	0	7	7	100%	73	3	4%	34	14	41%	226	33	15%	16	10	63%	24	8	33%	0
1982	27	MIN	AL	453	32%	99			0	0	0	0		6	0	7	5	1	2	4	0	3	3	100%	93	11	12%	46	11	24%	271	32	12%	19	9	47%	28	14	50%	0
1983	28	MIN	AL	640	30%	156			1	0	0	0	3.02	11	0	8	8	3	4	7	0	10	10	100%	132	11	8%	52	21	40%	331	48	15%	17	11	65%	31	16	52%	0
1984	29	MIN	AL	32	25%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	1	0	0%	17	3	18%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
6 Seasons				2578	37%	646			10	3	0	2	1.40	41	0	43	26	15	20	21	1	67	63	94%	513	51	10%	258	108	42%	1504	217	14%	113	67	59%	147	66	45%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1979	24	148	445	393	49	112	13	8	5	52	5	2	27	72	.285	.331	.397	.728	93	156	9	1	22	2	0
1980	25	298	1044	939	116	277	30	15	18	116	12	7	56	139	.295	.334	.416	.750	98	391	24	1	43	5	1
1981	26	399	1453	1320	157	379	43	24	24	152	16	12	74	191	.287	.324	.411	.735	97	542	27	2	50	7	4
1982	27	516	1906	1730	205	478	55	30	30	189	18	17	110	242	.276	.319	.395	.714	92	683	38	4	53	9	5
1983	28	658	2546	2293	288	634	85	34	41	246	22	19	172	296	.276	.327	.397	.723	95	910	49	5	63	13	6
1984	29	666	2578	2320	293	646	86	34	41	249	22	19	177	298	.278	.329	.398	.727	96	923	51	5	63	13	8

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	24	149	424	394	48	111	13	8	5	51	5	27	72	.282	.328	.393	.721	50	148
1980	25	150	569	538	65	157	16	7	12	62	7	28	67	.292	.325	.414	.740	73	150
1981	26	153	615	582	67	160	20	14	9	58	6	28	79	.275	.309	.404	.713	73	101
1982	27	117	449	409	49	98	12	6	6	38	2	36	51	.240	.303	.342	.645	42	117
1983	28	142	634	566	84	159	31	4	11	58	4	63	54	.281	.352	.408	.760	82	142
1984	29	8	32	27	5	12	1	0	0	3	0	5	2	.444	.531	.481	1.013	7	8
6 Seasons		719	2723	2516	318	697	93	39	43	270	24	187	325	.277	.327	.396	.723	327	666
162 Game Avg.		162	614	567	72	157	21	9	10	61	5	42	73	.277	.327	.396	.723	74	666

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1979-AL-Rookie of the Year

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL--8--10th
1981 AL--9--1st

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL--22--2nd
1980 AL--21--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink Batting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 4 (1604), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Cliff Lee (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Cooper (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Gutteridge (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Davenport (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Boeckel (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Black Ink	Batting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1604), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50