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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 MIN AL 24 3B 143 106 1010.0 376 85 277 14 31 .963 4.3 5.1 2.3 3.0 -0.6 2 3.23 2.53 .952 3.07 2.66 RoY-1
1979 MIN AL 24 SS 5 2 29.0 16 6 9 1 3 .938 -1.4 -57.9 -1.4 -1.4 -0.1 0 4.66 3.00 .969 5.00 4.10 RoY-1
1980 MIN AL 25 3B 138 135 1193.2 463 105 340 18 34 .961 8.7 8.7 7.7 3.7 4.0 1 3.36 3.22 .951 3.01 2.59
1980 MIN AL 25 SS 18 11 124.2 82 23 55 4 14 .951 1.9 18.3 1.9 1.0 0.9 0 5.63 4.33 .963 4.99 4.26
1981 MIN AL 26 3B 98 97 859.2 318 86 224 8 24 .975 7.1 9.9 6.1 5.1 1.0 1 3.25 3.16 .949 2.95 2.52
1981 MIN AL 26 2B 4 3 23.0 23 10 12 1 5 .957 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 8.61 5.50 .983 5.56 4.92
1982 MIN AL 27 2B 96 86 767.1 423 193 228 2 63 .995 7.5 11.7 4.5 1.5 3.1 3 4.94 4.39 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 MIN AL 27 3B 21 20 171.0 77 25 50 2 6 .974 2.4 16.8 2.4 1.4 1.0 0 3.95 3.57 .953 3.07 2.62
1982 MIN AL 27 OF 6 4 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 19.4 0.5 -0.4 0.8 0 3.48 2.00 .983 2.47 2.15
1982 MIN AL 27 LF 5 4 30.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 20.0 0.5 -0.4 0.8 0 3.30 2.20 .982 2.28 1.92
1982 MIN AL 27 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.50
1982 MIN AL 27 DH 1
1983 MIN AL 28 2B 132 132 1171.0 714 301 406 7 94 .990 6.9 7.1 6.9 8.5 -1.5 0 5.43 5.36 .981 5.36 4.77
1983 MIN AL 28 3B 8 7 62.1 40 15 24 1 1 .975 0.7 13.5 0.7 0.9 -0.2 0 5.63 4.88 .955 3.08 2.58
1983 MIN AL 28 DH 1
1984 MIN AL 29 3B 8 8 67.0 20 8 12 0 1 1.000 0.7 12.5 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 2.69 2.50 .945 2.75 2.19
6 Seasons 3B 416 373 3363.2 1294 324 927 43 97 .967 23.9 8.5 19.9 13.9 6.1 4 3.35 3.01 .951 3.01 2.59
3 Seasons 2B 232 221 1961.1 1160 504 646 10 162 .991 14.4 8.8 11.4 10.3 1.3 3 5.28 4.96 .981 5.36 4.74
2 Seasons SS 23 13 153.2 98 29 64 5 17 .949 0.5 3.9 0.5 -0.4 0.8 0 5.45 4.04 .964 4.99 4.23
1 Season OF 6 4 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 19.4 0.5 -0.4 0.8 0 3.48 2.00 .983 2.47 2.15
1 Season LF 5 4 30.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 20.0 0.5 -0.4 0.8 0 3.30 2.20 .982 2.28 1.92
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.50
6 Seasons TOT 677 611 5509.2 2564 869 1637 58 276 .977 39.3 8.6 32.3 23.4 9.0 0 7 4.09 3.70 .942 3.90 3.38

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 MIN AL 24 148 108 148 147 0 0 0 0 143 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 4
1980 MIN AL 25 150 146 150 149 0 0 0 0 138 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 MIN AL 26 101 100 101 101 0 0 0 4 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 MIN AL 27 117 111 117 116 0 0 0 96 22 0 5 1 0 6 1 0 0
1983 MIN AL 28 142 139 142 139 0 0 0 132 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 MIN AL 29 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 666 612 666 660 0 0 0 232 416 23 5 1 0 6 1 16 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 MIN AL 24 4413 60% 82% 28% 348 95% 5 84 58 9 17 274 205 57 5 7 14 0 7 7 5 32 25 1 28 4 2 2 17 71%
1980 MIN AL 25 5202 61% 81% 29% 445 91% 6 101 68 18 15 340 263 59 2 10 18 1 15 2 13 33 26 0 29 3 3 0 20 80%
1981 MIN AL 26 3843 55% 80% 27% 298 92% 5 87 54 14 19 218 169 40 3 5 8 1 7 0 7 24 14 5 20 2 2 0 10 70%
1982 MIN AL 27 801 62% 77% 21% 75 97% 0 27 23 2 2 51 38 11 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 5 0 5 1 1 0 0
1983 MIN AL 28 275 61% 83% 23% 28 96% 0 13 9 0 4 18 15 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 MIN AL 29 303 59% 76% 23% 21 100% 1 9 7 1 1 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 14837 59% 80% 28% 1215 93% 17 321 219 44 58 913 700 172 11 24 43 2 32 9 28 97 72 6 84 10 8 2 48 75%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 89% 74%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 MIN AL 26 105 41% 81% 28% 13 92% 1 10 2 5 3 11 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 0
1982 MIN AL 27 3387 64% 78% 22% 278 98% 0 195 89 83 23 228 195 25 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 63 19 17 13 4 54 18 36 7 4 3
1983 MIN AL 28 5333 61% 79% 23% 465 97% 1 305 105 156 44 416 364 40 1 11 7 1 6 0 6 94 34 26 16 2 80 19 60 13 7 6
3 Seasons 8825 62% 79% 23% 756 97% 2 510 196 244 70 655 568 66 1 15 10 1 8 1 6 162 55 43 30 7 139 40 98 20 11 9
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 MIN AL 24 136 66% 74% 24% 8 88% 0 6 0 6 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1980 MIN AL 25 518 61% 81% 29% 64 86% 0 23 8 12 3 56 42 9 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 14 4 1 3 0 1 10 5 4 3 3 0
2 Seasons 654 62% 80% 28% 72 86% 0 29 8 18 3 65 49 11 0 2 5 0 5 0 5 17 5 1 4 1 1 13 6 6 3 3 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 146 61% 78% 27% 11 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 146 61% 78% 27% 11 100%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.6% 57% 79% 26% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14% 86% 29% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14% 86% 29% 1 100%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.2% 57% 79% 26% 61%

* 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.

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