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John Castino

John Anthony Castino

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 23, 1954 in Evanston, IL
High School: New Trier HS (Winnetka, IL)
School: Rollins College (Winter Park, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1979 (Age 24)
Team: Twins 1979-1984
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: May 7, 1984 (Age 29)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1517. Frank Baumholtz… #1518. Marty Barrett… #1519. Corey Patterson… #1520. JOHN CASTINO… #1521. Alfredo Griffin… #1522. John Hummel… #1523. Dave Roberts… 

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 .766 103 235 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 .751 104 227 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 Yrs 666 2578 2320 293 646 86 34 41 249 22 19 177 298 .278 .329 .398 .727 97 923 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 97 225 12 1 15 3 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1979 24 MIN AL 148 445 -1 -1 0 3 3 5 0.6 16 21 2.1 .503 .503 1.8 0.6 18 *5/6 RoY-1
1980 25 MIN AL 150 599 7 1 0 11 4 23 2.5 20 43 4.4 .516 .515 3.3 1.6 33 *56
1981 26 MIN AL 101 409 -5 1 2 7 2 7 0.8 14 21 2.2 .508 .505 1.4 1.0 14 $210,000 *5/4
1982 27 MIN AL 117 453 -13 -2 2 10 3 0 0.1 15 16 1.5 .500 .500 0.5 1.4 5 45/78D
1983 28 MIN AL 142 640 10 0 0 8 4 22 2.5 21 43 4.4 .516 .514 3.6 1.3 35 $320,000 *4/5D
1984 29 MIN AL 8 32 3 1 -0 1 0 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .547 .502 0.4 0.1 4 $600,000 /5
6 Seasons 666 2578 1 0 4 39 17 61 6.8 88 148 15.0 .510 .507 11.0 6.0 109 $1,130,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 MIN AL 24 3B 143 106 93 1010.0 376 85 277 14 31 .963 4 5 3.23 2.53 .953 3.07 3.03 RoY-1
1979 MIN AL 24 SS 5 2 0 29.0 16 6 9 1 3 .938 -1 -58 4.66 3.00 .965 5.00 4.96 RoY-1
1980 MIN AL 25 3B 138 135 124 1193.2 463 105 340 18 34 .961 9 9 3.36 3.22 .951 3.01 3.00
1980 MIN AL 25 SS 18 11 10 124.2 82 23 55 4 14 .951 2 18 5.63 4.33 .963 4.99 4.98
1981 MIN AL 26 3B 98 97 93 859.2 318 86 224 8 24 .975 7 10 3.25 3.16 .950 2.95 2.94
1981 MIN AL 26 2B 4 3 2 23.0 23 10 12 1 5 .957 0 0 8.61 5.50 .982 5.56 5.52
1982 MIN AL 27 2B 96 86 80 767.1 423 193 228 2 63 .995 8 12 4.94 4.39 .981 5.35 5.33
1982 MIN AL 27 3B 21 20 14 171.0 77 25 50 2 6 .974 2 17 3.95 3.57 .954 3.07 3.05
1982 MIN AL 27 OF 6 4 2 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 19 3.48 2.00 .982 2.47 2.47
1982 MIN AL 27 LF 5 4 2 30.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 3.30 2.20 .981 2.28 2.28
1982 MIN AL 27 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.80
1982 MIN AL 27 DH 1 1
1983 MIN AL 28 2B 132 132 130 1171.0 714 301 406 7 94 .990 7 7 5.43 5.36 .981 5.36 5.32
1983 MIN AL 28 3B 8 7 7 62.1 40 15 24 1 1 .975 1 13 5.63 4.88 .955 3.08 3.05
1983 MIN AL 28 DH 1 0
1984 MIN AL 29 3B 8 8 7 67.0 20 8 12 0 1 1.000 1 13 2.69 2.50 .950 2.75 2.72
6 Seasons 3B 416 373 338 3363.2 1294 324 927 43 97 .967 24 9 3.35 3.01 .952 3.01 2.99
3 Seasons 2B 232 221 212 1961.1 1160 504 646 10 162 .991 14 9 5.28 4.96 .981 5.36 5.33
2 Seasons SS 23 13 10 153.2 98 29 64 5 17 .949 0 4 5.45 4.04 .963 4.99 4.97
1 Season OF 6 4 2 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 19 3.48 2.00 .982 2.47 2.47
1 Season LF 5 4 2 30.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 3.30 2.20 .981 2.28 2.28
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.80
6 Seasons TOT 677 611 562 5509.2 2564 869 1637 58 276 .977 39 9 4.09 3.70 .966 3.90 3.86
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1980 AL  1.6 (10th)

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)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1983 AL  301 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1983 AL  94 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1979 AL  143 (5th)
1980 AL  138 (4th)
1981 AL  98 (3rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1981 AL  86 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1979 AL  277 (5th)
1980 AL  340 (1st)
1981 AL  224 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  18 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1979 AL  31 (1st)
1980 AL  34 (2nd)
1981 AL  24 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (4th)
1983 AL  7 (4th)
Career  14 (91st)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1983 AL  5.36 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1983 AL  .990 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  9 (4th)
1981 AL  7 (2nd)
Career  24 (52nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1979 AL  3.23 (5th)
1980 AL  3.36 (3rd)
1981 AL  3.25 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1980 AL  3.22 (3rd)
1981 AL  3.16 (2nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1979 AL  .963 (5th)
1980 AL  .961 (3rd)
1981 AL  .975 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (757), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 2 (2182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1667), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2221), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (138th), 15.0 career WAR/15.0 7yr-peak WAR/15.0 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198126Minnesota Twins$210,0001982 TSN GuidePlayer win; team offered $150K
198328Minnesota Twins$320,0002/20/84 TSN
198429Minnesota Twins$600,0002/20/84 TSN
198530Minnesota Twins$550,0001985 USA Today surveyInjured all season
198631Minnesota Twins$750,0001986 USA Todau survey
198732Minnesota Twins$850,000Proofing corrections
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,280,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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