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Luis Castillo

Luis Antonio (Donato) Castillo

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: September 12, 1975 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: Colegio San Benito Abad (Humacao, DO)
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1996 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Mets/Twins 1996-2010
Agents: ACES [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010 (Age 35)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #597. Ron Hunt… #598. Ripper Collins… #599. Terry Steinbach… #600. LUIS CASTILLO… #601. Buddy Lewis… #602. George Selkirk… #603. Roy Smalley… 

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
1996 20 FLA NL 41 180 164 26 43 2 1 1 8 17 4 14 46 .262 .320 .305 .625 69 50 0 0 2 0 0 4
1997 21 FLA NL 75 291 263 27 63 8 0 0 8 16 10 27 53 .240 .310 .270 .580 58 71 6 0 1 0 0 4
1998 22 FLA NL 44 177 153 21 31 3 2 1 10 3 0 22 33 .203 .307 .268 .575 58 41 1 1 1 0 0 4
1999 23 FLA NL 128 563 487 76 147 23 4 0 28 50 17 67 85 .302 .384 .366 .750 98 178 3 0 6 3 0 *4
2000 24 FLA NL 136 626 539 101 180 17 3 2 17 62 22 78 86 .334 .418 .388 .806 111 209 11 0 9 0 0 *4
2001 25 FLA NL 134 612 537 76 141 16 10 2 45 33 16 67 90 .263 .344 .341 .685 82 183 6 1 4 3 0 *4
2002 26 FLA NL 146 668 606 86 185 18 5 2 39 48 15 55 76 .305 .364 .361 .726 95 219 7 2 4 1 4 *4 AS
2003 27 FLA NL 152 676 595 99 187 19 6 6 39 21 19 63 60 .314 .381 .397 .778 106 236 7 2 15 1 0 *4 AS,MVP-21,GG
2004 28 FLA NL 150 649 564 91 164 12 7 2 47 21 4 75 68 .291 .373 .348 .720 93 196 15 1 5 4 2 *4 GG
2005 29 FLA NL 122 524 439 72 132 12 4 4 30 10 7 65 32 .301 .391 .374 .765 108 164 11 1 18 1 1 *4 AS,GG
2006 30 MIN AL 142 652 584 84 173 22 6 3 49 25 11 56 58 .296 .358 .370 .728 91 216 14 1 9 2 0 *4
2007 31 TOT MLB 135 615 548 91 165 19 5 1 38 19 6 53 45 .301 .362 .359 .721 94 197 5 0 12 2 0 *4
2007 31 MIN AL 85 384 349 54 106 11 3 0 18 9 4 29 28 .304 .356 .352 .709 93 123 3 0 5 1 0 4
2007 31 NYM NL 50 231 199 37 59 8 2 1 20 10 2 24 17 .296 .371 .372 .742 95 74 2 0 7 1 0 4
2008 32 NYM NL 87 359 298 46 73 7 1 3 28 17 2 50 35 .245 .355 .305 .660 78 91 13 2 7 2 2 4
2009 33 NYM NL 142 580 486 77 147 12 3 1 40 20 6 69 58 .302 .387 .346 .732 99 168 15 1 19 5 3 *4
2010 34 NYM NL 86 299 247 28 58 4 2 0 17 8 3 39 25 .235 .337 .267 .604 68 66 6 0 11 2 1 4
15 Yrs 1720 7471 6510 1001 1889 194 59 28 443 370 142 800 850 .290 .368 .351 .719 92 2285 120 12 123 26 13
162 Game Avg. 162 704 613 94 178 18 6 3 42 35 13 75 80 .290 .368 .351 .719 92 215 11 1 12 2 1
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
FLA (10 yrs) 1128 4966 4347 675 1273 130 42 20 271 281 114 533 629 .293 .370 .356 .726 94 1547 67 8 65 13 7
NYM (4 yrs) 365 1469 1230 188 337 31 8 5 105 55 13 182 135 .274 .366 .324 .691 87 399 36 3 44 10 6
MIN (2 yrs) 227 1036 933 138 279 33 9 3 67 34 15 85 86 .299 .357 .363 .720 92 339 17 1 14 3 0
NL (14 yrs) 1493 6435 5577 863 1610 161 50 25 376 336 127 715 764 .289 .369 .349 .718 92 1946 103 11 109 23 13
AL (2 yrs) 227 1036 933 138 279 33 9 3 67 34 15 85 86 .299 .357 .363 .720 92 339 17 1 14 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1996 20 FLA NL 41 180 -6 2 1 9 1 7 0.7 5 12 1.1 .518 .505 0.3 1.0 3 $109,000 4
1997 21 FLA NL 75 291 -15 -1 1 -2 1 -16 -1.7 8 -8 -0.9 .478 .490 -0.7 -0.1 -6 $154,000 4
1998 22 FLA NL 44 177 -6 0 2 -2 1 -6 -0.6 5 -1 -0.2 .486 .496 0.1 -0.2 1 $200,000 4
1999 23 FLA NL 128 563 3 4 2 -4 2 7 0.6 15 23 2.1 .506 .504 2.5 -0.2 26 $225,000 *4
2000 24 FLA NL 136 626 22 6 1 -1 3 30 2.7 17 47 4.4 .521 .517 4.5 0.1 48 $390,000 *4
2001 25 FLA NL 134 612 -7 1 1 1 3 -2 -0.3 17 15 1.4 .498 .499 1.4 0.3 14 $2,200,000 *4
2002 26 FLA NL 146 668 -1 5 3 -8 3 1 0.1 18 19 1.8 .501 .501 2.7 -0.6 28 $3,325,000 *4 AS
2003 27 FLA NL 152 676 11 -2 4 9 3 25 2.5 19 43 4.2 .516 .515 3.3 1.2 34 $4,850,000 *4 AS,MVP-21,GG
2004 28 FLA NL 150 649 3 4 3 7 3 19 1.9 18 37 3.6 .513 .512 2.9 1.0 30 $4,666,667 *4 GG
2005 29 FLA NL 122 524 10 -0 1 7 2 20 2.0 14 34 3.4 .516 .512 2.7 0.9 27 $5,166,667 *4 AS,GG
2006 30 MIN AL 142 652 -5 1 2 0 3 0 0.2 22 23 2.2 .500 .500 2.2 0.4 23 $5,071,506 *4
2007 31 MIN AL 85 384 -3 3 2 -4 2 -0 0.1 13 12 1.2 .499 .500 1.6 -0.2 16 $5,750,000 4
2007 31 NYM NL 50 231 4 4 1 0 1 10 1.0 6 16 1.6 .520 .506 1.6 0.1 16 4
2008 32 NYM NL 87 359 -7 4 0 -13 2 -14 -1.5 10 -5 -0.5 .484 .491 0.8 -1.2 8 $6,250,000 4
2009 33 NYM NL 142 580 2 4 1 -12 2 -4 -0.4 16 12 1.2 .497 .498 2.4 -0.9 24 $6,250,000 *4
2010 34 NYM NL 86 299 -9 1 -0 1 1 -5 -0.6 8 3 0.2 .493 .496 0.1 0.2 2 $6,250,000 4
15 Seasons 1720 7471 -5 33 24 -13 32 72 6.7 211 282 26.8 .504 .503 28.4 2.1 295 $50,857,840
FLA (10 yrs) 1128 4966 13 17 18 15 21 85 7.9 136 220 20.9 .507 .505 19.7 3.6 205 $21,286,334
NYM (4 yrs) 365 1469 -10 12 2 -24 6 -13 -1.4 40 27 2.5 .496 .498 4.9 -1.8 51 $18,750,000
MIN (2 yrs) 227 1036 -8 3 4 -4 4 -0 0.3 35 35 3.4 .500 .500 3.8 0.2 39 $10,821,506

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 27 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 4 20 17 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .294 .400 .471 .871 8 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 FLA NL NLCS CHC W 7 34 28 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 .214 .333 .250 .583 7 0 0 1 0 0
2003 27 FLA NL WS NYY W 6 27 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 .154 .154 .154 .308 4 0 0 1 0 0
2006 30 MIN AL ALDS OAK L 3 14 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .273 .429 .273 .701 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 20 95 82 6 18 4 0 0 4 3 2 11 15 .220 .312 .268 .580 22 0 0 2 0 0
1 ALDS 3 14 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .273 .429 .273 .701 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 20 17 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .294 .400 .471 .871 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 7 34 28 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 .214 .333 .250 .583 7 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 6 27 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 .154 .154 .154 .308 4 0 0 1 0 0

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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 FLA NL 20 2B 41 41 36 352.0 220 99 118 3 37 .986 9 31 5.55 5.29 .981 5.09 5.06
1997 FLA NL 21 2B 70 64 59 576.0 315 129 177 9 44 .971 -2 -4 4.78 4.37 .980 5.07 5.03
1998 FLA NL 22 2B 44 43 42 378.1 237 117 113 7 34 .970 -2 -7 5.47 5.23 .982 5.09 5.06
1999 FLA NL 23 2B 126 122 114 1068.1 615 257 343 15 75 .976 -4 -4 5.05 4.76 .981 5.05 5.01
2000 FLA NL 24 2B 136 135 128 1176.1 658 282 365 11 83 .983 -1 -1 4.95 4.76 .982 4.96 4.91
2001 FLA NL 25 2B 133 131 126 1157.0 660 260 387 13 99 .980 1 1 5.03 4.86 .983 4.85 4.80
2002 FLA NL 26 2B 144 143 130 1257.2 673 269 391 13 93 .981 -8 -8 4.72 4.58 .981 4.96 4.92 AS
2003 FLA NL 27 2B 152 151 136 1312.1 729 286 433 10 99 .986 15 9 13 8 4.93 4.73 .983 5.12 5.07 AS,MVP-21,GG
2004 FLA NL 28 2B 148 147 134 1274.1 687 275 406 6 97 .991 17 7 16 7 4.81 4.60 .982 5.00 4.97 GG
2005 FLA NL 29 2B 120 116 102 1012.1 604 245 352 7 87 .988 11 7 13 8 5.31 4.98 .981 4.98 4.92 AS,GG
2006 MIN AL 30 2B 142 142 132 1239.1 651 267 378 6 78 .991 -6 0 -6 0 4.68 4.54 .986 4.92 4.85
2007 TOT MLB 31 2B 135 133 120 1158.1 573 253 315 5 75 .991 -11 -4 -12 -4 4.41 4.21 .985 4.94 4.89
2007 MIN AL 31 2B 85 85 74 726.1 377 154 220 3 48 .992 -6 -4 -10 -7 4.63 4.40 .985 4.98 4.92
2007 NYM NL 31 2B 50 48 46 432.0 196 99 95 2 27 .990 -5 0 -15 0 4.04 3.88 .984 4.86 4.84
2008 NYM NL 32 2B 81 78 74 689.2 352 160 186 6 41 .983 -13 -13 -23 -23 4.52 4.27 .982 4.83 4.80
2009 NYM NL 33 2B 137 135 123 1146.2 621 266 344 11 71 .982 -6 -12 -6 -13 4.79 4.45 .984 4.86 4.82
2010 NYM NL 34 2B 74 64 56 576.2 300 122 176 2 38 .993 -2 1 -3 2 4.65 4.03 .984 4.78 4.73
15 Seasons 2B 1683 1645 1512 14375.1 7895 3287 4484 124 1051 .984 -3 -5 -0 0 4.87 4.62 .983 4.96 4.92
15 Seasons TOT 1683 1645 1512 14375.1 7895 3287 4484 124 1051 .984 -3 -5 -0 0 4.87 4.62 .983 4.96 4.92
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 *
2003 *
2005 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

Gold Gloves
2003 NL (2B)
2004 NL (2B)
2005 NL (2B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
2000 NL  .334 (5th)
2003 NL  .314 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2000 NL  .418 (8th)
2005 NL  .391 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
2002 NL  606 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  185 (4th)
2003 NL  187 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2001 NL  10 (4th)
2003 NL  6 (9th)
2004 NL  7 (9th)
2006 AL  6 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  800 (247th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1999 NL  50 (4th)
2000 NL  62 (1st)
2001 NL  33 (5th)
2002 NL  48 (1st)
2003 NL  21 (10th)
2006 AL  25 (9th)
Career  370 (93rd)

Singles s c a p y
2000 NL  158 (1st)
2002 NL  160 (1st)
2003 NL  156 (2nd)
2004 NL  143 (4th)
2006 AL  142 (6th)
2007 ML  140 (7th)
2009 NL  131 (4th)
Career  1,608 (147th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2003 NL  15 (1st)
2005 NL  18 (2nd)
2006 AL  9 (4th)
2007 ML  12 (8th)
2009 NL  19 (2nd)
2010 NL  11 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1999 NL  17 (2nd)
2000 NL  22 (1st)
2001 NL  16 (2nd)
2002 NL  15 (2nd)
2003 NL  19 (2nd)
2006 AL  11 (3rd)
Career  142 (30th)

SB % s c a p y
2004 NL  84.00 (6th)
2008 NL  89.47 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2005 NL  13.7 (3rd)
2006 AL  10.1 (9th)
2007 ML  12.2 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2003 NL  152 (1st)
2004 NL  148 (2nd)
2006 AL  142 (2nd)
Career  1,683 (25th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2003 NL  286 (1st)
2004 NL  275 (4th)
2006 AL  267 (4th)
2009 NL  266 (5th)
Career  3,287 (46th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2001 NL  387 (3rd)
2002 NL  391 (5th)
2003 NL  433 (2nd)
2004 NL  406 (2nd)
2006 AL  378 (4th)
Career  4,484 (35th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1999 NL  15 (2nd)
2001 NL  13 (1st)
2002 NL  13 (4th)
2009 NL  11 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
2001 NL  99 (2nd)
2002 NL  93 (4th)
2003 NL  99 (2nd)
2004 NL  97 (2nd)
2005 NL  87 (5th)
Career  1,051 (22nd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1996 NL  9 (3rd)
2003 NL  15 (2nd)
2004 NL  17 (1st)
2005 NL  11 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2005 NL  5.31 (4th)
Career  4.87 (95th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1999 NL  4.76 (5th)
2001 NL  4.86 (2nd)
2003 NL  4.73 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2003 NL  .986 (4th)
2004 NL  .991 (2nd)
2005 NL  .988 (4th)
2006 AL  .991 (4th)
2007 AL  .992 (3rd)
Career  .984 (37th)

Youngest s c a p y
1996 NL  born 1975-09-12 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (770), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 60 (328), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (66th), 26.8 career WAR/21.7 7yr-peak WAR/24.2 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 66.0 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Johnny Evers (908) *
  2. Steve Sax (901)
  3. Maury Wills (878)
  4. Johnny Temple (867)
  5. Dave Cash (865)
  6. Sparky Adams (863)
  7. Pete Runnels (862)
  8. Claude Ritchey (861)
  9. Bill Hallman (860)
  10. Heinie Groh (860)
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Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jack Brohamer (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Remy (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chuck Knoblauch (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Sax (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Sax (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Sax (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Sax (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Cash (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Cash (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Randolph (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Evers (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Willie Randolph (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Johnny Evers (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
199620Florida Marlins$109,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199721Florida Marlins$154,0001997 AP survey
199822Florida Marlins$200,00011/23/98 USA Today
199923Florida Marlins$225,0004/6/99 USA Today
200024Florida Marlins$390,0004/5/00 AP
200125Florida Marlins$2,200,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Florida Marlins$3,325,0004/3/02 AP
200327Florida Marlins$4,850,0004/3/03 AP
200428Florida Marlins$4,666,6674/7/04 AP
200529Florida Marlins$5,166,667
200630Minnesota Twins$5,071,506
200731Minnesota Twins$5,750,000
200832New York Mets$6,250,000
200933New York Mets$6,250,000
201034New York Mets$6,250,000
201135New York Mets$6,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2012
Career to date (may be incomplete)$56,857,840
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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