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Pete Castiglione

Peter Paul Castiglione

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

Born: February 13, 1921 in Greenwich, CT
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1947
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals 1947-1954

Final Game: April 25, 1954
Died: April 22, 2010 in Pompano Beach, FL
Buried: Forest Lawn North Cemetery, Pompano Beach, FL
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Standard Batting

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
1940	19	PIT-min	C	64	248	248		68	11	4	0						.274	.274	.351	.625		87							HUT · WA
1941	20	PIT-min	D,C	115	506	506		133	22	6	0						.263	.263	.330	.593		167							MOU,HUT · GAFL,WA
1942	21	PIT-min	B	123	472	472		125	21	4	0						.265	.265	.326	.591		154							HRB · ISLG
1946	25	PIT-min	B	134	476	476		163	43	6	8						.342	.342	.508	.851		242							SEL · SEAL
1947	26	PIT-min	AAA	146	607	567	74	153	26	9	2	40	3		30	35	.270	.308	.358	.666		203	17	1	9				INA · AA
1947	26	PIT	NL	13	52	50	6	14	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.280	.308	.280	.588	55	14	0	0	0			6
1948	27	PIT-min	AAA	148	626	578	87	178	33	16	5	88	3		41	37	.308	.355	.446	.801		258		1	6				INA · AA
1948	27	PIT	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/6
1949	28	PIT	NL	118	477	448	57	120	20	2	6	43	2		20	43	.268	.299	.362	.661	75	162	4	0	9			56/O9
1950	29	PIT	NL	94	294	263	29	67	10	3	3	22	1		23	23	.255	.317	.350	.667	73	92	7	1	7			56/43
1951	30	PIT	NL	132	533	482	62	126	19	4	7	42	2	2	34	28	.261	.311	.361	.672	79	174	9	1	16			56
1952	31	PIT	NL	67	235	214	27	57	9	1	4	18	3	3	17	8	.266	.323	.374	.697	91	80	2	1	3			5/37O
1953	32	TOT	NL	112	227	211	23	42	4	1	4	24	1	1	7	19	.199	.228	.284	.513	33	60	7	1	8			5/46
1953	32	PIT	NL	45	172	159	14	33	2	1	4	21	1	1	5	14	.208	.236	.308	.545	41	49	4	1	7			5
1953	32	STL	NL	67	55	52	9	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.173	.204	.212	.415	8	11	3	0	1			5/46
1954	33	STL-min	AAA	99	335	302	37	81	14	5	1	23	3		21	21	.268	.312	.358	.670		108		0	8	4			ROC · IL
1954	33	STL	NL	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0		/5
1955	34	TTO	AAA	64	165	147	13	43	3	0	0	14	0		14	14	.293	.354	.313	.667		46		0	4	0			TTO · IL
1956	35	BFL	AAA	128	488	445	39	122	20	4	0	33	2		31	33	.274	.322	.337	.659		150		2	7	3			BFL · IL
1957	36	OAK-min	AAA	100	337	321	34	82	15	3	1	32	0		8	29	.255	.274	.330	.604		106		0	8	0			BFL · IL
1958	37	OAK-NYY-min	AA,AAA,A	84	256	252	6	59	9	1	2	6	0		2	7	.234	.240	.302	.542		76		0	2	0	0		LRK,BFL,BNG · SOUA,IL,EL
8 Yrs				545	1820	1670	205	426	62	11	24	150	10	6	103	126	.255	.300	.349	.648	72	582	29	4	43	0
162 Game Avg.				162	541	496	61	127	18	3	7	45	3		31	37	.255	.300	.349	.648	72	173	9	1	13

PIT (7 yrs)				473	1765	1618	195	417	60	11	24	147	10	6	101	121	.258	.303	.353	.656	74	571	26	4	42
STL (2 yrs)				72	55	52	10	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.173	.204	.212	.415	8	11	3	0	1	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
1947	26	PIT	NL	13	52	-3	0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.476	.498	0.0	0.0	-0	$	6
1948	27	PIT	NL	4	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/6
1949	28	PIT	NL	118	477	-16	-1	1	1	1	-14	-1.5	17	3	0.1	.488	.491	0.0	0.2	2	$	56/O9
1950	29	PIT	NL	94	294	-10	0	-1	-3	2	-12	-1.2	10	-2	-0.3	.488	.493	0.1	-0.1	1	$	56/43
1951	30	PIT	NL	132	533	-14	-2	-1	4	2	-10	-1.1	18	8	0.6	.492	.493	0.3	0.6	4	$	56
1952	31	PIT	NL	67	235	-2	-1	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	8	4	0.4	.494	.497	0.5	-0.1	5	$	5/37O
1953	32	PIT	NL	45	172	-13	-1	-0	0	0	-13	-1.4	6	-7	-0.8	.470	.492	-0.8	0.0	-8	$	5
1953	32	STL	NL	67	55	-7	0	-0	1	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.491	.496	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	5/46
1954	33	STL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/5
8 Seasons				545	1820	-66	-3	-1	1	7	-62	-6.6	62	-0	-0.5	.488	.496	-0.4	0.7	-1	$

PIT (7 yrs)				473	1765	-59	-3	-1	0	6	-56	-6.0	60	4	-0.1	.488	.495	0.1	0.6	4	$
STL (2 yrs)				72	55	-7	0	-0	0	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.491	.498	-0.5	0.1	-5	$

Advanced Batting

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
1947	26	PIT	NL	52	36	4	3.0	108	.311	.280	.278	.308	.354	.280	.412	.588	.765	55	.305	-3.4	-0.3	.444	.040	.000
1948	27	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.000	.346	.000	.402	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.500	.000	.0
1949	28	PIT	NL	477	341	48	3.8	106	.286	.268	.273	.299	.347	.362	.408	.661	.755	75	.412	-17.5	-1.7	.554	.143	.094	3.0
1950	29	PIT	NL	294	210	29	3.7	111	.270	.255	.273	.317	.351	.350	.423	.667	.774	73	.388	-10.9	-1.1	.576	.186	.095	1.5
1951	30	PIT	NL	533	383	54	3.8	105	.266	.261	.270	.311	.344	.361	.409	.672	.753	79	.420	-15.6	-1.6	.569	.170	.100	3.1
1952	31	PIT	NL	235	165	25	4.1	99	.262	.266	.264	.323	.337	.374	.393	.697	.730	91	.490	-2.8	-0.3	.605	.187	.107	3.4
1953	32	TOT	NL	227	185	13	1.9	109	.202	.199	.273	.228	.344	.284	.426	.513	.770	33	.148	-21.6	-2.1	.384	.118	.085	1.6
1953	32	PIT	NL	172	138	11	2.1	109	.206	.208	.273	.236	.344	.308	.426	.545	.770	41	.180	-14.5	-1.4	.420	.132	.101	1.6
1953	32	STL	NL	55	47	2	1.1	110	.191	.173	.274	.204	.345	.212	.427	.415	.773	8	.066	-7.1	-0.7	.283	.077	.038
8 Yrs				1820	1322	173	3.5	106	.264	.255	.271	.300	.345	.349	.411	.648	.756	72	.381	-72.3	-7.1	.542	.157	.093	14.1
162 Game Avg.				541	393	51	3.5	106	.264	.255	.271	.300	.345	.349	.411	.648	.756	72	.381	-72.3	-7.1	.542	.157	.093	4

PIT (7 yrs)				1765	1275	171	3.6	106	.267	.258	.271	.303	.345	.353	.411	.656	.756	74	.393	-65.2	-6.4	.552	.160	.095	14.1
STL (2 yrs)				55	47	2	1.1	110	.191	.173	.274	.204	.345	.212	.427	.415	.773	8	.065	-7.1	-0.7	.283	.077	.038

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	26	PIT	NL	52	0.0%	9.6%	3.9%	0.0%	0%	2.50	10.0		50.0		87%
1948	27	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1949	28	PIT	NL	477	1.3%	9.0%	4.2%	5.9%	23%	2.15	10.4	74.7	10.4	1.17	84%
1950	29	PIT	NL	294	1.0%	7.8%	7.8%	5.4%	24%	1.00	11.4	87.7	12.0	1.12	81%
1951	30	PIT	NL	533	1.3%	5.3%	6.4%	5.6%	24%	0.82	17.2	68.9	11.5	1.02	84%
1952	31	PIT	NL	235	1.7%	3.4%	7.2%	6.0%	25%	0.47	26.8	53.5	11.9	0.92	86%
1953	32	TOT	NL	227	1.8%	8.4%	3.1%	4.0%	21%	2.71	11.1	52.8	8.8	1.28	83%
1953	32	PIT	NL	172	2.3%	8.1%	2.9%	4.1%	21%	2.80	11.4	39.8	7.6	1.43	82%
1953	32	STL	NL	55	0.0%	9.1%	3.6%	3.6%	22%	2.50	10.4		17.3	0.93	85%
8 Yrs				1820	1.3%	6.9%	5.7%	5.3%	23%	1.22	13.3	69.6	11.1	1.08	84%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.03	8.8	46.7	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	26	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	28	PIT	NL	-17.5	-1.7	306	-0.9	4.7	-5.6	1.03	-1.0	0.1	-6.8	-0.7	0.94	-9.8	1.18	4
1950	29	PIT	NL	-10.9	-1.1	239	-0.9	3.6	-4.5	1.11	-0.6	-0.2	-11.9	-1.1	0.95	-7.5	1.03	21
1951	30	PIT	NL	-15.6	-1.6	397	-1.6	5.8	-7.4	1.05	-1.1	-0.4	-11.8	-1.2	0.93	-13.6	1.24	7
1952	31	PIT	NL	-2.8	-0.3	191	0.3	3.2	-2.9	.92	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.90	-2.1	1.85	8
1953	32	TOT	NL	-21.6	-2.1	173	-0.9	2.1	-3.0	.89	-0.7	-0.3	-10.7	-1.0	0.97	-9.5	1.44	8
1953	32	PIT	NL	-14.5	-1.4	133	-0.5	1.9	-2.4	.96	-0.4	-0.2	-4.1	-0.4	0.96	-4.7	3.82	2
1953	32	STL	NL	-7.1	-0.7	40	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.63	-0.3	-0.3	-6.6	-0.6	1.01	-4.8	0.65	6
1954	33	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
8 Yrs				-72.3	-7.1	1306	-4.0	19.4	-23.4	1.02	-3.5	-0.4	-41.8	-4.1	0.94	-42.4	1.28	48

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	PIT	NL	0		0	1			0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	28	PIT	NL	4	38%	138	2			1	5	0	4	2	38%	28	19	8	4	0	2	10	3	6
1950	29	PIT	NL	4	30%	86	1			1	2	1	8	3	32%	14	10	3	4	2	1	4	1	3
1951	30	PIT	NL	5	36%	162	2	2	50%	0	2	0	4	2	31%	33	31	2	7	2	4	12	2	10
1952	31	PIT	NL	1	32%	71	3	3	50%	2	4	1	2	0	27%	4	4	0	3	3	0	4	1	3
1953	32	TOT	NL	5	41%	61	1	1	50%	0	1	0	1	2	20%	5	5	0	1	1	0	4	2	2
1953	32	PIT	NL	4	29%	39	1	1	50%	0	1	0	1	1	17%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1953	32	STL	NL	1	82%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	25%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
8 Yrs				19	36%	520	10	6	83%	4	14	2	19	9	32%	84	69	13	19	8	7	34	9	24

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	27	PIT	NL	2		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1949	28	PIT	NL	477	13%	120			4	1	0	0	1.18	6	0	5	4	0	4	2	0	7	9	129%	58	4	7%	34	12	35%	155	26	17%	21	12	57%	9	7	78%	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	294	15%	67			21	6	1	2	1.03	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	0	5	7	140%	44	7	16%	18	8	44%	126	13	10%	9	5	56%	4	3	75%	0
1951	30	PIT	NL	533	19%	126			7	1	0	0	1.24	7	0	3	6	0	2	5	0	13	16	123%	64	9	14%	22	12	55%	189	23	12%	10	8	80%	7	4	57%	0
1952	31	PIT	NL	235	7%	57			8	2	0	0	1.85	4	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	5	3	60%	23	2	9%	9	4	44%	83	10	12%	4	3	75%	5	3	60%	0
1953	32	TOT	NL	227	23%	42			8	5	0	2	1.44	4	0	4	2	1	4	0	0	5	8	160%	40	7	18%	23	10	43%	110	13	12%	9	5	56%	5	3	60%	0
1953	32	PIT	NL	172	19%	33			2	2	0	2	3.82	4	0	3	2	1	4	0	0	4	7	175%	32	4	13%	17	8	47%	81	10	12%	5	3	60%	5	3	60%	0
1953	32	STL	NL	55	38%	9			6	3	0	0	0.65	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	3	38%	6	2	33%	29	3	10%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				1768	16%	426			48	15	1	4	1.28	24	0	18	17	3	13	11	0	35	43	123%	229	29	13%	106	46	43%	663	85	13%	53	33	62%	30	20	67%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			111%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1947	26	13	52	50	6	14	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.280	.308	.280	.588	55	14	0	0	0
1948	27	17	54	52	6	14	0	0	0	1	1		2	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	49	14	0	0	0
1949	28	135	531	500	63	134	20	2	6	44	3		22	48	.268	.299	.352	.651	72	176	4	0	9
1950	29	229	825	763	92	201	30	5	9	66	4		45	71	.263	.305	.351	.657	73	268	11	1	16
1951	30	361	1358	1245	154	327	49	9	16	108	6	2	79	99	.263	.308	.355	.663	75	442	20	2	32
1952	31	428	1593	1459	181	384	58	10	20	126	9	5	96	107	.263	.310	.358	.668	77	522	22	3	35
1953	32	540	1820	1670	204	426	62	11	24	150	10	6	103	126	.255	.300	.349	.648	72	582	29	4	43
1954	33	545	1820	1670	205	426	62	11	24	150	10	6	103	126	.255	.300	.349	.648	72	582	29	4	43	0

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
1947	26	14	54	52	6	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	4	13
1948	27	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1949	28	123	491	462	56	121	20	2	6	42	2	20	45	.262	.293	.353	.645	48	118
1950	29	98	303	272	28	67	10	3	3	21	1	23	24	.246	.307	.338	.646	28	94
1951	30	137	551	498	62	128	19	4	7	42	2	35	29	.257	.307	.353	.661	54	132
1952	31	70	247	225	30	61	10	1	4	20	3	18	8	.271	.328	.378	.706	28	67
1953	32	116	235	219	23	43	4	1	4	24	1	7	20	.196	.225	.279	.503	14	112
7 Yrs		562	1883	1730	205	434	63	11	24	150	10	105	131	.251	.295	.342	.637	176	540
162 Game Avg.		162	543	499	59	125	18	3	7	43	3	30	38	.251	.295	.342	.637	51	540

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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