Vinny Castilla
Vinicio (Soria) Castilla
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 4, 1967 in Oaxaca, 20, Mexico
High School: Carlos Gracita Institute (Oaxaca, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1991
Final Game: September 28, 2006
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 ATL NL 23 SS 12 1 26.2 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -40.5 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 4.05 1.00 .967 4.69 3.88
1992 ATL NL 24 3B 4 3 30.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 -0.8 -32.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.10 1.75 .950 2.67 2.30
1992 ATL NL 24 SS 4 0 11.2 7 0 7 0 1 1.000 0.2 20.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 5.40 1.75 .971 4.63 3.85
1993 COL NL 25 SS 104 92 809.0 434 141 282 11 67 .975 -4.1 -6.1 -5.1 -2.5 -2.6 1 4.71 4.07 .965 4.69 4.04
1994 COL NL 26 SS 18 13 113.2 62 24 37 1 11 .984 -3.6 -38.0 -4.6 -2.0 -2.6 1 4.83 3.39 .966 4.53 4.05
1994 COL NL 26 2B 14 12 92.2 57 28 28 1 10 .982 0.7 9.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 1 5.44 4.00 .981 5.26 4.56
1994 COL NL 26 3B 9 6 65.0 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 -3.9 -72.0 -3.9 -1.3 -2.6 0 1.94 1.56 .950 2.64 2.24
1994 COL NL 26 1B 2 2 13.0 14 12 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 27.7 0.3 -0.4 0.7 0 9.69 7.00 .993 9.76 8.10
1995 COL NL 27 3B 137 133 1176.2 355 84 256 15 21 .958 -3.7 -3.8 -3.7 3.2 -6.9 0 2.60 2.48 .945 2.77 2.33 AS,MVP-18,SS
1995 COL NL 27 SS 5 4 32.2 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.5 18.4 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 2.76 2.00 .970 4.52 3.96 AS,MVP-18,SS
1996 COL NL 28 3B 160 157 1374.0 506 97 389 20 43 .960 7.1 6.2 5.1 0.5 4.6 2 3.18 3.04 .947 2.71 2.21
1997 COL NL 29 3B 157 155 1372.0 456 112 323 21 41 .954 2.2 1.9 0.2 4.6 -4.4 2 2.85 2.77 .946 2.66 2.19 MVP-22,SS
1998 COL NL 30 3B 162 162 1422.2 439 110 316 13 39 .970 6.7 5.7 4.7 0.3 4.4 2 2.69 2.63 .956 2.73 2.37 AS,MVP-11,SS
1998 COL NL 30 SS 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 AS,MVP-11,SS
1999 COL NL 31 3B 157 155 1351.1 413 96 298 19 32 .954 2.6 2.3 2.6 9.0 -6.4 0 2.62 2.51 .953 2.68 2.30
2000 TBD AL 32 3B 83 83 720.0 243 50 185 8 20 .967 13.1 21.8 12.1 9.2 2.9 1 2.94 2.83 .946 2.67 2.31
2001 TOT MLB 33 3B 145 143 1263.0 400 108 275 17 23 .958 6.4 6.1 6.4 4.0 2.4 0 2.73 2.64 .949 2.60 2.21
2001 TBD AL 33 3B 24 24 206.1 76 26 45 5 5 .934 0.5 2.9 0.5 2.7 -2.2 0 3.10 2.96 .947 2.73 2.41
2001 HOU NL 33 3B 121 119 1056.2 324 82 230 12 18 .963 5.9 6.7 5.9 1.3 4.6 0 2.66 2.58 .949 2.57 2.17
2001 HOU NL 33 SS 3 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 65.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.91 0.67 .950 4.42 3.93
2002 ATL NL 34 3B 139 138 1222.0 337 75 256 6 23 .982 2.5 2.5 2.5 -4.4 6.8 0 2.44 2.38 .956 2.71 2.29
2003 ATL NL 35 3B 147 144 1266.1 424 98 307 19 28 .955 7.4 7.0 6.4 -0.3 6.7 1 2.88 2.76 .955 2.74 2.36
2004 COL NL 36 3B 148 147 1286.2 446 124 316 6 30 .987 16.6 15.5 17.6 9.0 8.6 -1 3.08 2.97 .954 2.76 2.35 MVP-23
2005 WSN NL 37 3B 138 135 1171.1 362 142 209 11 23 .970 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 2.70 2.54 .957 2.77 2.39
2006 TOT NL 38 3B 70 66 584.0 174 55 114 5 8 .971 2.1 4.3 2.1 5.9 -3.8 0 2.60 2.41 .953 2.69 2.37
2006 SDP NL 38 3B 69 65 575.0 170 54 111 5 8 .971 1.2 2.5 1.2 5.9 -4.7 0 2.58 2.39 .953 2.69 2.37
2006 COL NL 38 1B 7 1 21.0 19 19 0 0 3 1.000 -0.9 -51.4 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 8.14 2.71 .995 9.43 8.06
2006 COL NL 38 3B 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.9 120.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 4.00 4.00 .950 2.70 2.40
14 Seasons 3B 1656 1627 14305.0 4577 1156 3260 161 331 .965 58.4 4.9 51.4 40.0 11.3 7 2.78 2.67 .951 2.71 2.30
7 Seasons SS 147 110 997.1 527 174 341 12 80 .977 -7.7 -9.3 -9.7 -5.5 -4.2 2 4.65 3.50 .965 4.66 4.02
1 Season 2B 14 12 92.2 57 28 28 1 10 .982 0.7 9.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 1 5.44 4.00 .981 5.26 4.56
2 Seasons 1B 9 3 34.0 33 31 2 0 5 1.000 -0.6 -21.2 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 0 8.74 3.67 .994 9.56 8.07
16 Seasons TOT 1826 1752 15429.0 5194 1389 3631 174 426 .966 50.8 4.0 40.8 33.4 7.3 10 2.93 2.75 .920 2.87 2.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1991 ATL NL 23 12 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 ATL NL 24 9 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1993 COL NL 25 105 92 105 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 COL NL 26 52 33 52 41 0 0 2 14 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
1995 COL NL 27 139 137 139 138 0 0 0 0 137 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 COL NL 28 160 157 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 COL NL 29 159 155 159 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 COL NL 30 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 COL NL 31 158 155 158 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 TBD AL 32 85 83 85 83 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 HOU NL 33 122 119 122 121 0 0 0 0 121 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 TBD AL 33 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 ATL NL 34 143 138 143 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003 ATL NL 35 147 144 147 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 COL NL 36 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 WSN NL 37 142 135 142 138 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 SDP NL 38 72 65 72 69 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 COL NL 38 15 2 15 8 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
16 Seasons 1854 1752 1854 1815 0 0 9 14 1656 147 0 0 0 0 0 51 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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%
1992 ATL NL 24 137 59% 75% 27% 8 75% 0 2 1 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 COL NL 26 349 57% 78% 36% 17 82% 0 3 3 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 COL NL 27 5405 53% 76% 33% 365 87% 14 87 69 3 15 255 202 31 1 8 15 0 14 1 14 21 14 1 16 4 3 0 21 67%
1996 COL NL 28 6436 57% 76% 34% 499 90% 3 98 74 8 16 389 300 69 3 9 20 0 17 3 18 43 29 3 34 8 6 2 14 64%
1997 COL NL 29 6375 51% 77% 35% 455 90% 4 111 87 8 16 323 238 74 2 5 21 1 15 5 18 41 33 3 38 2 0 1 20 80%
1998 COL NL 30 6449 54% 76% 32% 451 85% 6 110 84 7 20 310 232 60 3 4 13 0 9 4 10 39 27 2 31 5 5 0 18 67%
1999 COL NL 31 6487 59% 73% 30% 433 83% 2 97 72 6 20 298 225 60 3 11 19 2 16 1 16 32 27 0 28 2 2 0 27 48%
2000 TBD AL 32 3289 51% 76% 29% 234 95% 0 50 41 5 4 184 143 38 0 1 8 0 6 2 7 20 16 1 18 2 2 0 10 50%
2001 HOU NL 33 4629 54% 72% 28% 298 95% 5 82 60 7 15 230 188 31 6 4 12 0 9 3 10 18 12 2 16 2 1 1 17 71%
2001 TBD AL 33 951 49% 76% 25% 71 92% 1 26 20 2 4 45 36 8 1 3 5 0 5 0 4 5 3 0 4 1 0 1 1 0%
2002 ATL NL 34 5287 62% 74% 31% 338 95% 3 73 59 6 8 258 198 57 3 2 6 0 3 3 6 23 18 0 21 1 1 0 25 60%
2003 ATL NL 35 5609 61% 75% 35% 427 89% 5 98 72 7 19 307 251 49 1 6 19 1 13 5 16 28 22 2 26 0 0 0 19 68%
2004 COL NL 36 6060 57% 75% 31% 432 94% 4 124 92 9 23 316 250 54 5 10 6 0 5 1 6 30 19 3 25 2 1 1 20 80%
2005 WSN NL 37 5187 48% 75% 29% 365 89% 6 142 117 14 11 209 162 37 3 2 11 1 7 3 9 23 17 2 20 1 1 0 19 74%
2006 SDP NL 38 2515 51% 75% 29% 173 91% 1 54 47 3 4 112 87 20 2 1 5 0 4 1 4 8 5 3 8 0 0 0 9 78%
2006 COL NL 38 48 63% 73% 17% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 65213 55% 75% 32% 4570 90% 54 1158 899 86 175 3255 2529 590 33 66 161 5 124 32 139 331 242 22 285 30 22 6 221 67%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1991 ATL NL 23 140 64% 71% 24% 12 83% 0 6 4 1 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 ATL NL 24 52 62% 67% 40% 7 100% 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1993 COL NL 25 3851 54% 77% 31% 324 91% 6 139 52 72 15 281 220 51 3 0 11 0 8 3 10 65 18 6 23 4 9 61 24 36 1 1 0
1994 COL NL 26 519 55% 77% 32% 40 85% 1 25 10 13 2 35 26 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 2 0 5 0 1 9 2 7 1 1 0
1995 COL NL 27 140 66% 71% 29% 11 91% 0 4 2 1 1 10 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1998 COL NL 30 2 50% 50% 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
2001 HOU NL 33 14 43% 71% 29% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4718 55% 76% 31% 395 90% 7 175 68 88 19 340 262 63 4 2 12 0 8 4 10 77 21 7 28 4 10 72 28 43 2 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

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
1994 COL NL 26 427 57% 77% 35% 36 92% 0 29 10 15 4 28 24 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 6 0 3 1 10 4 6 0 0 0
1 Season 427 57% 77% 35% 36 92% 0 29 10 15 4 28 24 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 6 0 3 1 10 4 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1994 COL NL 26 62 45% 69% 24% 4 100% 0 12 2 10 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
2006 COL NL 38 106 63% 75% 35% 3 67% 0 19 1 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 168 57% 73% 31% 7 86% 0 31 3 28 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

* 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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