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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 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
1991 23 ATL NL 12 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
1992 24 ATL NL 9 18 16 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .313 .646 79 5 0 1 0 0 1 /56
1993 25 COL NL 105 357 337 36 86 9 7 9 30 2 5 13 45 .255 .283 .404 .686 70 136 10 2 0 5 4 6
1994 26 COL NL 52 141 130 16 43 11 1 3 18 2 1 7 23 .331 .357 .500 .857 107 65 3 0 1 3 1 64/53
1995 27 COL NL 139 571 527 82 163 34 2 32 90 2 8 30 87 .309 .347 .564 .911 112 297 15 4 4 6 2 *5/6 AS,MVP-18,SS
1996 28 COL NL 160 673 629 97 191 34 0 40 113 7 2 35 88 .304 .343 .548 .892 112 345 20 5 0 4 7 *5
1997 29 COL NL 159 668 612 94 186 25 2 40 113 2 4 44 108 .304 .356 .547 .904 115 335 17 8 0 4 9 *5 MVP-22,SS
1998 30 COL NL 162 697 645 108 206 28 4 46 144 5 9 40 89 .319 .362 .589 .951 127 380 24 6 0 6 7 *5/6 AS,MVP-11,SS
1999 31 COL NL 158 674 615 83 169 24 1 33 102 2 3 53 75 .275 .331 .478 .809 83 294 15 1 0 5 7 *5
2000 32 TBD AL 85 354 331 22 73 9 1 6 42 1 2 14 41 .221 .254 .308 .562 43 102 9 3 0 6 3 5
2001 33 TOT MLB 146 581 538 69 140 34 1 25 91 1 4 35 108 .260 .308 .467 .775 93 251 22 4 0 4 3 *5/6
2001 33 TBD AL 24 97 93 7 20 6 0 2 9 0 0 3 22 .215 .247 .344 .592 56 32 3 1 0 0 0 5
2001 33 HOU NL 122 484 445 62 120 28 1 23 82 1 4 32 86 .270 .320 .492 .812 100 219 19 3 0 4 3 *5/6
2002 34 ATL NL 143 578 543 56 126 23 2 12 61 4 1 22 69 .232 .268 .348 .616 60 189 22 7 0 6 4 *5
2003 35 ATL NL 147 578 542 65 150 28 3 22 76 1 2 26 86 .277 .310 .461 .771 97 250 22 3 1 6 3 *5
2004 36 COL NL 148 648 583 93 158 43 3 35 131 0 0 51 113 .271 .332 .535 .867 109 312 22 6 0 8 6 *5 MVP-23
2005 37 WSN NL 142 549 494 53 125 36 1 12 66 4 2 43 82 .253 .319 .403 .722 93 199 16 7 1 4 7 *5
2006 38 TOT NL 87 291 275 26 63 10 0 5 27 0 0 9 49 .229 .258 .320 .578 53 88 7 3 0 4 0 5/3
2006 38 SDP NL 72 269 254 24 59 10 0 4 23 0 0 9 46 .232 .260 .319 .579 54 81 5 2 0 4 0 5
2006 38 COL NL 15 22 21 2 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .190 .227 .333 .561 37 7 2 1 0 0 0 /35
16 Seasons 1854 7384 6822 902 1884 349 28 320 1105 33 43 423 1069 .276 .321 .476 .797 95 3249 224 60 8 71 64
162 Game Avg. 162 645 596 79 165 30 2 28 97 3 4 37 93 .276 .321 .476 .797 95 284 20 5 1 6 6
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
COL (9 yrs) 1098 4451 4099 611 1206 208 20 239 745 22 32 273 631 .294 .340 .530 .870 106 2171 128 33 5 41 43
ATL (4 yrs) 311 1180 1106 123 281 52 5 34 138 5 3 49 161 .254 .289 .402 .692 78 445 44 11 2 12 8
TBD (2 yrs) 109 451 424 29 93 15 1 8 51 1 2 17 63 .219 .253 .316 .569 45 134 12 4 0 6 3
SDP (1 yr) 72 269 254 24 59 10 0 4 23 0 0 9 46 .232 .260 .319 .579 54 81 5 2 0 4 0
WSN (1 yr) 142 549 494 53 125 36 1 12 66 4 2 43 82 .253 .319 .403 .722 93 199 16 7 1 4 7
HOU (1 yr) 122 484 445 62 120 28 1 23 82 1 4 32 86 .270 .320 .492 .812 100 219 19 3 0 4 3
NL (15 yrs) 1745 6933 6398 873 1791 334 27 312 1054 32 41 406 1006 .280 .325 .487 .812 98 3115 212 56 8 65 61
AL (2 yrs) 109 451 424 29 93 15 1 8 51 1 2 17 63 .219 .253 .316 .569 45 134 12 4 0 6 3

Postseason Batting

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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
1995 27 COL NL NLDS ATL L 4 16 15 3 7 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 .467 .500 1.133 1.633 17 1 1 0 0 0
2001 33 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 3 11 11 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .545 .818 6 1 0 0 0 0
2002 34 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 5 20 18 5 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .389 .450 .556 1.006 10 0 0 0 0 0
2003 35 ATL NL NLDS CHC L 5 19 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .250 .368 .250 .618 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 17 66 60 9 21 1 0 5 12 0 0 5 12 .350 .409 .617 1.026 37 2 1 0 0 0
4 NLDS 17 66 60 9 21 1 0 5 12 0 0 5 12 .350 .409 .617 1.026 37 2 1 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1995 (3B)
1998 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1995 NL (18, 1%)
1997 NL (22, 1%)
1998 NL (11, 11%)
2004 NL (23, 1%)
0.14 Career Shares (812th)

Silver Sluggers
1995 NL (3B)
1997 NL (3B)
1998 NL (3B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1995 NL  .309 (7th)
1998 NL  .319 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1995 NL  .564 (6th)
1997 NL  .547 (8th)
1998 NL  .589 (7th)
Career  .476 (195th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1995 NL  .911 (7th)
1997 NL  .904 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1996 NL  160 (5th)
1997 NL  159 (6th)
1998 NL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1996 NL  629 (9th)
1997 NL  612 (9th)
1998 NL  645 (6th)
1999 NL  615 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1998 NL  697 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1995 NL  163 (8th)
1996 NL  191 (7th)
1997 NL  186 (7th)
1998 NL  206 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1995 NL  297 (3rd)
1996 NL  345 (4th)
1997 NL  335 (4th)
1998 NL  380 (3rd)
2004 NL  312 (8th)
Career  3249 (199th)

Doubles s c a p y
1995 NL  34 (7th)
2004 NL  43 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1993 NL  7 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1995 NL  32 (5th)
1996 NL  40 (5th)
1997 NL  40 (4th)
1998 NL  46 (4th)
Career  320 (101st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1996 NL  113 (9th)
1997 NL  113 (10th)
1998 NL  144 (3rd)
2004 NL  131 (1st)
Career  1105 (190th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1069 (191st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1997 NL  113 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1995 NL  68 (6th)
1996 NL  74 (9th)
1998 NL  78 (7th)
2004 NL  81 (4th)
Career  697 (169th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1995 NL  6 (8th)
2004 NL  8 (7th)
Career  71 (124th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  64 (248th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1995 NL  15 (9th)
1996 NL  20 (5th)
1998 NL  24 (2nd)
2001 NL  19 (9th)
2002 NL  22 (5th)
2003 NL  22 (5th)
2004 NL  22 (5th)
Career  224 (50th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1995 NL  16.5 (7th)
1997 NL  15.3 (9th)
1998 NL  14.0 (5th)
Career  21.3 (157th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1998 NL  478 (6th)
1999 NL  469 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (372), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 73 (327), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 69 (268), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (521), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

March 19, 1990: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from Saltillo (Mexican).

November 17, 1992: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Atlanta Braves as the 40th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

December 13, 1999: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma.

May 10, 2001: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

May 15, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 6, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 30, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

November 4, 2005: Traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Diego Padres for Brian Lawrence and cash.

July 19, 2006: Released by the San Diego Padres.

August 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1992Atlanta Braves$109,000
1993Colorado Rockies$120,000
1994Colorado Rockies$192,500
1995Colorado Rockies$265,000
1996Colorado Rockies$1,200,000
1997Colorado Rockies$2,225,000
1998Colorado Rockies$5,025,000
1999Colorado Rockies$6,000,000
2000Tampa Bay Devil Rays$6,250,000
2001Tampa Bay Devil Rays$7,250,000
2002Atlanta Braves$3,000,000
2003Atlanta Braves$5,000,000
2004Colorado Rockies$2,100,000
2005Washington Nationals$3,000,000
2006San Diego Padres$3,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$44,936,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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