Bill Castro
Williams Radhames (Checo) Castro
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 29, 1952 in Santiago, D.R.
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1974
Final Game: June 25, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 22 MIL AL 0 0 4.50 8 0 2 0 0 0 18.0 19 10 9 2 5 0 10 0 0 1 78 80 1.333 9.5 1.0 2.5 5.0 2.00
1975 23 MIL AL 3 2 .600 2.52 18 5 8 0 0 1 75.0 78 28 21 3 17 5 25 2 0 1 314 152 1.267 9.4 0.4 2.0 3.0 1.47
1976 24 MIL AL 4 6 .400 3.45 39 0 29 0 0 8 70.1 70 29 27 4 19 5 23 3 0 2 291 101 1.265 9.0 0.5 2.4 2.9 1.21
1977 25 MIL AL 8 6 .571 4.15 51 0 43 0 0 13 69.1 76 34 32 7 23 10 28 2 0 1 297 98 1.428 9.9 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.22
1978 26 MIL AL 5 4 .556 1.81 42 0 35 0 0 8 49.2 43 14 10 2 14 5 17 6 0 3 211 209 1.148 7.8 0.4 2.5 3.1 1.21
1979 27 MIL AL 3 1 .750 2.03 39 0 26 0 0 6 44.1 40 14 10 2 13 5 10 0 0 2 181 206 1.195 8.1 0.4 2.6 2.0 0.77
1980 28 MIL AL 2 4 .333 2.77 56 0 36 0 0 8 84.1 89 35 26 2 17 6 32 2 0 5 350 140 1.257 9.5 0.2 1.8 3.4 1.88
1981 29 NYY AL 1 1 .500 3.79 11 0 6 0 0 0 19.0 26 13 8 2 5 1 4 0 0 0 86 94 1.632 12.3 0.9 2.4 1.9 0.80
1982 30 KCR AL 3 2 .600 3.45 21 4 7 0 0 1 75.2 72 34 29 8 20 4 37 2 0 2 322 118 1.216 8.6 1.0 2.4 4.4 1.85
1983 31 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 6.64 18 0 6 0 0 0 40.2 51 34 30 4 12 1 17 5 0 1 190 61 1.549 11.3 0.9 2.7 3.8 1.42
10 Seasons 31 26 .544 3.33 303 9 198 0 0 45 546.1 564 245 202 36 145 42 203 22 0 18 2320 117 1.298 9.3 0.6 2.4 3.3 1.40
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .544 3.33 66 2 43 0 0 10 119 123 53 44 8 32 9 44 5 0 4 506 117 1.298 9.3 0.6 2.4 3.3 1.40
MIL (7 yrs) 25 23 .521 2.96 253 5 179 0 0 44 411.0 415 164 135 22 108 36 145 15 0 15 1722 130 1.273 9.1 0.5 2.4 3.2 1.34
KCR (2 yrs) 5 2 .714 4.56 39 4 13 0 0 1 116.1 123 68 59 12 32 5 54 7 0 3 512 89 1.332 9.5 0.9 2.5 4.2 1.69
NYY (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.79 11 0 6 0 0 0 19.0 26 13 8 2 5 1 4 0 0 0 86 94 1.632 12.3 0.9 2.4 1.9 0.80

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 22 MIL AL 8 78 72 10 19 4 1 2 6 1 5 10 .264 .308 .431 .738 .279 31 1 0 0 1 0
1975 23 MIL AL 18 314 287 28 78 9 0 3 5 3 17 25 .272 .314 .334 .648 .286 96 10 2 5 3 5
1976 24 MIL AL 39 291 264 29 70 9 0 4 6 2 19 23 .265 .322 .345 .666 .278 91 12 3 5 0 5
1977 25 MIL AL 51 297 259 34 76 10 2 7 7 1 23 28 .293 .347 .429 .776 .299 111 13 2 6 7 10
1978 26 MIL AL 42 211 184 14 43 5 0 2 3 3 14 17 .234 .306 .293 .599 .246 54 4 6 5 2 5
1979 27 MIL AL 39 181 164 14 40 7 2 2 2 1 13 10 .244 .296 .348 .644 .247 57 8 0 2 2 5
1980 28 MIL AL 56 350 325 35 89 14 2 2 3 2 17 32 .274 .311 .348 .659 .296 113 16 2 3 3 6
1981 29 NYY AL 11 86 79 13 26 3 2 2 0 0 5 4 .329 .369 .494 .863 .329 39 2 0 2 0 1
1982 30 KCR AL 21 322 296 34 72 12 2 8 7 2 20 37 .243 .292 .378 .670 .251 112 3 2 0 4 4
1983 31 KCR AL 18 190 170 34 51 11 1 4 3 0 12 17 .300 .358 .447 .805 .309 76 3 5 0 3 1
10 Seasons 303 2320 2100 245 564 84 12 36 42 15 145 203 .269 .319 .371 .690 .280 780 72 22 28 25 42
162 Game Avg. 66 506 458 53 123 18 3 8 9 3 32 44 .269 .319 .371 .690 .280 170 16 5 6 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 23 MIL AL 18 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 3 60% 43 55 34 7 3 0 2 5.4 5.1 5.5
1982 30 KCR AL 21 4 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 46 59 29 2 1 0 2 6.6 7.2 5.0
2 Seasons 39 9 4 3 2 2 1 5 4 .556 1 0 0 0 3 33% 44 59 29 9 4 0 4 6.0 6.0 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 22 MIL AL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 2 25% 6 0.523 1 3 4 1 1 6 6 2 6 1 7 1 6.8
1975 23 MIL AL 18 13 8 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 4 33% 3 0.764 2 3 8 1 1 11 9 4 12 1 13 0 11.0
1976 24 MIL AL 39 39 29 4 6 10 8 2 80% 10 0 47 14 30% 9 1.111 18 7 14 11 9 19 27 12 24 7 26 9 5.4
1977 25 MIL AL 51 51 43 8 6 19 13 6 68% 22 3 64 22 34% 8 2.053 32 10 8 23 13 15 37 14 25 16 27 13 4.1
1978 26 MIL AL 42 42 35 5 4 13 8 5 62% 17 4 62 20 32% 8 1.642 25 6 8 19 7 16 34 8 18 16 18 10 3.5
1979 27 MIL AL 39 39 26 3 1 12 6 6 50% 18 5 52 23 44% 8 1.778 22 3 12 21 4 14 26 13 10 16 12 7 3.4
1980 28 MIL AL 56 56 36 2 4 12 8 4 67% 18 4 57 21 37% 8 1.076 20 9 25 24 7 25 33 23 27 18 28 17 4.5
1981 29 NYY AL 11 11 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% 8 0.551 3 1 7 2 1 8 4 7 5 2 5 1 5.2
1982 30 KCR AL 21 17 7 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 13 5 38% 7 0.601 0 7 8 3 1 13 9 8 16 1 16 2 9.8
1983 31 KCR AL 18 18 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 27% 4 0.532 1 4 13 2 1 15 9 9 13 1 14 1 6.8
10 Seasons 303 294 198 27 23 68 45 23 66% 90 19 336 117 35% 1.121 124 53 107 107 45 142 194 100 156 79 166 61 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 22 MIL AL 78 17% 2.6% 12.8% 6.4% 9.0% 37% 0.87 78% 8 1 13%
1975 23 MIL AL 315 49% 1.0% 8.0% 5.4% 3.8% 15% 1.60 83% 67 10 15%
1976 24 MIL AL 291 38% 1.4% 7.9% 6.5% 4.5% 19% 2.43 81% 64 12 19%
1977 25 MIL AL 297 37% 2.4% 9.4% 7.7% 6.4% 25% 2.59 78% 82 13 16%
1978 26 MIL AL 211 40% 1.0% 8.1% 6.6% 3.3% 16% 2.53 79% 61 4 7%
1979 27 MIL AL 181 41% 1.1% 5.5% 7.2% 6.1% 28% 3.14 85% 39 8 21%
1980 28 MIL AL 350 43% 0.6% 9.1% 4.9% 5.1% 20% 2.37 84% 87 16 18%
1981 29 NYY AL 86 41% 2.3% 4.7% 5.8% 8.1% 27% 1.78 85% 17 2 12%
1982 30 KCR AL 322 40% 2.5% 11.5% 6.2% 6.8% 31% 1.41 79% 40 3 8%
1983 31 KCR AL 190 30% 2.1% 9.0% 6.3% 8.4% 31% 1.58 80% 36 3 8%
10 Seasons 2321 39% 1.6% 8.8% 6.3% 5.7% 23% 2.01 81% 501 72 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 22 MIL AL 78 19 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 1 1 32 6 1 86% 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1975 23 MIL AL 315 78 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 17 7 0 41% 8 1 0 123 5 3 63% 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1976 24 MIL AL 291 70 4 1 10 2 2 4 0 14 9 2 64% 2 2 0 133 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 25 MIL AL 297 76 7 0 21 4 3 1 6 33 17 2 52% 7 1 0 148 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1978 26 MIL AL 211 43 2 0 18 2 0 2 0 24 10 3 42% 9 3 0 100 3 3 50% 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1979 27 MIL AL 181 40 2 0 13 1 1 2 0 20 12 0 60% 6 2 0 73 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1980 28 MIL AL 350 89 2 0 10 0 2 1 1 27 17 1 63% 9 5 1 166 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1981 29 NYY AL 86 26 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 100% 2 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 KCR AL 322 72 8 0 14 5 3 4 4 16 11 0 69% 6 2 1 92 7 2 78% 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 0
1983 31 KCR AL 190 51 4 0 6 3 1 4 0 15 5 1 33% 5 1 0 80 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 Seasons 2321 564 36 1 99 21 15 22 14 171 92 10 54% 56 18 3 985 42 15 74% 37 9 4 1 1 5 3 0 60 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1974 22 0 0 4.50 8 0 2 0 0 0 18.0 19 10 9 2 5 0 10 0 0 1 78 80 1.333 9.5 1.0 2.5 5.0 2.00 80
1975 23 3 2 .600 2.90 26 5 10 0 0 1 93.0 97 38 30 5 22 5 35 2 0 2 392 130 1.280 9.4 0.5 2.1 3.4 1.59 130
1976 24 7 8 .467 3.14 65 5 39 0 0 9 163.1 167 67 57 9 41 10 58 5 0 4 683 116 1.273 9.2 0.5 2.3 3.2 1.41 116
1977 25 15 14 .517 3.44 116 5 82 0 0 22 232.2 243 101 89 16 64 20 86 7 0 5 980 110 1.319 9.4 0.6 2.5 3.3 1.34 110
1978 26 20 18 .526 3.16 158 5 117 0 0 30 282.1 286 115 99 18 78 25 103 13 0 8 1191 120 1.289 9.1 0.6 2.5 3.3 1.32 120
1979 27 23 19 .548 3.00 197 5 143 0 0 36 326.2 326 129 109 20 91 30 113 13 0 10 1372 128 1.277 9.0 0.6 2.5 3.1 1.24 128
1980 28 25 23 .521 2.96 253 5 179 0 0 44 411.0 415 164 135 22 108 36 145 15 0 15 1722 130 1.273 9.1 0.5 2.4 3.2 1.34 130
1981 29 26 24 .520 2.99 264 5 185 0 0 44 430.0 441 177 143 24 113 37 149 15 0 15 1808 128 1.288 9.2 0.5 2.4 3.1 1.32 128
1982 30 29 26 .527 3.06 285 9 192 0 0 45 505.2 513 211 172 32 133 41 186 17 0 17 2130 126 1.278 9.1 0.6 2.4 3.3 1.40 126
1983 31 31 26 .544 3.33 303 9 198 0 0 45 546.1 564 245 202 36 145 42 203 22 0 18 2320 117 1.298 9.3 0.6 2.4 3.3 1.40 117

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 22 0 1 .000 5.82 17.0 21 12 11 2 6 9 0 1.588 11.1 3.2 4.8 1.50 1.1 8
1975 23 5 2 .714 2.88 72.0 81 26 23 3 18 24 2 1.375 10.1 2.3 3.0 1.33 0.4 18
1976 24 3 4 .429 4.50 64.0 76 36 32 4 21 21 3 1.516 10.7 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.6 39
1977 25 3 4 .429 4.71 65.0 77 38 34 7 23 26 2 1.538 10.7 3.2 3.6 1.13 1.0 51
1978 26 4 1 .800 2.06 48.0 46 12 11 2 15 16 6 1.271 8.6 2.8 3.0 1.07 0.4 42
1979 27 3 1 .750 2.09 43.0 41 11 10 2 13 10 0 1.256 8.6 2.7 2.1 0.77 0.4 39
1980 28 5 3 .625 3.15 80.0 91 31 28 2 17 30 2 1.350 10.2 1.9 3.4 1.76 0.2 56
1981 29 1 1 .500 5.19 26.0 44 17 15 3 8 5 0 2.000 15.2 2.8 1.7 0.63 1.0 11
1982 30 4 4 .500 3.72 75.0 75 34 31 8 21 37 2 1.280 9.0 2.5 4.4 1.76 1.0 21
1983 31 1 3 .250 7.20 40.0 53 36 32 4 12 17 5 1.625 11.9 2.7 3.8 1.42 0.9 18
10 Seasons 29 24 .547 3.85 530.0 605 253 227 37 154 195 22 1.432 10.3 3.3 1.27 0.6 303

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1977 AL--13--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1977 AL--43--7th
Career--198--226th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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