Bill Castro

William Radhames (Checo) Castro

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 29, 1952 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
Signed
by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1974
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Royals/Yankees 1974-1983

Final Game: June 25, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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 82 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 1 315 153 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 2 291 102 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 99 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 3 211 210 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 2 181 208 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 5 350 141 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 96 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 2 322 119 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 62 1.549 11.3 0.9 2.7 3.8 1.42
10 Yrs 31 26 .544 3.33 303 9 198 0 0 45 546.1 564 245 202 36 145 42 203 22 0 18 2321 118 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 4 506 118 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 1723 131 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 90 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 96 1.632 12.3 0.9 2.4 1.9 0.80

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1974 22 MIL AL 18.0 8 0 10 5.00 4.07 0.12 -0.34 97.2 3.51 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .460 .498 $
1975 23 MIL AL 75.0 18 5 28 3.36 4.37 -0.27 -0.18 99.9 4.46 9 1.0 .9 -0.1 1.5 17 .557 .506 $
1976 24 MIL AL 70.1 39 0 29 3.71 4.05 -0.04 -0.33 98.2 3.69 0 0.0 1.8 -0.1 0.5 7 .500 .500 $
1977 25 MIL AL 69.1 51 0 34 4.41 4.61 -0.02 -0.37 99.1 4.22 -2 -0.2 2.2 -0.2 0.2 6 .497 .499 $
1978 26 MIL AL 49.2 42 0 14 2.54 4.34 0.16 -0.36 101.2 3.87 8 0.8 2.3 0.5 1.8 13 .520 .505 $
1979 27 MIL AL 44.1 39 0 14 2.84 4.71 0.04 -0.38 98.8 4.24 7 0.7 2.3 0.4 1.5 12 .518 .504 $
1980 28 MIL AL 84.1 56 0 35 3.74 4.56 0.16 -0.36 96.3 3.89 1 0.1 1.3 -0.2 0.7 10 .502 .501 $
1981 29 NYY AL 19.0 11 0 13 6.16 4.25 0.25 -0.34 93.4 3.42 -6 -0.6 .9 0.0 -0.4 -5 .444 .496 $
1982 30 KCR AL 75.2 21 4 34 4.04 4.47 0.23 -0.22 100.3 4.03 0 0.0 .6 -0.1 0.5 8 .502 .500 $
1983 31 KCR AL 40.2 18 0 34 7.52 4.53 -0.17 -0.36 100.4 4.36 -14 -1.4 .5 0.3 -0.8 -10 .422 .491 $
10 Seasons 546.1 303 9 245 4.04 4.43 0.03 -0.31 98.8 4.04 0 0.2 1.7 0.4 5.4 57 .501 .500 $
MIL (7 yrs) 411.0 253 5 164 3.59 4.41 0.00 -0.33 98.7 4.03 20 2.2 1.9 0.2 6.1 64 .509 .502 $
KCR (2 yrs) 116.1 39 4 68 5.26 4.49 0.09 -0.27 100.3 4.15 -14 -1.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -2 .465 .496 $
NYY (1 yr) 19.0 11 0 13 6.16 4.25 0.25 -0.34 93.4 3.42 -6 -0.6 .9 0.0 -0.4 -5 .444 .496 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 2
1975 23 MIL AL 18 315 287 28 78 9 0 3 5 3 17 25 .272 .314 .334 .648 .286 96 10 2 5 3 5 8
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 2
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 7
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 9
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 6
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 9
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 2
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 6
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 5
10 Yrs 303 2321 2100 245 564 84 12 36 42 15 145 203 .269 .319 .371 .690 .280 780 72 22 28 25 42 56
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 12
MLB Averages .260 .325 .382 .708 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 22 MIL AL -1.6 -0.2 86 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 .46 -0.3 0.3 -1.0 -0.1 0.45 -2.1 1 1 6
1975 23 MIL AL 9.2 1.0 325 0.6 4.1 -3.5 .73 0.8 0.0 6.4 0.7 0.73 7.0 2 3 8
1976 24 MIL AL 1.1 0.1 301 -0.2 5.4 -5.6 1.02 0.5 -0.7 3.5 0.4 1.02 2.6 17 7 15
1977 25 MIL AL 0.4 0.0 307 -0.5 9.6 -10.0 2.02 -0.3 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 2.02 -2.1 32 10 7
1978 26 MIL AL 9.8 1.0 220 -0.6 5.4 -6.0 1.60 0.4 -0.7 4.8 0.5 1.60 3.8 24 7 8
1979 27 MIL AL 9.6 1.0 186 0.2 5.6 -5.4 1.76 0.5 -0.4 4.0 0.4 1.76 4.7 22 2 13
1980 28 MIL AL 8.2 0.8 361 -1.8 5.9 -7.7 1.05 0.5 -2.2 2.2 0.2 1.05 5.3 19 8 27
1981 29 NYY AL -2.2 -0.2 86 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .52 -0.3 0.1 -5.3 -0.6 0.52 -6.0 3 1 6
1982 30 KCR AL 4.6 0.5 335 0.4 3.3 -2.9 .58 0.6 0.1 3.1 0.3 0.58 5.0 0 7 8
1983 31 KCR AL -11.8 -1.1 194 -0.3 1.6 -2.0 .51 -0.7 0.0 -12.4 -1.2 0.51 -9.9 1 4 13
10 Yrs 27.3 2.9 2401 -2.4 42.2 -44.6 1.08 1.5 -3.7 4.2 0.5 1.08 8.2 121 50 111

Starting Pitching*

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% 43.2 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% 45.8 59 29 2 1 0 2 6.6 7.2 5.0
2 Yrs 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 .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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 .455 1 1 6 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 .732 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 1.018 17 7 15 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 2.022 32 10 7 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 61 20 33% 8 1.596 24 7 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 1.764 22 2 13 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 1.050 19 8 27 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 .518 3 1 6 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 .584 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 .513 1 4 13 2 1 15 9 9 13 1 14 1 6.8
10 Yrs 303 294 198 27 23 68 45 23 66% 90 19 335 117 35% 1.084 121 50 111 107 45 142 194 100 156 79 166 61 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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 83% 2.6% 12.8% 6.4% 9.0% 37% 0.87 78% 8 1 13%
1975 23 MIL AL 315 51% 1.0% 7.9% 5.4% 3.8% 15% 1.60 83% 67 10 15%
1976 24 MIL AL 291 62% 1.4% 7.9% 6.5% 4.5% 19% 2.43 81% 64 12 19%
1977 25 MIL AL 297 63% 2.4% 9.4% 7.7% 6.4% 25% 2.59 78% 82 13 16%
1978 26 MIL AL 211 60% 1.0% 8.1% 6.6% 3.3% 16% 2.53 79% 61 4 7%
1979 27 MIL AL 181 59% 1.1% 5.5% 7.2% 6.1% 28% 3.14 85% 39 8 21%
1980 28 MIL AL 350 57% 0.6% 9.1% 4.9% 5.1% 20% 2.37 84% 87 16 18%
1981 29 NYY AL 86 59% 2.3% 4.7% 5.8% 8.1% 27% 1.78 85% 17 2 12%
1982 30 KCR AL 322 60% 2.5% 11.5% 6.2% 6.8% 31% 1.41 79% 40 3 8%
1983 31 KCR AL 190 70% 2.1% 9.0% 6.3% 8.4% 31% 1.58 80% 36 3 8%
10 Yrs 2321 61% 1.6% 8.8% 6.3% 5.7% 23% 2.01 81% 501 72 14%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.9% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 Yrs 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 2 0 60 0
MLB Averages 53% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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 82 1.333 9.5 1.0 2.5 5.0 2.00 82
1975 23 3 2 .600 2.90 26 5 10 0 0 1 93.0 97 38 30 5 22 5 35 2 0 2 393 131 1.280 9.4 0.5 2.1 3.4 1.59 131
1976 24 7 8 .467 3.14 65 5 39 0 0 9 163.1 167 67 57 9 41 10 58 5 0 4 684 117 1.273 9.2 0.5 2.3 3.2 1.41 117
1977 25 15 14 .517 3.44 116 5 82 0 0 22 232.2 243 101 89 16 64 20 86 7 0 5 981 111 1.319 9.4 0.6 2.5 3.3 1.34 111
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 1192 121 1.289 9.1 0.6 2.5 3.3 1.32 121
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 1373 129 1.277 9.0 0.6 2.5 3.1 1.24 129
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 1723 131 1.273 9.1 0.5 2.4 3.2 1.34 131
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 1809 129 1.288 9.2 0.5 2.4 3.1 1.32 129
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 2131 127 1.278 9.1 0.6 2.4 3.3 1.40 127
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 2321 118 1.298 9.3 0.6 2.4 3.3 1.40 118

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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 5.00 18.0 20 11 10 2 5 10 0 1.389 10.0 2.5 5.0 2.00 1.0 8
1975 23 5 3 .625 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 77 36 32 4 21 21 3 1.531 10.8 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.6 39
1977 25 3 4 .429 4.57 65.0 77 37 33 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 2.30 43.0 41 12 11 2 13 10 0 1.256 8.6 2.7 2.1 0.77 0.4 39
1980 28 5 3 .625 3.19 79.0 93 31 28 2 18 30 2 1.405 10.6 2.1 3.4 1.67 0.2 56
1981 29 1 1 .500 4.85 26.0 43 16 14 3 8 6 0 1.962 14.9 2.8 2.1 0.75 1.0 11
1982 30 4 4 .500 3.55 76.0 73 33 30 8 20 37 2 1.224 8.6 2.4 4.4 1.85 0.9 21
1983 31 1 3 .250 6.98 40.0 52 34 31 4 12 17 5 1.600 11.7 2.7 3.8 1.42 0.9 18
10 Yrs 29 25 .537 3.78 531.0 603 248 223 37 153 197 22 1.424 10.2 3.3 1.29 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 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

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 (237th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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