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Jason Castro

Jason Michael Castro (twitter: @J_Castro15)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 18, 1987 in Castro Valley, CA
High School: Castro Valley HS (Castro Valley, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed July 12, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 2010 (Age 23)
Team: Astros 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$497k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.104, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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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
2010 23 HOU NL 67 217 195 26 40 8 1 2 8 0 0 22 41 .205 .286 .287 .573 58 56 4 0 0 0 2 2
2012 25 HOU NL 87 295 257 29 66 15 2 6 29 0 0 31 61 .257 .334 .401 .735 100 103 8 1 2 4 2 2
2013 26 HOU AL 34 140 133 14 32 11 0 3 9 1 0 7 38 .241 .279 .391 .670 82 52 1 0 0 0 0 *2/D
3 Yrs 188 652 585 69 138 34 3 11 46 1 0 60 140 .236 .306 .361 .667 82 211 13 1 2 4 4
162 Game Avg. 162 562 504 59 119 29 3 9 40 1 0 52 121 .236 .306 .361 .667 82 182 11 1 2 3 3
NL (2 yrs) 154 512 452 55 106 23 3 8 37 0 0 53 102 .235 .314 .352 .665 82 159 12 1 2 4 4
AL (1 yr) 34 140 133 14 32 11 0 3 9 1 0 7 38 .241 .279 .391 .670 82 52 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2010 23 HOU NL 67 217 -10 -1 0 0 4 -8 -0.9 7 -1 -0.2 .488 .495 -0.2 0.4 -1 2
2012 25 HOU NL 87 295 -1 0 -0 0 5 4 0.4 9 13 1.4 .505 .503 1.3 0.5 13 $486,000 2
2013 26 HOU AL 34 140 -4 -0 0 3 2 0 0.1 5 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.2 0.5 2 $496,600 *2/D
3 Seasons 188 652 -15 -2 0 3 10 -3 -0.3 21 18 1.8 .498 .499 1.3 1.4 15 $982,600

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2010 HOU NL 23 C 67 57 49 509.1 485 449 34 2 6 .996 -2 0 -5 0 8.53 7.21 .992 8.05 7.97 7 30 31 18 37% 29% 0
2012 HOU NL 25 C 79 73 71 646.2 571 525 40 6 6 .989 -7 0 -13 0 7.86 7.15 .992 8.36 8.26 8 38 57 13 19% 27% 3
2013 HOU AL 26 C 30 29 28 253.2 191 181 8 2 1 .990 -3 3 -15 15 6.71 6.30 .992 8.42 8.36 3 14 18 4 18% 24% 0
2013 HOU AL 26 DH 4 4
3 Seasons C 176 159 148 1409.2 1247 1155 82 10 13 .992 -12 3 -10 2 7.90 7.03 .992 8.26 8.17 18 82 106 35 25% 27% 3
3 Seasons TOT 176 159 148 1409.2 1247 1155 82 10 13 .992 -12 3 -10 2 7.90 7.03 .992 8.26 8.17 18 82 106 35 25% 27% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
2013 AL  11 (10th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2013 AL  30 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2013 AL  1 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (3rd)
2012 NL  8 (4th)
2013 AL  3 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2013 AL  18 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2010 NL  36.7 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2175), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS Catcher (521st), 1.2 career WAR/1.2 7yr-peak WAR/1.2 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Transactions

  • June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 43rd round of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign.
  • June 5, 2008: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 2008.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201124Houston Astros$421,500
201225Houston Astros$486,000contracts
201326Houston Astros$496,600
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,404,100
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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