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Starlin Castro

Starlin DeJesus Castro

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 24, 1990 in Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi, D.R.
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 2010
Team: Cubs 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$567k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.150, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2007	17	CHC-min	FRk	60	253	221	47	66	6	2	2	31	13	2	23	24	.299	.371	.371	.742		82	9	4	2	3	0		CUB · DOSL
2008	18	CHC-min	Rk	51	215	196	33	61	11	5	3	22	6	5	14	33	.311	.364	.464	.829		91	4	3	1	1	0		CBZ · ARIZ
2009	19	CHC-min	A+,AA	127	509	469	56	140	23	6	3	49	28	11	29	53	.299	.342	.392	.734		184	6	3	6	2	1		DYT,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
2010	20	CHC-min	AA	26	121	109	20	41	8	5	1	20	4	5	9	11	.376	.421	.569	.990		62	3	1	0	2	0		KNX · SOUL
2010	20	CHC	NL	125	506	463	53	139	31	5	3	41	10	8	29	71	.300	.347	.408	.755	100	189	14	6	4	4	7	*6	RoY-5
2011	21	CHC	NL	158	715	674	91	207	36	9	10	66	22	9	35	96	.307	.341	.432	.773	112	291	20	2	0	4	2	*6	AS,MVP-23
2012	22	CHC	NL	49	211	201	21	63	6	4	4	31	14	5	4	34	.313	.322	.443	.765	108	89	5	1	0	5	0	*6
3 Yrs				332	1432	1338	165	409	73	18	17	138	46	22	68	201	.306	.340	.425	.766	107	569	39	9	4	13	9
162 Game Avg.				162	699	653	81	200	36	9	8	67	22	11	33	98	.306	.340	.425	.766	107	278	19	4	2	6	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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	20	CHC	NL	125	506	-1	-0	0	-4	6	1	0.1	14	15	1.4	.501	.500	1.9	0.2	19	$	*6	RoY-5
2011	21	CHC	NL	158	715	13	-0	-0	-10	7	10	1.1	20	29	3.0	.507	.506	4.0	-0.2	39	$440,000	*6	AS,MVP-23
2012	22	CHC	NL	48	211	2	0	0	9	2	14	1.6	6	20	2.2	.531	.509	1.1	1.3	11	$	*6
3 Seasons				331	1432	14	0	-0	-5	15	24	2.8	40	64	6.6	.508	.505	7.0	1.2	69	$440,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2010	20	CHC	NL	506	354	62	4.7	106	.346	.300	.267	.347	.337	.408	.420	.755	.757	100	.510	0.1	0.0	.653	.175	.108	4.6
2011	21	CHC	NL	715	500	94	5.1	98	.344	.307	.259	.341	.327	.432	.403	.773	.730	112	.560	8.9	0.9	.688	.196	.125	13.8
2012	22	CHC	NL	211	153	28	4.9	99	.351	.313	.257	.322	.325	.443	.406	.765	.731	108	.539	1.5	0.2	.696	.194	.129	6.2
3 Yrs				1432	1007	184	4.9	101	.346	.306	.261	.340	.330	.425	.410	.766	.740	107	.539	10.5	1.0	.677	.188	.120	24.8
162 Game Avg.				699	491	90	4.9	101	.346	.306	.261	.340	.330	.425	.410	.766	.740	107	.539	5	0	.677	.188	.120	12

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2011	CHC	NL	21		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2010	20	CHC	NL	506	0.6%	14.0%	5.7%	7.7%	28%	2.45	6.5	154.3	11.3	1.11	1.58	78%	20%	1.8%	9%
2011	21	CHC	NL	715	1.4%	13.4%	4.9%	7.7%	27%	2.74	7.0	67.4	10.2	0.97	1.20	80%	20%	3.8%	10%
2012	22	CHC	NL	211	1.9%	16.1%	1.9%	6.6%	22%	8.50	5.9	50.3	6.5	0.74	1.00	80%	22%	4.7%	12%
3 Yrs				1432	1.2%	14.0%	4.8%	7.5%	26%	2.96	6.7	78.7	9.7	0.98	1.29	79%	20%	3.3%	10%
MLB Averages					2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	2.25	4.8	35.9	8.3	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2010	20	CHC	NL	0.1	0.0	532	-0.2	8.4	-8.5	.97	-0.5	0.3	-4.3	-0.4	0.93	-4.9	0.25	2
2011	21	CHC	NL	8.1	0.8	756	0.2	13.0	-12.7	1.01	0.7	-0.5	14.8	1.5	0.99	13.7		0
2012	22	CHC	NL	1.5	0.2	231	-0.8	3.7	-4.5	1.11	0.3	-1.0	4.4	0.4	0.99	3.9		0
3 Yrs				9.6	1.0	1519	-0.7	25.0	-25.7	1.01	0.5	-1.2	14.9	1.5	0.97	12.7	0.25	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2010	20	CHC	NL	6	29%	203	10	8	56%	8	7	1	1	1	3	1	2	8	48%	18	12	5	11	5	6	19	6	12
2011	21	CHC	NL	11	35%	303	22	9	71%	22	7	0	2	0	1	1	8	16	32%	38	33	5	10	6	4	21	8	13
2012	22	CHC	NL	3	27%	63	14	5	74%	11	4	3	1	0	4	2	2	5	57%	8	5	3	1	1	0	5	0	5
3 Yrs				20	32%	569	46	22	68%	41	18	4	4	1	8	4	12	29	41%	64	50	13	22	12	10	45	14	30

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2010	20	CHC	NL	506	28%	139	25	1	2	0	0	0	0.25	3	0	10	2	1	1	2	0	6	4	67%	85	14	16%	50	16	32%	278	40	14%	30	15	50%	19	11	58%	0
2011	21	CHC	NL	715	23%	207	28	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	11	8	2	4	6	0	0	0		124	20	16%	55	13	24%	379	58	15%	30	16	53%	25	14	56%	0
2012	22	CHC	NL	211	22%	63	9	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	2	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0%	43	5	12%	24	10	42%	148	30	20%	18	14	78%	8	4	50%	0
3 Yrs				1432	25%	409	62	1	2	0	0	0	0.25	17	0	23	14	3	7	10	0	7	4	57%	252	39	15%	129	39	30%	805	128	16%	78	45	58%	52	29	56%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			54%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2010	20	CHC	NL	507	1839	3.63	1196	65%	28%	11%	27%	33%	72%	4%	47%	84%	31%	5%	26	0	16%	82	36	8%	41	30	21%	-1	0	0
2011	21	CHC	NL	715	2627	3.67	1724	66%	26%	12%	28%	34%	74%	1%	49%	83%	27%	5%	35	3	12%	89	35	7%	53	36	14%	0	0	0
2012	22	CHC	NL	211	709	3.36	497	70%	24%	15%	26%	35%	76%	0%	53%	80%	36%	3%	6	0	11%	23	11	5%	10	6	18%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1433	5175	3.61	3417	66%	26%	12%	27%	34%	74%	2%	49%	83%	30%	5%	67	3	14%	194	82	7%	104	72	17%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			9%			24%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	20	125	506	463	53	139	31	5	3	41	10	8	29	71	.300	.347	.408	.755	100	189	14	6	4	4	7
2011	21	283	1221	1137	144	346	67	14	13	107	32	17	64	167	.304	.343	.422	.766	107	480	34	8	4	8	9
2012	22	332	1432	1338	165	409	73	18	17	138	46	22	68	201	.306	.340	.425	.766	107	569	39	9	4	13	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2010	20	125	504	461	52	137	31	5	3	40	10	29	71	.297	.344	.406	.750	63	125
2011	21	158	724	682	97	215	37	9	10	70	23	36	96	.315	.349	.440	.789	106	158
2012	22	49	213	203	22	65	6	4	4	33	14	4	34	.320	.329	.448	.777	31	49
3 Yrs		332	1441	1346	171	417	74	18	17	143	47	69	201	.310	.344	.429	.774	200	332
162 Game Avg.		162	703	657	83	203	36	9	8	70	23	34	98	.310	.344	.429	.774	98	332

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2011 NL (23, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.2 (10th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.2 (9th)
Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2012 NL 1.3 (1st)	Batting Average s c a p y 2010 NL .300 (10th) 2011 NL .307 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 2011 NL 158 (9th)	At Bats s c a p y 2011 NL 674 (1st) 2012 NL 201 (5th)
Plate Appearances s c a p y 2011 NL 715 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 2011 NL 207 (1st) 2012 NL 63 (4th)	Total Bases s c a p y 2011 NL 291 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 2011 NL 36 (9th)
Triples s c a p y 2011 NL 9 (5th) 2012 NL 4 (3rd)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 2012 NL 14 (3rd)	Singles s c a p y 2011 NL 152 (1st) 2012 NL 49 (2nd)	Times On Base s c a p y 2011 NL 244 (9th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (1st)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2011 NL 20 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2011 NL 9 (10th) 2012 NL 5 (2nd)	Outs Made s c a p y 2011 NL 500 (1st) 2012 NL 153 (7th)
Youngest s c a p y 2010 NL born 1990-03-24 (1st) 2011 NL born 1990-03-24 (5th) 2012 NL born 1990-03-24 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 4 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 23 (939), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 24 (712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Similar Batters through 21

Compare Stats to Similars

Garry Templeton (957)
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Dick Bartell (944)
Jim Fregosi (943)
Fred Carroll (941)
Travis Jackson (939) *
Vern Stephens (937)
Bobby Doerr (926) *
Rogers Hornsby (924) *
Mike Caruso (923)

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Garry Templeton (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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