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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
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 8 yrs/$60.57M (12-19) & 20 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.150, Free Agent: 2020 [*],
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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 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 .773 111 291 20 2 0 4 2 *6 AS,MVP-23
2012 22 CHC NL 162 691 646 78 183 29 12 14 78 25 13 36 100 .283 .323 .430 .753 105 278 15 4 0 5 5 *6 AS
3 Yrs 445 1912 1783 222 529 96 26 27 185 57 30 100 267 .297 .336 .425 .761 106 758 49 12 4 13 14
162 Game Avg. 162 696 649 81 193 35 9 10 67 21 11 36 97 .297 .336 .425 .761 106 276 18 4 1 5 5

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 162 691 5 -2 0 3 7 14 1.6 19 33 3.5 .509 .509 3.0 1.2 30 $567,000 *6 AS
3 Seasons 445 1912 17 -2 0 -11 20 24 2.8 53 77 7.9 .506 .505 8.9 1.2 88 $1,007,000

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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 Awards
2010 CHC NL 20 SS 123 121 119 1073.2 544 183 334 27 74 .950 -12 -4 -14 -4 4.33 4.20 .971 4.31 4.27 RoY-5
2011 CHC NL 21 SS 158 158 157 1398.2 742 267 446 29 82 .961 -15 -10 -13 -9 4.59 4.51 .971 4.41 4.40 AS,MVP-23
2012 CHC NL 22 SS 162 161 159 1402.2 758 266 465 27 97 .964 -2 3 -2 3 4.69 4.51 .970 4.26 4.21 AS
3 Seasons SS 443 440 435 3875.0 2044 716 1245 83 253 .959 -30 -11 -9 -3 4.55 4.43 .971 4.33 4.29
3 Seasons TOT 443 440 435 3875.0 2044 716 1245 83 253 .959 -30 -11 -9 -3 4.55 4.43 .971 4.33 4.29
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

All-Star Games
2011 *
2012 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (23, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1736th)

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)
2012 NL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
2011 NL  674 (1st)
2012 NL  646 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 NL  715 (3rd)
2012 NL  691 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  207 (1st)
2012 NL  183 (7th)

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  12 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
2011 NL  152 (1st)
2012 NL  128 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 NL  244 (9th)

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  13 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 NL  500 (1st)
2012 NL  496 (1st)

Assists† s c a p y
2011 NL  446 (3rd)
2012 NL  465 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2010 NL  27 (2nd)
2011 NL  29 (1st)
2012 NL  27 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
2011 NL  158 (1st)
2012 NL  162 (1st)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2011 NL  267 (1st)
2012 NL  266 (1st)

Assists as SS s c a p y
2011 NL  446 (1st)
2012 NL  465 (1st)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  27 (2nd)
2011 NL  29 (1st)
2012 NL  27 (1st)
Active  83 (17th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2011 NL  4.59 (5th)
2012 NL  4.69 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  4.20 (4th)
2011 NL  4.51 (3rd)
2012 NL  4.51 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
2010 NL  born 1990-03-24 (1st)
2011 NL  born 1990-03-24 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 22 (956), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (838), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1397), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (188th), 7.9 career WAR/7.9 7yr-peak WAR/7.9 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ian Desmond (948)
  2. Mike Aviles (927)
  3. Neil Walker (912)
  4. Bob Fisher (911)
  5. Joe Sullivan (908)
  6. Alcides Escobar (908)
  7. Joe Boley (905)
  8. Alex Cintron (905)
  9. Bill Craver (903)
  10. Sy Sutcliffe (896)
Similar Batters through 22 
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  1. Travis Jackson (974) *
  2. Fred Carroll (947)
  3. Garry Templeton (947)
  4. Jim Fregosi (940)
  5. Dick Bartell (933)
  6. Rogers Hornsby (926) *
  7. Bobby Doerr (925) *
  8. Arky Vaughan (924) *
  9. Edgar Renteria (918)
  10. Alan Trammell (915)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Garry Templeton (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Travis Jackson (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • October 25, 2006: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
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
201121Chicago Cubs$440,000
201222Chicago Cubs$567,000contracts
201323Chicago Cubs$5,000,000
201424Chicago Cubs$5,000,000
201525Chicago Cubs$6,000,000
201626Chicago Cubs$7,000,000
201727Chicago Cubs$9,000,000
201828Chicago Cubs$10,000,000
201929Chicago Cubs$11,000,000
202030Chicago Cubs*$16,000,000$16M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2020
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,007,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Starlin DeJesus Starlin Castro

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