José Castillo

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: March 19, 1981 in Las Mercedes, Venezuela ve

Died: December 6, 2018 in La Morita, Venezuela

High School: Las Mercedes (Las Mercedes, Venezuela)

Debut: April 7, 2004 (Age 23-019d, 18,403rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2008 (Age 27-193d)
vs. ATL 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Alan Nero

Full Name: José Rondón Castillo

Pronunciation: \cass-TEE-oh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.9

1918

487

.254

211

RBI

218

OBP

.296

SLG

.379

OPS

.675

OPS+

Summary of 39 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 11 go ahead

2 Tms
PIT	33
SFG	6

Platoon
vs RHP	27
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Away	23
Home	16

Outs
0	15
1	12
2	12

15 Opps
MIL	6
STL	5
SFG	4
CIN	4
HOU	4
COL	3
ARI	2
CLE	2
CHC	2
FLA	2
TBD	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
WSN	1

37 Pitchers
Dan Haren	2
Jorge De La Rosa	2
Dave Bush	1
Noah Lowry	1
Mike Gallo	1
Randy Flores	1
Alberto Reyes	1
Jeremy Sowers	1
Ricky Bottalico	1
Jamey Wright	1
Chris Capuano	1
Jason Bergmann	1
Jose Acevedo	1
Renyel Pinto	1
Taylor Buchholz	1
Chris Mabeus	1
Mark Mulder	1
Josh Beckett	1
Kirk Rueter	1
Armando Benítez	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Ezequiel Astacio	1
Kerry Wood	1
Todd Van Poppel	1
Brad Thompson	1
Matt Herges	1
Juan Padilla	1
Jason Johnson	1
Sean Burnett	1
Ryan Speier	1
Carlos Zambrano	1
Steve Trachsel	1
Tim Hudson	1
Aaron Harang	1
Kerry Ligtenberg	1
Dan Wheeler	1
Shawn Chacón	1

13 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	16
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Oracle Park (SFO)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	3
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
8	17
7	9
9	5
89	4
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	14
2	10
5	5
3	4
6	3
4	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	37
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
-2-	7
1-3	4
1--	3
12-	1

59 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	24
1 on	10
2 on	5
Any on	15

Inning
2	8
3	3
4	10
5	3
6	2
7	6
8	4
9	1
Extra	2

1-3	11
4-6	15
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	11
-1	3
-2	1
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	20
Tied	11
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	14
1-0	5
0-1	5
2-2	5
1-1	4
1-2	2
2-1	2
3-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	33
3B	6

OrderPos
7th	16
8th	9
6th	8
2nd	3
5th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2004-04-17	PIT	@	NYM	Steve Trachsel	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	0.145	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2004-04-25	PIT		CIN	Jose Acevedo	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	-2-	5,(2-2) CFB.BX	2	8	4	0.125	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); H. Cota Scores
3	3	3	1	2004-07-05	PIT	@	FLA	Josh Beckett	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	4	0.103	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	2004-08-11	PIT		SFG	Kirk Rueter	tied 4-4	b 4	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	4	0.188	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Redman Scores
5	5	5	1	2004-08-14	PIT		COL	Jamey Wright	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	4	0.106	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	6	1	2004-08-20 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Dan Haren	behind 0-4	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	0.033	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	2004-10-02	PIT	@	CIN	Todd Van Poppel	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	4	0.168	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Wigginton Scores
8	8	8	1	2004-10-03	PIT	@	CIN	Juan Padilla	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---	6,(1-2) .BFSFFX	1	8	4	0.124	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2005-05-05	PIT	@	ARI	Kerry Ligtenberg	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	4	0.055	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
10	10	2	1	2005-05-10	PIT	@	SFG	Matt Herges	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	5	4	0.123	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11	11	3	1	2005-06-11	PIT		TBD	Scott Kazmir	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	6	4	0.021	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Doumit Scores; D. Ward Scores
12	12	4	1	2005-06-23	PIT	@	STL	Randy Flores	ahead 10-2	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	7	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Castillo Scores/unER
13	13	5	1	2005-06-26	PIT	@	STL	Alberto Reyes	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	7	4	0.335	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
14	14	6	1	2005-07-03	PIT	@	MIL	Ricky Bottalico	behind 5-8	t 7	0	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	4	0.143	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); D. Ward Scores
15	15	7	1	2005-07-15	PIT	@	CHC	Kerry Wood	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	4	0.104	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
16	16	8	1	2005-07-24	PIT		COL	Shawn Chacón	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	4	0.075	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
17	17	9	1	2005-08-01	PIT	@	ATL	Tim Hudson	tied 1-1	t 6	0	1--	7,(2-2) 1BFFF1BFX	2	6	4	0.228	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Mackowiak Scores
18	18	10	1	2005-08-12	PIT	@	HOU	Dan Wheeler	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	4	0.245	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	11	1	2005-08-14	PIT	@	HOU	Ezequiel Astacio	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	4	0.106	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2006-04-08	PIT	@	CIN	Aaron Harang	behind 0-3	t 2	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBSBX	2	7	4	0.144	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Bay Scores
21	21	2	1	2006-05-20	PIT	@	CLE	Jason Johnson	ahead 5-2	t 4	1	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	9	4	0.091	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Paulino Scores
22	22	3	1	2006-05-26	PIT		HOU	Taylor Buchholz	behind 2-4	b 4	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	4	0.172	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Burnitz Scores
23	23	4	1	2006-05-27	PIT		HOU	Mike Gallo	behind 6-7	b 17	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	4	0.433	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	5	1	2006-05-29	PIT		MIL	Chris Mabeus	ahead 10-3	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	4	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); F. Sanchez Scores
25	25	6	1	2006-05-30	PIT		MIL	Jorge De La Rosa	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	4	0.106	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
26	26	7	2	2006-05-30	PIT		MIL	Jorge De La Rosa	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	1-3	4,(2-1) SB*BX	3	7	4	0.114	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Wilson Scores; F. Sanchez Scores
27	27	8	1	2006-05-31	PIT		MIL	Chris Capuano	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) 1F1BBCX	2	7	4	0.156	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); F. Sanchez Scores
28	28	9	1	2006-06-10	PIT	@	SFG	Noah Lowry	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	6,(2-2) BBFFF.X	1	7	4	0.104	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	10	1	2006-06-14	PIT		STL	Brad Thompson	ahead 6-5	b 5	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	4	0.183	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Wilson Scores; F. Sanchez Scores
30	30	11	1	2006-06-15	PIT		STL	Mark Mulder	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	0.130	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
31	31	12	1	2006-07-30	PIT		SFG	Armando Benítez	behind 0-1	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ...FX	1	7	4	0.433	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
32	32	13	1	2006-08-04	PIT	@	CHC	Carlos Zambrano	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	4	0.064	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
33	33	14	1	2006-08-14	PIT		MIL	Dave Bush	ahead 3-2	b 4	2	---	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	1	8	4	0.109	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2008-04-30	SFG		COL	Ryan Speier	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.199	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
35	35	2	1	2008-05-06	SFG	@	PIT	Sean Burnett	behind 2-12	t 8	2	1-3	2,(1-0) B.X	3	7	5	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); F. Lewis Scores; R. Aurilia Scores
36	36	3	1	2008-05-23	SFG	@	FLA	Renyel Pinto	ahead 7-1	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	2	5	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	4	1	2008-05-27	SFG	@	ARI	Dan Haren	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.067	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
38	38	5	1	2008-06-06	SFG	@	WSN	Jason Bergmann	ahead 5-0	t 3	2	1-3	5,(1-2) BSFF>X	3	2	5	0.065	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Lincecum Scores/unER; F. Lewis Scores/unER; J. Castillo Scores/unER
39	39	6	1	2008-06-25	SFG	@	CLE	Jeremy Sowers	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	0.087	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)