Vinicio (Soria) Castilla

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 4, 1967 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
High School: Carlos Gracita Institute (Oaxaca, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1991 (Age 24)   vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Braves/Nationals/Astros/DevilRays/... 1991-2006
Agents: Eric Goldschmidt [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2006 (Age 39)   vs. LAD 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
    About biographical information

• 5/10 RoxPile: Dear Nolan Arenado… A Letter from a Fan: Dear Nolan, er Mr. Arenado, eh Sir: I am a huge fan of yours. You are really cool. Has anyone ever told you that you are a really...

• 4/19 Tomahawk Take: Morning Chop: Braves News 4/19:   ESPN Evan Gattis pinch-hit HR in 8th pushes Braves (13-2) by Pirates The Evan Gattis story just keeps getting better....
• 4/5 RoxPile: Rockies Home Opener 2013: Live Blog: Welcome to the first game at Coors Field for 2013. In the murky 40 degree temperatures of Rochester, MN, I will be here all game...
• 4/5 RoxPile: Morning Links: Rockies News 4/5: The Colorado Rockies are coming off of a nice series win in Milwaukee as they prepare for their home opener today against the...

• 3/21 Billy-Ball.com: El Matador y El Toro: Part II: This time, ”El Matador” Vinny Castilla and Dinger admire each other in their full matador outfits, until the hideous...
• 3/21 Billy-Ball.com: “El Matador” vs. “El Toro”: Part I of the Rockies face-off: In a great bit of subtle acting, Colorado’s  Vinny Castilla faces off with Wilin Rosario That’s El Matador y El Toro...
• 3/6 For Baseball Junkies: Rockies All-Time Team v.2012: Today we're looking at the Rockies All-Time team version 2012.  In addition to our normal review, we added an infielder,...

• 2/17 RoxPile: Chris Volstad’s Mistake: ‘Hitting The Gym’: Chris Volstad reports to the Colorado Rockies this spring with a chip on his shoulder. A former first round pick and an intimidating...

• 1/24 Pinstripe Pundits: The Worst 40 Home Run Seasons of All-Time: 40 home runs. It’s an arbitrary qualification of an elite power hitter. It’s the number that puts a player at the...

• 12/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Land of Missed Opportunities: How the Rays Fit in Tampa Bay Sports History: Recently, I came to the realization that my colleagues here at Rays Colored Glasses are not subject to the same Tampa Bay sports...
• 12/21 mlbreports.com : The Tampa Bay Rays: The Hitters 1998-2012: Part 2 Of A 5 Part Article Series: twitter-follow screen_name=’mlbreports’ show_screen_name=’no’] Like us on Facebook here Friday, December.21,...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields, The Best Draft Pick in Rays History: In the early years of their franchise, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were infamous for drafting horribly, selecting a slew of overvalued...
• 12/8 Braves Journal: December 8 Player Moves in Braves History: With thanks to baseball-reference.com’s Today in Baseball History: 1928: Cardinals sell 37-year old shortstop Rabbit Maranville...

• 11/29 RoxPile: Larry Walker On Hall Of Fame Ballot For Third Time: The days of the Blake Street Bombers seem to fade in and out of the collective memory of those who follow the Colorado Rockies....

• 10/25 Phillies Nation: Get A-Rod’s Backup Instead: The Phillies will decline Placido Polanco‘s $5.5 million option for 2013, buying him out for $1 million. The formal decision...

• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes (long division edition): Tigers 6, @Twins 4 / Rays 10, @White Sox 4: Each Central challenger had their ace on the hill for the last time in the regular...
• 9/20 StanGraphs: Placing Value on the Triple Crown: After an insane tear over the past couple of weeks, renowned baseball destroyer Miguel Cabrera has strengthened his case to the...
• 9/19 mlbreports.com : The Coors Field Effect: Part 3 of A 3 Article Series: Wednesday, September.19/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): Both myself (and Lead Baseball Columnist and Founder) Jonathan...
• 9/6 Call to the Pen: The Worst of the 3,000 Hit Club: In the history of Major League Baseball, there are currently 28 players who have had the fortune of racking up 3,000 or more total...

• 8/28 High Heat Stats: Adam Dunn, meet David Letterman: Adam Dunn’s most unusual season is an endless source of quirky statistical curiosities. Dunn launched two more bombs Friday...
• 8/1 Obstructed View: New Cub Christian Villanueva: The main piece aquired in the Ryan Dempster trade was 21 year old Christian Villanueva. Villanueva was signed as an international...

• 7/14 mlbreports.com : The Humidor Effect On Baseballs at Coors Field: One Decade In: Saturday, July. 14/2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Lead Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024)- In the first 10 years of...
• 7/6 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History: 2005 – Castro, Anderson & Cameron Get the Job Done v. Nats, 5-3, at RFK: The 2005 New Mets are a team and franchise coming off a time where everything went wrong…again. With new GM Omar Minaya...

• 6/10 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Peter Bourjos, Cardinals Draft, Jim Crane: The Nationals are 12 games over .500 for the first time since July 23, 2005 after sweeping the Red Sox at Fenway Park over the...

• 5/16 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Colorado Rockies: Here are the Colorado Rockies. The way I see it, this is a discussion of just the final two faces on their Mount Rushmore as Todd...

• 4/26 The Daily Catch: The 12 Most Impressive Pitching Performances in MLB History: This article is courtesy of our friends at Midwest Sports Fans Written by: Keith Mullett On Saturday, Chicago White Sox pitcher...
• 4/11 WasWatching: 2+ Seasons Of 30+ HR, 100+ RBI With An OPS+ Less Than 125: Here is the list - Rk   Yrs 6 From To Age   1 Joe Carter 5 1987 1996 27-36 Ind. Seasons 2 Vinny Castilla 4 1996 2004 28-36...

• 3/30 High Heat Stats: Out Machine Redux – It’s Not Just Rollins and Pierre: How often have Juan Pierre and Jimmy Rollins had outs in a season totalling 75% of their PAs? You might be surprised to know that...
• 3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Baseball’s back in Mexico and Central America:   When American fans cheer for their favorite Hispanic players in most major league cities, they generally stereotype these...
• 3/1 Release Points: Prospect Watch: Michael Burgess, MiLB Breakout Candidate: On the onset, Michael Burgess’ minor league career looks like, well, average at best.  Burgess, a former first round pick (49th...

• 2/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Coors Field Benefactors: It's no secret that Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies since 1995, has been one of the best hitter's parks over the past...

• 1/26 Ramblings of Baseball: What To Wear XVIII: Tampa Bay Rays Here we go again. Am I referring to the fact that this is the second young team in a row without a whole lot of...
• 1/23 High Heat Stats: The 50 most overrated batters in baseball history: (This is a re-imagining of Raphy's excellent concept of using Baseball-Reference.com's EloRater as a fairly objective...
• 1/13 RoxPile: Homegrown Homecoming: Steve Reed: Steve Reed‘s submarine delivery is hard to forget. The right-handed reliever had a Vinny Castilla-esque career with the...
• 1/12 For Baseball Junkies: All-Decade Team: 1990's NL: We're getting close to wrapping up our all-decade teams.  This decade has presented us with some challenges.  As Mc...
• 1/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Barry Larkin Elected to Hall: The third time was a charm for former lifelong Cincinnati Red Barry Larkin, who skated into Cooperstown with over 86 percent...
• 1/10 Fragile Freddy's: Hall of Fame Voting Reviewed: With the Hall elections complete I want to take a moment to look at the voting.  As always there is something of interest...
• 1/9 MetsToday.com: Your Hall of Fame Ballot: Today we will hear the results of the Hall of Fame voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. What if YOU had a vote?...
• 1/9 RoxPile: Larry Walker, You’ve Got My Vote: You may hear more than one name during today’s revelation of the new inductees into Cooperstown’s National Baseball...
• 1/6 Fragile Freddy's: Hall of Fame Week - The Ballot (Part One): Well, we have looked at some of the current players making a case and I got in depth on Bernie Williams.  Now what you have...
• 1/5 Yanks Go Yard: Bagwell Gets FanSided Hall of Fame Vote, Williams Falls Short: The writers of FanSided’s MLB network recently took the opportunity to vote on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, and...
• 1/5 Pitchers Hit Eighth: We Are Doing the Hall of Fame Wrong: By “We”, I am referring to many of us armchair voters who don’t actually have a say.  We tend to lack a set...
• 1/4 i70baseball.com: Cooperstown Choices: Vinny CastillaExamining the 2012 Hall Of Fame ballot and Vinny Castilla's career....

• 12/30 Bronx Baseball Daily: If I had a Hall of Fame ballot…2012 edition: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, along with 320 other bloggers I cast my ballot for the Hall of Fame each year....
• 12/13 B-R Blog: B-R: HoF Candidate – Vinny Castilla: Vinny Castilla Vinicio (Soria) Castilla Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6' 1", Weight:...
• 12/1 MLB Dirt: 2012 HOF Ballot: Here is a quick look at the stacked 2012 Hall-of-Fame ballot and who I would definitely vote for, who I would definitely leave...
• 12/1 BoSox Injection: 2012 HOF Ballot Includes Red Sox, Mueller. But 2013 List is Drawing the Attention: Many are calling this year’s list of Hall of Fame hopefuls a ‘B’ type list that is rather weak when it comes...

• 9/23 B-R Blog: Finally 40 homers means something again: It appears than only two players--Jose Bautista and Curtis Granderson--will hit 40 home runs this season. Two other players--Albert...
• 9/14 B-R Blog: The worst full-time players of the last 50 years: There are a lot of ways to come up with a list of the worst players from the last 50 years, but here's one particularly interesting...

• 8/28 Mets360.com: Why the Mets should move David Wright to LF: Since the middle of 2004, David Wright has been a fixture at third base for the Mets. Since then, he’s made the All-Star team...
• 8/17 B-R Blog: Bryan Petersen and two triples in a game: Bryan Petersen of the Marlins had two triples in last night's Marlins game, his 60th in the majors. Here are the last 25 guys...
• 8/7 B-R Blog: Teammates with simultaneous 20-game hitting streaks: Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman both extended their hitting streaks Saturday, to 27 games and 20 games, respectively. It's the first...

• 7/31 B-R Blog: 13 Or More 5+ RBI Games Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players have 13+ games in their career with 5+ RBI? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B...
• 7/30 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Sign Jorge Cantu: The Rockies took a momentary break from the Ubaldo Jimenez sweepstakes yesterday in order to sign veteran infielder Jorge Cantu...
• 7/15 DC is for Baseball: Nationals Draft History: 2005-07: I love the MLB Draft, so today is like Christmas to me. Later on, you'll get a nice post looking at the guys the Nats take in...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ TB In 9-Inning Game Age 37+ Since 1919: How many players, since 1919, had a game, where the contest was 9 innings or less, where they were at least 37-years old and had...
• 7/5 B-R Blog: 22+ HR In Team’s First 81 Games Since 1969: Since 1969, how many players have hit at least 22 HR in his team's first 81 games of the season? Here is the list - Rk Player...

• 5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Are the Colorado Rockies Hugo’s team?: Carlos Gonzalez and Jonathan Herrera were childhood amigos. Pitching sensation Jhoulys Chacin has been even better than advertised....
• 5/14 B-R Blog: How much longer will Jorge Posada play?: I don't know the answer to the title question. I have a hard time imagining the Yankees continuing to play Posada if he continues...

• 4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Rendon, Buchholz, Price: Six years ago today, baseball finally returned to Washington D.C. when the Nationals beat the Diamondbacks in their home opener...

• 1/31 B-R Blog: Greatest birthday performances from the last 20 years: Following are the best birthday performances by batters for each different age. I determined "best" by highest Winning Probability...
• 1/22 The Process Report: The Hit Show 2.0: Ostensibly, the day will come when the Rays can sign a future Hall of Famer without inciting Hit Show references. The statute...
• 1/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2012 HOF Ballot Preview – Punch and Judy Edition: It’s never too early to start griping about something, so let’s get this one out of the way early.  Here at PH8, I’m...
• 1/6 NY Baseball Digest: Early Look at the 2012 HOF Candidates: To wrap up this 24 hours of Hall of Fame, I decided to take an early look at the 2012 ballot, and perhaps project who I would...

• 11/21 NY Baseball Digest: The Best Expansion Player Picked?: .bbpBox6061165754978305 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1289518607/images/themes/theme2/bg.gif) #C6E2EE;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px...

• 10/18 B-R Blog: Cody Ross and most homers in first 6 career post-season games: Cody Ross homered again yesterday, giving him 3 games with a homer in his first 6 career playoff games. He joins a fairly small...

• 9/9 The Crazy Crabbers: 7 Giants near misses on Triple Crown: Baseball's Triple Crown is leading the league in home runs, runs batted in and batting average. The stats may no longer be the...
• 9/2 B-R Blog: 10 Games Of 10+ TB: How many batters since 1920 have 10+ games where they had 10+ TB in the contest? Here's the answer: From 1920 to 2010, Games requiring...

• 8/14 B-R Blog: Post 1919 Batters With Most 3+ HR Games: Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in the Yankees game this evening. Since 1920, heading into today, which players had the most...

• 5/29 B-R Blog: Miguel Cabrera’s 3 HR in a loss: Yesterday Miguel Cabrera hit 3 HR in a game that the Tigers lost. Below is the list of all times this has been done. The most...
• 5/25 TetreaultVision: Diamond Links May 21, 2010: Bill of The Daily Something leads off pondering the unfathomable, "Can the Reds Be Contenders?" What might tell us something...
• 5/25 B-R Blog: Old Sluggers Are Rare To Find: Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder - players 35 and older with the most seasons of an ISO of at least...
• 5/25 B-R Blog: Batting seasons with higher RBI than OPS+: This simple Batting Season Finder search returns interesting results. I looked for all seasons with RBI greater than or equal...
• 5/9 B-R Blog: No Chance for the Cycle: Jody Gerut's final hit for the cycle last night occurred in his 6th trip to the plate. While this is  not the latest anyone has...