John Costello

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: December 24, 1960 in Bronx, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mercyhurst University (Erie, PA).

High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, NY)

School: Mercyhurst University (Erie, PA)

Last Game: October 5, 1991 (Age 30-285d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: John Reilly Costello

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

2.97

119

157.2

104

WHIP

1.300

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1983	22	1.0	Erie	NYPL	A-	STL	2	5	.286	6.64	7.21	15	9	3	2	0	2	63.2	79	51	47	9	21	0	41	6	1	4		1.571	11.2	1.3	3.0	5.8	1.95
1984	23	1.9	Savannah	SALL	A	STL	13	9	.591	3.36	4.34	26	26	0	2	0	0	166.0	142	80	62	9	86	1	114	5	1	5		1.373	7.7	0.5	4.7	6.2	1.33
1985	24	2.1	Springfield	MIDW	A	STL	8	13	.381	4.16	5.03	28	28	0	7	0	0	188.0	188	105	87	17	60	1	127	4	2	9		1.319	9.0	0.8	2.9	6.1	2.12
1986	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	STL	8	2	.800	2.91	3.32	25	12	7	2	1	2	86.2	82	32	28	2	30	2	42	2	0	1		1.292	8.5	0.2	3.1	4.4	1.40
1986	25	1.5	Arkansas	TL	AA	STL	0	0		5.40	6.60	10	0	5	0	0	1	15.0	17	11	9	1	6	1	10	0	0	1		1.533	10.2	0.6	3.6	6.0	1.67
1986	25	2.7	St. Petersburg	FLOR	A	STL	8	2	.800	2.39	2.64	15	12	2	2	1	1	71.2	65	21	19	1	24	1	32	2	0	0		1.242	8.2	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.33
1987	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	STL	7	2	.778	2.56	3.52	50	1	25	0	0	7	84.1	78	33	24	5	29	6	75	4	0	3		1.269	8.3	0.5	3.1	8.0	2.59
1987	26	-0.5	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	2	0	1.000	4.35	5.23	6	1	0	0	0	0	10.1	14	6	5	0	7	1	8	1	0	1		2.032	12.2	0.0	6.1	7.0	1.14
1987	26	2.0	Arkansas	TL	AA	STL	5	2	.714	2.31	3.28	44	0	25	0	0	7	74.0	64	27	19	5	22	5	67	3	0	2		1.162	7.8	0.6	2.7	8.1	3.05
1988	27	0.5	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	1	1	.500	1.84	2.15	20	0	17	0	0	11	29.1	17	7	6	3	7	1	34	0	0	0		0.818	5.2	0.9	2.1	10.4	4.86
1988	27	-1.5	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	2	.714	1.81	2.72	36	0	15	0	0	1	49.2	44	15	10	3	25	4	38	0	1	0	214	1.389	8.0	0.5	4.5	6.9	1.52
1989	28	1.4	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	0	0		1.80	1.80	4	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0		1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
1989	28	-0.8	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	4	.556	3.32	3.47	48	0	11	0	0	3	62.1	48	24	23	5	20	7	40	2	0	0	252	1.091	6.9	0.7	2.9	5.8	2.00
1990	29		2 Teams	NL	Maj	STL-MON	0	0		5.91	6.75	8	0	4	0	0	0	10.2	12	8	7	3	2	1	2	1	1	0	47	1.313	10.1	2.5	1.7	1.7	1.00
1990	29	2.4	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	MON	0	3	.000	7.04	7.63	22	0	7	0	0	0	30.2	36	26	24	8	20	1	32	0	1	1		1.826	10.6	2.3	5.9	9.4	1.60
1990	29	0.6	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		6.23	6.23	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	21	1.846	14.5	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.00
1990	29	0.6	MON	NL	Maj	MON	0	0		5.68	7.11	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	26	0.947	7.1	2.8	1.4	1.4	1.00
1991	30	4.2	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	SDP	1	2	.333	2.15	4.91	17	0	5	0	0	3	29.1	31	16	7	1	7	1	24	2	0	1	131	1.295	9.5	0.3	2.1	7.4	3.43
1991	30	1.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	0	1.000	3.09	3.86	27	0	6	0	0	0	35.0	37	15	12	2	17	3	24	0	0	2	157	1.543	9.5	0.5	4.4	6.2	1.41
1992	31	4.9	Calgary	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	13.50	15.19	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	11	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	28	2.438	18.6	1.7	3.4	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		11	6	.647	2.97	3.54	119	0	36	0	0	4	157.2	141	62	52	13	64	15	104	3	2	2	670	1.300	8.0	0.7	3.7	5.9	1.63
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		40	38	.513	3.84	4.71	211	76	66	13	1	26	688.1	669	360	294	55	263	13	493	23	5	25	159	1.354	8.7	0.7	3.4	6.4	1.87
All Levels (10 Seasons)							51	44	.537	3.68	4.49	330	76	102	13	1	30	846.0	810	422	346	68	327	28	597	26	7	27	829	1.344	8.6	0.7	3.5	6.4	1.83

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		4	7	.364	4.17	5.32	73	1	31	0	0	15	110.0	114	65	51	13	44	4	102	3	1	4	159	1.436	9.3	1.1	3.6	8.3	2.32
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	2	.714	2.83	3.84	54	0	30	0	0	8	89.0	81	38	28	6	28	6	77	3	0	3		1.225	8.2	0.6	2.8	7.8	2.75
A (3 seasons)					Minors		29	24	.547	3.55	4.36	69	66	2	11	1	1	425.2	395	206	168	27	170	3	273	11	3	14		1.327	8.4	0.6	3.6	5.8	1.61
A- (1 season)					Minors		2	5	.286	6.64	7.21	15	9	3	2	0	2	63.2	79	51	47	9	21	0	41	6	1	4		1.571	11.2	1.3	3.0	5.8	1.95