John Castino

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: October 23, 1954 in Evanston, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rollins College (Winter Park, FL).

High School: New Trier HS (Winnetka, IL)

School: Rollins College (Winter Park, FL)

Debut: April 6, 1979 (Age 24-165d, 14,150th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 7, 1984 (Age 29-197d)
vs. CAL 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: John Anthony Castino

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.2

2320

646

.278

293

RBI

249

OBP

.329

SLG

.398

OPS

.727

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
3	3	Apr 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-1	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	7 (2)	Apr 13	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-2	GF	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	PH 3B
6	8	Apr 14	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
7	9	Apr 15	MIN	@	SEA	W,18-6	GF	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
8	12 (2)	Apr 19	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	13	Apr 21	MIN		SEA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
10	14	Apr 22	MIN		SEA	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	16 (1)	Apr 25	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
12	17	Apr 27	MIN	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	18	Apr 28	MIN	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
14	19	Apr 29	MIN	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
15	20	Apr 30	MIN	@	TOR	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21	May 1	MIN	@	TOR	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	22	May 2	MIN	@	TOR	W,7-5	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
18	23	May 3	MIN		DET	W,7-6	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
19	24	May 4	MIN		DET	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
20	25	May 5	MIN		DET	L,4-8	GF	19	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH 3B
21	26	May 6	MIN		DET	W,9-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
22	27	May 7	MIN		TOR	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	28	May 8	MIN		TOR	W,16-6	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	30 (1)	May 12	MIN		CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
25	31	May 13	MIN		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
26	33 (1)	May 15	MIN		TEX	L,8-9	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
27	34	May 16	MIN		TEX	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	35	May 17	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
29	36	May 18	MIN	@	KCR	W,10-6	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	37	May 20	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	38	May 21	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
32	39	May 22	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
33	40	May 23	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	41	May 25	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
35	42	May 26	MIN		KCR	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
36	43	May 27	MIN		KCR	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	44	May 28	MIN		OAK	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
38	45	May 30	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	46	May 31	MIN		OAK	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	47	Jun 1	MIN		BOS	L,2-5	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
41	48	Jun 2	MIN		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	49	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
43	50	Jun 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
44	51	Jun 5	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
45	52	Jun 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
46	53	Jun 7	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
47	54	Jun 8	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	55	Jun 9	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
49	56	Jun 10	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
50	57	Jun 12	MIN		NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
51	58	Jun 13	MIN		NYY	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	59	Jun 14	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	60	Jun 15	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	61	Jun 17	MIN		BAL	L,5-8	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	63 (1)	Jun 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	64	Jun 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
57	65	Jun 22	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
58	66	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	67	Jun 24 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
60	68	Jun 24 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-1	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	69	Jun 26	MIN		MIL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
62	70	Jun 27	MIN		MIL	L,8-9	GS	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
63	71	Jun 28	MIN		MIL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	72	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	73	Jun 30	MIN		CHW	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	74	Jul 1	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	75	Jul 2	MIN		SEA	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
68	76	Jul 3 (1)	MIN		SEA	W,12-2	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
69	77	Jul 3 (2)	MIN		SEA	L,2-10	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
70	78	Jul 4	MIN		SEA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
71	79	Jul 5	MIN		SEA	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	80	Jul 6	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	81	Jul 7	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
74	82	Jul 8 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	83	Jul 8 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
76	84	Jul 9	MIN	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
77	85	Jul 10	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	1	4	0	5	0	3B
78	86	Jul 11	MIN	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	87	Jul 13	MIN	@	TOR	W,6-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
80	89 (1)	Jul 15	MIN	@	TOR	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
81	90	Jul 19	MIN		DET	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
82	91	Jul 20	MIN		DET	W,14-6	GF	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
83	92	Jul 21 (1)	MIN		TOR	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
84	93	Jul 21 (2)	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
85	94	Jul 22	MIN		TOR	W,13-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
86	95	Jul 23	MIN		TOR	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	97 (1)	Jul 25	MIN		CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
88	98	Jul 26	MIN		CLE	L,2-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	99	Jul 27	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
90	100	Jul 28	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-5	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
91	101	Jul 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
92	102	Jul 30	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
93	103	Jul 31	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	1	8	0	9	2	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	105 (1)	Aug 3	MIN		CAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
95	106	Aug 4	MIN		CAL	L,1-7	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
96	107	Aug 5 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,7-11	GS	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	108	Aug 5 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,7-1	GF	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
98	109	Aug 6	MIN	@	SEA	L,4-7	GS	31	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
99	110	Aug 7	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
100	111	Aug 8	MIN	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	112	Aug 10 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,5-6	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	114 (1)	Aug 11	MIN		OAK	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
103	115	Aug 12	MIN		OAK	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
104	116	Aug 13	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS 3B
105	117	Aug 14	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-12	GF	22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
106	119 (1)	Aug 16	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	120	Aug 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
108	121	Aug 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	122	Aug 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
110	123	Aug 20	MIN		BOS	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
111	124	Aug 21	MIN		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
112	125	Aug 22	MIN		BOS	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
113	126	Aug 24	MIN		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
114	127	Aug 25	MIN		NYY	W,4-1	GS	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
115	128	Aug 27 (1)	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	130 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	MIN		BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
117	131	Aug 29 (2)	MIN		BAL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
118	132	Aug 30	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
119	133	Aug 31	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	134	Sep 1	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	135	Sep 2	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	136	Sep 3	MIN		KCR	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	137	Sep 4	MIN		KCR	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
124	138	Sep 5	MIN		KCR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
125	139	Sep 7	MIN		TEX	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
126	141 (1)	Sep 9	MIN		TEX	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	142	Sep 10 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	56	13.1	1	4	0	5	0	3B
128	143	Sep 10 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
129	144	Sep 11	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	3B
130	145	Sep 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	146	Sep 13	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	49	12.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
132	147	Sep 14	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
133	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	TEX	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
134	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
135	150	Sep 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
136	151	Sep 18	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
137	152	Sep 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
138	153	Sep 20	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
139	154	Sep 21	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
140	155	Sep 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
141	156	Sep 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
142	157	Sep 25	MIN		CHW	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
143	158	Sep 26	MIN		CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
144	159	Sep 27	MIN		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
145	160	Sep 28	MIN		MIL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
146	161	Sep 29	MIN		MIL	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
147	162	Sep 30	MIN		MIL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
							148gm		1039.0	91	286	15	392	34