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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIN		OAK	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 10	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 11	MIN		OAK	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
4	4	Apr 12	MIN		OAK	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
6	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
8	8	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 22	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 24	MIN		CAL	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
13	13	Apr 25	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 26 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 26 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
16	16	Apr 27	MIN		SEA	L,3-8	CG	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	17	Apr 28	MIN		SEA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	18	Apr 29	MIN		SEA	T,7-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
19	19	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
21	21	May 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
22	22	May 3	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	0	4	0	4	1	3B
24	24	May 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	25	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
26	26	May 8	MIN		CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
27	27	May 9	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	GS	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 2B
28	28	May 10	MIN		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
29	29	May 12	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	30	May 13	MIN		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
31	31	May 14	MIN		BOS	L,7-9	CG	52	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	32	May 15	MIN		BAL	L,4-9	CG	49	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	3B
33	33	May 16	MIN		BAL	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
34	34	May 17	MIN		BAL	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	3B
35	35	May 19	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
36	36	May 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	38	May 22	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	39	May 23	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	55	14.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
40	40	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	41	May 25	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-4	GF	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
42	42	May 26	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
43	43	May 27	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
44	44	May 28	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	45	May 29	MIN		KCR	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	46	May 30	MIN		KCR	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	47	May 31	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 2	MIN		TEX	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	49	Jun 3	MIN		TEX	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
50	50	Jun 4	MIN		TEX	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	51	Jun 5	MIN	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	53 (1)	Jun 7	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	54	Jun 8	MIN		MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
54	55	Jun 9	MIN		MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	56	Jun 10	MIN		DET	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
56	57	Jun 11	MIN		DET	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	58	Aug 10	MIN		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
58	59	Aug 11	MIN		OAK	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
59	60	Aug 12	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	3B
60	61	Aug 13	MIN		SEA	L,1-11	GS	37	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
61	62	Aug 14 (1)	MIN		SEA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	3B
62	63	Aug 14 (2)	MIN		SEA	L,3-13	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
63	64	Aug 15	MIN		SEA	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
64	65	Aug 16	MIN		SEA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
65	66	Aug 17	MIN	@	DET	L,2-12	GS	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	67	Aug 18	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
67	69 (1)	Aug 21	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	70	Aug 22	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
69	71	Aug 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
70	72	Aug 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	73	Aug 25	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	74	Aug 26	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
73	75	Aug 27	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	76	Aug 28	MIN		DET	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
75	77	Aug 29	MIN		DET	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
76	78	Aug 30	MIN		DET	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	79	Aug 31	MIN		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	80	Sep 1	MIN		NYY	L,6-11	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
79	81	Sep 2	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	82	Sep 3	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	83	Sep 4	MIN		MIL	L,5-16	CG	52	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
82	84	Sep 5	MIN		MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	85	Sep 6	MIN		MIL	L,7-8	CG	46	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
84	86	Sep 7	MIN		TOR	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
85	87	Sep 8	MIN		TOR	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
86	89 (1)	Sep 11	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	90	Sep 12	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	91	Sep 13	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	92	Sep 14	MIN	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
90	93	Sep 15	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
91	94	Sep 16	MIN	@	TOR	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	95	Sep 18	MIN	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	96	Sep 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	98 (1)	Sep 21	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-2	GS	25	5.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
95	99	Sep 22	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	4	1	7	3	2B
96	100	Sep 23	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
97	101	Sep 24	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-9	GS	33	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	102	Sep 25	MIN		TEX	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	103	Sep 26	MIN		TEX	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
100	104	Sep 27	MIN		TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
101	105	Sep 28	MIN		KCR	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
							102gm		882.2	96	236	9	341	29