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+

Summary of 41 Home Runs

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

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 12 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	41

Platoon
vs RHP	26
vs LHP	15

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	20

Outs
1	16
2	14
0	11

13 Opps
SEA	6
KCR	5
DET	5
CAL	4
CHW	4
BOS	3
NYY	3
MIL	3
TEX	2
CLE	2
BAL	2
OAK	1
TOR	1

39 Pitchers
Rich Gale	2
Gaylord Perry	2
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Jerry Ujdur	1
Bill Caudill	1
Doug Bird	1
Dave Tobik	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Larry Pashnick	1
Ken Kravec	1
Rich Hinton	1
Renie Martin	1
Steve Trout	1
Sid Monge	1
Scott McGregor	1
Ken Forsch	1
Ed Núñez	1
Bruce Robbins	1
Chuck Porter	1
Mike Witt	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Jerry Augustine	1
Dick Drago	1
Pat Underwood	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Dave Righetti	1
Brian Kingman	1
Doc Medich	1
Larry Gura	1
Bruce Kison	1
Ed Glynn	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Bob Ojeda	1
Byron McLaughlin	1
Jim Palmer	1
Don Aase	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Ross Baumgarten	1
George Frazier	1

12 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	14
Metrodome (MIN)	6
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	19
9	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
-2-	4
1--	4
12-	2
--3	2

55 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	29
1 on	10
2 on	2
Any on	12

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

1-3	14
4-6	13
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	4
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	5
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	16
Tied	9
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	26
2B	14
SS	1

OrderPos
2nd	18
9th	8
6th	7
5th	3
7th	2
3rd	1
1st	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-05-15	MIN		TEX	Sparky Lyle	ahead 6-4	b 7	1	---	1	9	5	0.061	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
2	2	2	1	1979-05-26	MIN		KCR	Rich Gale	behind 1-5	b 7	0	1--	2	9	5	0.120	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Wilfong Scores
3	3	3	1	1979-08-07	MIN	@	SEA	Rich Hinton	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	9	5	0.109	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1979-09-20	MIN		NYY	Dave Righetti	tied 1-1	b 7	2	1--	2	6	5	0.319	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Rivera Scores
5	5	5	1	1979-09-26	MIN		CHW	Ross Baumgarten	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.088	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1980-05-28	MIN		CHW	Ken Kravec	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	0.079	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	2	1	1980-06-11	MIN	@	DET	Bruce Robbins	ahead 8-3	t 8	0	---	1	9	5	0.009	99%		Home Run
8	8	3	1	1980-06-12	MIN	@	DET	Pat Underwood	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	4	1	1980-06-22	MIN		CLE	Sid Monge	behind 5-11	b 9	0	---	1	6	5	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	5	1	1980-06-30	MIN	@	KCR	Renie Martin	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	---	1	9	5	0.067	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	6	1	1980-07-04	MIN		TEX	Doc Medich	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	9	5	0.156	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Adams Scores
12	12	7	1	1980-07-14	MIN		SEA	Byron McLaughlin	behind 4-8	b 9	0	---	1	7	5	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	8	1	1980-07-20	MIN	@	BOS	Dick Drago	tied 4-4	t 7	1	---	1	8	5	0.202	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	9	1	1980-08-12	MIN		OAK	Brian Kingman	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	5	0.104	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	10	1	1980-08-18	MIN		CAL	Don Aase	ahead 5-1	b 7	2	-2-	2	2	6	0.025	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jackson Scores
16	16	11	1	1980-09-13	MIN	@	CHW	Steve Trout	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	---	1	2	5	0.094	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	12	1	1980-09-21 (1)	MIN		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1	9	5	0.125	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	13	1	1980-10-03	MIN	@	KCR	Larry Gura	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.168	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Ward Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1981-04-26 (1)	MIN		CAL	Mike Witt	behind 0-7	b 9	2	---	1	3	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1981-05-19	MIN	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	behind 1-4	t 9	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.021	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Engle Scores
21	21	3	1	1981-05-22	MIN	@	KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	1--	2	5	5	0.126	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hatcher Scores/unER
22	22	4	1	1981-05-29	MIN		KCR	Rich Gale	behind 0-1	b 7	1	---	1	5	5	0.243	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	5	1	1981-08-29	MIN		DET	Dave Tobik	ahead 6-1	b 5	1	---	1	6	5	0.018	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	6	1	1981-09-16	MIN	@	TOR	Juan Berenguer	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	--3	2	6	5	0.084	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hatcher Scores/unER; J. Castino Scores/unER
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1982-04-23	MIN	@	SEA	Ed Núñez	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	1	7	5	0.080	30%		Home Run
26	26	2	1	1982-04-25	MIN	@	SEA	Gaylord Perry	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1	6	5	0.144	61%		Home Run
27	27	3	1	1982-05-16	MIN	@	DET	Larry Pashnick	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	---	1	6	5	0.070	81%		Home Run
28	28	4	1	1982-07-19	MIN		MIL	Jerry Augustine	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	---	1	9	4	0.029	96%		Home Run
29	29	5	1	1982-08-18	MIN		BAL	Jim Palmer	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.102	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	6	1	1982-08-24	MIN	@	NYY	George Frazier	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	--3	2	2	4	0.026	99%		Home Run; T. Laudner Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1983-04-07	MIN		DET	Jerry Ujdur	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.100	63%		Home Run
32	32	2	1	1983-04-10	MIN	@	SEA	Gaylord Perry	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	2	4	0.116	57%		Home Run
33	33	3	1	1983-04-15	MIN		CAL	Ken Forsch	behind 1-6	b 6	0	---	1	2	4	0.041	10%		Home Run
34	34	4	1	1983-04-16	MIN		CAL	Bruce Kison	behind 0-1	b 3	2	12-	3	2	4	0.307	74%		Home Run; R. Smith Scores; L. Faedo Scores
35	35	5	1	1983-04-22	MIN	@	NYY	Doyle Alexander	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.103	58%		Home Run
36	36	6	1	1983-04-27	MIN	@	CLE	Ed Glynn	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1--	2	2	4	0.507	70%		Home Run; L. Faedo Scores
37	37	7	1	1983-05-19	MIN	@	BOS	Doug Bird	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	1	2	4	0.080	25%		Home Run
38	38	8	1	1983-05-21	MIN	@	BOS	Bob Ojeda	behind 0-6	t 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.031	8%		Home Run
39	39	9	1	1983-05-24	MIN	@	BAL	Scott McGregor	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.101	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	10	1	1983-07-17	MIN	@	MIL	Chuck Porter	behind 0-1	t 3	1	12-	3	2	4	0.280	71%		Home Run; R. Washington Scores; R. Smith Scores
41	41	11	1	1983-07-29	MIN		SEA	Bill Caudill	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	---	1	2	4	0.086	93%		Home Run