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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-7	CG	45	12.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
2	2	Apr 11	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
5	5	Apr 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 16	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 17	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 18 (1)	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 19	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
12	12	Apr 20	MIN	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 22	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 23	MIN		CAL	L,0-17	CG	51	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
15	15	Apr 25	MIN		OAK	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 26	MIN		OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	17	Apr 27	MIN		OAK	W,20-11	CG	48	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	3B
18	18	Apr 28	MIN		SEA	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	19	Apr 29	MIN		SEA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	20	Apr 30	MIN		SEA	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	22	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	23	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,1-10	GS	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B SS
24	24	May 5	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
25	25	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
26	26	May 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
27	27	May 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
28	28	May 10	MIN	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
29	29	May 11	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 12	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
31	31	May 13	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	38 (6)	May 21	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	39	May 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
34	42 (2)	May 26	MIN		CHW	L,3-6	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
35	43	May 27	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
36	44	May 28	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
37	45	May 29	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
38	46	May 30	MIN		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
39	47	May 31	MIN		BAL	L,1-11	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	48	Jun 2	MIN		BOS	L,2-6	GS	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B SS
41	49	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,9-4	GS	36	9.0	4	1	3	8	1	SS 3B
42	50	Jun 6	MIN		TOR	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
43	51	Jun 7	MIN		TOR	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
44	52	Jun 8 (1)	MIN		TOR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
45	53	Jun 8 (2)	MIN		TOR	L,4-6	GF	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	54	Jun 10	MIN	@	DET	L,3-8	GS	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
47	55	Jun 11	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
48	56	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
49	57	Jun 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
50	58	Jun 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
51	59	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
52	60	Jun 16	MIN	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
53	61	Jun 17	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
54	62	Jun 19	MIN		DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	63	Jun 20	MIN		CLE	L,3-4	CG	63	15.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
56	64	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	65	Jun 22	MIN		CLE	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
58	66	Jun 23	MIN		KCR	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	67	Jun 24 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
60	68	Jun 24 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
61	69	Jun 25	MIN		KCR	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	70	Jun 27	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
63	71	Jun 28	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
64	72	Jun 29	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	73	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	74	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
67	75	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	1	1	0	2	1	3B
68	76	Jul 3	MIN		TEX	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
69	77	Jul 4	MIN		TEX	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
70	78	Jul 5	MIN		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
71	79	Jul 6	MIN		TEX	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
72	80	Jul 10	MIN	@	SEA	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	81	Jul 11	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
74	82	Jul 12	MIN		SEA	W,8-3	GS	27	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
75	84 (1)	Jul 14	MIN		SEA	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
76	85	Jul 15	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	86	Jul 16	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS	30	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	87	Jul 17	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	88	Jul 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B
80	89	Jul 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
81	90	Jul 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
82	91	Jul 21 (1)	MIN		BAL	W,8-7	GF	33	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	92	Jul 21 (2)	MIN		BAL	L,5-12	CG	51	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
84	93	Jul 22	MIN		BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
85	94	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	95	Jul 25 (1)	MIN		BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	96	Jul 25 (2)	MIN		BOS	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	97	Jul 26	MIN		BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	98	Jul 27	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
90	99	Jul 28	MIN		NYY	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
91	100	Jul 29	MIN		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
92	101	Jul 30	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	103 (1)	Aug 2	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	104	Aug 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
95	105	Aug 4	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	106	Aug 5	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
97	107	Aug 6	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
98	108	Aug 7	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	56	14.2	1	5	0	6	1	3B
99	109	Aug 8	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
100	110	Aug 9	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	111	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	112	Aug 12	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
103	113	Aug 13	MIN		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
104	114	Aug 14	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
105	115	Aug 15	MIN		CAL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
106	116	Aug 17 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
107	117	Aug 17 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
108	118	Aug 18	MIN		CAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	119	Aug 19	MIN		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
110	120	Aug 20	MIN		TOR	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
111	121	Aug 21 (1)	MIN		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
112	123 (1)	Aug 22	MIN		DET	W,6-5	CG	55	13.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
113	124	Aug 23	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
114	125	Aug 24	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
115	126	Aug 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	127	Aug 26	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
117	128	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
118	129	Aug 28 susp	MIN	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS	60	15.0	2	6	0	8	2	3B SS
119	130	Aug 29	MIN	@	TOR	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
120	131	Aug 30	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
121	132	Aug 31	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	133	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	134	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	135	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
125	136	Sep 5	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
126	137	Sep 6	MIN	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
127	138	Sep 7	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
128	139	Sep 9	MIN		MIL	W,15-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
129	140	Sep 10	MIN		MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
130	141	Sep 12	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
131	142	Sep 13	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
132	143	Sep 14	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
133	144	Sep 17 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	145	Sep 17 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
135	146	Sep 18 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
136	147	Sep 18 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
137	148	Sep 19	MIN		CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
138	149	Sep 21 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
139	150	Sep 21 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
140	151	Sep 22	MIN		TEX	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
141	152	Sep 23	MIN		TEX	W,8-2	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	153	Sep 24	MIN		TEX	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
143	154	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
144	155	Sep 27	MIN		KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
145	156	Sep 28	MIN		KCR	W,8-7	GS	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B SS
146	157	Oct 2 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
147	158	Oct 2 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
148	159	Oct 3	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
149	161 (1)	Oct 5	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B SS
							156gm		1318.1	128	395	22	545	48