RF Al Castro #25
Age: 24 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
01/29/1973
RF AL CASTRO #25 - AGE: 24 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
107 366 88 15 1 14 48 20 65 .240 .278 .402 1 2.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 55 55 55 55
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 60
Errors: - 35 50
Arm: 20 45 65
Turn DP: - 30 -
Framing: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 70
1st Base: - Center Field: 30
2nd Base: - Right Field: 65
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 40
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 40
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/24/1972 MON Win, 4-3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/23/1972 MON Loss, 4-8 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
09/22/1972 MON Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1972 BOS Loss, 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/1972 BOS Win, 5-1 4 0 3 4 0 0 0 0
09/17/1972 @ BAL Loss, 2-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/15/1972 @ BAL Win, 2-0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
09/12/1972 @ MON Win, 4-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/11/1972 @ MON Loss, 10-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10/1972 @ BOS Loss, 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
He is dedicated to his craft.
High: Work Ethic
Birthday:12/22/1948
Born in:Sanford, FL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 4"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$27,800
Signed Through:1973 Season
Major Service:2 Years, 28 Days
Service This Yr:175 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet, but possibly eligible after this season
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 15th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 107 366 88 15 1 14 48 29 20 65 .240 .278 .402 .680 .311 .161 107
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 88 392 1 0 0 6 5 5 147 30 1 1 50.0 40.6 3.72 2.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   120 28 5 0 5 13 10 6 28 4 1 0 .233 .262 .400 .662
Versus Right   246 60 10 1 9 35 19 14 37 1 4 1 .244 .286 .402 .689
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   53 9 4 0 1 3 3 6 10 1 2 0 .170 .250 .302 .552
May   73 21 1 0 3 6 8 2 17 0 2 0 .288 .307 .425 .731
June   57 16 2 0 2 7 2 2 8 1 0 0 .281 .300 .421 .721
July   65 17 3 0 3 11 6 2 9 0 1 1 .262 .294 .446 .740
August   65 14 3 1 4 9 8 6 11 0 0 0 .215 .282 .477 .759
September   53 11 2 0 1 12 2 2 10 3 0 0 .208 .224 .302 .526
Spring Training   51 11 0 0 2 6 5 4 15 0 0 1 .216 .286 .333 .619
Last Year   366 88 15 1 14 48 29 20 65 5 5 1 .240 .278 .402 .680
Career   478 109 17 1 15 55 36 32 88 5 5 1 .228 .275 .362 .637
Home   190 44 8 0 7 23 15 10 36 3 2 1 .232 .270 .384 .654
Road   176 44 7 1 7 25 14 10 29 2 3 0 .250 .287 .420 .708
Grass   366 88 15 1 14 48 29 20 65 5 5 1 .240 .278 .402 .680
Day   217 48 10 1 7 23 17 15 36 0 3 1 .221 .275 .373 .648
Night   149 40 5 0 7 25 12 5 29 5 2 0 .268 .283 .443 .726
As Starter   347 87 15 1 14 48 28 17 62 5 5 1 .251 .284 .421 .705
As Reliever / Substitution   19 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 .053 .182 .053 .234
Pinch Hitting   10 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .100 .250 .100 .350
Close/Late   108 23 4 0 6 19 11 8 25 2 1 1 .213 .269 .417 .686
Inning 1-3   109 23 6 0 3 10 6 7 24 0 3 0 .211 .259 .349 .607
Inning 4-6   122 37 5 1 5 19 11 5 12 3 1 0 .303 .323 .484 .807
Inning 7-9   122 26 4 0 4 14 10 6 25 2 0 1 .213 .252 .344 .596
Extra Innings   13 2 0 0 2 5 2 2 4 0 1 0 .154 .267 .615 .882
0 Outs   123 28 4 0 5 12 14 6 28 1 5 0 .228 .262 .382 .644
1 Outs   119 33 6 1 5 17 8 8 17 4 0 1 .277 .318 .471 .789
2 Outs   124 27 5 0 4 19 7 6 20 0 0 0 .218 .254 .355 .609
Scoring Position   99 24 4 1 3 33 6 5 17 5 5 1 .242 .273 .394 .667
Bases Empty   204 50 10 0 7 7 17 13 35 0 0 0 .245 .290 .397 .687
Runner on 1st   63 14 1 0 4 8 6 2 13 0 0 0 .222 .246 .429 .675
Runner on 2nd   28 10 1 1 1 10 3 2 4 0 3 0 .357 .400 .571 .971
Runner on 3rd   8 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 .250 .222 .625 .847
Runner on 1st & 2nd   29 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 1 1 .172 .250 .207 .457
Runner on 1st & 3rd   17 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 1 0 0 .235 .222 .353 .575
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   12 3 0 0 1 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 .250 .267 .500 .767
Two Strikes   157 21 2 0 3 11 6 8 65 1 0 1 .134 .180 .204 .383
First Pitch   66 18 4 0 3 14 5 0 0 1 3 0 .273 .269 .470 .738
Count 0-1   24 7 4 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 2 0 .292 .269 .458 .728
Count 0-2   31 3 0 0 1 4 2 0 12 0 0 1 .097 .125 .194 .319
Count 1-0   45 19 2 1 3 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 .422 .422 .711 1.133
Count 1-1   36 10 0 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .528 .806
Count 1-2   57 5 0 0 1 3 2 0 24 0 0 0 .088 .088 .140 .228
Count 2-0   9 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .200 .333 .533
Count 2-1   19 8 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .421 .421 .632 1.053
Count 2-2   33 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 14 1 0 0 .152 .147 .242 .389
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 3 1 0 1 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 .300 .562 .700 1.262
Full Count   36 8 2 0 0 1 1 8 15 0 0 0 .222 .364 .278 .641
Behind in Count   112 15 4 0 2 12 7 0 36 2 2 1 .134 .139 .223 .362
Ahead in Count   83 32 5 1 5 13 11 12 0 1 0 0 .386 .458 .651 1.109
Batting 2nd   61 14 1 0 2 4 6 2 13 0 4 0 .230 .254 .344 .598
Batting 4th   41 11 1 0 3 5 4 2 7 0 0 0 .268 .302 .512 .815
Batting 5th   230 60 13 1 9 38 18 12 39 5 0 0 .261 .291 .443 .735
Batting 6th   19 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 .105 .190 .105 .296
Batting 7th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   12 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 .083 .267 .083 .350
Low Leverage   120 32 6 0 4 6 6 7 14 0 0 0 .267 .307 .417 .724
Medium Leverage   153 32 6 1 3 11 13 8 30 0 2 1 .209 .253 .320 .573
High Leverage   93 24 3 0 7 31 10 5 21 5 3 0 .258 .282 .516 .798
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 New York - MLB 18 7 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 39 31 -0.1
1970 New York - MLB 21 85 103 19 2 0 1 7 6 12 0 0 22 0 1 .184 .270 .233 .503 46 34 -0.6
1972 New York - MLB 23 107 366 88 15 1 14 48 29 20 1 5 65 1 1 .240 .278 .402 .680 98 107 2.1
Total MLB 199 478 109 17 1 15 55 36 32 1 5 88 1 2 .228 .275 .362 .637 85 90 1.5
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Total - 18 24 104 45 12 2 2 27 33 12 3 0 5 3 1 .433 .504 .644 1.148 100 100 2.1
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 New York - MLB LF 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 24.0 1.12 -0.5 .743
1967 New York - MLB RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 New York - MLB LF 67 12 32 1 0 33 0 1.000 199.1 1.49 +1.2 1.009
1970 New York - MLB CF 12 11 22 0 0 22 0 1.000 86.0 2.30 -2.6 .857
1970 New York - MLB RF 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 16.1 0.55 -0.0 .979
1972 New York - MLB LF 20 0 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 51.2 1.57 +0.8 1.104
1972 New York - MLB RF 89 88 173 2 0 178 3 .983 780.0 2.02 +6.1 1.059
TOTAL LF 90 15 44 1 0 45 0 1.000 275.0 1.47 +1.5 1.002
TOTAL CF 12 11 22 0 0 22 0 1.000 86.0 2.30 -2.6 .857
TOTAL RF 103 88 174 2 0 179 3 .983 801.1 1.98 +6.0 1.059
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 15, 71st overall pick) by the New York Empires, out of high school Halifax Academy (Halifax Academy; Daytona Beach, FL).
10/20/1967 Named the #93 prospect in the MLB
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (50); Power: 25 (50); Eye: 30 (50).
07/04/1968 Named the #62 prospect in the MLB
10/31/1968 Named the #72 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 40 (60); Eye: 35 (50).
04/08/1969 Named the #64 prospect in the MLB
07/03/1969 Named the #38 prospect in the MLB
10/07/1969 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 4 days.
10/29/1969 Named the #36 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 45 (60); Eye: 40 (50).
04/07/1970 Named the #55 prospect in the MLB
05/22/1970 Injured (strained rib cage muscles),day-to-day for one week.
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 50 (60); Eye: 45 (50).
03/01/1971 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at left field at the New York Empires development complex.
10/01/1971 Injured (food poisoning),out for 2 days.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 55 (60); Eye: 50 (50).
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
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