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Alberto
Castro		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 16, 1920 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1947    1948   
Gold Glove Award 1950   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 27 TUL YL $ 3,390,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
1948 28 TUL YL $ 3,390,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1949 29 TUL YL $ 3,390,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1950 30 CHI YL $ 5,000,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,390,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 27 TUL YL 142 420 54 108 15 6 7 49 4 4 30 45 .257 .313 .371 .684 44.9 4.0
1948 28 TUL YL 154 581 87 144 28 6 13 65 10 5 60 83 .248 .321 .384 .705 71.4 9.9
1949 29 TUL YL 125 330 44 98 15 1 7 44 7 4 29 52 .297 .356 .412 .768 46.1 7.4
1950 30 CHI YL 157 615 100 179 28 6 12 77 10 13 57 90 .291 .354 .415 .769 86.3 12.3
4 Years Sim 578 1946 285 529 86 19 39 235 31 26 176 270 .272 .336 .396 .731 248.7 33.7
162 Game Average 545 79 148 24 5 10 65 8 7 49 75 .272 .336 .396 .731 69.7  
Career Highs 157 615 100 179 28 6 13 77 10 13 60 90 .297 .356 .415 .769 86.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1430 205 368 56 15 28 165 22 20 109 197 .257 .314 .376 .690 163.4
vs LH   516 80 161 30 4 11 70 9 6 67 73 .312 .392 .450 .841 88.0
Home 287 972 148 271 52 6 23 131 13 14 86 144 .279 .342 .416 .758 131.6
Away 291 974 137 258 34 13 16 104 18 12 90 126 .265 .329 .376 .705 119.8
RISP   521 0 138 19 4 11 185 0 0 47 85 .265 .324 .380 .704 64.9
Pinch Hitting   79 14 20 1 2 2 10 1 0 8 11 .253 .330 .392 .722 10.4
Close/Late   230 35 55 10 1 4 27 0 0 18 32 .239 .303 .343 .647 23.3
Mar/Apr 90 307 53 90 11 6 4 36 7 3 28 41 .293 .356 .407 .763 43.4
May 96 313 40 76 15 2 5 37 4 5 20 42 .243 .293 .351 .644 30.2
June 87 287 48 85 8 1 9 42 6 6 23 43 .296 .357 .425 .782 40.8
July 101 363 54 105 21 3 12 43 6 4 35 50 .289 .355 .463 .818 57.0
August 104 363 50 92 16 5 5 41 3 0 33 50 .253 .314 .366 .681 42.7
Sep/Oct 100 313 40 81 15 2 4 36 5 8 37 44 .259 .340 .358 .698 37.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1947 27 TUL YL RF 114 90 824.3 226 3 4 1 .983 2.50   2.6
    LF 9 3 40.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 3 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1948 28 TUL YL RF 109 105 925.0 258 12 5 3 .982 2.63   4.3
    LF 40 38 344.7 64 0 1 0 .985 1.67    
    CF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1949 29 TUL YL LF 61 52 446.3 113 4 1 0 .992 2.36   2.0
    RF 33 14 176.3 53 1 0 0 1.000 2.76    
    CF 7 5 50.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.06    
1950 30 CHI YL RF 150 144 1286.0 329 14 9 5 .974 2.40   2.8
    CF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  RF 406 353 3211.7 866 30 18 9 .980 2.51   9.7
  LF 110 93 831.0 186 5 2 0 .990 2.07   2.0
  CF 14 8 89.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.53    
Career Totals   530 454 4131.7 1077 35 20 9 .982 2.42   11.7
Career Highs   152 146 1304.0 333 14 9 5 .995 2.52    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1947 27 TUL YL 10 39 5 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 10 .179 .214 .333 .548
1948 28 TUL YL 11 37 3 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 9 .216 .286 .324 .610
Career Post-Season Batting 21 76 8 15 2 1 2 10 0 0 1 19 .197 .250 .329 .579
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1950-6-157
 At-Bats
1950-5-615
 Hits
1950-10-179
 Triples
1947-10-6
1948-9-6
CAR-34-19
 Caught Stealing
1950-9-13
CAR-44-26
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 7
 
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  6. Tory Dalessandro (949)
  7. William Lincoln (948)
  8. David Hammond (947)
  9. Michael Blanco (945)
  10. Arthur Wade (944)
History
Drafted in 8th round, 133rd overall pick, by Tulsa in 1947
Had first career hit on 4/14/1947, off Roderick Mooney (LEE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1947, off Paul Tebo (WOO)
Won World Championship with Tulsa in 1947
Won World Championship with Tulsa in 1948
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 2/18/1950 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1950
 
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