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Current Status

High Level

Major Leagues

Proper Name

Jose Rondon Castillo

Stat Years

1999-2016 [mlb] 2004-2008

Height/Weight

6-1 / 198

Bats/Throws

Right / Right

Positions

2B (501) ... SS (466) ... 3B (144) ... RF (1)

Draft Position

Born Date/Place

1981-03-19 in Las Mercedes, Venezuela

Death

2018-12-06 [37.262] Cause: TBC PREMIUM

High School

None listed

Colleges

Draft

Signed as undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1997

Bonus

Signing Scouts

MLB Debut

2004-04-07 - Boxscore (Age: 23.019)

Service Time

4.000 (2007)

Organizations

PIT [9] SFN [1] HOU [1]

ID Numbers

tbc id: 4833 ... retro id: castj005 ... mlbam id: 425489

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Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid G Games Played (or Pitched) AB At Bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home Runs RBI Runs Batted In SB Stolen Bases (Total) CS Caught Stealings BB Walks SO Strikeouts HP Hit by Pitch SH Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies IW Intentional Walks DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) AVG Batting Average ( H/AB ) OBP On Base Percentage ( H+BB+HBP / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG Slugging Percentage ( TB / AB ) OPS On Base Plus Slugging (OBP + SLG) PA Plate Appearances TB Total Bases (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) XBH Extra Base Hits (Doubles+Triples+Home Runs) secA Seconday Average. Measures extra bases earned by player (BB+(TB-H)+(SB-CS) / AB ISO Isolated Power. Measures the portion of a slugging percentage that is for extra base hits. (SLG-BAVG). babip Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. (H/(AB-SO)) XBH% Extra Base Hit Percentage (XBH/H)

Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position PO Putouts A Fielding assists E Errors DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) TC Total Chances (PO+A+E) TSC Total Successful Chances (PO+A) FPCT Fielding Percentage (TSC/TC) RFg Range Factor by Game (Total Successful Chances/Games) Rfi Range Factor by Inning (Total Successful Chances/Innings) Team Share Share of team's games played at that position. Will add up to more than 100% since the formula is player games at position / team games. Player Share Share of player's games played at that position Team Rank Rank of games for team at that position.

Fielding Positional Grid by Year

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Year	Category	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1999	Minor	-	-	-	23	-	24	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	123	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	121	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	132	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Minor	-	-	-	74	-	52	-	-	-	-	-
2004	MLB	-	-	-	123	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
2005	MLB	-	-	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Minor	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	MLB	-	-	-	145	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	MLB	-	-	-	20	34	8	-	-	1	-	-
2008	MLB	-	-	-	12	110	4	-	-	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	501	144	466	-	-	1	-	-

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Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Pos	Detail	Exp	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HP	SH	SF	IW	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA	TB	XBH	secA	ISO	babip	BB%	SO%	SOBB	ABHR	HR%	XBH%
1999	Gulf Coast Pirates	GCL	Rk	pit	-	18	ss-2b	---	1	47	173	27	46	9	0	4	30	8	0	11	23	3	3	3	1	4	.266	.316	.387	.703	193	67	13	.231	.121	.282	5.70	11.92	2.09	43.2	2.07	28.3
2000	Hickory Crawdads	SAL	A	pit	-	19	ss	---	2	125	529	95	158	32	8	16	72	16	12	29	107	10	7	2	0	10	.299	.346	.480	.826	577	254	56	.244	.181	.348	5.03	18.54	3.69	33.1	2.77	35.4
2001	Lynchburg Hillcats	Caro	A+	pit	14	20	ss	---	3	125	485	57	119	20	7	7	49	23	10	21	94	9	4	2	2	9	.245	.288	.359	.647	521	174	34	.184	.114	.290	4.03	18.04	4.48	69.3	1.34	28.6
2002	Lynchburg Hillcats	Caro	A+	pit	14	21	ss	---	4	134	503	82	151	25	2	16	81	27	14	49	95	11	1	8	1	18	.300	.370	.453	.823	572	228	43	.276	.153	.338	8.57	16.61	1.94	31.4	2.80	28.5
2003	Altoona Curve	East	AA	pit	14	22	2b-ss	---	5	126	498	68	143	24	6	5	66	19	10	40	81	3	0	8	1	18	.287	.339	.390	.729	549	194	35	.201	.103	.329	7.29	14.75	2.03	99.6	0.91	24.5
2004	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	pit	14	23	2b	L-S-E-P	6	129	383	44	98	15	2	8	39	3	2	23	92	1	5	2	5	12	.256	.298	.368	.666	414	141	25	.175	.112	.316	5.56	22.22	4.00	47.9	1.93	25.5
2005	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	pit	-	24	2b	---	7	4	13	2	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.467	.923	1.390	15	12	3	.692	.538	.300	13.33	6.67	0.50	6.5	13.33	60.0
2005	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	pit	14	24	2b	L-S-E-P	7	101	370	49	99	16	3	11	53	2	3	23	59	0	1	4	3	11	.268	.307	.416	.723	398	154	30	.208	.148	.289	5.78	14.82	2.57	33.6	2.76	30.3
2006	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	pit	14	25	2b	L-S-E-P	8	148	518	54	131	25	0	14	65	6	4	32	98	5	1	6	8	22	.253	.299	.382	.681	562	198	39	.195	.129	.284	5.69	17.44	3.06	37.0	2.49	29.8
2007	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	pit	14	26	3b-2b	L-S-E-P	9	87	221	18	54	18	1	0	24	0	0	6	48	2	0	1	2	11	.244	.270	.335	.605	230	74	19	.118	.091	.310	2.61	20.87	8.00	0.0	0.00	35.2
2008	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	12	27	3b	L-S-E-P	10	112	394	42	96	28	4	6	35	2	2	25	71	1	0	0	1	16	.244	.290	.381	.671	420	150	38	.201	.137	.284	5.95	16.90	2.84	65.7	1.43	39.6
2008	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	13	27	3b	L-S-E-P	10	15	32	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	1	0	0	.281	.314	.313	.627	35	10	1	.094	.032	.391	5.71	28.57	5.00	0.0	0.00	11.1
2010	Yokohama Bay Stars	---	Intl	---	-	29	2b	---	11	131	466	48	127	24	0	19	55	3	3	22	71	4	1	3	4	16	.273	.309	.446	.755	496	208	43	.221	.173	.285	4.44	14.31	3.23	24.5	3.83	33.9
2011	Chiba Lotte Marines	---	Intl	---	-	30	2b	---	12	86	331	31	89	13	1	5	34	0	0	18	45	5	0	2	1	10	.269	.315	.360	.675	356	119	19	.145	.091	.297	5.06	12.64	2.50	66.2	1.40	21.4
2011	Mexico City Red Devils	Mex	AAA	---	-	30	2b	---	12	68	294	56	105	20	2	10	60	12	4	20	23	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.398	.541	.939	314	159	32	.279	.184	.000	6.37	7.32	1.15	29.4	3.18	30.5
2012	Veracruz Rojos del Aguila	Mex	AAA	---	-	31	2b	---	13	109	404	65	127	12	0	15	55	13	3	24	43	1	2	4	3	21	.314	.351	.455	.806	435	184	27	.225	.141	.320	5.52	9.89	1.79	26.9	3.45	21.3
2013	Puebla Pericos	Mex	AAA	---	---	32	2b	---	14	102	420	87	155	29	4	25	108	6	2	27	41	4	0	7	5	24	.369	.406	.636	1.042	458	267	58	.340	.267	.360	5.90	8.95	1.52	16.8	5.46	37.4
2014	Veracruz Rojos del Aguila	Mex	AAA	---	---	33	2b	---	15	71	272	33	76	20	0	4	41	4	3	13	36	0	1	4	2	14	.279	.308	.397	.705	290	108	24	.169	.118	.305	4.48	12.41	2.77	68.0	1.38	31.6
2014	Tabasco Olmecas	Mex	AAA	---	---	33	2b	---	15	36	123	17	39	4	0	3	20	4	0	11	17	0	0	1	1	4	.317	.370	.423	.793	135	52	7	.228	.106	.346	8.15	12.59	1.55	41.0	2.22	18.0
2015	Tabasco Olmecas	Mex	AAA	---	---	34	2b	---	16	111	425	42	124	12	1	8	50	4	3	13	42	2	7	6	3	19	.292	.312	.381	.693	453	162	21	.122	.089	.304	2.87	9.27	3.23	53.1	1.77	16.9
2016	Campeche Piratas	Mex	AAA	---	---	35	2b	---	17	21	72	12	20	2	0	2	8	3	1	3	14	1	1	0	0	2	.278	.316	.389	.705	77	28	4	.181	.111	.321	3.90	18.18	4.67	36.0	2.60	20.0
2016	Veracruz Rojos del Aguila	Mex	AAA	---	---	35	2b	---	17	16	62	2	17	4	0	0	7	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	3	.274	.328	.339	.667	67	21	4	.129	.065	.298	5.97	7.46	1.25	0.0	0.00	23.5
MLB Totals (6 yrs)										592	1918	211	487	103	10	39	218	13	11	111	378	9	7	14	19	72	.254	.296	.379	.675	2059	727	152	.184	.125	.296	5.39	18.36	3.41	49.2	1.89	31.2
National League Totals (6 yrs)										592	1918	211	487	103	10	39	218	13	11	111	378	9	7	14	19	72	.254	.296	.379	.675	2059	727	152	.184	.125	.296	5.39	18.36	3.41	49.2	1.89	31.2
Minor League Totals										1095	4273	645	1285	214	30	117	649	139	62	267	622	45	26	45	19	146	.301	.345	.447	.792	4656	1910	361	.227	.146	.326	5.73	13.36	2.33	36.5	2.51	28.1
Minor: Intl Totals										217	797	79	216	37	1	24	89	3	3	40	116	9	1	5	5	26	.271	.311	.410	.721	852	327	62	.189	.139	.290	4.69	13.62	2.90	33.2	2.82	28.7
Minor: Rk Totals										47	173	27	46	9	0	4	30	8	0	11	23	3	3	3	1	4	.266	.316	.387	.703	193	67	13	.231	.121	.282	5.70	11.92	2.09	43.2	2.07	28.3
Minor: A Totals										125	529	95	158	32	8	16	72	16	12	29	107	10	7	2	0	10	.299	.346	.480	.826	577	254	56	.244	.181	.348	5.03	18.54	3.69	33.1	2.77	35.4
Minor: A+ Totals										259	988	139	270	45	9	23	130	50	24	70	189	20	5	10	3	27	.273	.331	.407	.738	1093	402	77	.231	.134	.314	6.40	17.29	2.70	43.0	2.10	28.5
Minor: AA Totals										126	498	68	143	24	6	5	66	19	10	40	81	3	0	8	1	18	.287	.339	.390	.729	549	194	35	.201	.103	.329	7.29	14.75	2.03	99.6	0.91	24.5
Minor: AAA Totals										538	2085	316	668	104	7	69	351	46	16	117	222	9	11	22	14	87	.320	.356	.476	.832	2244	993	180	.226	.156	.330	5.21	9.89	1.90	30.2	3.07	27.0
Pittsburgh Pirates Totals (4 yrs)										465	1492	165	382	74	6	33	181	11	9	84	297	8	7	13	18	56	.256	.297	.380	.677	1604	567	113	.182	.124	.297	5.24	18.52	3.54	45.2	2.06	29.6
San Francisco Giants Totals (1 yrs)										112	394	42	96	28	4	6	35	2	2	25	71	1	0	0	1	16	.244	.290	.381	.671	420	150	38	.201	.137	.284	5.95	16.90	2.84	65.7	1.43	39.6
Houston Astros Totals (1 yrs)										15	32	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	1	0	0	.281	.314	.313	.627	35	10	1	.094	.032	.391	5.71	28.57	5.00	0.0	0.00	11.1

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Age	posit	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPCT	RFG	RFI	Team Share	Player Share	Team Rank
1999	Gulf Coast Pirates	GCL	Rk	18	2B	23	0	0.0	58	49	7	15	114	107	.939	4.70	0.00	39.0	48.9	2
1999	Gulf Coast Pirates	GCL	Rk	18	SS	24	0	0.0	46	62	11	11	119	108	.908	4.50	0.00	40.7	51.1	1
2000	Hickory Crawdads	SAL	A	19	SS	123	0	0.0	198	392	60	62	650	590	.908	4.80	0.00	87.2	98.4	1
2001	Lynchburg Hillcats	Caro	A+	20	SS	121	0	0.0	220	354	37	85	611	574	.939	4.70	0.00	88.3	96.8	1
2002	Lynchburg Hillcats	Caro	A+	21	SS	132	0	0.0	245	402	33	92	680	647	.951	4.90	0.00	94.3	98.5	1
2003	Altoona Curve	East	AA	22	2B	74	0	0.0	170	185	10	56	365	355	.973	4.80	0.00	52.5	58.7	1
2003	Altoona Curve	East	AA	22	SS	52	0	0.0	82	162	13	40	257	244	.949	4.70	0.00	36.9	41.3	2
2004	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	23	2B	123	105	951.0	230	301	11	81	542	531	.980	4.30	0.56	76.4	95.3	1
2004	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	23	SS	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	1.2	1.6	4
2005	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	24	2B	4	0	0.0	5	5	0	2	10	10	1.000	2.50	0.00	2.8	100.0	9
2005	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	24	2B	100	99	840.1	237	279	12	92	528	516	.977	5.20	0.61	61.7	99.0	1
2006	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	25	2B	145	141	1,235.0	344	351	18	106	713	695	.975	4.80	0.56	89.5	98.0	1
2007	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	26	2B	20	13	129.0	45	25	4	11	74	70	.946	3.50	0.54	12.3	23.0	2
2007	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	26	3B	34	27	253.1	23	83	4	6	110	106	.964	3.10	0.42	21.0	39.1	2
2007	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	26	SS	8	7	63.0	15	20	1	7	36	35	.972	4.40	0.56	4.9	9.2	3
2007	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	26	RF	1	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	3	1.000	3.00	1.00	0.6	1.1	7
2008	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	27	2B	9	6	51.0	8	15	1	1	24	23	.958	2.60	0.45	5.6	8.0	5
2008	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	27	2B	3	1	13.0	5	4	0	1	9	9	1.000	3.00	0.69	1.9	20.0	6
2008	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	27	3B	103	90	820.0	47	166	15	14	228	213	.934	2.10	0.26	63.6	92.0	1
2008	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	27	3B	7	7	60.0	6	11	0	0	17	17	1.000	2.40	0.28	4.3	46.7	4
2008	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	27	SS	4	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1.000	0.50	0.50	2.5	3.6	5
MLB Totals - (2B)						400	365	3,219	869	975	46	292	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
MLB Totals - (3B)						144	124	1,133	76	260	19	20	1	2	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
MLB Totals - (SS)						14	7	69	16	21	1	7	1	3	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
MLB Totals - (RF)						1	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AAA Totals - (2B)						4	0	0	5	5	0	2	1	3	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AA Totals - (2B)						74	0	0	170	185	10	56	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AA Totals - (SS)						52	0	0	82	162	13	40	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
A+ Totals - (SS)						253	0	0	465	756	70	177	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
A Totals - (SS)						123	0	0	198	392	60	62	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
Rk Totals - (2B)						23	0	0	58	49	7	15	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
Rk Totals - (SS)						24	0	0	46	62	11	11	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---

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Fielding Positional Grid by Year