Vinny Castilla

Full Name: Vinicio (Soria) Castilla Primary Position: 3B Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175 First Game: September 1, 1991 Birthdate: July 4, 1967 MLB Experience: 16 years Birthplace: Oaxaca, Oaxaca (Mexico) Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Vinny Castilla (Vinicio (Soria) Castilla) was born on July 4, 1967 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca (Mexico). He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1991 for the Atlanta Braves. In 1993, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 9 home runs and 30 RBI. Castilla played for the Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Vinny Castilla's best season was 1998, when he slugged 46 home runs, hit for a .319 average and knocked in 144 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1991	ATL	N	12	5	1	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1992	ATL	N	9	16	1	4	0	1	.250	.333	.313	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	0
1993	COL	N	105	337	36	86	9	30	.255	.283	.404	9	7	13	45	2	0	2	4	10
1994	COL	N	52	130	16	43	3	18	.331	.357	.500	11	1	7	23	0	1	2	1	3
1995	COL	N	139	527	82	163	32	90	.309	.347	.564	34	2	30	87	4	4	2	2	15
1996	COL	N	160	629	97	191	40	113	.304	.343	.548	34	0	35	88	5	0	7	7	20
1997	COL	N	159	612	94	186	40	113	.304	.356	.547	25	2	44	108	8	0	2	9	17
1998	COL	N	162	645	108	206	46	144	.319	.362	.589	28	4	40	89	6	0	5	7	24
1999	COL	N	158	615	83	169	33	102	.275	.331	.478	24	1	53	75	1	0	2	7	15
2000	TB	A	85	331	22	73	6	42	.221	.254	.308	9	1	14	41	3	0	1	3	9
2001	TB	A	24	93	7	20	2	9	.215	.247	.344	6	0	3	22	1	0	0	0	3
2001	HOU	N	122	445	62	120	23	82	.270	.320	.492	28	1	32	86	3	0	1	3	19
2001	Total		146	538	69	140	25	91	.260	.308	.467	34	1	35	108	4	0	1	3	22
2002	ATL	N	143	543	56	126	12	61	.232	.268	.348	23	2	22	69	7	0	4	4	22
2003	ATL	N	147	542	65	150	22	76	.277	.310	.461	28	3	26	86	3	1	1	3	22
2004	COL	N	148	583	93	158	35	131	.271	.332	.535	43	3	51	113	6	0	0	6	22
2005	WAS	N	142	494	53	125	12	66	.253	.319	.403	36	1	43	82	7	1	4	7	16
2006	SD	N	72	254	24	59	4	23	.232	.260	.319	10	0	9	46	2	0	0	0	5
2006	COL	N	15	21	2	4	1	4	.190	.227	.333	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2
2006	TOT	N	87	275	26	63	5	27	.229	.258	.320	10	0	9	49	3	0	0	0	7
Total	NL		1745	6398	873	1791	312	1054	.280	.325	.487	334	27	406	1006	56	8	32	61	212
Total	AL		109	424	29	93	8	51	.219	.253	.316	15	1	17	63	4	0	1	3	12
Total			1854	6822	902	1884	320	1105	.276	.321	.476	349	28	423	1069	60	8	33	64	224

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1991	ATL	N	SS	12	1	26.2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1992	ATL	N	3B	4	3	30	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1992	ATL	N	SS	4	0	11.2	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	COL	N	SS	104	92	809	141	282	11	67	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1994	COL	N	SS	18	13	113.2	24	37	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1994	COL	N	1B	2	2	13	12	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1994	COL	N	2B	14	12	92.2	28	28	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1994	COL	N	3B	9	6	65	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1995	COL	N	3B	137	133	1176.2	84	256	15	21	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1995	COL	N	SS	5	4	32.2	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	COL	N	3B	160	157	1374	97	389	20	43	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1997	COL	N	3B	157	155	1372	112	323	21	41	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1998	COL	N	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	COL	N	3B	162	162	1422.2	110	316	13	39	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1999	COL	N	3B	157	155	1351.1	96	298	19	32	0	0	0	0	0	.954
2000	TB	A	3B	83	83	720	50	185	8	20	0	0	0	0	0	.967
2001	TB	A	3B	24	24	206.1	26	45	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.934
2001	HOU	N	3B	121	119	1056.2	82	230	12	18	0	0	0	0	0	.963
2001	HOU	N	SS	3	0	3.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	Total		3B	145	143	1263	108	275	17	23	0	0	0	0	0	.957
2002	ATL	N	3B	139	138	1222	75	256	6	23	0	0	0	0	0	.982
2003	ATL	N	3B	147	144	1266.1	98	307	19	28	0	0	0	0	0	.955
2004	COL	N	3B	148	147	1286.2	124	316	6	30	0	0	0	0	0	.987
2005	WAS	N	3B	138	135	1171.1	142	209	11	23	0	0	0	0	0	.970
2006	SD	N	3B	69	65	575	54	112	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	.971
2006	COL	N	1B	7	1	21	19	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	COL	N	3B	1	1	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	TOT	N	3B	70	66	584	55	115	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	.971
Total			2B	14	12	92.2	28	28	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.982
Total			3B	1656	1627	14305	1156	3261	161	331	0	0	0	0	0	.965
Total			1B	9	3	34	31	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	147	110	997.1	174	341	12	80	0	0	0	0	0	.977

Transactions

• Sold by Saltillo (Mexican) to Atlanta Braves (March 19, 1990).
• Selected by Colorado Rockies from Atlanta Braves (40th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 17, 1992).
• Traded by Colorado Rockies to Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma (December 13, 1999).
• Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (May 10, 2001).
• Signed by Houston Astros (May 15, 2001).
• Granted free agency (November 6, 2001).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 11, 2001).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 2003).
• Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 11, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
• Signed by Washington Nationals (November 16, 2004).
• Traded by Washington Nationals to San Diego Padres in exchange for Brian Lawrence and cash (November 4, 2005).
• Released by San Diego Padres (July 19, 2006).
• Signed by Colorado Rockies (August 14, 2006).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).

Trivia

• All-Star Games: 1995, 1998
• World Series Champion:
• Named third baseman on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1995 and 1997 to 1998)
• Named third baseman on The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger Team (1995 and 1997 to 1998)
• Was the National League RBI Champion in 2004