#24 Menecio Castro, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, New York (N) Mets

#24 Menecio Castro, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, New York (N) Mets
Sunday, 10/6/2005

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Menecio Castro

10/5/1974
31
Venezuela
6"2
195

Starting Pitcher
R
R

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Strong
Average
Some ability
3 / 6 (Well Known)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Very inconsistent
GREAT
Normal
2.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 3,040,000
2008
10 Year(s), 4 Days (1724 total Days)
172 Day(s)
13 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	93-96 Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	10	10	8

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

6
38
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	3	4	1	3	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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5
2
4
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 9 (Range), .929 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
8/8	@PIT	W 9-7	*	5.1	7	3	3	3	3	W
8/13	@CIN	W 12-1	*	6	3	1	1	1	5	W
8/19	SDP	W 9-8	*	5	7	5	5	2	1
8/24	SLN	L 3-4	*	7	4	2	2	1	1
8/30	@LAD	W 3-0	*	5	2	0	0	0	4	W	PoG
9/6	@PIT	W 4-2	*	5.2	6	2	2	2	4	W
9/11	COL	W 6-5	*	6	1	1	1	2	5		PoG
9/17	@HOU	L 1-5	*	4.2	6	5	5	2	5	L
9/23	PIT	L 1-6	*	6	5	0	0	1	9
9/27	PHI	L 6-11	*	2.1	7	8	8	3	2	L

Pitching Stats 2005

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	32	32	8	9	0	4.79	167.1	178	98	89	46	103	0	.0	0	11	34.4
Projected	32	32	8	9	0	4.79	167.0	178	98	89	46	103

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	12.4	9.6	5.5	2.5	15	1	6.7	0	0	.0	4.52

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	250	70	9	1	16	47	47	18	35	0	0	3	.280	.331	.516	.847
vs. RHB	405	108	18	2	12	48	51	28	68	0	0	4	.267	.317	.410	.727

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	16	16	1	6	0	5.42	81.1	97	56	49	21	44
Road	16	16	7	3	0	4.19	86.0	81	42	40	25	59
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	2	2	0	1	0	8.64	8.1	12	8	8	4	11

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	5	5	2	2	0	5.40	28.1	38	19	17	5	13
May	5	5	1	1	0	2.51	28.2	26	11	8	10	17
June	6	6	1	1	0	6.51	27.2	32	22	20	5	13
July	5	5	0	2	0	5.11	24.2	29	16	14	7	18
August	6	6	3	1	0	3.78	33.1	28	14	14	9	17
Sept./Oct.	5	5	1	2	0	5.84	24.2	25	16	16	10	25

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1995	5	1	1	1	0	4.70	7.2	13	4	4	0	2	6	0	0	1.96	.433	NYN
1996	24	24	11	5	0	4.17	151.0	135	75	70	19	39	138	1	1	1.15	.280	NYN
1997	33	33	11	10	0	3.62	213.2	196	99	86	27	37	181	1	1	1.09	.285	NYN
1998	32	32	8	9	0	3.09	215.2	176	83	74	24	57	210	0	0	1.08	.268	NYN
1999	22	22	8	9	0	3.93	146.2	144	69	64	19	43	103	2	1	1.28	.287	NYN
2000	30	10	5	6	1	4.67	88.2	91	49	46	13	36	59	0	0	1.43	.286	NYN
2001	24	24	6	8	0	4.48	156.2	180	83	78	29	23	119	0	0	1.30	.313	NYN
2002	29	24	11	5	0	3.86	165.2	163	74	71	21	34	127	0	0	1.19	.287	NYN
2003	30	30	17	6	0	3.61	209.2	218	94	84	16	39	108	3	1	1.23	.289	NYN
2004	25	25	5	8	0	3.32	146.1	131	61	54	20	30	101	0	0	1.10	.258	NYN
2005	32	32	8	9	0	4.79	167.1	178	98	89	28	46	103	0	0	1.34	.286	NYN
Total	286	257	91	76	1	3.88	1669.0	1625	789	720	216	386	1255	7	4	1.20	.285

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1992, A	20	20	6	6	0	3.48	124.0	113	54	48	11	52	75	0	0	1.33	.268
1992, AA	1	1	0	1	0	6.00	6.0	7	5	4	2	1	4	0	0	1.33	.250
1993, A	30	30	25	2	0	2.02	204.2	112	48	46	12	66	258	1	1	0.87	.228
1994, A	19	19	18	1	0	0.61	146.2	64	15	10	4	21	203	3	3	0.58	.208
1994, AA	11	11	7	2	0	1.57	74.1	41	16	13	5	19	107	1	1	0.81	.240
1995, AA	29	29	15	6	0	3.46	190.0	135	75	73	24	60	273	0	0	1.03	.280
1996, AAA	8	8	5	2	0	2.63	54.2	40	16	16	5	13	61	1	1	0.97	.259

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1995	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1996	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
1997	3	0	0	0	0	1.93	4.2	3	1	1	2	3	0	0
1998	7	0	0	1	4	7.36	7.1	13	6	6	2	7	0	0
2000	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
2003	5	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.2	4	0	0	0	5	0	0
2004	2	0	0	0	1	5.40	1.2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
Total	23	0	0	1	5	2.96	24.1	28	9	8	4	20	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1995	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	NYN
1996	24	57	9	1	0	0	4	6	1	16	0	0	.158	.172	.175	.348	NYN
1997	33	67	9	1	0	0	3	5	5	27	0	0	.134	.194	.149	.344	NYN
1998	32	63	11	2	0	0	3	6	1	18	1	1	.175	.212	.206	.418	NYN
1999	22	45	5	1	0	0	3	1	4	22	0	0	.111	.184	.133	.317	NYN
2000	30	19	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	NYN
2001	24	51	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	26	0	0	.078	.094	.078	.173	NYN
2002	29	55	9	3	0	0	6	5	1	18	0	1	.164	.179	.218	.397	NYN
2003	30	70	10	1	0	0	4	6	7	27	0	1	.143	.218	.157	.375	NYN
2004	25	45	7	1	0	0	2	6	1	12	0	0	.156	.174	.178	.352	NYN
2005	32	54	7	0	0	0	2	3	1	23	0	0	.130	.145	.130	.275	NYN
Total	286	527	75	10	0	0	29	40	22	193	1	3	.142	.179	.161	.340

Fielding Stats 2005

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.935

167.1

1.67

Player History

Drafted in 20th round, 320th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1901...
Had first career hit on 5/1/1901, off Andy Harris (PHA)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1902, off Caroll Edwards (SLA)...
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Oakland in 1976...
Injured on 6/12/1977 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Traded from Oakland to California on 3/3/1978 (Going to CAL: 3B Bruno Zelasko. Going to OAK: P Jorge Deltamora)...
Injured on 6/8/1979 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 6/30/1979 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Had first career hit on 8/4/1979, off Inocencio Diaz (KCR)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/27/1979, off Mu-Bai Li (DET)...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago (A) on 9/12/1984...
Injured on 4/11/1988 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 4/25/1988 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days...
Injured on 4/30/1988 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 8/18/1988 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
Injured on 6/14/1990 with a Strained Back, out for one week...
Injured on 7/15/1990 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1992...
Traded from Atlanta to New York (N) on 2/27/1993 (Going to NYN: P Menecio Castro. Going to ATL: RF Jeff Bean)...
Earned first career win on 9/26/1995...
Had first career hit on 10/2/1995, off Carlos Llanza (PHI)...
Won WORLD SERIES with New York (N) in 1998...
Injured on 6/18/1999 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 7 weeks...
Injured on 6/29/2004 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Wins
2003 - 17 - 7th

K's
1998 - 210 - 9th

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