Faustino Castaneda Statistics

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Faustino Castaneda	Nickname: The Alchemist Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 5'' Weight: 215 Born: March 21, 1924 in Dominican Republic

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1952 1953 1954 1955

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Power

Gap

Eye

Year

Age

Salary

1952

DAL

$ 8,520,000

1953

LAA

$ 8,520,000

1954

DAL

$ 8,520,000

1955

DAL

$ 8,520,000

OOTP6 Min Ratings

$ 8,520,000

OOTP6 Max Ratings

$ 8,520,000

Batting Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1952	28	DAL	PL	138	483	99	150	54	6	17	95	9	4	77	71	.311	.409	.553	.962	101.7	20.5
1953	29	DAL	PL	111	402	92	140	36	4	19	81	18	2	63	47	.348	.433	.600	1.033	96.0	18.5
		LAA	CL	30	102	27	34	11	0	11	40	5	1	26	9	.333	.469	.765	1.234	32.7	7.4
		TOT		141	504	119	174	47	4	30	121	23	3	89	56	.345	.441	.633	1.074	128.7	25.9
1954	30	LAA	CL	88	338	57	112	24	4	13	72	15	1	42	29	.331	.407	.541	.949	70.1	13.8
		DAL	PL	49	176	47	59	15	3	8	37	8	0	32	13	.335	.439	.591	1.030	42.8	7.5
		TOT		137	514	104	171	39	7	21	109	23	1	74	42	.333	.418	.558	.977	112.9	21.3
1955	31	DAL	PL	112	418	85	132	38	4	13	68	23	5	72	66	.316	.425	.519	.944	89.9	16.4
4 Years Sim				528	1919	407	627	178	21	81	393	78	13	312	235	.327	.423	.568	.991	433.2	84.2
162 Game Average					588	124	192	54	6	24	120	23	3	95	72	.327	.423	.568	.991	132.9
Career Highs				141	514	119	174	54	7	30	121	23	5	89	71	.345	.441	.633	1.074	128.7

Career Batting Splits Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		1511	307	469	127	18	63	292	59	9	242	198	.310	.408	.543	.951	321.4
vs LH		408	100	158	51	3	18	101	19	4	70	37	.387	.480	.659	1.140	110.7
Home	269	971	198	325	93	8	39	182	40	9	155	116	.335	.429	.567	.997	218.9
Away	259	948	209	302	85	13	42	211	38	4	157	119	.319	.417	.569	.986	213.1
RISP		591	0	202	60	11	20	290	0	0	121	83	.342	.450	.582	1.032	142.7
Pinch Hitting		23	6	6	1	0	2	5	2	0	4	4	.261	.393	.565	.958	5.2
Close/Late		223	43	86	20	3	19	53	0	0	44	25	.386	.493	.758	1.250	68.7
Mar/Apr	61	230	35	58	16	2	5	49	8	2	34	30	.252	.346	.404	.750	34.1
May	109	398	102	127	39	4	16	82	13	1	69	51	.319	.421	.558	.979	88.7
June	103	382	81	139	38	4	19	87	19	3	54	39	.364	.449	.634	1.083	95.4
July	93	335	61	113	28	4	14	56	10	3	48	54	.337	.423	.570	.993	73.8
August	88	314	67	103	30	4	13	54	13	2	49	27	.328	.420	.573	.993	70.6
Sep/Oct	74	260	61	87	27	3	14	65	15	2	58	34	.335	.459	.623	1.082	69.4

Fielding Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF	DWS
1952	28	DAL	PL	RF	82	80	696.7	160	5	3	1	.982	2.13	1.5
				LF	47	46	406.7	83	1	2	0	.977	1.86
				CF	5	0	7.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.46
1953	29	DAL	PL	LF	80	80	704.1	174	4	5	1	.973	2.28	1.5
				RF	24	22	193.7	36	2	1	0	.974	1.77	0.0
				CF	5	0	8.9	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.01	0.0
		LAA	CL	LF	22	22	193.5	48	1	2	0	.961	2.28	0.5
				RF	6	6	53.3	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.69	0.0
				CF	1	0	2.4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.0
		TOT		LF	102	102	897.6	222	5	7	1	.970	2.28	1.9
				RF	30	28	247.0	46	2	1	0	.980	1.75	0.0
				CF	6	0	11.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.80	0.0
1954	30	LAA	CL	RF	84	82	727.9	142	3	2	0	.986	1.79	1.9
				LF	4	3	25.2	6	0	1	0	.857	2.14	0.0
				CF	1	0	3.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	7.30	0.0
		DAL	PL	RF	46	45	397.7	77	2	1	0	.988	1.79	0.6
				LF	2	1	13.8	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.61	0.0
				CF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0.0
		TOT		RF	130	127	1125.6	219	5	3	0	.987	1.79	2.5
				LF	6	4	39.0	10	0	1	0	.909	2.31	0.0
				CF	2	0	5.7	4	0	0	0	1.000	6.32	0.0
1955	31	DAL	PL	RF	59	59	528.3	125	4	4	0	.970	2.20	2.3
				LF	51	49	435.0	92	2	0	0	1.000	1.94
				CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				RF	301	294	2597.6	550	16	11	1	.981	1.96	6.3
				LF	206	201	1778.3	407	8	10	1	.976	2.10	1.9
				CF	14	0	25.3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.49	0.0
Career Totals					521	495	4401.2	964	24	21	2	.979	2.02	8.2
Career Highs					138	131	1170.3	269	7	8	1	.983	2.15

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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.

Batting Average 1953-6-.348	On-Base Pct 1953-5-.433 1955-6-.425	Slugging Pct 1952-9-.553 1953-4-.600	OPS 1952-9-.962 1953-3-1.033 1955-10-.944	XR CAR-7-433.2	Games 1952-8-138 CAR-45-528
At-Bats CAR-36-1919	Runs 1952-8-99 CAR-8-407	Hits CAR-18-627	Total Bases 1952-9-267 CAR-8-1090	Doubles 1952-1-54 1955-7-38 CAR-2-178	Triples CAR-37-21
Homeruns CAR-26-81	RBIs 1952-9-95 CAR-5-393	Walks CAR-18-312

   Black Ink Test: 2
   Gray Ink Test: 22
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Dallas in 1952

Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1952, off Frank Haws (SA)

Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1952, off Victor Bell (HOU)

Drove in 7 runs against Oklahoma on 4/22/1952

Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1952, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 14 RBI

Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1953, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 7 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1953, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 8 RBI

Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game

Traded from Dallas to Los Angeles on 8/19/1953 (Going to DAL: CF Abraham Chee. Going to LAA: LF Faustino Castaneda, P Alejo Torralbo)

Won Big Stick in 1953, hitting .345 with 30 HR, 121 RBI

Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game

Traded from Los Angeles to Dallas on 7/28/1954 (Going to DAL: RF Faustino Castaneda, 3B Pete Rustin. Going to LA: CF Leroy McKenzie, 2B Robert George, P Pablo Herrero)

5/19/1955: Signed a contract extension with Dallas, $8,520,000 per year, for 5 years

Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Antonio on 6/25/1955

Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game

Injured on 7/23/1955 with a Broken Hand, out for 4-5 weeks