Luis Castillo (baseball)

  • 2x World Series champion (1997, 2003)
  • 3x All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005 )
  • 3x Gold Glove Award (2003, 2004, 2005)
  • Most Stolen Bases in the MLB in 2000 and 2002

Luis Antonio Castillo ( born September 12, 1975 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican baseball player in Major League Baseball. Castillo, who has been employed since 2007 with the New York Mets under contract, playing on the position of the second baseman and striking on account of its high number of Stolen Bases on.

Career

Castillo was taken on August 19, 1992 as a not gedrafteter free agent by the Florida Marlins under contract. From then on he played until 1996 for the minor league teams of the Marlins. On August 8, 1996, he was given the first opportunity in the major leagues. During the season he came 42 times used.

Florida Marlins

As of the 1997 Castillo was then a regular player in the MLB team the Marlins. Together with Edgar Rentería, both players were 21 years old, he put the youngest infield duo in the history of the National League. After Castillo mid-1997, the left heel broke and then half a season turned out, he was sent back to the minor league and was until August 1998 only used sporadically in the team. Although he got no use time during the World Series in 1997 for these reasons, he may still claim the title for himself, since he played during the regular season from time to time.

In the following years, Castillo was always stronger performance. In particular, his high number of Stolen Bases made ​​to him attentively. In 2000 (62 Stolen Bases ) and 2002 (48 Stolen Bases ) he was the best in this category in the whole MLB. He was also the first time invited to the MLB All- Star Game in 2002.

In the 2003 Castillo won, this time as an active participant, with his team the second World Series. In addition to the World Series in 2003, he was also able to win his first Gold Glove Award. This he was able to repeat in his last two years with the Marlins in 2004 and 2005.

Minnesota Twins

On 2 December 2005 Castillo joined the Minnesota Twins. He played in 2006 a strong first half of the season and reached at this time his 300th stolen base.

In the season of 2007, he set a new MLB record after he took 143 games in a row on the second base without error behind.

New York Mets

Castillo joined on 30 July 2007 to the New York Mets, where he delivered a very strong second half of the season. In just the last 42 games of the year get him 34 runs.

Many injuries made ​​2008 for Castillo to a difficult year. He could deny only 87 games, but he could steal 17 bases in 19 attempts.

After another strong season 2009 Castillo get 2010 relatively few operations. He himself taught himself then this week for a change. Whether the Mets keep him the 2011 season, is still open.

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