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Joel
Decastro		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 165
 
Born: September 6, 1948 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 CHI JL   3 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 9 8
1974 25 CHI JL   4 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9 1 1 1 5 4 5 9 9 9
1975 26 CHI JL   5 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 1 1 1 6 5 6 8 9 9
1976 27 CHI JL   5 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8
1977 28 CHI JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 5 5 9 9 9 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8
1978 29 CHI JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8
1979 30 CHI JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8
1980 31 CHI JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 1 1 1 6 6 6 9 9 9
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 32 CHI JL $ 335,714   10 10 11 2 2 2 17 16 16 15 14 15 18 18 18
1982 33 CHI JL $ 350,000   10 10 11 3 3 3 15 15 15 15 14 14 16 17 17
1983 34 CHI JL $ 350,000   10 10 10 3 3 3 14 13 13 13 12 13 15 16 16
1984 35 VAN JL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 6 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 6 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   10 10 11 3 3 3 17 16 16 15 14 15 18 18 18
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 24 A   149 480 52 148 18 10 1 27 12 19 51 26 .308 .375 .394 .769 65.8  
1974 25 AA   130 478 64 123 27 5 1 38 19 12 48 23 .257 .325 .341 .666 52.9  
1975 26 AAA   136 541 80 156 41 8 1 42 17 12 53 23 .288 .352 .399 .751 72.6  
1976 27 AAA   132 486 74 145 25 7 5 52 18 13 67 30 .298 .383 .409 .793 75.6  
1977 28 CHI JL 113 321 33 81 15 4 3 32 1 4 36 31 .252 .325 .352 .677 37.5 4.8
1978 29 CHI JL 71 148 26 35 8 1 1 12 2 1 11 13 .236 .289 .324 .614 13.1 1.2
1979 30 CHI JL 86 201 26 43 14 2 0 22 1 3 22 18 .214 .290 .303 .594 15.7 0.6
1980 31 CHI JL 135 426 40 101 24 7 0 41 1 3 43 36 .237 .306 .326 .633 40.2 4.3
1981 32 CHI JL 11 19 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 .053 .143 .158 .301 0.1 0.0
    AAA   81 186 33 52 11 3 4 31 3 3 24 13 .280 .362 .435 .797 28.7  
1982 33 CHI JL 3 9 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .364 .556 .919 2.2 0.4
    AAA   47 81 21 26 8 4 0 12 1 7 13 8 .321 .415 .519 .933 14.0  
1983 34 CHI JL 6 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.6 0.1
    AAA   129 477 65 134 40 3 4 53 16 25 77 47 .281 .381 .403 .783 69.3  
1984 35 VAN JL 39 91 10 19 4 0 1 8 0 0 4 18 .209 .240 .286 .525 5.7 0.0
8 Years Sim 464 1225 137 285 65 16 5 121 5 11 121 118 .233 .300 .324 .624 115.1 11.3
5 Years AAA 525 1771 273 513 125 25 14 190 55 60 234 121 .290 .370 .412 .783 260.2  
1 Years AA 130 478 64 123 27 5 1 38 19 12 48 23 .257 .323 .341 .664 52.9  
1 Years A 149 480 52 148 18 10 1 27 12 19 51 26 .308 .374 .394 .768 65.8  
7 Years Minors 804 2729 389 784 170 40 16 255 86 91 333 170 .287 .363 .396 .759 378.9  
162 Game Average 427 47 99 22 5 1 42 1 3 42 41 .233 .300 .324 .624 40.2  
Career Highs 135 426 40 101 24 7 3 41 2 4 43 36 .333 .364 .556 .919 40.2  
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   844 88 181 35 10 5 78 3 6 78 93 .214 .279 .297 .577 69.8
vs LH   381 49 104 30 6 0 43 2 5 43 25 .273 .345 .383 .728 48.6
Home 221 593 69 149 35 10 0 65 2 6 50 52 .251 .307 .344 .651 60.4
Away 243 632 68 136 30 6 5 56 3 5 71 66 .215 .294 .305 .599 58.0
RISP   308 0 69 19 5 1 104 0 0 28 31 .224 .283 .328 .611 28.9
Pinch Hitting   43 1 7 5 0 0 6 0 0 3 4 .163 .217 .279 .496 2.2
Close/Late   149 28 33 9 0 0 16 0 0 16 13 .221 .293 .282 .575 12.8
Mar/Apr 71 170 26 42 9 2 0 21 0 2 15 17 .247 .303 .324 .627 16.2
May 98 259 21 49 9 5 0 21 1 0 17 26 .189 .239 .263 .502 15.0
June 79 192 19 45 16 3 3 33 0 2 18 23 .234 .299 .396 .694 21.8
July 67 214 25 51 10 4 0 11 0 3 18 16 .238 .296 .322 .619 19.4
August 80 187 23 45 8 2 1 13 3 4 30 19 .241 .344 .321 .665 22.1
Sep/Oct 69 203 23 53 13 0 1 22 1 0 23 17 .261 .335 .340 .675 23.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 28 CHI JL C 110 93 855.0 682 47 6 3 .992 7.67 99 32 .323 2 5.0
1978 29 CHI JL C 61 32 327.7 209 23 5 0 .979 6.37 32 14 .438 1 1.9
1979 30 CHI JL C 68 51 468.0 324 29 7 0 .981 6.79 51 13 .255 0 0.7
1980 31 CHI JL C 130 129 1028.7 725 66 10 5 .988 6.92 141 42 .298 3 6.8
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 32 CHI JL C 3 3 25.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 6.12 1 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 33 CHI JL C 3 3 27.0 20 2 1 0 .957 7.33 6 2 .333 0 0.1
1983 34 CHI JL C 3 3 25.0 21 2 0 0 1.000 8.28 4 2 .500 0 0.2
1984 35 VAN JL C 23 20 177.0 149 10 1 1 .994 8.08 18 4 .222 0 1.1
    LF 4 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 401 334 2933.3 2147 179 30 9 .987 7.14 352 109 .310 6 15.9
  LF 4 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   410 334 2943.7 2148 181 30 9 .987 7.12 352 109 .310 6 15.9
Career Highs   133 129 1032.7 725 67 10 5 1.000 8.28 141 42 .500 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 35 VAN JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  1. Justin Baldwin (979)
  2. Charlie Feinkohl (971)
  3. Ernie Whitt (966)
  4. Curt McAleavey (965)
  5. Lance Houston (964)
  6. Shelton Roehl (963)
  7. John Smith (959)
  8. Alex Cordero (955)
  9. Edwin Cifonte (953)
  10. Lemuel Mattis (951)
History
Injured on 6/2/1973 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/17/1973 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/13/1974 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/23/1974 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/16/1975 with a Bruised Hip, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/9/1976 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1977, off Spike McMurtry (PHX)
Hit first career homerun on 6/22/1977, off Burt Grossman (PHX)
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 1980
 
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