Vernon
Castanon
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 4, 1979 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2009    2010    2011    2012   
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
2001 22 MT GE   1 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
2002 23 UT GE   2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3
2003 24 UT GE   3 3 3 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5
2004 25 UT GE $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 5 6 5
2005 26 UT GE $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6
2006 27 UT GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 6 6
2007 28 UT GE $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 29 UT GE $ 300,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 4 6 6 6
                                             
  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
2009 30 UT GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 9 9 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 8 8
2010 31 UT GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8
2011 32 UT GE $ 300,000   7 7 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 8 8
2012 33 VIR FF $ 300,000   6 6 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6
2013 34 VIR FF $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
2014 35 VIR FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 36 VIR FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 6 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 22 A   87 181 22 48 7 1 2 19 0 1 16 29 .265 .325 .348 .673 20.3  
2002 23 A   114 419 40 111 28 1 8 48 0 1 44 83 .265 .335 .394 .729 54.8  
2003 24 AA   23 94 13 26 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 16 .277 .313 .330 .643 9.4  
    A   95 331 48 111 21 1 12 52 0 1 35 56 .335 .399 .514 .913 62.4  
2004 25 UT GE 16 49 5 16 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 9 .327 .365 .429 .794 7.0 1.0
    AA   131 491 49 133 21 2 5 51 3 1 49 76 .271 .337 .352 .689 59.4  
2005 26 UT GE 71 211 20 60 11 0 4 27 0 0 8 35 .284 .308 .393 .701 24.0 2.2
2006 27 UT GE 104 261 31 69 13 1 11 49 0 0 14 50 .264 .302 .448 .751 36.7 6.7
2007 28 UT GE 107 231 22 58 9 0 7 23 0 0 13 42 .251 .291 .381 .672 22.7 3.0
2008 29 UT GE 147 538 70 153 30 0 25 83 0 0 38 79 .284 .338 .480 .817 80.3 17.1
2009 30 UT GE 136 385 50 103 27 2 20 73 2 0 25 37 .268 .312 .504 .815 57.6 12.1
2010 31 UT GE 152 564 95 161 29 0 38 112 3 0 42 40 .285 .339 .539 .878 100.2 29.0
2011 32 UT GE 152 516 72 142 33 3 24 114 1 1 54 35 .275 .344 .490 .835 85.3 24.6
2012 33 UT GE 73 256 35 76 17 0 13 46 0 0 22 29 .297 .356 .516 .871 41.7 8.6
  VIR FF 79 272 48 69 18 1 16 53 0 0 26 30 .254 .322 .504 .826 40.6 9.8
  TOT   152 528 83 145 35 1 29 99 0 0 48 59 .275 .338 .509 .848 82.2 18.4
2013 34 VIR FF 150 499 64 105 25 1 19 80 0 0 39 101 .210 .275 .379 .654 53.0 7.6
2014 35 VIR FF 97 347 33 73 8 1 9 29 0 0 15 78 .210 .254 .317 .571 26.3 1.3
    AAA   19 51 4 8 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 4 .157 .246 .157 .402 1.6  
2015 36 AAA   80 75 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 16 .093 .128 .133 .262 -1.3  
11 Years Sim 1284 4129 545 1085 222 9 187 693 6 1 299 565 .263 .316 .457 .773 575.4 123.1
2 Years AAA 99 126 6 15 3 0 0 10 0 1 9 20 .119 .194 .143 .337 0.2  
2 Years AA 154 585 62 159 24 3 5 54 3 1 54 92 .272 .338 .349 .687 68.8  
3 Years A 296 931 110 270 56 3 22 119 0 3 95 168 .290 .358 .427 .786 137.5  
7 Years Minors 549 1642 178 444 83 6 27 183 3 5 158 280 .270 .339 .378 .716 206.5  
162 Game Average 520 68 136 28 1 23 87 0 0 37 71 .263 .316 .457 .773 72.6  
Career Highs 152 564 95 161 35 3 38 114 3 1 54 101 .327 .365 .539 .878 100.2  
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   2667 341 669 142 5 111 436 3 1 185 357 .251 .303 .433 .736 344.1
vs LH   1462 204 416 80 4 76 257 3 0 114 208 .285 .339 .501 .840 238.1
Home 647 2071 270 528 122 3 83 333 3 1 138 304 .255 .306 .437 .743 269.5
Away 637 2058 275 557 100 6 104 360 3 0 161 261 .271 .325 .477 .802 312.7
RISP   1113 0 302 52 3 54 488 0 0 130 157 .271 .344 .469 .813 181.2
Pinch Hitting   239 24 57 14 0 7 37 0 0 16 40 .238 .292 .385 .677 26.1
Close/Late   623 74 161 35 1 25 106 0 0 60 78 .258 .326 .438 .764 88.3
Mar/Apr 184 630 76 161 32 2 29 100 0 0 33 78 .256 .298 .451 .749 82.1
May 226 728 114 196 46 0 35 119 2 0 59 107 .269 .329 .477 .806 110.4
June 221 695 100 208 44 3 33 127 1 1 50 92 .299 .348 .514 .862 116.4
July 203 666 89 178 34 2 29 120 3 0 43 96 .267 .313 .455 .768 93.1
August 212 677 82 154 32 0 29 112 0 0 54 91 .227 .284 .403 .687 79.5
Sep/Oct 238 733 84 188 34 2 32 115 0 0 60 101 .256 .319 .439 .758 100.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 25 UT GE C 15 13 119.0 78 9 1 0 .989 6.58 16 5 .313 1 0.4
2005 26 UT GE C 61 58 484.7 364 20 5 0 .987 7.13 50 12 .240 0 1.8
2006 27 UT GE C 62 59 512.7 358 30 2 0 .995 6.81 43 15 .349 3 3.0
2007 28 UT GE C 54 52 449.0 336 29 3 0 .992 7.32 44 13 .295 2 2.4
    CF 1 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2008 29 UT GE C 143 134 1239.3 879 65 6 2 .994 6.86 104 37 .356 5 9.7
2009 30 UT GE C 114 75 773.7 458 34 4 1 .992 5.72 77 17 .221 4 3.9
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 31 UT GE C 146 142 1306.7 688 73 9 3 .988 5.24 172 50 .291 6 8.1
2011 32 UT GE C 144 126 1180.7 618 64 8 0 .988 5.20 141 45 .319 4 7.5
2012 33 UT GE C 71 61 577.4 341 42 5 1 .987 5.97 86 29 .337 2 3.6
  VIR FF C 77 65 618.3 365 46 6 2 .986 5.98 92 32 .348 2 4.9
  TOT   C 148 126 1195.7 706 88 11 3 .986 5.98 178 61 .343 4 8.5
2013 34 VIR FF C 141 122 1132.7 680 51 11 1 .985 5.81 118 37 .314 2 7.8
2014 35 VIR FF C 96 94 839.0 530 38 7 0 .988 6.09 102 26 .255 2 4.6
  C 1124 1001 9233.0 5695 501 67 10 .989 6.04 1045 318 .304 33 57.6
  CF 1 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1126 1001 9243.0 5699 501 67 10 .989 6.04 1045 318 .304 33 57.7
Career Highs   148 142 1306.7 879 88 11 3 .995 7.27 178 61 .356 6  
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
2005 26 UT GE 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .100 .250 .100 .350
2007 28 UT GE 6 23 7 10 2 0 3 10 0 0 3 3 .435 .519 .913 1.432
2008 29 UT GE 4 17 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .294 .368 .412 .780
2009 30 UT GE 4 14 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .357 .438 .429 .866
2011 32 UT GE 6 24 4 7 0 0 4 6 0 0 2 0 .292 .346 .792 1.138
2012 33 VIR FF 6 25 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .320 .346 .360 .706
Career Post-Season Batting 29 113 19 36 6 0 7 19 0 0 10 11 .319 .389 .558 .946
Batting Leaderboards     Help
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.
Slugging Pct
2010-4-.539
2011-8-.490
OPS
2010-6-.878
XR
2010-6-100.2
Runs
2010-5-95
Total Bases
2010-3-304
Homeruns
2008-9-25
2010-2-38
RBIs
2010-2-112
2011-1-114
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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