Lucio
Costello
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 27, 1996 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2024   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
2017 20 LA FF     3 3 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
2018 21 LA FF     4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
2019 22 LA FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
2020 23 LA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7
2021 24 LA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 8
2022 25 MS FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8
2023 26 MS FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 7
2024 27 MS FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 7
2025 28 MS FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 7
2026 29 MS FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
2027 30 MS FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
2028 31 MS FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
2029 32 MS FF $ 5,190,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,190,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9 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
2017 20 A   130 438 56 99 27 0 6 47 1 3 53 74 .226 .310 .329 .638 45.8  
2018 21 A   136 461 72 139 49 3 17 89 2 0 77 60 .302 .401 .531 .933 93.5  
2019 22 LA FF 74 248 25 54 15 2 2 29 0 0 14 42 .218 .259 .319 .577 16.5 0.7
    AA   79 313 46 77 24 0 4 33 0 1 44 32 .246 .339 .361 .700 39.5  
2020 23 LA FF 155 511 52 119 42 0 7 63 1 1 48 69 .233 .299 .356 .655 53.4 7.7
2021 24 LA FF 141 494 62 122 54 2 9 80 0 1 49 45 .247 .319 .419 .738 61.8 11.4
2022 25 MS FF 146 489 54 108 41 0 13 72 7 0 67 45 .221 .317 .384 .702 57.7 8.5
2023 26 MS FF 154 535 62 131 60 2 14 91 3 0 57 66 .245 .316 .443 .759 73.9 12.4
2024 27 MS FF 149 529 72 130 35 1 19 90 1 0 85 58 .246 .351 .423 .775 79.4 16.2
2025 28 MS FF 145 551 88 154 48 2 20 102 2 2 61 56 .279 .360 .483 .843 87.3 18.0
2026 29 MS FF 152 581 80 147 40 1 10 82 4 0 68 68 .253 .338 .377 .715 71.3 10.0
2027 30 MS FF 110 292 34 61 22 0 4 44 0 0 44 34 .209 .313 .325 .638 29.9 2.3
2028 31 MS FF 119 293 40 78 29 1 5 35 0 0 38 29 .266 .356 .423 .779 44.2 7.7
2029 32 MS FF 96 191 34 63 20 1 8 35 0 0 28 17 .330 .422 .571 .992 40.6 9.6
11 Years Sim 1441 4714 603 1167 406 12 111 723 18 4 559 529 .248 .331 .409 .740 615.8 104.4
1 Years AA 79 313 46 77 24 0 4 33 0 1 44 32 .246 .356 .361 .717 39.5  
2 Years A 266 899 128 238 76 3 23 136 3 3 130 134 .265 .362 .433 .794 139.3  
3 Years Minors 345 1212 174 315 100 3 27 169 3 4 174 166 .260 .360 .414 .774 178.8  
162 Game Average 529 67 131 45 1 12 81 2 0 62 59 .248 .331 .409 .740 69.2  
Career Highs 155 581 88 154 60 2 20 102 7 2 85 69 .330 .422 .571 .992 87.3  
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   3716 480 918 324 11 88 566 16 4 436 427 .247 .329 .411 .741 500.2
vs LH   998 123 249 82 1 23 157 2 0 123 102 .249 .335 .403 .738 135.0
Home 704 2231 263 548 165 6 46 327 10 2 272 242 .246 .331 .387 .717 288.9
Away 737 2483 340 619 241 6 65 396 8 2 287 287 .249 .331 .430 .760 346.3
RISP   1375 0 350 117 6 37 570 0 0 170 154 .255 .334 .429 .763 198.2
Pinch Hitting   164 28 45 17 0 5 23 0 0 22 17 .274 .362 .470 .831 27.0
Close/Late   547 43 144 45 2 15 90 0 0 72 69 .263 .350 .435 .785 82.9
Mar/Apr 211 663 83 172 49 2 19 119 1 1 88 77 .259 .347 .425 .772 98.4
May 232 764 106 211 71 2 26 132 1 1 84 80 .276 .351 .476 .827 122.0
June 221 728 96 166 65 0 16 101 4 0 87 77 .228 .312 .383 .695 88.7
July 221 718 92 177 56 1 17 103 2 1 87 93 .247 .335 .398 .734 95.0
August 267 901 114 222 90 4 16 132 7 1 88 100 .246 .319 .408 .727 113.7
Sep/Oct 289 940 112 219 75 3 17 136 3 0 125 102 .233 .325 .373 .698 117.4
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   DWS
2019 22 LA FF 3B 73 73 621.7 52 157 12 11 .946 3.03   2.6
2020 23 LA FF 3B 153 152 1277.7 97 341 22 22 .952 3.09   4.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2021 24 LA FF 3B 131 131 1128.0 85 271 18 19 .952 2.84   4.4
    2B 2 0 7.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 5.14   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2022 25 MS FF 3B 138 136 1204.3 101 312 17 32 .960 3.09   5.2
    2B 6 2 23.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 5.09   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2023 26 MS FF 3B 108 103 909.3 61 195 18 20 .934 2.53   2.9
    2B 48 41 375.0 88 141 1 36 .996 5.50   2.4
2024 27 MS FF 3B 128 124 1110.7 74 204 17 19 .942 2.25   3.1
    2B 20 18 166.0 35 71 2 16 .981 5.75   1.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2025 28 MS FF 3B 143 142 1262.7 85 289 18 22 .954 2.67   4.9
2026 29 MS FF 3B 148 145 1288.0 87 264 16 22 .956 2.45   5.5
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 8.00   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2027 30 MS FF 3B 67 66 600.3 51 128 4 10 .978 2.68   1.5
    2B 7 6 54.0 18 19 2 5 .949 6.17   0.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2028 31 MS FF 3B 53 46 439.0 19 114 3 7 .978 2.73   0.8
    2B 15 14 127.0 26 50 2 10 .974 5.39   0.6
    1B 3 3 27.0 29 4 0 3 1.000 11.00   0.1
2029 32 MS FF 3B 23 22 199.7 8 35 1 3 .977 1.94   0.8
    2B 18 18 151.0 37 45 1 8 .988 4.89   0.9
  3B 1165 1140 10041.3 720 2310 146 187 .954 2.72   35.6
  2B 118 99 905.0 209 339 8 77 .986 5.45   5.4
  1B 4 3 29.0 31 4 0 4 1.000 10.86   0.1
  SS 2 1 12.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.2
  CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1291 1243 10989.3 963 2659 154 269 .959 2.97   41.2
Career Highs   156 152 1298.0 149 342 22 56 .984 3.67    
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
2019 22 LA FF 16 47 4 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 8 .277 .346 .340 .687
2022 25 MS FF 10 40 5 13 5 0 3 16 0 0 2 5 .325 .349 .675 1.024
2023 26 MS FF 14 53 6 13 4 0 2 12 0 0 6 7 .245 .322 .434 .756
2024 27 MS FF 16 58 8 13 5 0 3 11 1 0 9 7 .224 .324 .466 .789
2025 28 MS FF 7 24 5 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 3 .208 .300 .375 .675
2026 29 MS FF 20 69 8 25 4 1 4 15 0 0 6 12 .362 .429 .623 1.052
2027 30 MS FF 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 .286 .417 .286 .702
2029 32 MS FF 3 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Career Post-Season Batting 95 302 39 86 23 1 13 68 1 0 32 43 .285 .357 .497 .853
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
2025-10-.483
Doubles
2020-1-42
2021-1-54
2022-2-41
2023-1-60
2024-4-35
2025-1-48
2026-3-40
CAR-29-406
RBIs
2023-9-91
2024-9-90
2025-6-102
Walks
2024-7-85
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Louisiana in 2017
Injured on 6/6/2019 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 7/9/2019, off Troy VanLuven (MD)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/2019, off Michael Bryan (NC)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2021, hitting .355 with 2 HR, 22 RBI
Traded from Louisiana to Mississippi on 3/3/2022 (Going to LA: LF Toshinobu Kashiwagi, MS's 1st, 3rd & 4th round picks in 2022, MS's 1st round pick in 2023. Going to MS: P Humberto Deleon, 3B Lucio Costello)
Injured on 7/23/2022 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2023, hitting .409 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Virginia on 9/14/2023
Won National Cup Series with Mississippi in 2024
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/2025, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 9 RBI