Columbia Mets Players - Brian Givens, Randy Myers, Gregg Jefferies, Chris Donnels, Fernando Via, Alberto Castillo, Gerald Young, Tim Bogar (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Brian Givens, Randy Myers, Gregg Jefferies, Chris Donnels, Fernando Via, Alberto Castillo, Gerald Young, Tim Bogar, Quilvio Veras, Joe Klink. Excerpt: This article is about the Dominican catcher born in 1970. For the Cuban pitcher born in 1975, see Alberto Castillo (pitcher) . Alberto Castillo Alberto Terrero Castillo (born February 10, 1970 in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic ) is a Major League Baseball catcher who currently plays for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League . From 1995 through 2007, Castillo has played for the New York Mets (1995-1998), St. Louis Cardinals (1999), Toronto Blue Jays (2000-2001), San Francisco Giants (2003), Kansas City Royals (2004-2005), Oakland Athletics (2005), and Baltimore Orioles (2007). He bats and throws right-handed . In a twelve-season career, Castillo has posted a .220 batting average with 12 home runs and 101 RBI in 418 games played . His longest tenure with one team was the New York Mets, who he played with for four seasons. Signed by the Washington Nationals on December 13, 2005, Castillo played the 2006 season with the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs . He finished his 2006 season with the Zephyrs with a .268 batting average and 30 RBI. Castillo was a catcher for the first Dominican team in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic. The Boston Red Sox organization signed him to a minor league contract on December 20, 2006, and invited him to participate in the Red Sox' 2007 spring training . On March 27, 2007, the Red Sox traded him to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league outfielder Cory Keylor. He was used in the 2007 season by the Orioles to fill in for injured catcher Ramon Hernandez twice and was designated for assignment twice after Hernandez's return. Castillo became a minor league free agent aft...