Don Castle (baseball)
| Don Castle | |
|---|---|
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| Designated hitter | |
| Born: February 1, 1950 Coldwater, Mississippi, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 11, 1973, for the Texas Rangers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1973, for the Texas Rangers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .308 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 2 |
| Teams | |
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Donald Hardy Castle (born February 1, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in four games in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers in 1973, three as a designated hitter and one as a pinch hitter.
Castle was drafted as a first baseman in the first round in 1968 by the Washington Senators, who became the Rangers in 1972. In addition to his brief major league career, Castle played for eleven years in minor league baseball, finishing his career with the West Haven Yankees in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Don Castle Winter & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Indiana
- Burlington Senators players
- Denver Bears players
- Major League Baseball designated hitters
- Pittsfield Senators players
- Spokane Indians players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Texas Rangers players
- West Haven Yankees players
- Sportspeople from Kokomo, Indiana
- People from Coldwater, Mississippi
- Sportspeople from the Memphis metropolitan area