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CASTRO

ASSISTANT HITTING COACH
Full Name: José Castro Weight: 190
Height: 5-9
JOSÉ CASTRO DOB: May 5, 1958 Opening Day Age: 62
Resides: Miami, FL
Born: Havana, Cuba
Seasons on the Braves Coaching Staff: 7th
Seasons on a Major League Coaching Staff: 8th

• José Castro joined the Braves in October 2014 • From 1992 to 2001, he was a minor-league
PLAYER BIOS works alongside Bobby Magallanes in support of before returning to Montreal in 2002 and 2003.
and is in his seventh season with the club...He
hitting coach in the Florida Marlins system,
hitting coach Kevin Seitzer.
San Diego Padres system for five seasons, from
• Castro spent the 2014 season as the quality • He worked as a minor-league hitting coach in the
assurance coach for the Chicago Cubs and has 2003-07, including three seasons (2005-07) at
more than 26 years of experience as a minor- Triple-A Portland.
league hitting coordinator or hitting coach in • Castro began the 2008 season as the Mariners’
SEASON IN REVIEW • Served as Seattle’s interim hitting coach in 2008. promoted to Major League hitting coach on June
the Montreal, Florida, San Diego and Seattle
minor-league hitting coordinator before he was
organizations.
19, following manager John McLaren’s firing.
• A former infielder, Castro was a 27th-round pick
coordinator duties for the 2009 and 2010
of Philadelphia in the 1977 First-Year Player Draft. • Castro returned to his minor-league hitting
seasons.
• He posted a .275 batting average during his 14- • He graduated from Jackson Senior High School
year minor-league career, which saw him ascend
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Castro retired as a player and began his coaching • Castro and his wife, Lisa, have two children,
as high as Triple-A in stints with the Philadelphia
in Miami, Fla., in 1977.
Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays,
Kansas City Royals and Montreal Expos.
Rachel and Matthew, and reside in Miami.
career in 1990 with Montreal, handling hitting
coach duties at Single-A Jamestown.
Complete Record
BRAVES HISTORY Year Club AVG 61 191 29 47 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS E
G
H
AB
R
1977 Auburn
0
8
1
18 37
1
0
2 15
1
8
2
.246
61
1978 Spartanburg
10
3
7
67
.273
1979 Peninsula .280 130 465 65 130 20 5 9 32 5 6 5 59 53 9 5 44
0 22 27
1
6
6
66
2
0
245 37
Reading .303 20 76 11 23 2 1 0 7 2 0 0 4 11 0 1 8
1980 Reading .310 117 426 71 132 15 5 6 59 8 10 0 46 40 8 0 25
1981 Oklahoma City .303 122 406 68 123 27 5 11 76 4 7 2 46 64 3 3 21
OPPONENTS 1982 Edmonton .263 129 487 74 128 30 4 10 80 2 5 4 42 71 5 6 16
2 13
37
4
3
1
2
24 40
8
72
10
88 288 42
1983 Denver
.250
1
0
1
129 433 70 137 32
.316
12
2 21
1984 Denver
57 45
7
1
67
4
1985 Buffalo .240 134 454 68 109 17 1 8 50 1 7 2 65 77 2 7 18
1986 Syracuse .288 122 413 52 119 19 3 12 54 5 5 1 45 34 0 8 23
1987 Syracuse .277 61 184 26 51 14 0 5 21 0 1 5 21 14 0 1 1
1988 Omaha .270 112 385 62 104 17 3 10 44 1 3 1 49 49 0 2 21
1989 Omaha
91
33
3 16
17
2
1
106 367 20
4 29 38
1
2
0
.248
MISCELLANEOUS 1990 Indianapolis .163 19 49 1 8 1 0 1 4 0 52 28 534 613 43 44 250
0
1
13
7
1
2
0
Minor Totals
.275 1416 4869 696 1341 239 37 102 633 34
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