:Tony Castillo (catcher)
{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{for|the pitcher|Tony Castillo (pitcher)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Castillo|Beltran|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Tony Castillo
| image =
| position = Catcher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|06|14}}
| birth_place = San Jose, California
| death_date =
| death_place =
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = September 22
| debutyear = 1978
| debutteam = San Diego Padres
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate = October 1
| finalyear = 1978
| finalteam = San Diego Padres
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = At bats
| stat1value = 8
| stat2label = Hits
| stat2value = 1
| stat3label = Runs batted in
| stat3value = 1
| teams =
- San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1978}})
}}
Anthony Castillo Beltran (born June 14, 1957 in San Jose, California) is a retired American professional baseball player, a former catcher who played in five Major League games for the San Diego Padres during the 1978 season. He threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb}}.
Career
Drafted in the third round from James Lick High School in San Jose by the Padres in the 1975 Major League Baseball draft, Castillo was recalled from the Double-A Amarillo Gold Sox after the 1978 minor league season, Castillo started three games at catcher for the Padres among his five MLB games. On September 29, he started against the Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium and collected his only MLB hit, an RBI single off Burt Hooton, to score eventual Hall of Famer Dave Winfield. His one hit in eight at bats earned Castillo a .125 lifetime batting average.
Castillo returned to the minors for good in 1979 and played six seasons at the Triple-A level before retiring.
External links
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Category:Amarillo Gold Sox players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Category:Baseball players from San Jose, California
Category:Hawaii Islanders players
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:San Diego Padres players
Category:Tigres del México players
Category:Walla Walla Padres players
Category:Reno Silver Sox players
Category:James Lick High School alumni
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