Paul Castner

{{Short description|American baseball player (1897–1986)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Paul Castner

|position=Pitcher

|image=Paul Castner newspaper.png

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1897|2|16|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1986|3|3|1897|2|16}}

|death_place=Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 6

|debutyear=1923

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 2

|finalyear=1923

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.30

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox (1923)

}}

Paul Henry Castner (February 16, 1897 – March 3, 1986) was a professional baseball pitcher.

Castner played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team as a fullback from 1919 to 1922, under Knute Rockne.{{cite book|title=the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|pages=1121}} He also played on the hockey and baseball teams. He appeared in six games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox in 1923, all in relief. In 10 innings pitched, Castner gave up 14 hits and 5 walks without striking out a batter.

He died on March 3, 1986, and is buried at Calvary Cemetery{{cite book |last1=Thornley |first1=Stew |title=Six feet under: a graveyard guide to Minnesota |date=2004 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press |location=St. Paul |isbn=9780873515146 |page=142}}