Estaban Manuel Antonio Castillo Cabrera (born April 1, 1957 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 third baseman

Third baseman

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. He batted and threw right-handed, and was 5 foot 9. Castillo played 3 seasons in Major League Baseball, with the Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

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 in and the Seattle Mariners

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 in and . He played in 236 games in his career, with a batting average

Batting average

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 of .242 with 174 hits

Hit (baseball)

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 in 719 at-bats. He had 3 stolen base

Stolen base

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s, 3 home run

Home run

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s, 73 RBI

Run batted in

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 and 63 runs

Run (baseball)

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Castillo had his best season in 1982 with the Mariners when he had 130 hits, had an average of .257, and all 3 of his career home runs.

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