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vs. Akron
Sat May 17 
Seats available More info
6:05 pm 
(4:00 HH / 5:00 gates)
Post-Game Fireworks 
- Literacy Council of Reading - 40th Anniversary
Happy Hour w/ live music from Shame  & $1.00 off selected beers
- All Star Distributing
Post-Game concert w/ Shame  in the Classic Café
- Classic Harley-Davidson

Sun May 18 
Seats available More info
1:05 pm 
(12:00 gates)
R-Phils Mascot Band Hat (K2000) 
- Pepsi
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Reunion w/ Queen of Baseballtown Ruth Hartman and Friends
- 830 AM WEEU
$1.00 Hot Dogs
- Berks Packing / Stroehmann's
Post-Game Run the Bases (ALL AGES)
- 69 News Berks Edition

 

Fabio Castro, P

B-T: L-L

HT: 5-7

WT: 183

BORN: January 20, 1985, Montecristy, DR

RESIDES: Montecristy, DR

HOW OBTAINED: Acquired from Texas Rangers for Daniel Haigwood, 6/29/06

2007: Began his season in Ottawa (AAA) bullpen ... Appeared in 5 games before being optioned to Reading (AA) on 4/26 ... Had an 11.0 inning scroeless streak, 6/1-6/14 ... Promoted to Ottawa on 6/19 ... Made 6 straight starts for Ottawa, 7/21-8/18 ... Was 6-1, 3.02 ERA in 25 minor league relief appearances ... Recalled to Philadelphia on 8/21 ... Made his 1st career ML start on 8/23 vs. LAD (ND, 5.0 IP, 2H, R, ER, 6 BB, 4 S0) ... Was optioned back to Ottawa before being recalled on 9/3 for the remainder of the season ... 2006: Opened the season with TEX and made his ML debut, 4/6 vs. DET (3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO) ... Place on the 15-day DL on 5/2 ... Made 6 rehad appearances with Frisco (AA) and Oklahoma (AAA) ... Held opposing hitters to a .200 average in 4 appearances with TEX ... Traded to Phillies on 6/29 ... Did not allow a run in his first 17.1 IP with the Phillies ... Earned 1st ML save, 9/27 at WSH ... Got his 1st ML loss/decision in Phillies final game, 10/1 at FLA ... Pitched in the Dominican Winter League ... 2005: Spent the season with Winston-Salem (A) ... Led the Carlina league in appearenaces (53) ... Compiled a 1.53 ERA over his final 30 appearances ... Pitched in the Dominican Winter League ... 2004: Split the season between Kannapolis (A) and Winston-Salem (A) ... Finished 5-1, 2.91 ERA in 43 appearances ... Promoted to Winston-Salem on 8/19 ... 2003: Split season between Bristol (A) and Kannapolis ... Finished 6-4, 2.02 ERA in 21 appearances ... Allowed 1 ER in final 18.2 innings (6 G) ... Promoted to Kannapolis on 8/23 ... 2002: Pitched his 1st professional season for the White Sox of the Dominican Summer League

CAREER STATISTICS: a - Rehabilitation assignment

YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
2002 White Sox, DSL 10-2 1.95 25 2 0 0 8 64.2 37 17 14 3 23 89
2003 Bristol 6-2 1.72 19 0 0 0 2 47.0 29 14 9 1 19 59
  Kannapolis 0-2 3.27 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 8 5 4 0 5 16
2004 Kannapolis 4-0 3.00 37 0 0 0 3 51.0 44 20 17 2 23 44
  Winston-Salem 1-1 2.35 6 0 0 0 0 7.2 2 2 2 0 2 9
2005 Winston-Salem 5-5 2.28 53 0 0 0 6 79.0 58 23 20 7 37 75
2006 TEXAS 0-0 4.32 4 0 0 0 0 8.1 6 5 4 0 7 5
  Frisco - a 0-1 1.98 5 4 0 0 0 13.2 14 7 3 1 8 10
  Oklahoma - a 0-0 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 0 1 5
  PHILLIES 0-1 1.54 16 0 0 0 1 23.1 12 4 4 1 6 13
2007 Ottawa 5-5 4.01 21 7 0 0 1 58.1 53 32 26 7 33 47
  PHILLIES 0-0 6.00 10 1 0 0 0 12.0 9 8 8 2 13 14
  Reading 2-0 2.70 11 0 0 0 1 16.2 12 5 5 0 6 24
Minors Totals 33-18 2.60 180 16 0 0 21 352.2 262 127 102 21 157 378
AL Totals 0-0 4.32 4 0 0 0 0 8.1 6 5 4 0 7 5
NL Totals 0-1 3.06 26 1 0 0 1 35.1 21 12 12 3 19 27
ML Totals 0-1 3.30 30 1 0 0 1 43.2 27 17 16 3 26 32