John Costello
[edit] Biography
Born on December 24, 1960 in Bronx, New York, John Costello (John Reilly Costello) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres over the course of his 4 year career. Costello broke into the bigs on June 2, 1988 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.32 ERA in 62.1 innings pitched in 1989, his rookie year.
Most people believe that John Costello's best season was 1989, when he posted a 3.32 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1988
| STL
| N
| 36
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 1.81
| 38
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 49.2
| 44
| 3
| 25
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| STL
| N
| 48
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 3.32
| 40
| 24
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 62.1
| 48
| 5
| 20
| 7
| 0
| 2
|
| 1990
| STL
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.23
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.1
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1990
| MON
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.68
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| TOT
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.91
| 2
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3.09
| 24
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 37
| 2
| 17
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 0
| 11
| 6
| 2.97
| 104
| 62
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 157.2
| 141
| 13
| 64
| 15
| 2
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1988
| STL
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 49.2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| STL
| N
| P
| 48
| 0
| 62.1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| STL
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 4.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| MON
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 6.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| TOT
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 10.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 119
| 0
| 157.2
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1988
| STL
| N
| 36
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| STL
| N
| 48
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| STL
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| MON
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| TOT
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1983).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Montreal Expos in exchange for Rex Hudler (April 23, 1990).
- Traded by Montreal Expos to San Diego Padres in exchange for Brian Harrison (November 9, 1990).
- Released by San Diego Padres (November 19, 1991).
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