What years did Luis Castillo play?

Luis Castillo played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.

Was Luis Castillo a pitcher?

Yes. Luis Castillo pitched in the major leagues, recording 88 wins and 1605 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Luis Castillo hit?

Luis Castillo hit 0 career home runs with 22 hits.

What was Luis Castillo's career batting average?

Luis Castillo batted .110 over his career, with 22 hits in 200 at bats.

How many RBI did Luis Castillo have?

Luis Castillo drove in 5 runs in his career.

What was Luis Castillo's career ERA?

Luis Castillo finished with a 3.75 career ERA, going 88-95 with 1,605 strikeouts.

Luis Castillo

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2017-2026)

Luis Castillo is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2017 for the Cincinnati Reds and the Seattle Mariners, a span of 10 seasons. Across 272 career appearances, he has gone 88-95 with a 3.75 ERA and 1,605 strikeouts. He has also batted .110 with 0 home runs. Luis Castillo is a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 18581.5.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

W–L 88–95

ERA 3.75

WHIP 1.20

SO 1,605

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 18581.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 200 lb
Born: 12/12/1992 in Bani, Peravia, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2017-06-23
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: Luis Miguel Castillo

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Career Pitching Statistics

Luis Castillo — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
88	95	272	266	1	0	0	1541.1	1,359	642	199	497	1,605	3.75	18581.5

Career ERA 3.75 vs. league average 4.23 across their career seasons — 11.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Luis Castillo (b. 1992) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2017	CIN	NL	3	7	15	15	0	89.1	64	31	32	98	3.12	4.36 (+28%)	1406.2
2018	CIN	NL	10	12	31	31	0	169.2	158	81	49	165	4.30	4.15 (-4%)	-708.3
2019	CIN	NL	15	8	32	32	0	190.2	139	72	79	226	3.40	4.51 (+25%)	4004.8
2020	CIN	NL	4	6	12	12	1	70.0	62	25	24	89	3.21	4.45 (+28%)	3203.7
2021	CIN	NL	8	16	33	33	0	187.2	181	83	75	192	3.98	4.27 (+7%)	2508.0
2022	CIN	NL	4	4	14	14	0	85.0	63	27	28	90	2.86	3.97 (+28%)	1672.5
2022	SEA	AL	4	2	11	11	0	65.1	55	23	17	77	3.17	3.97 (+20%)	1746.1
2023	SEA	AL	14	9	33	33	0	197.0	160	73	56	219	3.34	4.33 (+23%)	2682.1
2024	SEA	AL	11	12	30	30	0	175.1	158	71	47	175	3.64	4.08 (+11%)	746.9
2025	SEA	AL	11	8	32	32	0	180.2	168	71	46	162	3.54	4.16 (+15%)	1319.4
2026	CWS	AL	4	11	29	23	0	130.2	151	85	44	112	5.85	4.18 (-40%)	-
Career · 11 seasons			88	95	272	266	1	1,541.1	1,359	642	497	1,605	3.75	—	18,581

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Luis Castillo — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
243	200	8	22	4	0	0	5	0	4	90	.110	.127	.130	.257	-1,730

Career AVG .110 vs. league average .247 across their career seasons — 55.5% below league average.

Career OBP .127 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 59.9% below league average.

Career SLG .130 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 68.4% below league average.

Career OPS .257 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 64.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Luis Castillo (b. 1992) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2017	CIN	NL	15	29	0	2	0	1	1	11	.069	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CIN	NL	31	59	4	6	1	2	2	23	.102	.247 (-59%)	.318 (-59%)	.409 (-71%)	.727 (-66%)	-618.2
2019	CIN	NL	32	62	3	6	1	0	0	32	.097	.252 (-62%)	.322 (-70%)	.434 (-74%)	.757 (-72%)	-738.5
2020	CIN	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	CIN	NL	33	49	1	8	2	2	1	23	.163	—	—	—	—	-372.9
2022	CIN	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SEA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SEA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	SEA	AL	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	SEA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			243	200	8	22	4	5	4	90	.110	—	—	—	—	-1,730

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Luis Castillo — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Luis Castillo — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2025	ALCS	SEA	1	.000
2025	ALDS2	SEA	2	.000
2022	ALDS2	SEA	1	.000
2022	ALWC2	SEA	1	.000
2020	NLWC4	CIN	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Luis Castillo — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	3	6	5	0	28.0	23	7	6	24	2.25

Playoff Pitching by Year

Luis Castillo — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2025	ALCS	SEA	0	1	1	1	2.1	5	3	1	1	11.57
2025	ALDS2	SEA	1	0	2	1	6.0	1	0	4	4	0.00
2022	ALDS2	SEA	0	1	1	1	7.0	5	3	0	7	3.86
2022	ALWC2	SEA	1	0	1	1	7.1	6	0	0	5	0.00
2020	NLWC4	CIN	0	1	1	1	5.1	6	1	1	7	1.69

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Luis Castillo — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	126	102	5	9	0	1	.088
Away	117	98	3	13	0	4	.133

Pitching — Home / Away

Luis Castillo — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	126	758.1	586	256	217	858	3.04
Away	117	652.1	622	301	236	635	4.15

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Luis Castillo — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-24	SEA	COL	W	7.1	1	1	1	0	10	1
2025-09-18	SEA	KCR	W	6.0	3	0	0	0	3	0
2025-09-12	SEA	LAA	—	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0
2025-09-07	SEA	ATL	W	6.0	4	1	1	0	6	1
2025-09-01	SEA	TBR	L	4.0	6	5	5	1	5	1
2025-08-26	SEA	SDP	—	5.0	5	5	5	3	6	1
2025-08-20	SEA	PHI	L	4.0	10	3	3	2	2	1
2025-08-15	SEA	NYN	—	4.0	9	6	6	1	5	3
2025-08-08	SEA	TBR	—	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	2
2025-08-02	SEA	TEX	—	4.1	4	2	2	1	4	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Luis Castillo — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	243	243	111	119	3	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Luis Castillo — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2017	CIN	P	15	15	8	18	0	0
2018	CIN	P	31	31	18	21	0	1
2019	CIN	P	32	32	17	30	1	1
2020	CIN	P	12	12	7	10	0	0
2021	CIN	P	33	33	17	16	1	5
2022	CIN	P	14	14	6	2	0	0
2022	SEA	P	11	11	5	5	0	0
2023	SEA	P	33	33	16	7	0	0
2024	SEA	P	30	30	6	5	1	1
2025	SEA	P	32	32	11	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Luis Castillo (b. 1992) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	243

Awards & Honors

Luis Castillo — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2019	Pitcher of the Month	April

Award Voting History

Luis Castillo — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2023	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	23.0	210	0
2017	Rookie of the Year	NL	8th	1.0	150	0

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Luis Castillo: the record in brief

Active since a debut on June 23, 2017, Luis Castillo has a record on this page that is still being added to. Castillo played for the Cincinnati Reds (2017 through 2022) and the Seattle Mariners (2022 to 2025). Listed as a pitcher, Castillo batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6'2" and 200 pounds. The birth record reads December 12, 1992, in Bani, Peravia, D.R. Castillo's full given name, per the bio, is Luis Miguel Castillo.

The pitching table credits Castillo with a 88-95 record and a 3.75 ERA in 272 games. Also on Castillo's record: 1,605 strikeouts. Against a 4.23 league ERA for the same years, Castillo was 11.4% better. The best win total was 15, in 2019. 2023 was Castillo's sharpest full season, a 3.34 ERA against the league's 4.33. Castillo's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 18,581.5.

Frequently Asked Questions about Luis Castillo

What years did Luis Castillo play?: Luis Castillo played in Major League Baseball from 2017 to 2026.
Was Luis Castillo a pitcher?: Yes. Luis Castillo pitched in the major leagues, recording 88 wins and 1605 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Luis Castillo hit?: Luis Castillo hit 0 career home runs with 22 hits.
What was Luis Castillo's career batting average?: Luis Castillo batted .110 over his career, with 22 hits in 200 at bats.
How many RBI did Luis Castillo have?: Luis Castillo drove in 5 runs in his career.
What was Luis Castillo's career ERA?: Luis Castillo finished with a 3.75 career ERA, going 88-95 with 1,605 strikeouts.