Javier Castillo (born August 29, 1983 in Chitré,

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) is a minor league baseball player. He played for Panama in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and

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. He played professionally in the minor leagues from 2002 to 2010, mostly in the

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farm system. In 2002, he played with the

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White Sox, hitting .193 in 2002 and .238 in 2003. With the Bristol White Sox in 2004, he hit .272 in 60 games. Baseball America ranked him as the 17th best prospect in the league that year. He split the 2005 season between the

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and

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, hitting .219 with the former and .226 with the latter. In 2006, he played with Kannapolis again, hitting .256 in 94 games. He appeared in two games in the World Baseball Classic that year. With the

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and

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in 2007, he hit a combined .283 in 119 games. In 2008, he played for the Knights and Birmingham Barons, hitting a combined .289 in 102 games. He hit .313 in the

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/ref> In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, he hit .375 in eight at-bats. He played in 2010 for the

in the White Sox farm system, where he hit .200 in 15 games.

References

1983 births Living people People from Chitré 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2009 World Baseball Classic players Great Falls White Sox players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Charlotte Knights players Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the United States Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Panama {{Panama-baseball-bio-stub