Esteban Manuel Antonio Castillo Cabrera (born April 1, 1957) is a former

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, and was 5 foot 9. Castillo played 3 seasons in Major League Baseball, with the

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

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of .242 with 174

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s, 73 RBI and 63 runs. 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. As of 2018, Castillo is a coach in the

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farm system.

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