About Carmelo Castillo

Monte Carmelo Castillo (June 8, 1958 – November 15, 2015) was a Dominican outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins. Castillo died of heart problems on November 15, 2015.

Baseball career
In 631 games over 10 seasons, Castillo posted a .252 batting average (383-for-1519) with 190 runs, 55 home runs, 197 RBIs and 90 bases on balls. He recorded a .953 fielding percentage as an outfielder.

Signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1978, Castillo was taken by the Indians on December 5 of that year in the Rule 5 Double-A draft. He had played for two minor teams in the Phillies organization in 1978.

Castillo spent 1979 split between Low-A Batavia and Single-A Waterloo, before spending the entire 1980 season with Waterloo again. In 1981, he was moved up to Double-A Chattanooga, and in 1982, he was promoted to Triple-A Charleston. He would begin 1983 with Charleston before his promotion to the Major Leagues, his debut coming on July 17, 1982 in Cleveland against the California Angels. He would go 0-for-3 with a strikeout while playing left field.