How Luis Castillo's Strikeouts Compares to Similar Players

Luis Castillo has totaled 1,493 career Strikeouts, well above the starting pitcher average of 438.2 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Strikeouts season came in 2019, posting 226, well above the starting pitcher average of 88.3 that year. The lowest point came in 2017 at 98, above the starting pitcher average of 86.2 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Strikeouts total has gone from 219 in 2023 to 175 in 2024 and 162 in 2025, falling over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 8 seasons.

Luis Castillo Lifetime Strikeouts and Similar Stats

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Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per Season

Luis Castillo's Strikeouts for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts per season line chart

Luis Castillo Strikeouts by Team

Luis Castillo's career Strikeouts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Luis Castillo career Strikeouts by team bar chart

Luis Castillo Cumulative Strikeouts — Career Progression

A running total of Luis Castillo's career Strikeouts, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts year-over-year waterfall chart

Luis Castillo Strikeouts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Luis Castillo's seasonal Strikeouts alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Luis Castillo Strikeouts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Luis Castillo's MLB career with Strikeouts alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts season-by-season breakdown table