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Ken Griffey Jr League
4-4-2079
Jay Payton Left Field
Retired (1970, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .237 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .645 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
H 188 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 01-25-1936
HR 18 Drafted Round 2, Pick 30
(1958)
Majors Svc Time 3 years
(92 games)
RBI 94
SB 3
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed D+ Bunt Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D- (7.1%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF (88.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1961 BOS-PHI
67
244
19
55
13
0
5
31
22
31 0 2
0
0 4
.627
.287
.340
.115
.225
1962 PHI-DET
28
57
4
9
2
0
1
2
5
10 0 0
0
0 1
.471
.226
.246
.088
.158
1963 DET-WAS
12
11
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
3 0 0
0
0 0
.348
.167
.182
.091
.091
1964 WAS
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 0 0
0
0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1966 WAS-KC
136
440
43
117
20
1
10
51
33
55 0 2
3
2 4
.700
.316
.384
.118
.266
1967 KC-BRO
25
34
2
6
1
0
2
8
0
6 0 1
0
0 1
.554
.171
.382
.206
.176
1970 PIT
5
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1 0 0
0
0 0
.200
.200
.000
.000
.000
Total
276
793
69
188
37
1
18
94
62
107 0 5
3
2 10
.645
.291
.354
.117
.237
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Jay Payton has retired from the Pittsburgh GhettoBlasters
1970-06-12The Pittsburgh GhettoBlasters have promoted Jay Payton to the major league team. The Pittsburgh GhettoBlasters have designated Roberto Alomar for assignment.
1970-04-05The Pittsburgh GhettoBlasters have acquired Jay Payton from the waiver wire.
1970-04-01The New York Titans have waived Jay Payton.
1969-05-28The New York Titans have acquired Jay Payton from the waiver wire.
1969-05-24The Brooklyn Lawnmowers have waived Jay Payton.
1967-06-07The Brooklyn Lawnmowers have acquired Jay Payton from the waiver wire.
1967-06-03The Kansas City Athletics have waived Jay Payton.
1967-05-18The Kansas City Athletics have designated Jay Payton for assignment.
1967-04-19The Kansas City Athletics have renamed John Castillo to Jay Payton.
1966-04-15The Kansas City Athletics have promoted John Castillo to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Watty Saunders to the minors.
1966-04-15The Kansas City Athletics have acquired John Castillo from the waiver wire.
1966-04-11The Washington Waterboys have waived John Castillo.
1964-07-08The Washington Waterboys have promoted Pokey Gumpert to the major league team. The Washington Waterboys have designated John Castillo for assignment.
1964-07-04The Washington Waterboys have promoted John Castillo to the major league team. The Washington Waterboys have sent Brad Tatum to the minors.
1964-04-08The Washington Waterboys have promoted Bobby Smith to the major league team. The Washington Waterboys have designated John Castillo for assignment.
1963-07-04The Washington Waterboys have promoted John Castillo to the major league team.
1963-04-06The Washington Waterboys have sent John Castillo to the minors.
1963-04-05The Washington Waterboys have promoted John Castillo to the major league team. The Washington Waterboys have promoted Phil Rivers to the major league team. The Washington Waterboys have promoted Chuck Reed to the major league team. The Washington Waterboys have promoted Jimmie Cowan to the major league team. The Washington Waterboys have designated Bill Fox for assignment. The Washington Waterboys have designated Keith Lamar for assignment. The Washington Waterboys have designated Dan Lanier for assignment. The Washington Waterboys have sent Oad Moore to the minors.
1963-04-05The Washington Waterboys have acquired John Castillo from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have waived John Castillo.
1962-10-03The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Merle Briles to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Magglio Akers to the minors. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Jim Dillard to the minors. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent John Castillo to the minors. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Scott Weiss to the minors. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Lou Skizas for assignment. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Don Gehrig to the minors.
1962-09-05The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted John Castillo to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Merle Briles to the minors.
1962-08-21The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Merle Briles to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent John Castillo to the minors.
1962-07-27The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted John Castillo to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Merle Briles to the minors.
1962-06-20The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Don Gehrig to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent John Castillo to the minors.
1962-06-06The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted John Castillo to the major league team.
1962-06-03The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Tino Bickham to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent John Castillo to the minors.
1962-05-23A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Dong and the Detroit Southern Railwaymen. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen receive John Castillo, Jesus David, Henry Murdock, Draft Pick - 1963 Round 3 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Dong in exchange for Buck Walk.
1962-03-01The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Tim Baldschun to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have promoted John Castillo to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Earl Hartsfield to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have promoted John Miller to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Meathead Stivick for assignment. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Cozy Caboose for assignment. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Scotty S Dogan for assignment. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Dick Webb for assignment.
1961-10-03The Philadelphia Dong have sent John Castillo to the minors.
1961-07-03The Philadelphia Dong have promoted John Castillo to the major league team.
1961-06-25The Philadelphia Dong have acquired John Castillo from the waiver wire.
1961-06-20The Boston Rivals have waived John Castillo.