Irvin Castille
Shortstop / Third baseman
Born: (1926-05-17)May 17, 1926
Lafayette, Louisiana
Died: August 4, 2015(2015-08-04) (aged 89)
Whittier, California
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Irvin Castille (May 17, 1926[1] – August 4, 2015[2]) was a shortstop and third baseman who played from 1951 through 1953 in the Negro American League. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana,[3] he batted and threw right handed.

Castille joined the Birmingham Black Barons in the dying years of the Negro leagues.[4] He also was selected to the East–West All-Star Game in 1953.[5] In between, he played with the Brandon Greys club of the independent Mandak League in its 1952 season.[6][7]

On June 8, 2008, Major League Baseball staged a special draft of the surviving Negro league players, doing a tribute for the surviving Negro leaguers who were kept out of the Big Leagues because of their race. MLB clubs each selected a former NLB player, as Castille was drafted by the Oakland Athletics.[8]

A week later, the San Diego Padres honored him during a homestand highlighted by a Salute to the Negro leagues, fireworks and U.S. Army Appreciation Day at Petco Park.[9] Late in the month, he signed autographs and shared stories about his playing days in the Times of Greatness Mobile event held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.[8]

Castille was a long resident of Whittier, California,[3] where he died in 2015 at the age of 83.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ The Courier. SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee. Retrieved on February 13, 2019
  2. 1 2 Irvin M. Castille (May 17, 1926 – Aug 4, 2015). Legacy.com. Retrieved on February 13, 2019
  3. 1 2 Irvin Castille in the 1940 Census. Ancestry website. Retrieved on February 13, 2019
  4. ↑ Birmingham Black Barons All-Time Roster (1923-1958). MiLB.com. Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
  5. ↑ East-West All Star Game (1933-1956) - Players, Coaches and Managers. CNLBR.org. Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
  6. ↑ ManDak Photo Gallery 1952. Attheplate website. Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
  7. ↑ Negro Leaguers in Canada. CNLBR website. Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
  8. 1 2 2008 Special Negro Leagues Draft. MLB.com. Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
  9. ↑ Padres host Rangers and Mariners for fifth homestand. MLB.com. Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
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