Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Mercyhurst
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Mercyhurst
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 119
- W
- 11
- L
- 6
- ERA
- 2.97
- IP
- 157.2
- K
- 104
- BB
- 64
- WHIP
- 1.30
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | STL | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1.81 | 49.2 | 38 | 25 | 1.39 |
| 1989 | STL | 48 | 5 | 4 | 3.32 | 62.1 | 40 | 20 | 1.09 |
| 1990 |  STL/WSH | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.91 | 10.2 | 2 | 2 | 1.31 |
| 1991 | SD | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3.09 | 35.0 | 24 | 17 | 1.54 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | STL/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were John Costello's career stats?
John Costello played 4 seasons for the Cardinals and the Padres. He had 11 wins and 104 strikeouts with a 2.97 ERA over 157.2 innings. His best season was 1988: 5 wins, a 1.81 ERA and 38 strikeouts.
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