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Rodolfo Castro

ロドルフォ・カストロ / ろどるふぉ・かすとろ

American baseball player

May 21, 1999 (age 27) ・ El Llano, Elías Piña Province, Dominican Republic

  • Elías Piña Province
  • baseball player

My Take

Rodolfo Castro is the kind of player who makes you do a double-take when you check his bio — born in 1999, from a tiny town in Elías Piña Province in the Dominican Republic, and already he's logged time in the majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Phillies before heading over to Japan to play for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. That's a genuinely wild career arc for a guy still in his mid-twenties. The Dominican Republic keeps producing big-league talent at a ridiculous rate, and Castro is part of that proud tradition — a 6-foot infielder with the kind of versatility that gets scouts excited. I'm honestly curious where this chapter in NPB takes him; a lot of Latin players have used Japan as a launching pad for a second act, and at his age, the story is very much still being written.

Overview

Rodolfo Castro (born May 21, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Rodolfo Castro
Name (Japanese)
ロドルフォ・カストロ
Reading
ろどるふぉ・かすとろ
Born
May 21, 1999 (age 27)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Gemini / Rabbit
Origin
El Llano, Elías Piña Province, Dominican Republic
Blood type
Private
Height
183 cm
Agency
Private
Occupation
baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
Private
University
Private

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

7. About this entry

Tags

  • Elías Piña Province
  • baseball player
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.