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**Santiago Casilla**
Santiago Casilla
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	Oakland Athletics — No. 44
	Relief pitcher
	Born: June 25, 1980 (age 29); San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	August 9, 2004 for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics; (through June 15, 2009)
Win-Loss	6-4
Earned run average	5.12
Strikeouts	119
Teams
	Oakland Athletics (2004–present);

Santiago Casilla (born June 25, 1980, in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.

[edit] Baseball career

Casilla was signed by the Athletics on January 31, 2000, as an amateur free agent.

Casilla pitched from 2000 to 2005 under the name of Jairo Garcia. In 2006, he revealed his real name to be Santiago Casilla during spring training. He had used false documents when he first signed a contract with the Athletics in 2000.

Casilla pitched small parts of 2004, 2005, and 2006 for the Athletics as a reliever. In 2007, Casilla was recalled by the Athletics from Triple-A after going 2-1 with a 4.13 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 24 innings. He stepped into a bullpen that had Huston Street, Justin Duchscherer, and Kiko Calero on the disabled list. Casilla started off well, going 2-1 with 2 saves and a 0.45 ERA in his first 16 games. But he wound up finishing the season with a 3-1 record and a 4.44 ERA in 46 games.

[edit] Scouting

Casilla works with a prototypical power pitcher repertoire, chiefly throwing a mid-90s fastball and a hard-breaking slider. He also occasionally mixes in a curveball and changeup.

[edit] Statistics

Year	Ag	Tm	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BFP	BK	ERA	WHIP	OBA
2004	24	OAK	AL	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	5⅔	5	8	8	3	9	5	1	0	32	0	12.71	2.471	.227
2005	25	OAK	AL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	12	0	3.00	1.000	.182
2006	26	OAK	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2⅓	2	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	10	0	11.57	1.714	.250
2007	27	OAK	AL	3	1	46	0	0	0	2	50⅔	43	25	25	6	23	52	1	5	219	0	4.44	1.303	.224
2008	28	OAK	AL	2	1	51	0	0	0	2	50⅓	60	22	22	5	20	43	3	6	229	0	3.93	1.589	.299
Totals:				5	2	106	0	0	0	4	112	112	59	59	14	55	103	5	12	502	0	4.74	1.491	.258
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[edit] External links

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[edit] Baseball career

[edit] Scouting

[edit] Statistics

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