What is José Castillo (infielder)?
[[File:José castillo.jpg|right|200px]] '''José Castillo Rondón''' ({{IPA-es|xoˈse kasˈtiʎo}}; March 19, 1981 – December 6, 2018) was a [[Venezuela]]n professional baseball [[infielder]]. He played for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[San Francisco Giants]], and [[Houston Astros]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) and the [[Chiba Lotte Marines]] and [[Yokohama BayStars]] of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB). He was born in [[Las Mercedes Municipality|Las Mercedes]], [[Guárico]], [[Venezuela]]. Castillo and [[Luis Valbuena]] were killed in a car crash on December 6, 2018 in [[Yaracuy]], Venezuela, aged 37.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rome|first1=Chandler|title=Former Astros players Luis Valbuena, Jose Castillo die in car accident|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Former-Astros-infielder-Luis-Valbuena-dies-in-car-13449049.php|website=Houston Chronicle|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ardaya |first1=Fabian |title=Per this report, Luis Valbuena and José Castillo’s car collided with a rock that rolled onto the road. The car was being driven by the driver for former D-Backs player and winter ball teammate Carlos Rivero. |url=https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1070930214593552385 |website=Twitter |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Castillo, Jose}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:Venezuelan baseball players]] [[Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players]] [[Category:San Francisco Giants players]] [[Category:Houston Astros players]] [[Category:Guárico]] {{sports-bio-stub}}