bats birth_place debutyear statyear statvalue team position statlabel debutdate birth_date number article_title debutteam name throws
right ciego de Ávila , cuba 2014 august 29 , 2015 .303 7 31 boston red sox right fielder batting average home runs runs batted in september 17 9 july 1987 38 rusney castillo
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rusney castillo

rusney castillo peraza -lrb- born july 9 , 1987 -rrb- is a cuban professional baseball right fielder for the boston red sox of major league baseball .
listed at and , he bats and throws right handed .
castillo was born in ciego de Ávila , a city located in the central part of cuba and the capital of ciego de Ávila province .
at age 22 , he showed enough skills to land a spot on `` los tigres '' , the nickname for ciego de Ávila 's club in the cuban national series .
additionally , he played with the cuban national baseball team in several international tournaments , including the 2011 baseball world cup and the 2011 pan american games , before defecting from cuba to the united states in december 2013 to pursue a major league baseball career .
castillo signed a $ 72.5 million contract with the boston red sox on august 23 , 2014 which runs through 2020 .
