Well, its a nice card and he pitched in the majors for four years. Ehhh. He was drafted by the Cardinals in 1983 going in the 24th Round. He had an awful debut at Erie going 2-5 with a 6.64 ERA. Spending 84-85 at A Ball as a starter. He moved up the ladder reaching AAA Louisville in 87. A superb 88 saw him go 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA, 11 Saves and a tiny WHIP of 0.818. Called up the big club he made his debut on June 2, 1987 against the Phillies at the Vet. Appearing in the 13th inning he came in with 1 out and the basses loaded in a 2-2 game. First he got Chris James to pop out to shallow right then Mike Young flied out to left and Costello got the Cards out of the jam. With a run in the 14th Costello struck out the side and earned his first major league win.
Not until July did he give up a run and that was homer to Gary Templeton. He would go on to win 5 and lose 2 with an impressive 1.81 ERA but a high WHIP of 1.389. The year this card's picture was taken he was 5-4 with a 3.31 ERA but his WHIP dropped to a very good 1.091. This card became outdate on April 23 of 1990 when Costello was traded to the Expos for Red Hudler. 1991 saw a trade to the Padres for Brian Harrison where he went 1-0 with a 3.09 but another big WHIP of 1.543. In 1992 he pitched for the Mariners AAA team at Calgary but was hammered over just 5.1 innings for a 13.50 ERA. With that his career came to an end.
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