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Jack Cust

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 26, 2001

Born January 16, 1979 in Flemington, NJ

Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1997. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 22 ARI NL   3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .500  .667  .500  200    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 23 COL NL  35   65    8   11   2  0   1    8   0  1  12  32  .169  .295  .246   36   16   0   1   0   0   3
 2003 24 BAL AL  27   73    7   19   7  0   4   11   0  0  10  25  .260  .357  .521  129   38   0   0   0   1   0
 2004 25 BAL AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 27 SDP NL   4    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   80    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 28 OAK AL 124  395   61  101  18  1  26   82   0  2 105 164  .256  .408  .504  147  199   0   6   2   1   6
 2008 29 OAK AL  31   91   17   22   3  0   4   11   0  0  27  34  .242  .420  .407  139   37   0   0   1   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      225  630   94  155  30  1  35  112   0  3 155 257  .246  .394  .463  131  292   0   7   3   3  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        454   68  112  22  1  25   81   0  2 112 185  .246  .394  .463  131  210   0   5   2   2   7
 Career High    124  395   61  101  18  1  26   82   0  2 105 164  .256  .420  .504  147  199   0   6   2   1   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 22 ARI NL    3    1    1  26.7   118| .500  .278| .667  .350| .500  .455|1.167  .805| 200  .955   0.5   0.0   0%
 2002 23 COL NL   78   59    5   2.3   120| .169  .284| .295  .360| .246  .451| .541  .812|  36  .203  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 2003 24 BAL AL   84   54   15   7.4   106| .260  .267| .357  .333| .521  .427| .878  .759| 129  .671   3.3   0.3   0%
 2004 25 BAL AL    1    1    0   0.0   108| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .430| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2006 27 SDP NL    3    2    0   0.0   105| .333  .261| .333  .330| .333  .424| .666  .754|  80  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2007 28 OAK AL  507  308   90   7.8   101| .256  .263| .408  .329| .504  .410| .912  .739| 147  .689  33.0   3.1   0%
 2008 29 OAK AL  119   70   18   6.8    90| .242  .248| .420  .319| .407  .380| .827  .699| 139  .684   6.8   0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       795  495  129   7.0   102| .246  .263| .394  .331| .463  .412| .857  .743| 131  .652  36.8   3.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 22 ARI NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2002 23 COL NL LF 18 24 0 1 0 .960 .976 1.33 1.51 1.78 1.92 15 121.3 2003 24 BAL AL DH 21 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 1.80 5.74 2.11 0 4.7 2006 27 SDP NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2007 28 OAK AL OF 60 93 1 4 0 .959 .987 1.57 2.00 1.82 2.30 58 463.7 DH 56 RF 48 79 1 3 0 .964 .985 1.67 1.77 1.88 2.08 46 382.0 LF 14 14 0 1 0 .933 .986 1.00 1.71 1.54 2.12 12 81.7 2008 29 OAK AL LF 21 32 0 1 0 .970 .991 1.52 1.74 1.94 2.12 20 148.7 DH 8
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 24 BAL AL DH 21 2007 28 OAK AL DH 56 2008 29 OAK AL DH 8 2001 22 ARI NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2002 23 COL NL LF 18 24 0 1 0 .960 .976 1.33 1.51 1.78 1.92 15 121.3 2003 24 BAL AL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 1.80 5.74 2.11 0 4.7 2006 27 SDP NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2007 28 OAK AL LF 14 14 0 1 0 .933 .986 1.00 1.71 1.54 2.12 12 81.7 2008 29 OAK AL LF 21 32 0 1 0 .970 .991 1.52 1.74 1.94 2.12 20 148.7 2001 22 ARI NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 2002 23 COL NL OF 18 25 0 1 0 .962 .984 1.39 1.84 1.85 2.19 15 121.3 2003 24 BAL AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 2.10 5.74 2.30 0 4.7 2006 27 SDP NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 2007 28 OAK AL OF 60 93 1 4 0 .959 .987 1.57 2.00 1.82 2.30 58 463.7 2007 28 OAK AL RF 48 79 1 3 0 .964 .985 1.67 1.77 1.88 2.08 46 382.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 85 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 81 121 1 5 0 .961 .987 1.51 1.96 1.85 2.28 73 593.7 56 0 48# LF* 56 73 0 3 0 .961 .985 1.30 1.65 1.82 2.05 47 360.3 RF* 48 79 1 3 0 .964 .985 1.67 1.77 1.88 2.08 46 382.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 81 121 1 5 0 .961 .987 1.51 1.96 1.85 2.28 73 594
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
2007 AL-.408-7
2008 AL-.420-3

OPS
2007 AL-.912-9

Bases on Balls
2007 AL-105-2
2008 AL-27-1

Strikeouts
2007 AL-164-1
2008 AL-34-5

Adjusted OPS+
2007 AL-147-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
2007 AL-33-8

Batting Wins
2007 AL-3.1-8
2008 AL-.7-10

Offensive Win%
2007 AL-.689-9

At Bats per Home Run
2007 AL-15.2-4

     

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (591) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1799) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (802) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1997.

January 7, 2002: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with J.D. Closser to the Colorado Rockies for Mike Myers.

March 21, 2003: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Chris Richard.

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

November 15, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

May 3, 2007: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for PTBNL.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Baltimore Orioles$305,000
Career (may be incomplete)$305,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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