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Jack Armstrong

Jack William Armstrong

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 7, 1965 in Englewood, NJ
High School: Neptune HS (Neptune, NJ)
Schools: Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1988
Teams (by GP): Reds/Marlins/Indians/Rangers 1988-1994
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: April 17, 1994
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1988 23 CIN NL 14 22 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -46 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1989 24 CIN NL 10 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 1 0 3 0 0 /1
1990 25 CIN NL 29 62 47 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .106 .143 .106 .249 -31 5 2 2 13 0 0 1 AS
1991 26 CIN NL 27 49 43 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .093 .114 .116 .230 -36 5 1 0 5 0 0 1
1992 27 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 28 FLA NL 36 70 66 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .152 .152 .167 .318 -16 11 2 0 4 0 0 1
1994 29 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1995 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
7 Yrs 153 215 185 8 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 83 .114 .132 .124 .257 -30 23 6 2 26 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 228 196 8 22 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 88 .114 .132 .124 .257 -30 24 6 2 28 0 0
CIN (4 yrs) 80 145 119 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 54 .092 .122 .101 .223 -38 12 4 2 22 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 36 70 66 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .152 .152 .167 .318 -16 11 2 0 4 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 116 215 185 8 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 83 .114 .132 .124 .257 -30 23 6 2 26 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1988 23 CIN NL 14 22 -4 -0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1989 24 CIN NL 10 12 -2 -0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .481 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1990 25 CIN NL 29 62 -10 -0 -0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $107,500 1 AS
1991 26 CIN NL 27 49 -8 -0 -0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $215,000 1
1992 27 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $281,545 1
1993 28 FLA NL 36 70 -12 -1 -0 0 9 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $854,545 1
1994 29 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,150,000 /1
7 Seasons 153 215 -36 -2 -1 0 27 -12 -1.2 6 -5 -1.2 .492 .499 -1.3 0.1 -5 $2,608,590
CIN (4 yrs) 80 145 -24 -1 -1 0 18 -8 -0.9 4 -4 -0.9 .489 .499 -0.9 0.0 -4 $322,500
TEX (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,150,000
CLE (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $281,545
FLA (1 yr) 36 70 -12 -1 -0 0 9 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $854,545

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1988 23 CIN NL 22 20 0 0.0 93 .182 .095 .261 .095 .325 .095 .383 .190 .708 -46 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .105 .000 .000
1989 24 CIN NL 12 12 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .258 .111 .326 .000 .385 .111 .711 -66 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .111 .125 .000
1990 25 CIN NL 62 57 1 0.5 102 .192 .106 .270 .143 .337 .106 .406 .249 .743 -31 .016 -8.9 -0.9 .159 .000 .000
1991 26 CIN NL 49 45 1 0.6 97 .160 .093 .262 .114 .330 .116 .393 .230 .723 -36 .028 -8.0 -0.8 .150 .047 .023
1993 28 FLA NL 70 62 1 0.4 107 .270 .152 .276 .152 .342 .167 .420 .318 .762 -16 .013 -11.2 -1.1 .190 .015 .015
7 Yrs 215 196 3 0.4 101 .206 .114 .269 .132 .335 .124 .404 .257 .740 -30 .013 -34.0 -3.5 .159 .022 .011
162 Game Avg. 228 208 3 0.4 101 .206 .114 .269 .132 .335 .124 .404 .257 .740 -30 .013 -34.0 -3.5 .159 .022 .011
CIN (4 yrs) 145 134 2 0.4 98 .169 .092 .265 .122 .332 .101 .396 .223 .727 -38 .013 -22.8 -2.4 .143 .025 .008
FLA (1 yr) 70 62 1 0.4 107 .270 .152 .276 .152 .342 .167 .420 .318 .762 -16 .013 -11.2 -1.1 .190 .015 .015

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 25 CIN NL WS OAK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 CIN NL 25 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1988 23 CIN NL 22 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.1 2.33 2.33 50% 8% 0.0% 33%
1989 24 CIN NL 12 0.0% 41.7% 8.3% 0.0% 5.00 1.6 1.00 6.00 25% 0% 0.0% 0%
1990 25 CIN NL 62 0.0% 33.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 15.7 1.00 2.50 42% 13% 0.0% 42%
1991 26 CIN NL 49 0.0% 36.7% 2.0% 2.0% 25% 18.00 2.4 21.5 0.77 1.70 51% 17% 0.0% 8%
1993 28 FLA NL 70 0.0% 41.4% 0.0% 1.4% 10% 2.3 22.0 1.00 1.69 53% 20% 0.0% 18%
7 Yrs 215 0.0% 38.6% 0.9% 0.9% 10% 41.50 2.2 23.1 1.02 2.08 47% 15% 0.0% 22%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.0% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.75 5.9 42.0 8.4 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1988 23 CIN NL -4.1 -0.4 22 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 .70 -0.4 0.1 -3.1 -0.3 0.75 -4.3 0
1989 24 CIN NL -1.8 -0.2 12 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 1.16 -0.2 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.02 -2.3 0
1990 25 CIN NL -8.9 -0.9 62 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 1.00 -0.9 -0.1 -10.3 -1.0 1.11 -9.7 0
1991 26 CIN NL -8.0 -0.8 49 -0.8 0.3 -1.0 .95 -0.8 -0.1 -8.9 -0.9 0.96 -8.5 0
1992 27 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1993 28 FLA NL -11.2 -1.1 70 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 1.00 -1.3 0.2 -12.6 -1.2 0.93 -13.9 0
1994 29 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -34.0 -3.5 215 -3.3 1.2 -4.6 .97 -3.6 0.2 -36.9 -3.7 0.98 -38.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1988 23 CIN NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 CIN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 CIN NL 1 0 29% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1991 26 CIN NL 0 0 60% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1993 28 FLA NL 0 0 30% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 Yrs 1 0 32% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7% 10 10 0 1 0 0 4 2 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1988 23 CIN NL 22 14% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 24 CIN NL 12 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1990 25 CIN NL 62 34% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 13 87% 22 2 9% 20 8 40% 56 4 7% 6 2 33% 3 3 100% 0
1991 26 CIN NL 49 24% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 12 1 8% 14 3 21% 33 2 6% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1993 28 FLA NL 70 40% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 12 2 17% 13 1 8% 44 3 7% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
7 Yrs 215 32% 21 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 36 26 72% 51 6 12% 53 15 28% 153 9 6% 15 3 20% 6 5 83% 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 36% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 CIN NL 22 94 4.27 63 68% 22% 30% 29% 19% 78% 0% 52% 61% 39% 0% 0 0 18% 4 2 0% 0 0 30% 0 1 0
1989 24 CIN NL 12 35 2.92 26 74% 23% 27% 27% 23% 77% 0% 57% 65% 58% 0% 0 0 8% 1 0 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 25 CIN NL 60 189 3.15 144 76% 17% 30% 26% 26% 83% 0% 63% 64% 57% 3% 2 0 8% 5 0 3% 2 0 20% 2 0 0
1991 26 CIN NL 49 170 3.47 125 74% 18% 34% 24% 24% 82% 0% 60% 59% 55% 2% 1 0 6% 3 0 4% 2 0 6% 0 0 0
1993 28 FLA NL 62 191 3.08 146 76% 33% 25% 17% 25% 67% 0% 51% 62% 42% 2% 1 0 6% 4 0 2% 1 0 23% 8 0 0
5 Yrs 205 679 3.31 504 74% 23% 29% 23% 24% 77% 0% 57% 62% 50% 2% 4 0 8% 17 2 3% 6 0 18% 10 1 0
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 23 14 22 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -46 2 0 0 1 0 0
1989 24 24 34 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .069 .100 .069 .169 -51 2 1 0 4 0 0
1990 25 53 96 76 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 36 .092 .127 .092 .219 -39 7 3 2 17 0 0
1991 26 80 145 119 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 54 .092 .122 .101 .223 -38 12 4 2 22 0 0
1992 27 115 145 119 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 54 .092 .122 .101 .223 -38 12 4 2 22 0 0
1993 28 151 215 185 8 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 83 .114 .132 .124 .257 -30 23 6 2 26 0 0
1994 29 153 215 185 8 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 83 .114 .132 .124 .257 -30 23 6 2 26 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1988 23 14 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1989 24 10 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 10
1990 25 29 65 49 4 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 21 .143 .192 .143 .335 1 29
1991 26 27 50 44 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 18 .114 .133 .136 .270 1 27
1993 28 36 71 67 4 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 29 .164 .164 .179 .343 2 36
5 Yrs 116 220 189 13 23 2 0 0 14 0 2 83 .122 .144 .132 .277 4 116
162 Game Avg. 162 307 264 18 32 3 0 0 20 0 3 116 .122 .144 .132 .277 6 116

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1990 (P)

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1990 NL  13 (3rd)

                           

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