Jack Armstrong
Jack William Armstrong
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 7, 1965 in Englewood, NJ
High School: Neptune (Neptune, NJ)
Schools: University of Oklahoma, Rider University
Drafted
by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1988
Final Game: April 17, 1994
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1988 23 CIN NL 4 7 .364 5.79 14 13 0 0 0 0 65.1 63 44 42 8 38 2 45 0 2 3 293 62 1.546 8.7 1.1 5.2 6.2 1.18
1989 24 CIN NL 2 3 .400 4.64 9 8 1 0 0 0 42.2 40 24 22 5 21 4 23 0 0 0 187 78 1.430 8.4 1.1 4.4 4.9 1.10
1990 25 CIN NL 12 9 .571 3.42 29 27 1 2 1 0 166.0 151 72 63 9 59 7 110 6 5 7 704 117 1.265 8.2 0.5 3.2 6.0 1.86 AS
1991 26 CIN NL 7 13 .350 5.48 27 24 1 1 0 0 139.2 158 90 85 25 54 2 93 2 1 2 611 70 1.518 10.2 1.6 3.5 6.0 1.72
1992 27 CLE AL 6 15 .286 4.64 35 23 5 1 0 0 166.2 176 100 86 23 67 0 114 3 3 6 735 85 1.458 9.5 1.2 3.6 6.2 1.70
1993 28 FLA NL 9 17 .346 4.49 36 33 2 0 0 0 196.1 210 105 98 29 78 6 118 7 2 7 879 95 1.467 9.6 1.3 3.6 5.4 1.51
1994 29 TEX AL 0 1 .000 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 4 4 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 41 135 1.100 8.1 2.7 1.8 6.3 3.50
7 Seasons 40 65 .381 4.58 152 130 10 4 1 0 786.2 807 439 400 102 319 21 510 18 13 26 3450 87 1.431 9.2 1.2 3.6 5.8 1.60
162 Game Avg. 10 16 .381 4.58 37 31 2 1 0 0 190 195 106 96 25 77 5 123 4 3 6 832 87 1.431 9.2 1.2 3.6 5.8 1.60
CIN (4 yrs) 25 32 .439 4.61 79 72 3 3 1 0 413.2 412 230 212 47 172 15 271 8 8 12 1795 83 1.412 9.0 1.0 3.7 5.9 1.58
TEX (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 4 4 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 41 135 1.100 8.1 2.7 1.8 6.3 3.50
CLE (1 yr) 6 15 .286 4.64 35 23 5 1 0 0 166.2 176 100 86 23 67 0 114 3 3 6 735 85 1.458 9.5 1.2 3.6 6.2 1.70
FLA (1 yr) 9 17 .346 4.49 36 33 2 0 0 0 196.1 210 105 98 29 78 6 118 7 2 7 879 95 1.467 9.6 1.3 3.6 5.4 1.51
NL (5 yrs) 34 49 .410 4.57 115 105 5 3 1 0 610.0 622 335 310 76 250 21 389 15 10 19 2674 87 1.430 9.2 1.1 3.7 5.7 1.56
AL (2 yrs) 6 16 .273 4.58 37 25 5 1 0 0 176.2 185 104 90 26 69 0 121 3 3 7 776 87 1.438 9.4 1.3 3.5 6.2 1.75

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1990 25 CIN NL WS W OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1990 CIN NL 25 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 23 CIN NL 14 293 246 44 63 15 2 8 15 2 38 45 .256 .349 .431 .780 .278 106 2 0 4 5 2
1989 24 CIN NL 9 187 163 24 40 10 0 5 7 1 21 23 .245 .330 .399 .729 .257 65 2 0 2 1 4
1990 25 CIN NL 29 703 625 72 151 30 6 9 14 6 59 110 .242 .311 .352 .663 .278 220 9 6 8 5 7
1991 26 CIN NL 27 611 540 90 158 24 4 25 12 8 54 93 .293 .354 .491 .844 .309 265 7 2 6 9 2
1992 27 CLE AL 35 735 654 100 176 28 4 23 15 9 67 114 .269 .337 .430 .767 .293 281 8 3 6 5 0
1993 28 FLA NL 36 879 776 105 210 35 6 29 18 3 78 118 .271 .339 .443 .782 .283 344 9 7 8 10 6
1994 29 TEX AL 2 41 39 4 9 2 0 3 0 0 2 7 .231 .268 .513 .781 .207 20 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 152 3449 3043 439 807 144 22 102 81 29 319 510 .265 .335 .428 .763 .286 1301 37 18 34 35 21
162 Game Avg. 37 832 734 106 195 35 5 25 20 7 77 123 .265 .335 .428 .763 .286 314 9 4 8 8 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1988 23 CIN NL 14 13 4 7 2 1 1 4 9 .308 2 0 0 0 5 38% 44 71 11 13 9 2 6 3.1 4.2 4.7 81 5 5 3 0 119
1989 24 CIN NL 9 8 2 3 3 1 1 3 5 .375 1 2 0 0 3 38% 48 58 22 6 2 0 4 3.9 3.6 5.0 76 4 2 2 0 110
1990 25 CIN NL 29 27 12 9 6 0 3 16 11 .593 0 2 2 1 17 63% 53 83 19 17 5 1 7 4.3 4.4 6.0 93 5 9 10 2 130
1991 26 CIN NL 27 24 7 13 4 1 1 7 17 .292 0 1 1 0 9 38% 45 79 14 18 5 1 9 3.9 4.4 5.6 86 7 13 3 1 133
1992 27 CLE AL 35 23 3 15 5 3 3 5 18 .217 2 0 1 0 7 30% 43 63 15 27 8 3 10 3.8 3.7 5.9 97 3 12 6 2 133
1993 28 FLA NL 36 33 8 17 8 0 6 10 23 .303 1 4 0 0 17 52% 48 74 15 23 3 1 11 3.2 3.6 5.8 95 4 13 9 3 124
1994 29 TEX AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 53 59 46 0 0 0 2 6.0 3.0 5.0 78 1 1 0 0 86
7 Seasons 152 130 36 65 29 6 15 46 84 .354 7 9 4 1 59 45% 47 83 11 104 32 8 49 3.7 4.0 5.7 90 29 55 33 8 133
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1988 23 CIN NL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1.137 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 14.0 60
1989 24 CIN NL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.915 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 44
1990 25 CIN NL 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.953 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 15
1991 26 CIN NL 27 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0.909 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 5.7 39
1992 27 CLE AL 35 12 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 7 0.892 2 2 8 2 1 9 7 5 9 0 9 2 7.8 36
1993 28 FLA NL 36 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.047 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 4.3 25
6 Seasons 150 22 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 27% 0.970 4 4 14 2 2 18 10 12 16 1 16 2 7.0 34

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1988 23 CIN NL 293 55% 2.7% 15.4% 13.0% 8.5% 40% 0.55 0.66 68% 22% 12.3% 49% 57 2 4%
1989 24 CIN NL 187 58% 2.7% 12.3% 11.2% 8.0% 38% 0.65 0.76 73% 14% 7.2% 17% 25 2 8%
1990 25 CIN NL 704 62% 1.3% 15.7% 8.4% 6.4% 30% 0.73 0.86 73% 19% 4.2% 28% 120 9 8%
1991 26 CIN NL 611 56% 4.1% 15.2% 8.8% 8.7% 34% 0.58 0.70 71% 24% 10.4% 16% 108 7 6%
1992 27 CLE AL 735 44% 3.1% 15.5% 9.1% 7.5% 31% 0.69 0.91 71% 22% 8.6% 17% 122 8 7%
1993 28 FLA NL 879 56% 3.3% 13.4% 8.9% 8.0% 33% 0.84 1.10 73% 18% 10.1% 20% 159 9 6%
1994 29 TEX AL 41 46% 7.3% 17.1% 4.9% 12.2% 56% 0.63 0.77 71% 6% 16.7% 5% 3 0 0%
7 Seasons 3450 55% 3.0% 14.8% 9.3% 7.8% 33% 0.70 0.87 72% 20% 8.8% 22% 594 37 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 CIN NL 293 1107 3.78 682 62% 21% 15% 33% 31% 79% 0% 48% 81% 57% 8% 23 10 17% 50 30 1 27% 4 11 0 0 0
1989 24 CIN NL 182 653 3.59 391 60% 25% 14% 25% 36% 74% 5% 44% 81% 52% 9% 17 8 19% 35 18 2 14% 5 5 5 0 2
1990 25 CIN NL 685 2460 3.59 1508 61% 20% 14% 31% 34% 79% 2% 49% 82% 56% 5% 31 14 19% 127 62 4 25% 15 10 19 0 4
1991 26 CIN NL 611 2181 3.57 1330 61% 25% 13% 27% 35% 75% 1% 46% 82% 57% 5% 31 20 18% 108 49 6 28% 10 9 0 0 0
1992 27 CLE AL 735 2656 3.61 1590 60% 25% 15% 25% 35% 75% 0% 45% 80% 55% 6% 42 25 16% 116 50 5 25% 16 17 0 0 0
1993 28 FLA NL 774 2822 3.65 1732 61% 24% 16% 26% 34% 76% 1% 46% 79% 60% 5% 40 26 18% 143 61 9 34% 13 9 105 0 2
1994 29 TEX AL 41 155 3.78 89 57% 25% 13% 26% 36% 75% 0% 43% 82% 54% 5% 2 2 10% 4 2 0 14% 2 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3321 12034 3.62 7322 61% 24% 15% 28% 34% 76% 1% 46% 81% 57% 6% 186 105 18% 583 272 27 27% 65 61 129 0 8
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1988 23 CIN NL 293 63 4 1 8 0 4 3 5 5 3 22 11 7 50% 2 3 1 111 15 2 88% 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1989 24 CIN NL 187 40 5 2 5 0 1 4 1 3 2 6 4 1 67% 1 0 0 64 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 25 CIN NL 704 151 18 0 9 0 7 3 6 4 5 41 18 7 44% 9 7 2 261 14 6 70% 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1991 26 CIN NL 611 158 59 2 25 0 16 12 13 14 11 34 21 4 62% 5 2 0 202 12 8 60% 10 8 2 0 0 0 9 0 15 0
1992 27 CLE AL 735 176 67 2 23 0 12 13 10 12 11 37 19 8 51% 12 6 0 269 15 9 63% 14 8 1 1 0 0 5 0 16 0
1993 28 FLA NL 879 210 23 2 29 0 18 7 22 17 12 36 24 2 67% 12 7 1 328 18 3 86% 17 3 1 0 0 0 5 1 22 0
1994 29 TEX AL 41 9 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 3450 807 177 9 102 0 58 45 57 56 46 176 97 29 55% 41 26 4 1246 81 29 74% 75 28 6 1 0 0 20 1 88 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1988 23 4 7 .364 5.79 14 13 0 0 0 0 65.1 63 44 42 8 38 2 45 0 2 3 293 62 1.546 8.7 1.1 5.2 6.2 1.18 62
1989 24 6 10 .375 5.33 23 21 1 0 0 0 108.0 103 68 64 13 59 6 68 0 2 3 480 67 1.500 8.6 1.1 4.9 5.7 1.15 67
1990 25 18 19 .486 4.17 52 48 2 2 1 0 274.0 254 140 127 22 118 13 178 6 7 10 1184 92 1.358 8.3 0.7 3.9 5.8 1.51 92
1991 26 25 32 .439 4.61 79 72 3 3 1 0 413.2 412 230 212 47 172 15 271 8 8 12 1795 83 1.412 9.0 1.0 3.7 5.9 1.58 83
1992 27 31 47 .397 4.62 114 95 8 4 1 0 580.1 588 330 298 70 239 15 385 11 11 18 2530 84 1.425 9.1 1.1 3.7 6.0 1.61 84
1993 28 40 64 .385 4.59 150 128 10 4 1 0 776.2 798 435 396 99 317 21 503 18 13 25 3409 87 1.436 9.2 1.1 3.7 5.8 1.59 87
1994 29 40 65 .381 4.58 152 130 10 4 1 0 786.2 807 439 400 102 319 21 510 18 13 26 3450 87 1.431 9.2 1.2 3.6 5.8 1.60 87

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1988 23 2 4 .333 6.68 62.0 67 51 46 9 40 43 0 1.726 9.7 5.8 6.2 1.08 1.3 14
1989 24 1 3 .250 5.40 40.0 43 27 24 5 23 22 0 1.650 9.7 5.2 5.0 0.96 1.1 9
1990 25 10 8 .556 3.50 162.0 152 70 63 9 59 107 6 1.302 8.4 3.3 5.9 1.81 0.5 29
1991 26 4 10 .286 6.05 131.0 162 98 88 26 55 87 2 1.656 11.1 3.8 6.0 1.58 1.8 27
1992 27 6 11 .353 5.35 158.0 187 104 94 24 71 108 3 1.633 10.7 4.0 6.2 1.52 1.4 35
1993 28 10 11 .476 4.18 196.0 206 101 91 28 77 118 7 1.444 9.5 3.5 5.4 1.53 1.3 36
1994 29 1 0 1.000 3.21 14.0 12 6 5 4 3 10 0 1.071 7.7 1.9 6.4 3.33 2.6 2
7 Seasons 34 47 .420 4.85 763.0 829 457 411 105 328 495 18 1.516 9.8 5.8 1.51 1.2 152

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1990 (P)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 AL  6.156 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  25 (2nd)
1992 AL  23 (10th)
1993 NL  29 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  78 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  .488 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1991 NL  13 (6th)
1992 AL  15 (3rd)
1993 NL  17 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  98 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 NL  6 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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