Jeff Austin

Jeffrey Wellington Austin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 19, 1976 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Kingwood HS (Kingwood, TX)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed February 20, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 2001
Teams (by GP): Royals/Reds 2001-2003

Final Game: May 28, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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
1999	22	KCR-min	A+,AA	10	3	.769	3.93	24	24	0	0	0	0	146.2	148	71	64	11	50	1	118	4	0	9	628		1.350	9.1	0.7	3.1	7.2	2.36	WMT,WCH · CARL,TL
2000	23	KCR-min	AAA,AA	9	11	.450	4.08	29	25	1	2	1	0	169.2	183	101	77	19	39	1	88	9	1	10	719		1.308	9.7	1.0	2.1	4.7	2.26	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2001	24	KCR-min	AAA	3	7	.300	6.88	28	8	9	0	0	2	70.2	89	56	54	14	27	1	55	4	2	5	319		1.642	11.3	1.8	3.4	7.0	2.04	OMA · PCL
2001	24	KCR	AL	0	0		5.54	21	0	9	0	0	0	26.0	27	17	16	4	14	2	27	1	0	3	117	88	1.577	9.3	1.4	4.8	9.3	1.93
2002	25	KCR-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	3.27	39	0	13	0	0	2	52.1	54	24	19	2	15	2	44	2	1	11	226		1.318	9.3	0.3	2.6	7.6	2.93	OMA · PCL
2002	25	KCR	AL	0	0		4.91	10	0	6	0	0	0	11.0	14	6	6	0	6	1	6	0	0	1	52	104	1.818	11.5	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00
2003	26	CIN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.34	9	9	0	0	0	0	45.2	46	24	22	5	19	0	37	1	1	4	196		1.423	9.1	1.0	3.7	7.3	1.95	LOU · IL
2003	26	CIN	NL	2	3	.400	8.58	7	7	0	0	0	0	28.1	28	27	27	9	21	0	22	0	0	1	132	49	1.729	8.9	2.9	6.7	7.0	1.05
2004	27	CIN-min	Rk,A+	0	0		3.69	13	4	4	0	0	2	31.2	22	14	13	2	13	0	23	2	0	3	130		1.105	6.3	0.6	3.7	6.5	1.77	RDL,POT · GULF,CARL
3 Yrs				2	3	.400	6.75	38	7	15	0	0	0	65.1	69	50	49	13	41	3	55	1	0	5	301	68	1.684	9.5	1.8	5.6	7.6	1.34
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.400	6.75	57	11	23	0	0	0	99	104	76	74	20	62	5	83	2	0	8	455	68	1.684	9.5	1.8	5.6	7.6	1.34

KCR (2 yrs)				0	0		5.35	31	0	15	0	0	0	37.0	41	23	22	4	20	3	33	1	0	4	169	92	1.649	10.0	1.0	4.9	8.0	1.65
CIN (1 yr)				2	3	.400	8.58	7	7	0	0	0	0	28.1	28	27	27	9	21	0	22	0	0	1	132	49	1.729	8.9	2.9	6.7	7.0	1.05

AL (2 yrs)				0	0		5.35	31	0	15	0	0	0	37.0	41	23	22	4	20	3	33	1	0	4	169	92	1.649	10.0	1.0	4.9	8.0	1.65
NL (1 yr)				2	3	.400	8.58	7	7	0	0	0	0	28.1	28	27	27	9	21	0	22	0	0	1	132	49	1.729	8.9	2.9	6.7	7.0	1.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2001	24	KCR	AL	26.0	21	0	17	5.88	5.15	0.27	-0.38	108.7	4.89	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	0.0	0	.486	.498	$
2002	25	KCR	AL	11.0	10	0	6	4.91	4.86	-0.14	-0.37	114.9	5.32	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.505	.500	$205,000
2003	26	CIN	NL	28.1	7	7	27	8.58	4.81	0.03	0.19	101.2	5.02	-11	-1.0		-0.0	-0.8	-8	.356	.494	$
3 Seasons				65.1	38	7	50	6.89	4.96	0.10	-0.13	106.5	5.02	-14	-1.3	.5	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.467	.497	$205,000

KCR (2 yrs)				37.0	31	0	23	5.59	5.07	0.15	-0.38	110.6	5.02	-3	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.492	.499	$205,000
CIN (1 yr)				28.1	7	7	27	8.58	4.81	0.03	0.19	101.2	5.02	-11	-1.0		-0.0	-0.8	-8	.356	.494	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2001	24	KCR	AL	21	117	99	17	27	4	0	4	0	1	14	27	.273	.362	.434	.796	.329	43	2	1	1	2	2	1
2002	25	KCR	AL	10	52	44	6	14	3	0	0	0	1	6	6	.318	.385	.386	.771	.350	17	0	0	0	2	1	0
2003	26	CIN	NL	7	132	110	27	28	4	0	9	0	0	21	22	.255	.374	.536	.910	.241	59	0	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				38	301	253	50	69	11	0	13	0	2	41	55	.273	.371	.470	.842	.296	119	2	1	2	4	3	1
162 Game Avg.				57	455	382	76	104	17	0	20	0	3	62	83	.273	.371	.470	.842	.296	180	3	2	3	6	5	2
MLB Averages																.263	.332	.422	.754	.294

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2001	24	KCR	AL	-1.5	-0.1	124	-0.4	1.3	-1.6	.62	-0.3	-0.3	-3.7	-0.3	0.62	-2.3	2	4	15
2002	25	KCR	AL	0.4	0.0	54	-0.0	0.3	-0.4	.42	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.42	0.1	0	2	7
2003	26	CIN	NL	-13.4	-1.2	134	-0.7	1.8	-2.4	.82	-0.6	-0.2	-11.6	-1.1	0.82	-8.8	0	0	0
3 Yrs				-14.5	-1.3	312	-1.1	3.4	-4.5	.67	-0.9	-0.7	-15.5	-1.4	0.68	-10.9	2	6	22

Starting Pitching*

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
2003	26	CIN	NL	7	7	2	3	2	1	0	3	4	.429	1	1	0	0	1	14%	41.1	59	20	9	5	0	4	5.3	6.4	4.0	78	2	3	1	1	122
1 Yr				7	7	2	3	2	1	0	3	4	.429	1	1	0	0	1	14%	41	59	20	9	5	0	4	5.3	6.4	4.0	78	2	3	1	1	122
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-9					4.8	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	24	KCR	AL	21	21	9	1	1	14	7	50%	7	.623	2	4	15	4	2	15	8	13	10	6	11	4	3.7	23
2002	25	KCR	AL	10	10	6	0	0	2	1	50%	8	.423	0	2	7	0	0	10	2	8	3	3	3	0	3.3	16
2 Yrs				31	31	15	1	1	16	8	50%		.561	2	6	22	4	2	25	10	21	13	9	14	4	3.6	21

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2001	24	KCR	AL	117	56%	3.4%	23.1%	12.0%	6.8%	30%	0.89	1.33	60%	23%	11.8%	8%	24	2	8%
2002	25	KCR	AL	52	58%	0.0%	11.5%	11.5%	5.8%	21%	0.74	0.86	77%	25%	0.0%	22%	11	0	0%
2003	26	CIN	NL	132	64%	6.8%	16.7%	15.9%	9.9%	46%	0.26	0.35	60%	24%	15.0%	13%	27	0	0%
3 Yrs				301	60%	4.3%	18.3%	13.6%	8.0%	35%	0.53	0.69	63%	24%	11.6%	13%	62	2	3%
MLB Averages					47%	2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.2%	14%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2001	24	KCR	AL	117	480	4.10	288	60%	22%	14%	38%	26%	78%	4%	47%	82%	56%	7%	8	2	19%	22	9	1	37%	4	4	0	0	0
2002	25	KCR	AL	52	164	3.15	92	56%	22%	14%	21%	43%	78%	6%	44%	82%	62%	10%	5	1	13%	7	4	0	33%	3	3	0	0	0
2003	26	CIN	NL	132	545	4.13	307	56%	29%	12%	30%	29%	71%	0%	40%	83%	48%	9%	12	7	16%	21	9	1	23%	2	5	0	0	0
3 Yrs				301	1189	3.95	687	58%	25%	13%	32%	30%	75%	2%	43%	82%	53%	8%	25	10	17%	50	22	2	31%	9	12	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2001	24	KCR	AL	117	27	3	0	4	1	3	3	1	2	2	3	2	0	67%	1	3	1	53	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
2002	25	KCR	AL	52	14	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	0	1	0	23	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2003	26	CIN	NL	132	28	0	0	9	0	2	7	2	5	4	5	3	1	60%	0	1	1	47	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
3 Yrs				301	69	6	0	13	1	7	10	3	7	6	11	8	1	73%	1	5	2	123	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2001	24	0	0		5.54	21	0	9	26.0	27	17	16	4	14	2	27	1	3	117	88	1.577	9.3	1.4	4.8	9.3	1.93	88
2002	25	0	0		5.35	31	0	15	37.0	41	23	22	4	20	3	33	1	4	169	92	1.649	10.0	1.0	4.9	8.0	1.65	92
2003	26	2	3	.400	6.75	38	7	15	65.1	69	50	49	13	41	3	55	1	5	301	68	1.684	9.5	1.8	5.6	7.6	1.34	68

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
2001	24	1	1	.500	5.19	26.0	26	17	15	4	13	27	1	1.500	9.0	4.5	9.3	2.08	1.4	21
2002	25	0	1	.000	4.09	11.0	13	6	5	0	6	6	0	1.727	10.6	4.9	4.9	1.00	0.0	10
2003	26	1	2	.333	8.68	28.0	28	30	27	9	21	21	0	1.750	9.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	2.9	7
3 Yrs		2	4	.333	6.51	65.0	67	53	47	13	40	54	1	1.646	9.3		7.5	1.35	1.8	38

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