Jim Austin
James Parker Austin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 7, 1963 in Farmville, VA
High School: Dinwiddie (Dinwiddie, VA)
School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1991
Final Game: July 20, 1993
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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
1991 27 MIL AL 0 0 8.31 5 0 1 0 0 0 8.2 8 8 8 1 11 1 3 3 0 1 46 48 2.192 8.3 1.0 11.4 3.1 0.27
1992 28 MIL AL 5 2 .714 1.85 47 0 12 0 0 0 58.1 38 13 12 2 32 6 30 2 0 1 235 209 1.200 5.9 0.3 4.9 4.6 0.94
1993 29 MIL AL 1 2 .333 3.82 31 0 8 0 0 0 33.0 28 15 14 3 13 1 15 1 0 4 137 112 1.242 7.6 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.15
3 Seasons 6 4 .600 3.06 83 0 21 0 0 0 100.0 74 36 34 6 56 8 48 6 0 6 418 131 1.300 6.7 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.86
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .600 3.06 68 0 17 0 0 0 82 61 29 28 5 46 7 39 5 0 5 342 131 1.300 6.7 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.86

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
1991 27 MIL AL 5 46 29 8 8 2 0 1 0 0 11 3 .276 .500 .448 .948 .269 13 2 3 2 1 1
1992 28 MIL AL 47 235 199 13 38 9 0 2 2 4 32 30 .191 .308 .266 .574 .214 53 7 2 1 1 6
1993 29 MIL AL 31 137 122 15 28 4 0 3 0 1 13 15 .230 .309 .336 .645 .240 41 2 1 1 0 1
3 Seasons 83 418 350 36 74 15 0 6 2 5 56 48 .211 .329 .306 .634 .228 107 11 6 4 2 8
162 Game Avg. 68 342 287 29 61 12 0 5 2 4 46 39 .211 .329 .306 .634 .228 88 9 5 3 2 7
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
1991 27 MIL AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 4 0.530 1 1 2 1 0 4 4 1 3 0 4 1 5.2 35
1992 28 MIL AL 47 47 12 5 2 1 0 1 0% 10 9 43 13 30% 8 0.983 16 11 18 20 7 20 25 22 18 12 22 3 3.7 19
1993 29 MIL AL 31 31 8 1 2 2 0 2 0% 6 4 26 6 23% 8 1.343 14 7 10 8 6 17 19 12 12 12 14 8 3.2 18
3 Seasons 83 83 21 6 4 3 0 3 0% 16 13 77 20 26% 1.051 31 19 30 29 13 41 48 35 33 24 40 12 3.6 19

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%
1991 27 MIL AL 46 54% 2.2% 6.5% 23.9% 6.5% 38% 0.50 0.64 57% 21% 5.6% 0% 16 2 13%
1992 28 MIL AL 235 40% 0.9% 12.8% 13.6% 4.7% 29% 0.40 0.61 71% 21% 2.2% 24% 59 7 12%
1993 29 MIL AL 137 28% 2.2% 11.0% 9.5% 5.1% 25% 0.47 0.51 76% 26% 5.0% 18% 32 2 6%
3 Seasons 418 38% 1.4% 11.5% 13.4% 5.0% 28% 0.43 0.58 71% 23% 3.5% 20% 107 11 10%
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
1991 27 MIL AL 46 175 3.80 89 51% 29% 9% 29% 33% 71% 5% 36% 87% 59% 7% 3 2 24% 11 5 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0
1992 28 MIL AL 235 881 3.75 518 59% 25% 14% 28% 33% 75% 6% 44% 81% 54% 9% 21 8 18% 42 19 0 30% 5 8 0 0 0
1993 29 MIL AL 136 535 3.93 322 60% 16% 16% 34% 34% 84% 2% 50% 80% 51% 8% 11 6 16% 22 10 2 7% 1 4 1 0 1
3 Seasons 417 1591 3.82 929 58% 22% 14% 30% 33% 78% 4% 45% 82% 54% 8% 35 16 18% 75 34 2 23% 8 12 1 0 1
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
1991 27 MIL AL 46 8 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 50% 0 1 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 28 MIL AL 235 38 11 0 2 0 15 2 0 1 1 25 8 3 32% 2 1 0 87 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1993 29 MIL AL 137 28 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 5 3 0 60% 2 4 0 60 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
3 Seasons 418 74 15 0 6 0 22 5 1 4 2 34 13 4 38% 4 6 1 173 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 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+
1991 27 0 0 8.31 5 0 1 0 0 0 8.2 8 8 8 1 11 1 3 3 0 1 46 48 2.192 8.3 1.0 11.4 3.1 0.27 48
1992 28 5 2 .714 2.69 52 0 13 0 0 0 67.0 46 21 20 3 43 7 33 5 0 2 281 145 1.328 6.2 0.4 5.8 4.4 0.77 145
1993 29 6 4 .600 3.06 83 0 21 0 0 0 100.0 74 36 34 6 56 8 48 6 0 6 418 131 1.300 6.7 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.86 131

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1991 27 0 0 10.12 8.0 8 10 9 1 11 3 3 2.375 9.0 12.4 3.4 0.27 1.1 5
1992 28 4 1 .800 2.38 53.0 40 16 14 2 34 27 2 1.396 6.8 5.8 4.6 0.79 0.3 47
1993 29 1 2 .333 3.94 32.0 28 16 14 3 13 15 1 1.281 7.9 3.7 4.2 1.15 0.8 31
3 Seasons 5 3 .625 3.58 93.0 76 42 37 6 58 45 6 1.441 7.4 4.4 0.78 0.6 83

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