Austin Kearns
Austin Ryan Kearns
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 20, 1980 in Lexington, KY
High School: Lafayette (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 2002
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Standard Batting

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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
2002 22 CIN NL 107 435 372 66 117 24 3 13 56 6 3 54 81 .315 .407 .500 .907 134 186 11 6 0 3 3 97/8 RoY-3
2003 23 CIN NL 82 338 292 39 77 11 0 15 58 5 2 41 68 .264 .364 .455 .819 117 133 7 5 0 0 1 98
2004 24 CIN NL 64 246 217 28 50 10 2 9 32 2 1 28 71 .230 .321 .419 .740 92 91 8 1 0 0 0 9/8
2005 25 CIN NL 112 448 387 62 93 26 1 18 67 0 0 48 107 .240 .333 .452 .785 104 175 8 8 0 5 2 9/8
2006 26 TOT NL 150 629 537 86 142 33 2 24 86 9 4 76 135 .264 .363 .467 .830 112 251 18 10 1 5 4 *9/8
2006 26 CIN NL 87 368 325 53 89 21 1 16 50 7 1 35 85 .274 .351 .492 .843 110 160 14 5 0 3 2 9
2006 26 WSN NL 63 261 212 33 53 12 1 8 36 2 3 41 50 .250 .381 .429 .810 114 91 4 5 1 2 2 9/8
2007 27 WSN NL 161 674 587 84 156 35 1 16 74 2 2 71 106 .266 .355 .411 .765 103 241 13 12 0 4 5 *9/8
2008 28 WSN NL 86 357 313 40 68 10 0 7 32 2 2 35 63 .217 .311 .316 .627 67 99 11 8 0 1 0 9
2009 29 WSN NL 80 211 174 20 34 6 2 3 17 1 1 32 51 .195 .336 .305 .641 72 53 12 5 0 0 1 9/8
8 Seasons 842 3338 2879 425 737 155 11 105 422 27 15 385 682 .256 .353 .427 .780 104 1229 88 55 1 18 16
162 Game Avg. 162 642 554 82 142 30 2 20 81 5 3 74 131 .256 .353 .427 .780 104 236 17 11 0 3 3
CIN (5 yrs) 452 1835 1593 248 426 92 7 71 263 20 7 206 412 .267 .358 .468 .826 113 745 48 25 0 11 8
WSN (4 yrs) 390 1503 1286 177 311 63 4 34 159 7 8 179 270 .242 .346 .376 .723 92 484 40 30 1 7 8

Advanced Batting

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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
2002 22 CIN NL 435 272 77 7.6 111 .370 .315 .270 .407 .345 .500 .430 .907 .775 134 .698 20.8 2.0 .926 .339 .185 8.2
2003 23 CIN NL 338 224 50 6.0 105 .297 .264 .263 .364 .334 .455 .421 .819 .755 117 .587 8.0 0.8 .813 .342 .192 7.5
2004 24 CIN NL 246 176 28 4.3 109 .299 .230 .267 .321 .339 .419 .433 .740 .772 92 .426 -3.1 -0.3 .688 .323 .189 3.3
2005 25 CIN NL 448 307 60 5.2 108 .281 .240 .269 .333 .339 .452 .428 .785 .766 104 .536 2.8 0.3 .765 .336 .212 .0
2006 26 TOT NL 629 423 91 5.8 113 .308 .264 .272 .363 .343 .467 .442 .830 .785 112 .556 11.4 1.1 .820 .354 .203 13.1
2006 26 CIN NL 368 254 54 5.7 116 .322 .274 .277 .351 .348 .492 .450 .843 .798 110 .551 4.8 0.5 .821 .345 .218 9.7
2006 26 WSN NL 261 169 37 5.9 107 .288 .250 .265 .381 .335 .429 .430 .810 .765 114 .564 6.6 0.6 .819 .368 .179 3.2
2007 27 WSN NL 674 450 88 5.3 106 .299 .266 .265 .355 .334 .411 .424 .765 .758 103 .516 5.5 0.5 .726 .266 .145 3.6
2008 28 WSN NL 357 259 31 3.2 107 .250 .217 .266 .311 .338 .316 .424 .627 .762 67 .316 -15.2 -1.5 .550 .211 .099 3.1
2009 29 WSN NL 211 153 17 3.0 106 .258 .195 .265 .336 .337 .305 .420 .641 .758 72 .293 -6.3 -0.6 .588 .293 .109 1.5
8 Seasons 3338 2264 442 5.2 108 .300 .256 .268 .353 .339 .427 .429 .780 .768 104 .524 23.8 2.3 .749 .309 .171 43.0
162 Game Avg. 642 436 85 5.2 108 .300 .256 .268 .353 .339 .427 .429 .780 .768 104 .524 5 0 .749 .309 .171 8
CIN (5 yrs) 1835 1233 269 5.8 110 .317 .267 .269 .358 .341 .468 .432 .826 .774 113 .578 33.2 3.3 .809 .338 .200 31.2
WSN (4 yrs) 1503 1031 173 4.5 106 .280 .242 .265 .346 .335 .376 .425 .723 .760 92 .452 -9.4 -1.0 .676 .273 .135 11.6

Ratio Batting*

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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
2002 22 CIN NL 435 3.0% 18.6% 12.4% 9.2% 34% 1.50 4.6 28.6 6.6 0.81 1.21 65% 28% 9.3% 10%
2003 23 CIN NL 338 4.4% 20.1% 12.1% 7.7% 34% 1.66 4.3 19.5 5.0 1.07 1.40 62% 20% 16.5% 16%
2004 24 CIN NL 246 3.7% 28.9% 11.4% 8.5% 42% 2.54 3.1 24.1 6.8 0.87 1.35 56% 15% 12.3% 6%
2005 25 CIN NL 448 4.0% 23.9% 10.7% 10.0% 48% 2.23 3.6 21.5 5.8 0.93 1.50 60% 21% 13.5% 10%
2006 26 TOT NL 629 3.8% 21.5% 12.1% 9.4% 42% 1.78 4.0 22.4 6.2 0.75 1.11 61% 18% 11.1% 7%
2006 26 CIN NL 368 4.4% 23.1% 9.5% 10.3% 43% 2.43 3.8 20.3 6.5 0.80 1.27 62% 19% 12.6% 6%
2006 26 WSN NL 261 3.1% 19.2% 15.7% 8.1% 40% 1.22 4.2 26.5 5.9 0.69 0.92 60% 17% 9.0% 8%
2007 27 WSN NL 674 2.4% 15.7% 10.5% 7.7% 33% 1.49 5.5 36.7 7.9 0.83 1.07 70% 23% 6.9% 12%
2008 28 WSN NL 357 2.0% 17.7% 9.8% 4.8% 25% 1.80 5.0 44.7 9.8 0.87 1.12 68% 20% 6.1% 14%
2009 29 WSN NL 211 1.4% 24.2% 15.2% 5.2% 32% 1.59 3.4 58.0 10.2 0.86 1.46 57% 20% 5.3% 14%
8 Seasons 3338 3.2% 20.4% 11.5% 8.1% 37% 1.77 4.2 27.4 6.8 0.86 1.22 63% 21% 9.9% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2002 22 CIN NL 2 0 32% 158 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 49% 14 8 5 9 6 3 14 3 10
2003 23 CIN NL 1 0 22% 121 5 2 71% 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 5 7 25% 18 17 1 7 2 5 7 4 2
2004 24 CIN NL 3 0 27% 81 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 29% 10 8 2 5 4 1 6 3 3
2005 25 CIN NL 3 0 34% 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 49% 19 13 6 9 5 4 11 2 9
2006 26 TOT NL 5 0 30% 233 9 4 69% 9 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 22 52% 26 13 12 14 7 7 18 7 11
2006 26 CIN NL 3 0 33% 137 7 1 88% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 13 44% 15 9 6 9 5 4 10 5 5
2006 26 WSN NL 2 0 28% 96 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 63% 11 4 6 5 2 3 8 2 6
2007 27 WSN NL 8 0 31% 249 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 19 38% 41 32 9 14 8 6 22 8 14
2008 28 WSN NL 5 0 32% 126 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 34% 26 21 5 2 0 2 13 6 7
2009 29 WSN NL 0 0 25% 71 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 55% 4 3 1 3 1 2 4 1 3
8 Seasons 27 0 30% 1185 27 15 64% 25 11 1 1 1 3 8 2 25 72 41% 158 115 41 63 33 30 95 34 59
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2002 22 CIN NL 435 27% 117 13 0 8 3 0 2 1.64 13 1 15 11 2 7 6 0 0 0 107 11 10% 39 9 23% 313 43 14% 29 9 31% 26 8 31% 0
2003 23 CIN NL 338 27% 77 8 0 2 1 0 0 2.07 15 0 8 14 1 8 7 0 0 0 67 7 10% 28 7 25% 233 44 19% 25 13 52% 18 8 44% 0
2004 24 CIN NL 246 24% 50 6 0 4 2 1 1 1.55 9 0 7 7 2 3 6 0 0 0 53 8 15% 22 6 27% 154 25 16% 10 8 80% 9 2 22% 0
2005 25 CIN NL 448 29% 93 2 0 6 2 1 2 1.30 18 0 18 14 4 9 9 0 0 0 86 8 9% 37 13 35% 325 51 16% 30 16 53% 26 10 38% 0
2006 26 TOT NL 629 29% 142 14 0 7 2 0 1 2.71 24 0 25 15 9 12 12 0 1 1 100% 139 18 13% 60 15 25% 442 65 15% 35 18 51% 32 10 31% 0
2006 26 CIN NL 368 29% 89 8 0 3 1 0 0 1.57 16 0 11 10 6 8 8 0 0 0 79 14 18% 33 8 24% 240 35 15% 18 10 56% 19 10 53% 0
2006 26 WSN NL 261 28% 53 6 0 4 1 0 1 3.57 8 0 14 5 3 4 4 0 1 1 100% 60 4 7% 27 7 26% 202 30 15% 17 8 47% 13 0 0% 0
2007 27 WSN NL 674 25% 156 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.95 16 0 11 12 4 8 8 1 0 0 133 13 10% 62 14 23% 450 60 13% 30 13 43% 49 18 37% 0
2008 28 WSN NL 357 28% 68 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.27 7 0 11 6 1 1 6 0 0 0 67 11 16% 29 6 21% 241 27 11% 18 8 44% 23 7 30% 0
2009 29 WSN NL 211 31% 34 3 0 22 4 0 1 1.52 3 1 9 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 52 12 23% 19 3 16% 146 14 10% 7 3 43% 7 2 29% 0
8 Seasons 3338 27% 737 64 0 52 14 2 7 1.67 105 2 104 81 24 49 56 1 1 1 100% 704 88 13% 296 73 25% 2304 329 14% 184 88 48% 190 65 34% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2002 22 CIN NL 435 1758 4.04 1024 58% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 1% 42% 79% 31% 7% 29 2 17% 73 28 15% 65 41 25% 0 0 0
2003 23 CIN NL 338 1340 3.96 790 59% 22% 20% 29% 28% 78% 0% 46% 74% 41% 6% 19 1 19% 65 35 14% 49 31 25% 0 0 0
2004 24 CIN NL 246 1009 4.10 616 61% 31% 20% 25% 24% 69% 0% 42% 71% 33% 4% 11 0 15% 38 13 11% 28 15 27% 0 0 0
2005 25 CIN NL 448 1781 3.98 1070 60% 28% 19% 27% 27% 72% 1% 43% 74% 33% 6% 27 3 18% 79 34 14% 61 36 33% 0 0 0
2006 26 TOT NL 629 2570 4.09 1501 58% 23% 20% 29% 27% 77% 1% 45% 73% 31% 6% 35 0 18% 112 59 12% 75 43 17% 0 0 0
2006 26 CIN NL 368 1513 4.11 895 59% 23% 22% 28% 27% 77% 0% 46% 72% 32% 4% 14 0 16% 60 34 11% 40 24 19% 0 0 0
2006 26 WSN NL 261 1057 4.05 606 57% 24% 18% 30% 27% 76% 1% 44% 76% 30% 8% 21 0 20% 52 25 13% 35 19 14% 0 0 0
2007 27 WSN NL 674 2581 3.83 1540 60% 26% 12% 30% 31% 74% 2% 44% 83% 29% 7% 44 0 17% 115 43 11% 71 47 24% 0 0 0
2008 28 WSN NL 357 1398 3.92 839 60% 34% 12% 25% 30% 66% 0% 40% 82% 26% 4% 16 0 15% 55 20 12% 43 23 37% 0 0 0
2009 29 WSN NL 211 830 3.93 479 58% 29% 22% 23% 26% 71% 0% 41% 70% 27% 6% 13 0 18% 37 16 11% 24 8 16% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3338 13267 3.97 7859 59% 27% 17% 28% 28% 73% 1% 43% 77% 31% 6% 194 6 17% 574 248 12% 416 244 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2002 22 107 435 372 66 117 24 3 13 56 6 3 54 81 .315 .407 .500 .907 134 186 11 6 0 3 3
2003 23 189 773 664 105 194 35 3 28 114 11 5 95 149 .292 .388 .480 .869 127 319 18 11 0 3 4
2004 24 253 1019 881 133 244 45 5 37 146 13 6 123 220 .277 .372 .465 .837 118 410 26 12 0 3 4
2005 25 365 1467 1268 195 337 71 6 55 213 13 6 171 327 .266 .360 .461 .821 114 585 34 20 0 8 6
2006 26 515 2096 1805 281 479 104 8 79 299 22 10 247 462 .265 .361 .463 .824 113 836 52 30 1 13 10
2007 27 676 2770 2392 365 635 139 9 95 373 24 12 318 568 .265 .359 .450 .810 111 1077 65 42 1 17 15
2008 28 762 3127 2705 405 703 149 9 102 405 26 14 353 631 .260 .354 .435 .789 106 1176 76 50 1 18 15
2009 29 842 3338 2879 425 737 155 11 105 422 27 15 385 682 .256 .353 .427 .780 104 1229 88 55 1 18 16

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 22 107 434 371 63 116 24 3 13 54 6 54 81 .313 .406 .499 .904 74 107
2003 23 82 343 295 39 80 11 0 16 58 5 43 68 .271 .373 .471 .844 50 82
2004 24 64 244 216 28 49 10 2 9 32 2 27 71 .227 .316 .417 .732 28 64
2005 25 112 453 390 62 96 27 1 19 67 0 50 107 .246 .340 .467 .807 60 112
2006 26 150 622 533 80 138 32 2 23 80 9 74 135 .259 .357 .456 .813 85 150
2007 27 161 681 592 84 161 36 1 17 74 2 73 106 .272 .361 .422 .784 88 161
2008 28 86 359 314 39 69 10 0 7 31 2 36 63 .220 .315 .318 .633 30 86
2009 29 80 211 174 20 34 6 2 3 17 1 32 51 .195 .336 .305 .641 17 80
8 Seasons 842 3347 2885 415 743 156 11 107 413 27 389 682 .258 .355 .431 .785 432 842
162 Game Avg. 162 644 555 80 143 30 2 21 79 5 75 131 .258 .355 .431 .785 83 842

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2007 NL--161--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL--135--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 NL--12--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 NL--18--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. David Dellucci (958)
  3. Mike Davis (952)
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  5. Jimmie Hall (951)
  6. Eric Hinske (951)
  7. Rip Repulski (950)
  8. Bernie Carbo (947)
  9. Michael Cuddyer (946)
  10. George Altman (944)
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  3. Dave Henderson (959)
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  5. Larry Hisle (955)
  6. Mike Davis (954)
  7. Mike Cameron (953)
  8. Mark Whiten (949)
  9. Jackie Brandt (948)
  10. Deron Johnson (946)
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  3. Jermaine Dye (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Thomas (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kevin McReynolds (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Tresh (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Candy Maldonado (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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