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Austin Kearns

Austin Ryan Kearns

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 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
Teams (by GP): Reds/Nationals/Indians/Yankees 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.3M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 9.113, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports Mgmt [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 5:13PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1141. Ed Swartwood… #1142. Ed Morgan… #1143. Jack Barry… #1144. AUSTIN KEARNS… #1145. Tim Teufel… #1146. Dick Dietz… #1147. Lew Fonseca… 

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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 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
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
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
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 *
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
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
2010 30 TOT AL 120 461 403 55 106 21 1 10 49 4 1 46 116 .263 .351 .395 .746 107 159 16 10 0 2 2 *79/8D
2010 30 CLE AL 84 342 301 42 82 18 1 8 42 4 1 34 78 .272 .354 .419 .772 116 126 12 5 0 2 2 79/8
2010 30 NYY AL 36 119 102 13 24 3 0 2 7 0 0 12 38 .235 .345 .324 .668 80 33 4 5 0 0 0 79/D
2011 31 CLE AL 57 174 150 18 30 5 1 2 7 0 4 18 48 .200 .302 .287 .589 67 43 2 4 2 0 0 79/D
10 Seasons 1019 3973 3432 498 873 181 13 117 478 31 20 449 846 .254 .350 .417 .767 102 1431 106 69 3 20 18
162 Game Avg. 162 632 546 79 139 29 2 19 76 5 3 71 134 .254 .350 .417 .767 102 227 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
CLE (2 yrs) 141 516 451 60 112 23 2 10 49 4 5 52 126 .248 .337 .375 .711 100 169 14 9 2 2 2
NYY (1 yr) 36 119 102 13 24 3 0 2 7 0 0 12 38 .235 .345 .324 .668 80 33 4 5 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 842 3338 2879 425 737 155 11 105 422 27 15 385 682 .256 .353 .427 .780 104 1229 88 55 1 18 16
AL (2 yrs) 177 635 553 73 136 26 2 12 56 4 5 64 164 .246 .338 .365 .703 96 202 18 14 2 2 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2002 22 CIN NL 435 21 0 -1 1 12 -5 12 40 4.1 28 2.9 1.2 $ RoY-3
2003 23 CIN NL 338 7 1 -1 -1 8 -1 9 22 2.3 14 1.4 0.9 $350,000
2004 24 CIN NL 246 -3 1 0 -2 3 -3 7 3 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $400,000
2005 25 CIN NL 448 2 2 0 1 12 -5 13 25 2.5 13 1.3 1.2 $930,000
2006 26 CIN NL 368 3 1 0 -2 8 -4 10 16 1.6 8 0.8 0.8 $1,850,000 9
2006 26 WSN NL 261 5 0 0 1 4 -3 7 14 1.4 10 1.0 0.4 $ 9/8
2007 27 WSN NL 674 2 0 2 -1 17 -8 19 31 3.1 14 1.4 1.7 $3,500,000 *
2008 28 WSN NL 357 -13 0 2 -1 2 -4 10 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $5,000,000
2009 29 WSN NL 211 -7 -0 -1 -2 -8 -2 6 -14 -1.4 -6 -0.7 -0.7 $8,000,000
2010 30 CLE AL 342 8 -0 -2 -1 -2 -4 12 11 1.1 13 1.3 -0.2 $750,000 79/8
2010 30 NYY AL 119 -2 -0 1 -0 8 -2 4 8 0.8 0 0.0 0.8 $ 79/D
2011 31 CLE AL 174 -6 -1 -0 0 9 -3 6 5 0.5 -4 -0.5 1.0 $1,300,000 79/D
10 Seasons 3973 16 4 -1 -7 75 -43 115 157 15.8 83 8.3 7.5 $22,080,000
CIN (5 yrs) 1835 30 5 -2 -3 44 -18 51 106 10.8 63 6.4 4.4 $3,530,000
WSN (4 yrs) 1503 -13 -0 3 -3 16 -17 42 27 2.6 12 1.1 1.5 $16,500,000
CLE (2 yrs) 516 2 -1 -2 -1 7 -6 18 16 1.6 8 0.8 0.8 $2,050,000
NYY (1 yr) 119 -2 -0 1 -0 8 -2 4 8 0.8 0 0.0 0.8 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 CIN NL 22 OF 103 235 223 8 4 2 .983 12 2.24 .983 2.17 RoY-3
2002 CIN NL 22 RF 95 87 73 774.2 214 203 7 4 2 .981 13 20 2.44 2.21 .983 2.07 2.05 RoY-3
2002 CIN NL 22 LF 13 10 6 83.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 1.95 1.38 .977 1.92 1.90 RoY-3
2002 CIN NL 22 CF 6 2 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 1.93 0.50 .987 2.57 2.55 RoY-3
2003 CIN NL 23 OF 80 206 199 5 2 0 .990 8 0 2.55 .984 2.15
2003 CIN NL 23 RF 51 40 35 366.2 99 96 2 1 1 .990 8 2 27 7 2.41 1.92 .982 2.09 2.07
2003 CIN NL 23 CF 40 37 27 323.1 107 103 3 1 0 .991 0 -2 1 -7 2.95 2.65 .988 2.50 2.48
2004 CIN NL 24 OF 60 122 118 1 3 0 .975 3 2 1.98 .982 2.14
2004 CIN NL 24 RF 60 59 52 508.1 122 118 1 3 0 .975 3 2 8 5 2.11 1.98 .980 2.09 2.07
2004 CIN NL 24 CF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
2005 CIN NL 25 OF 107 249 238 8 3 3 .988 12 9 2.30 .984 2.16
2005 CIN NL 25 RF 107 103 93 890.0 248 237 8 3 3 .988 12 9 16 12 2.48 2.29 .980 2.10 2.08
2005 CIN NL 25 CF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 120 0 4.50 0.50 .990 2.70 2.50
2006 TOT NL 26 OF 145 143 133 1257.2 369 354 8 7 2 .981 12 11 12 10 2.59 2.50 .984 28.02 2.20
2006 TOT NL 26 RF 144 139 132 1228.2 360 346 7 7 2 .981 14 12 14 11 2.59 2.45 .980 2.10 2.09
2006 CIN NL 26 OF 85 84 82 746.1 214 207 5 2 1 .991 8 11 13 17 2.56 2.49 .984 28.02 2.20
2006 CIN NL 26 RF 85 84 82 746.1 214 207 5 2 1 .991 8 3 13 5 2.56 2.49 .980 2.10 2.09
2006 WSN NL 26 OF 60 59 51 511.1 155 147 3 5 1 .968 4 11 10 25 2.64 2.50 .984 28.02 2.20
2006 WSN NL 26 RF 59 55 50 482.1 146 139 2 5 1 .966 6 9 16 22 2.63 2.39 .980 2.10 2.09
2006 WSN NL 26 CF 5 4 1 29.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -87 -41 2.79 1.80 .988 2.58 2.56
2007 WSN NL 27 OF 159 391 380 9 2 4 .995 17 10 2.45 .984 2.29
2007 WSN NL 27 RF 158 156 146 1376.1 385 374 9 2 4 .995 17 9 15 8 2.50 2.42 .981 2.18 2.17
2007 WSN NL 27 CF 6 1 1 21.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -6 55 2.49 1.00 .987 2.70 2.70
2008 WSN NL 28 OF 85 194 187 3 4 0 .979 2 -2 2.24 .985 2.20
2008 WSN NL 28 RF 85 83 82 734.0 194 187 3 4 0 .979 2 -2 3 -3 2.33 2.24 .982 2.12 2.11
2009 WSN NL 29 OF 57 89 84 5 0 0 1.000 -8 1 1.56 .986 2.18
2009 WSN NL 29 RF 54 39 38 363.0 86 81 5 0 0 1.000 -6 2 -21 7 2.13 1.59 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 WSN NL 29 CF 3 2 2 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -88 -63 1.42 1.00 .990 2.61 2.57
2010 TOT AL 30 OF 118 107 82 932.1 234 228 2 4 1 .983 6 0 7 0 2.22 1.95 .986 71.47 2.28
2010 TOT AL 30 LF 91 83 65 702.0 176 170 2 4 1 .977 6 -1 11 -1 2.21 1.89 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 TOT AL 30 RF 32 20 15 197.1 45 45 0 0 0 1.000 -2 1 -15 6 2.05 1.41 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 CLE AL 30 OF 84 79 72 696.1 178 173 1 4 0 .978 -2 0 -4 0 2.25 2.07 .986 71.47 2.28
2010 CLE AL 30 LF 69 63 59 558.0 139 134 1 4 0 .971 1 1 2 2 2.18 1.96 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 CLE AL 30 RF 14 12 11 105.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -5 2 -52 23 2.22 1.86 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 CLE AL 30 CF 5 4 2 33.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 25 0 3.55 2.60 .990 2.73 2.72
2010 NYY AL 30 OF 34 28 10 236.0 56 55 1 0 1 1.000 8 0 40 0 2.14 1.65 .986 71.47 2.28
2010 NYY AL 30 LF 22 20 6 144.0 37 36 1 0 1 1.000 6 -2 47 -17 2.31 1.68 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 NYY AL 30 RF 18 8 4 92.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 2 -1 27 -13 1.86 1.06 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 NYY AL 30 DH 2 1
2011 CLE AL 31 OF 54 44 40 414.2 107 105 1 1 0 .991 9 4 27 11 2.30 1.96 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 CLE AL 31 LF 36 28 25 264.1 70 70 0 0 0 1.000 7 2 31 9 2.38 1.94 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 CLE AL 31 RF 19 16 15 150.1 37 35 1 1 0 .973 3 2 21 16 2.16 1.89 .986 2.09 2.07
2011 CLE AL 31 DH 3 0
10 Seasons OF 968 294 255 2604.2 2196 2116 50 30 12 .986 75 35 35 5 2.41 2.24 .984 39.47 2.21
10 Seasons RF 805 742 681 6589.1 1790 1722 43 25 12 .986 64 37 12 7 2.41 2.19 .981 2.11 2.10
3 Seasons LF 140 121 96 1049.1 264 257 3 4 1 .985 12 1 14 1 2.23 1.86 .982 2.07 2.05
8 Seasons CF 68 50 33 443.1 142 137 4 1 0 .993 -2 -3 -7 -8 2.86 2.07 .988 2.54 2.53
10 Seasons TOT 968 294 255 2604.2 2196 2116 50 30 12 .986 75 70 35 32 2.41 2.24 .984 39.47 2.21
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2002 NL  1.2 (7th)
2007 NL  1.7 (7th)
Active  7.5 (16th)
Career  7.5 (134th)

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)
2010 AL  10 (10th)
Active  69 (41st)
Career  69 (218th)

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

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
Active  75 (16th)
Career  75 (86th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  805 (9th)
Career  805 (93rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,722 (8th)
Career  1,722 (74th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  43 (14th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  25 (10th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  159 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2006 NL  354 (5th)
2007 NL  380 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2006 NL  7 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  12 (19th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.21 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  64 (3rd)
Career  64 (13th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2002 NL  2.44 (1st)
2005 NL  2.48 (1st)
2006 NL  2.59 (2nd)
2007 NL  2.50 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.33 (4th)
Active  2.41 (1st)
Career  2.41 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 NL  2.21 (2nd)
2005 NL  2.29 (1st)
2006 NL  2.45 (1st)
2007 NL  2.42 (1st)
2008 NL  2.24 (5th)
Active  2.19 (2nd)
Career  2.19 (12th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 NL  .988 (3rd)
2007 NL  .995 (3rd)
Active  .986 (10th)
Career  .986 (26th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2002 NL  12 (5th)
2007 NL  17 (2nd)
Active  75 (5th)
Career  75 (34th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
Active  2.41 (12th)
Career  2.41 (52nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2006 NL  2.50 (5th)
Active  2.24 (24th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Mike Devereaux (951)
  3. John Lowenstein (949)
  4. Mark Whiten (947)
  5. Dave Hollins (947)
  6. Cory Snyder (943)
  7. Brad Wilkerson (943)
  8. Vince DiMaggio (943)
  9. Rick Reichardt (942)
  10. Milton Bradley (941)
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  2. Scott Spiezio (955)
  3. Eric Hinske (953)
  4. Jackie Brandt (951)
  5. Candy Maldonado (949)
  6. Cory Snyder (943)
  7. Brad Wilkerson (943)
  8. Mark Whiten (943)
  9. John Milner (942)
  10. Rick Reichardt (942)
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  3. Jermaine Dye (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Thomas (974)  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. Mike Davis (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
  8. Candy Maldonado (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vince DiMaggio (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200323Cincinnati Reds$350,0004/3/03 AP
200424Cincinnati Reds$400,0004/7/04 AP
200525Cincinnati Reds$930,000
200626Cincinnati Reds$1,850,000
200727Washington Nationals$3,500,000
200828Washington Nationals$5,000,000
200929Washington Nationals$8,000,000
201030Cleveland Indians$750,000
201131Cleveland Indians$1,300,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$22,080,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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