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Austin Kearns

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Full Name: Austin Ryan Kearns Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6'4"/225 First Game: April 17, 2002
Birthdate: May 20, 1980 MLB Experience: 6 years
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Scouting Report
  • 3 Statistics
    • 3.1 Batting Stats
    • 3.2 Fielding Stats
  • 4 Transactions
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
    • 8.1 Recent Austin Kearns ArmchairGM Stories
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Austin Kearns (Austin Ryan Kearns) was born on May 20, 1980 in Lexington, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 2002 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2002, his rookie year, he hit .315 with 13 home runs and 56 RBI. Kearns played for the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Austin Kearns's best season was 2006, when he slugged 24 home runs and knocked in 86 runs.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
2002 CIN N 107 372 66 117 13 56 .315 .407 .500 24 3 54 81 6 0 6 3 11
2003 CIN N 82 292 39 77 15 58 .264 .364 .455 11 0 41 68 5 0 5 1 7
2004 CIN N 64 217 28 50 9 32 .230 .321 .419 10 2 28 71 1 0 2 0 8
2005 CIN N 112 387 62 93 18 67 .240 .333 .452 26 1 48 107 8 0 0 2 8
2006 CIN N 87 325 53 89 16 50 .274 .351 .492 21 1 35 85 5 0 7 2 14
2006 WAS N 63 212 33 53 8 36 .250 .381 .429 12 1 41 50 5 1 2 2 4
2006 TOT N 150 537 86 142 24 86 .264 .363 .467 33 2 76 135 10 1 9 4 18
2007 WAS N 161 587 84 156 16 74 .266 .355 .411 35 1 71 106 12 0 2 5 13
Total 676 2392 365 635 95 373 .265 .359 .450 139 9 318 568 42 1 24 15 65

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
2002 CIN N LF 13 10 83 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2002 CIN N OF 103 99 871.2 223 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
2002 CIN N CF 6 2 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2002 CIN N RF 95 87 774.2 203 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
2003 CIN N RF 51 40 366.2 96 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
2003 CIN N CF 40 37 323.1 103 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
2003 CIN N OF 80 77 690 199 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .990
2004 CIN N RF 60 59 508.1 118 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
2004 CIN N CF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 CIN N OF 60 59 509.2 118 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
2005 CIN N OF 107 103 892 238 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .988
2005 CIN N RF 107 103 890 237 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .988
2005 CIN N CF 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2006 WAS N RF 59 55 482.1 139 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .966
2006 WAS N CF 5 4 29 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2006 WAS N OF 60 59 511.1 147 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .968
2006 CIN N OF 85 84 746.1 207 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .991
2006 CIN N RF 85 84 746.1 207 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .991
2006 TOT N OF 145 143 1257.2 354 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
2006 TOT N RF 144 139 1228.2 346 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total LF 13 10 83 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 495 481 4221 1132 30 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total CF 54 43 369.2 115 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total RF 457 428 3768.1 1000 25 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 .983

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed July 30, 1998).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Felipe Lopez and Ryan Wagner to Washington Nationals in exchange for Gary Majewski, Royce Clayton, Bill Bray, Brendan Harris, and Daryl Thompson (July 13, 2006).

[edit] Trivia

  • Nicknamed "Austin Powers" after the Mike Myers character, he also goes by "Ears" and "Darth Kearns".
  • Kearns is appreciated as a "players' player" who quietly does his job, usually effectively.
  • His current warm-up song is "I Still Will Kill" by 50 Cent.
  • In an episode of the USA Television Network series "Psych", Shawn tells his friend Gus that the drawing on the board is Austin Kearns.

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Home Runs of May 6, 2008
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Nats lock up Kearns
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8 Player trade, how patient is the Nationals GM?
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Reds Deal Kearns for Bullpen Help

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