Jack Armstrong
[edit] Biography
Born on March 7, 1965 in Englewood, New Jersey, Jack Armstrong (Jack William Armstrong) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins and Texas Rangers over the course of his 7 year career. Armstrong broke into the bigs on June 21, 1988 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 5.79 ERA in 65.1 innings pitched in 1988, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Armstrong's best season was 1990, when he posted a 3.42 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 110 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1988
| CIN
| N
| 14
| 13
| 4
| 7
| 5.79
| 45
| 44
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 65.1
| 63
| 8
| 38
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
| 1989
| CIN
| N
| 9
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 4.64
| 23
| 24
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.2
| 40
| 5
| 21
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| CIN
| N
| 29
| 27
| 12
| 9
| 3.42
| 110
| 72
| 63
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 166
| 151
| 9
| 59
| 7
| 7
| 6
|
| 1991
| CIN
| N
| 27
| 24
| 7
| 13
| 5.48
| 93
| 90
| 85
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 139.2
| 158
| 25
| 54
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
| 1992
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 23
| 6
| 15
| 4.64
| 114
| 100
| 86
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 166.2
| 176
| 23
| 67
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| 1993
| FLA
| N
| 36
| 33
| 9
| 17
| 4.49
| 118
| 105
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 196.1
| 210
| 29
| 78
| 6
| 7
| 7
|
| 1994
| TEX
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3.60
| 7
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 9
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 115
| 105
| 34
| 49
| 4.57
| 389
| 335
| 310
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 610
| 622
| 76
| 250
| 21
| 19
| 15
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 37
| 25
| 6
| 16
| 4.58
| 121
| 104
| 90
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 176.2
| 185
| 26
| 69
| 0
| 7
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 152
| 130
| 40
| 65
| 4.58
| 510
| 439
| 400
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 786.2
| 807
| 102
| 319
| 21
| 26
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1988
| CIN
| N
| P
| 14
| 13
| 65.1
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| CIN
| N
| P
| 9
| 8
| 42.2
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| CIN
| N
| P
| 29
| 27
| 166
| 15
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| CIN
| N
| P
| 27
| 24
| 139.2
| 16
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 8
| 6
| .941
|
| 1992
| CLE
| A
| P
| 35
| 23
| 166.2
| 13
| 25
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 9
| 2
| .905
|
| 1993
| FLA
| N
| P
| 36
| 33
| 196.1
| 13
| 28
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 3
| 2
| .953
|
| 1994
| TEX
| A
| P
| 2
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 152
| 130
| 786.2
| 62
| 111
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 81
| 29
| 11
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1988
| CIN
| N
| 14
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .095
| .095
| .095
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| CIN
| N
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .111
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1990
| CIN
| N
| 29
| 47
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .106
| .143
| .106
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1991
| CIN
| N
| 27
| 43
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .093
| .114
| .116
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1992
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| FLA
| N
| 36
| 66
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .152
| .152
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1994
| TEX
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 116
| 185
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 8
| .114
| .132
| .124
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 83
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 153
| 185
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 8
| .114
| .132
| .124
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 83
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1986).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1987).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Scott Scudder and Joe Turek to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Greg Swindell (November 15, 1991).
- Selected by Florida Marlins from Cleveland Indians (39th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 17, 1992).
- Granted free agency (December 20, 1993).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 7, 1994).
- Granted free agency (November 14, 1994).
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