Austin
Kearns
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: May 20, 1980 in New york Ny
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2007    2012   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 27 CIN NL $ 4,757,143   59 59 62 79 73 75 57 97 85 100 39 62 63 55 57
2008 28 SFN NL $ 15,000,000   56 56 59 79 73 75 55 95 83 100 37 60 66 58 60
2009 29 SFN NL $ 15,000,000   54 54 57 81 75 77 55 95 83 100 36 59 65 57 59
2010 30 TEX AL $ 15,000,000   6 6 7 9 8 8 6 10 9 10 4 7 7 6 6
2011 31 SLN NL $ 15,000,000   6 6 6 9 8 9 6 10 9 10 4 7 7 6 6
2012 32 BOS AL $ 15,000,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 5 9 8 10 4 6 7 6 6
2013 33 ANA AL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 5 9 8 10 3 6 6 6 6
2014 34 ANA AL $ 7,500,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 8 6 10 3 5 5 4 5
2015 35 NYN NL $ 7,500,000   1 1 1 4 3 3 2 4 3 6 1 2 3 3 3
2016 36 SDN NL     1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 6 1 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 6 1 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,000,000   59 59 62 81 75 77 57 97 85 100 39 62 66 58 60
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 23 CIN   150 549 101 165 37 1 26 89 12 6 63 109 .301 .373 .514 .886 100.4  
2004 24 CIN   154 566 101 166 37 0 20 89 13 2 75 115 .293 .376 .465 .841 98.7  
2005 25 CIN   157 569 98 162 49 6 24 83 13 2 84 120 .285 .377 .518 .895 108.8  
2006 26 CIN   152 580 115 182 32 2 34 105 9 1 61 152 .314 .379 .552 .931 114.9  
2007 27 CIN NL 155 562 128 175 41 4 37 105 9 4 71 97 .311 .389 .596 .985 117.5 23.7
2008 28 SFN NL 153 563 91 142 46 7 20 87 2 0 65 93 .252 .339 .465 .804 83.8 13.2
2009 29 SFN NL 137 472 80 122 30 4 21 89 0 0 56 80 .258 .346 .472 .819 77.0 12.6
2010 30 SFN NL 82 290 53 77 19 3 16 49 1 0 40 51 .266 .359 .517 .877 52.5 8.9
  TEX AL 63 233 46 70 26 3 10 40 0 0 28 46 .300 .381 .567 .948 45.6 7.8
  TOT   145 523 99 147 45 6 26 89 1 0 68 97 .281 .369 .539 .908 98.1 16.7
2011 31 SLN NL 154 551 116 151 43 5 31 99 12 5 71 97 .274 .365 .539 .904 103.5 19.3
2012 32 BOS AL 156 569 92 158 49 1 26 98 7 4 75 93 .278 .366 .504 .870 100.2 21.0
2013 33 ANA AL 154 585 112 155 34 4 27 97 17 4 67 114 .265 .345 .475 .821 96.1 18.1
2014 34 ANA AL 153 579 75 132 33 5 20 72 9 8 41 153 .228 .290 .406 .696 64.9 8.3
2015 35 NYN NL 65 104 11 20 5 0 3 13 3 0 14 27 .192 .298 .327 .624 11.9 1.3
2016 36 SDN NL 33 63 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 21 .079 .145 .111 .256 -0.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 1305 4571 809 1207 328 36 211 751 61 25 531 872 .264 .347 .490 .837 752.9 134.3
14 Years Pro 1918 6835 1224 1882 483 45 315 1117 108 36 814 1368 .275 .352 .497 .850 1175.8  
162 Game Average 567 100 149 40 4 26 93 7 3 65 108 .264 .347 .490 .837 93.5  
Career Highs 156 585 128 175 49 7 37 105 17 8 75 153 .311 .389 .596 .985 117.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3348 562 899 277 29 153 562 35 19 259 635 .269 .328 .506 .833 523.1
vs LH   1223 247 308 51 7 58 189 26 6 272 237 .252 .394 .447 .841 230.9
Home 656 2250 400 607 157 18 102 390 30 14 256 439 .270 .351 .492 .842 373.9
Away 649 2321 409 600 171 18 109 361 31 11 275 433 .259 .344 .489 .833 380.1
RISP   1185 0 289 76 7 51 482 0 0 193 221 .244 .348 .449 .797 192.5
Pinch Hitting   98 14 24 5 0 6 17 0 0 10 23 .245 .315 .480 .795 15.0
Close/Late   520 90 144 40 3 29 95 0 0 83 95 .277 .380 .533 .913 101.8
Mar/Apr 211 730 117 180 49 6 35 131 8 3 95 148 .247 .340 .474 .814 116.9
May 243 817 136 201 50 9 29 123 8 5 109 169 .246 .340 .436 .776 121.4
June 222 764 141 217 54 3 31 118 14 9 88 148 .284 .369 .484 .853 128.2
July 192 690 126 183 50 6 39 120 10 2 65 126 .265 .332 .525 .857 117.0
August 204 722 139 200 62 8 33 117 6 4 93 138 .277 .368 .522 .890 130.3
Sep/Oct 233 848 150 226 63 4 44 142 15 2 81 143 .267 .335 .506 .841 140.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2007 27 CIN NL RF 138 134 1202.7 314 13 13 1 .962 2.45   3.2
    LF 6 5 41.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2008 28 SFN NL LF 127 122 1089.7 181 4 5 1 .974 1.53   2.7
    CF 15 15 129.0 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.44    
    RF 10 6 65.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.51    
2009 29 SFN NL RF 119 110 1002.0 164 5 6 1 .966 1.52   2.5
    3B 1 1 11.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.09   0.1
    CF 4 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
2010 30 SFN NL RF 44 42 369.3 81 2 3 0 .965 2.02   0.7
    CF 10 9 79.2 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.61   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
  TEX AL RF 34 33 293.0 65 2 3 0 .957 2.06   1.4
    CF 7 7 62.8 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.58   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
  TOT   RF 78 75 662.3 146 4 6 0 .962 2.04   2.0
      CF 17 16 142.0 39 2 0 1 1.000 2.60   0.0
      LF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
2011 31 SLN NL LF 143 140 1260.0 272 7 4 0 .986 1.99   3.3
    CF 5 0 7.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.57    
    RF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92    
2012 32 BOS AL LF 135 134 1193.3 265 5 4 2 .985 2.04   2.5
    CF 16 15 136.7 51 2 1 0 .981 3.49    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2013 33 ANA AL LF 119 118 1052.3 257 5 0 1 1.000 2.24   3.1
    SS 4 4 37.0 4 8 0 3 1.000 2.92   0.2
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2014 34 ANA AL LF 79 78 704.7 169 5 4 1 .978 2.22   2.5
    RF 48 43 391.3 116 5 4 1 .968 2.78    
2015 35 NYN NL CF 13 13 114.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.29   0.4
    LF 5 5 41.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    RF 5 5 35.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
2016 36 SDN NL 1B 8 8 69.0 52 5 2 2 .966 7.43   0.0
    LF 6 3 35.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.2
    RF 4 4 30.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 5 1 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  LF 628 605 5432.0 1171 26 17 5 .986 1.98   14.1
  RF 405 377 3396.6 769 27 30 3 .964 2.11   7.7
  CF 79 60 563.7 167 4 2 1 .988 2.73   0.4
  1B 8 8 69.0 52 5 2 2 .966 7.43   0.0
  SS 4 4 37.0 4 8 0 3 1.000 2.92   0.2
  3B 2 2 19.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.84   0.1
Career Totals   1126 1056 9517.3 2165 74 51 15 .978 2.12   22.5
Career Highs   152 149 1332.0 322 14 13 4 1.000 4.62    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 28 SFN NL 18 73 10 19 5 0 2 12 0 0 3 14 .260 .299 .411 .710
2010 30 TEX AL 14 53 11 13 5 1 4 11 0 0 6 8 .245 .322 .604 .926
2012 32 BOS AL 4 17 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .118 .211 .176 .387
Career Post-Season Batting 36 143 23 34 11 1 6 23 0 0 11 27 .238 .297 .455 .751
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2007-6-.311
On-Base Pct
2007-5-.389
Slugging Pct
2007-2-.596
CAR-28-.490
OPS
2007-3-.985
2012-10-.870
CAR-40-.837
XR
2007-4-117.5
Runs
2007-2-128
2011-5-116
2013-3-112
Hits
2007-8-175
Total Bases
2007-4-335
Doubles
2008-3-46
2011-5-43
2012-2-49
2013-10-34
CAR-23-328
Triples
2008-10-7
Homeruns
2007-7-37
2011-9-31
Strikeouts
2014-3-153
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
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History
Hit for the cycle on 7/29/05 againest Philadelphia
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Colorado on 5/30/2009
Won Player of the Week award on 6/14/2009, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 7/18/2009 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 8/24/2009 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Traded from San Francisco to Texas on 7/9/2010 (Going to SFN: CF Carlos Valderrama, P Andres Astacio, 1B Francisco Fernandes, P William Baur. Going to TEX: P Brad Lidge, RF Austin Kearns)
Injured on 7/22/2010 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Texas to St. Louis on 2/23/2011 (Going to SLN: P Kyle Sleeth, RF Austin Kearns. Going to TEX: P Rob Henkel, RF Mike Spidale)
Traded from St. Louis to Boston on 2/25/2012 (Going to SLN: CF Choo Freeman, P Denny Tussen. Going to BOS: P Blake Williams, LF Austin Kearns)
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on 2/23/2013 to a 4-year deal worth $7,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Oakland on 4/14/2013
Traded from Anaheim to New York (N) on 2/28/2015 (Going to NYN: P Alejo Ortega, LF Austin Kearns. Going to ANA: RF Darwin Alexander)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland on 1/29/2016 (Going to CLE: P Joaquin Lamela, LF Austin Kearns. Going to NYN: CF Jack Robertson)
Released by Cleveland on 1/29/2016
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/25/2016 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Released by San Diego on 8/1/2016