Jack Cust

John Joseph Cust MLB 2001-2011 | 1997-2012

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24

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11

Patience
99

Batting
50

Power
89

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Positions OF-862, DH-385, LF-133, RF-113, 1B-17 Born Jan 16, 1979 (33) Place Flemington,New Jersey Ht/Wt 6-2 / 195 Bats/Throws: Left / Right High School Immaculata (Somerville,NJ) College None listed
Drafted Arizona Diamondbacks: 1997-1-30 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: September 26,2001 box

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1997	Azl Diamondbacks	Ariz	Rk		ari	18	of	31	35	121	26	37	11	1	3	33	2	0	31	39	0	0	0	0	4	.306	.447	.488	935	-	-	59	152	88	28	8.5	.430	.455	.182	0.79	2.0	40.5	20.4	25.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	27-29	4	1997	Azl Diamondbacks
1998	Lethbridge	Pio	Rk	-	ari	19	of	2	73	223	75	77	20	2	11	56	15	8	86	71	4	3	0	2	3	.345	.530	.601	1131	-	-	134	315	159	76	12.9	.462	.673	.256	1.21	3.5	42.9	27.3	22.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	43-32	2	1998	Lethbridge
	South Bend	Midw	A		ari	19	1b	-	16	62	5	15	3	0	0	4	0	1	5	20	0	1	0	1	0	.242	.294	.290	584	-	-	18	68	49	4	2.3	.349	.113	.048	0.25	0.0	20.0	7.4	29.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	40-100	5		South Bend
1999	High Desert	Calif	A+		ari	20	of	2	125	455	107	152	42	3	32	112	1	4	96	145	2	2	0	3	5	.334	.450	.651	1100	-	-	296	556	315	132	11.4	.427	.521	.316	0.66	5.8	50.7	17.3	26.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-73	3	1999	High Desert
2000	El Paso	Tex	AA	-	ari	21	of	5	129	447	100	131	32	6	20	75	12	9	117	150	2	12	0	2	10	.293	.440	.526	966	-	-	235	568	337	105	8.4	.398	.501	.233	0.78	3.5	44.3	20.6	26.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-66	3	2000	El Paso
2001	Tucson	PCL	AAA	29	ari	22	of	4	135	442	81	123	24	2	27	79	6	3	102	160	5	3	0	5	10	.278	.415	.525	940	-	-	232	554	337	97	7.8	.369	.484	.247	0.64	4.9	43.1	18.4	28.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-77	4	2001	Tucson
	Arizona	NL	MLB	19	ari	22	lf	-	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167	-	-	1	3	1	1	22.9	.500	.500	.000	--	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.0	--	3.7	11	36.4	63.6	0.0	92-70	1		Arizona
2002	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	23	of	14	105	359	74	95	24	0	23	55	6	3	83	121	5	4	0	3	5	.265	.407	.524	930	-	-	188	450	275	80	7.8	.330	.499	.259	0.69	5.1	49.5	18.4	26.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	58-86	4	2002	Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	21	col	23	lf	-	35	65	8	11	2	0	1	8	0	1	12	32	0	0	0	1	3	.169	.295	.246	541	16	46	16	78	59	2	0.8	.303	.246	.077	0.38	1.3	27.3	15.4	41.0	1.88	4.6	360	58.1	41.9	12.5	73-89	4		Colorado
2003	Ottawa	IL	AAA	29	bal	24	of	51	97	333	55	95	18	1	9	58	5	2	80	94	0	1	0	2	9	.285	.422	.426	848	-	-	142	415	251	64	6.8	.371	.390	.141	0.85	2.2	29.5	19.3	22.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	2	2003	Ottawa
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	39	bal	24	dh	-	27	73	7	19	7	0	4	11	0	0	10	25	1	0	0	0	0	.260	.357	.521	878	20	74	38	84	54	14	7.1	.341	.397	.260	0.40	4.8	57.9	11.9	29.8	0.50	4.0	335	58.5	41.5	15.5	71-91	4		Baltimore
2004	Ottawa	IL	AAA	21	bal	25	of	38	102	344	55	81	15	1	17	55	4	0	65	127	2	3	0	2	7	.235	.358	.433	791	-	-	149	413	272	52	5.2	.317	.398	.198	0.51	4.1	40.7	15.7	30.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	66-78	5	2004	Ottawa
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	39	bal	25		-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	4.0	4	75.0	25.0	50.0	78-84	3		Baltimore
2005	Sacramento	PCL	AAA		oak	26	of	12	134	479	95	123	28	1	19	75	2	4	115	153	3	5	0	3	14	.257	.402	.438	840	-	-	210	600	377	86	6.2	.335	.418	.182	0.75	3.2	39.0	19.2	25.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	80-64	1	2005	Sacramento
2006	Portland	PCL	AAA		sd	27	of	3	138	441	97	129	23	0	30	77	0	3	143	124	4	0	0	3	10	.293	.467	.549	1016	-	-	242	591	328	120	9.9	.341	.574	.256	1.15	5.1	41.1	24.2	21.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-76	3	2006	Portland
	San Diego	NL	MLB	9	sd	27	lf	-	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	-	-	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.00	2.3	7	71.4	28.6	0.0	88-74	1		San Diego
2007	Portland	PCL	AAA	-	sd	28	of	-	25	80	17	24	7	0	9	20	0	0	19	29	0	0	0	1	0	.300	.430	.725	1155	-	-	58	100	57	25	12	.349	.663	.425	0.66	9.0	66.7	19.0	29.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	58-86	4	2007	Portland
	Oakland	AL	MLB	32	oak	28	rf-lf	34	124	395	61	101	18	1	26	82	0	2	105	164	1	2	0	6	6	.256	.408	.504	912	114	92	199	507	308	81	7.1	.355	.509	.248	0.64	5.1	44.6	20.7	32.3	0.81	4.4	2249	53.6	46.4	12.2	76-86	3		Oakland
2008	Oakland	AL	MLB	32	oak	29	lf-dh	26	148	481	77	111	19	0	33	77	0	0	111	197	2	3	0	4	7	.231	.375	.476	851	143	97	229	598	381	85	6	.306	.476	.245	0.56	5.5	46.8	18.6	32.9	0.68	4.4	2622	55.1	44.9	12.8	75-86	3	2008	Oakland
2009	Oakland	AL	MLB	32	oak	30	dh-rf	39	149	513	88	123	16	0	25	70	4	1	93	185	2	5	0	4	7	.240	.356	.417	773	146	98	214	612	402	74	5	.319	.365	.177	0.50	4.1	33.3	15.2	30.2	0.61	4.3	2621	56.1	43.9	12.1	75-87	4	2009	Oakland
2010	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	49	oak	31	lf-rf	-	33	110	21	30	6	0	4	19	0	0	33	33	1	2	0	0	2	.273	.444	.436	881	-	-	48	144	82	24	7.7	.356	.464	.164	1.00	2.8	33.3	22.9	22.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	1	2010	Sacramento
	Oakland	AL	MLB	32	oak	31	dh	66	112	349	50	95	19	0	13	52	2	2	68	127	5	0	0	3	6	.272	.395	.438	834	102	91	153	425	265	60	6.1	.387	.361	.166	0.54	3.1	33.7	16.0	29.9	0.63	4.2	1779	55.6	44.4	12.1	81-81	2		Oakland
2011	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	-	phi	32		-	6	20	3	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.348	.500	848	-	-	10	23	18	3	4.5	.250	.400	.250	1.00	4.3	60.0	13.0	13.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	80-64	2	2011	Lehigh Valley
	Seattle	AL	MLB	29	sea	32	dh	-	67	225	19	48	15	1	3	23	0	0	44	87	1	2	0	0	3	.213	.344	.329	673	63	94	74	270	180	25	3.7	.333	.311	.116	0.51	1.1	39.6	16.3	32.2	0.86	4.1	1098	56.9	43.1	13.3	67-95	4		Seattle
2012	scranton_wilkes_barre	il	AAA		nya	33	5/29/2012		46	158	28	45	5	1	9	29	1	0	38	62						.285	.423	.500	923	-	-	79			--	--		.462	.215	0.61	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2012	scranton_wilkes_barre
MLB Totals (10 years)									670	2107	311	510	96	2	105	323	6	6	444	819	12	12	0	18	32	.242	.374	.439	813	604	90	925	2581	1653	341	5.6	.337	.408	.197	0.54	4.1	39.8	17.2	31.7	0.70	4.30	--	55.5	44.5	12.5	.479	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (14 years)									1199	4074	839	1162	260	18	214	749	54	37	1016	1331	28	36	0	27	82	.285	.429	.515	944	--	--	2100	5145	3058	929	8.2	.371	.484	.230	0.76	4.2	42.3	19.7	25.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	.479	--	--	--
AAA Totals (10 years)									821	2766	526	750	152	6	148	469	24	15	681	906	20	18	0	19	60	.271	.416	.491	907	--	--	1358	3486	2110	584	7.5	.348	.469	.220	0.75	4.2	40.8	19.5	26.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.489	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									129	447	100	131	32	6	20	75	12	9	117	150	2	12	0	2	10	.293	.440	.526	966	--	--	235	568	337	105	8.4	.398	.501	.233	0.78	3.5	44.3	20.6	26.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.529	--	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)									125	455	107	152	42	3	32	112	1	4	96	145	2	2	0	3	5	.334	.450	.651	1100	--	--	296	556	315	132	11.4	.427	.521	.316	0.66	5.8	50.7	17.3	26.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	.482	--	--	--
A Totals (1 year)									16	62	5	15	3	0	0	4	0	1	5	20	0	1	0	1	0	.242	.294	.290	584	--	--	18	68	49	4	2.3	.349	.113	.048	0.25	0.0	20.0	7.4	29.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.286	--	--	--
Rookie Totals (2 years)									108	344	101	114	31	3	14	89	17	8	117	110	4	3	0	2	7	.331	.503	.561	1064	--	--	193	467	247	104	11.3	.450	.596	.230	1.06	3.0	42.1	25.1	23.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	.534	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1997	Azl Diamondbacks	Ariz	Rk	ari	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.902	46	0	5
1998	Lethbridge	Pio	Rk	ari	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	82	2	0
1998	South Bend	Midw	A	ari	19	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.975	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	150	9	4
1999	High Desert	Calif	A+	ari	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.922	136	5	12
2000	El Paso	Tex	AA	ari	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.944	176	10	11
2001	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ari	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	117	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.948	195	6	11
2001	Arizona	NL	MLB	ari	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2002	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.960	--	--	--	24	0	1
2002	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.961	143	6	6
2003	Ottawa	IL	AAA	bal	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.978	126	7	3
2003	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	3	0	0
2004	Ottawa	IL	AAA	bal	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.966	55	1	2
2005	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.971	129	4	4
2006	Portland	PCL	AAA	sd	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	119	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.974	175	10	5
2006	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2007	Portland	PCL	AAA	sd	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.955	21	0	1
2007	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	48	0	56	--	--	--	--	--	--	.933	--	.964	--	93	1	4
2008	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	0	5	0	61	--	--	--	--	--	--	.971	--	1.000	--	133	4	4
2009	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	96	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.972	--	69	1	2
2010	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	3	0	88	--	--	--	--	--	--	.955	--	1.000	--	29	3	1
2010	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	6	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.933	--	1.000	--	31	0	1
2011	Seattle	AL	MLB	sea	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
MLB Totals						0	0	0	0	0	0	126	0	107	0	385	--	--	--	--	--	--	.965	--	.971	--	351	9	12
Minor League Totals						0	0	17	0	0	0	7	0	6	862	0	--	--	.976	--	--	--	.933	--	1.000	.957	1465	60	65

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in 1st round (30th overall) of 1997 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1997-07-14 - signed 2002-01-07 - Traded by Diamondbacks with J.D. Closser to Rockies for Mike Myers. 2003-03-11 - Traded by Rockies to Orioles for OF Chris Richard and cash March 11 2003 2003-03-21 - Traded by Rockies to Orioles for Chris Richard. 2004-10-15 - Granted Free Agency. 2004-11-15 - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. 2007-05-03 - Traded by Padres to Athletics for cash considerations or a player to be named later 2008-02-28 - Signed by Athletics (1-year) 2009-06-24 - Signed by Athletics 2010-12-02 - Granted free agency 2010-12-10 - Signed by Mariners 2011-08-04 - Released by Mariners 2011-08-12 - Signed by Phillies 2012-01-18 - Signed by Astros 2012-03-27 - Released by Astros

Awards

1997 - 1st team High School All-American 1B; 1998 - Pioneer League All-Star OF; 1999 - Arizona Diamondbacks Minor League Player of the Year; Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star DH; California League All-Star OF; Class A All-Star OF; 2000 - Texas League All-Star OF; 2001 - Pacific League All-Star OF; 2002 - Triple-A All-Star Game MVP;

Contracts

2006-2006 - Signed by SD to 1-year contract worth $0.327m (12/10/2005) -- Minor League Contract
2007-2007 - Signed by SD to 1-year contract worth $0.38m (3/2/2007)
2008-2008 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $0.41m (2/28/2008)
2009-2009 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $2.8m (1/14/2009) -- Avoided arbitration
2010-2010 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $2.65m (1/7/2010)
2011-2011 - Signed by SEA to 1-year contract worth $2.5m (12/10/2010)
2012-2012 - Signed by HOU to 1-year contract worth $0.6m (1/18/2012) -- Option year for 2013
2012-2012 - Signed by NYY to 1-year contract worth $0.48m (3/30/2012) -- Minor League

Salaries

$200,000

$200,000

$300,000

$305,000

$327,000

$410,000

$2,800,000

$2,500,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

1998 - Batting Avg Above .330 Pio --- 0.3453
1999 - 100 RBIs Calif --- 112
1999 - 100 Runs Scored Calif --- 107
1999 - 30 Homers Calif --- 32
1999 - 40 Doubles Calif --- 42
1999 - Batting Avg Above .330 Calif --- 0.3341
2000 - 100 Runs Scored Tex --- 100
2000 - 100 Walks Tex --- 117
2001 - 100 Walks PCL --- 102
2005 - 100 Walks PCL --- 115
2006 - 100 Walks PCL --- 143
2006 - 30 Homers PCL --- 30
2007 - 100 Walks AL --- 105
2007 - 6 RBIs in Game MLB--- 7
2008 - 100 Walks AL --- 111
2008 - 30 Homers AL --- 33
2009 - 4 walks in game MLB--- 4

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1999	Scottsdale Scorpions	Az Fall	38	120	27	32	5	2	8	28	3	2	34	45	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.429	.542	971
2010	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	19	51	4	11	5	0	1	3	0	0	9	20	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.333	.373	706
2011	Seattle Mariners	MLB-ST	21	65	10	15	3	0	4	14	0	0	4	25	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.271	.462	733
2012	Houston Astros	MLB-ST	11	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	1	.040	.200	.040	240

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	2x		1998-4 1999-1
SLG	6x		1998-2 1999-1 2000-6 2001-7 2002-10 2006-3
OBP	7x		1998-1 1999-1 2000-2 2001-2 2002-4 2005-5 2006-1
OPS	6x		1998-2 1999-1 2000-3 2001-4 2002-4 2006-1
G	4x		1998-6 2001-5 2005-9 2006-4
R	5x		1998-1 1999-2 2000-4 2005-7 2006-2
H	1x		1999-10
TB	4x		1998-10 1999-2 2000-10 2006-10
DBL	2x		1998-6 1999-3
TPL	1x		2000-9
HR	6x	2008-6	1998-6 1999-1 2001-5 2002-10 2006-2
RBI	2x		1998-8 1999-4
CS	1x		1998-7
BB	12x	2007-2 2008-1 2009-5	1998-1 1999-2 2000-1 2001-1 2002-3 2003-1 2004-5 2005-1 2006-1
SO	10x	2007-1 2008-1 2009-1	1998-5 1999-6 2000-1 2001-1 2004-7 2005-1 2006-5
IBB	4x		1998-1 2000-1 2002-10 2005-9
DOUBLEUP	2x		1998-7 1999-9
BBSO	3x		1998-7 2000-9 2006-2

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