Rays sign Jack Cust
The Tampa Bay Rays were not quite done adding players as made evident by their move today. They signed Jack Cust to a minor league deal earlier this morning.
- Born: 1979/01/07
- Age: 33
- Height: 6-1
- Weight: 245
- Bats/Throws: L / R
- Seasons: 10
- Place of birth: Flemington, NJ
- Drafted by: the Arizona Diamondbacks in 1997 (1st round)
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 35 | 121 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 31 | 39 | 2 | 0 | .306 | .447 | .488 | |
| 1998 | 73 | 223 | 75 | 77 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 56 | 86 | 71 | 15 | 8 | .345 | .530 | .601 | |
| 1999 | 125 | 455 | 107 | 152 | 42 | 3 | 32 | 112 | 96 | 145 | 1 | 4 | .334 | .450 | .651 | |
| 2000 | 129 | 447 | 100 | 131 | 32 | 6 | 20 | 75 | 117 | 150 | 12 | 9 | .293 | .440 | .526 | |
| 2001 | Diamondbacks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 |
| 2001 | 135 | 442 | 81 | 123 | 24 | 2 | 27 | 79 | 102 | 160 | 6 | 3 | .278 | .415 | .525 | |
| 2002 | Rockies | 35 | 65 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 1 | .169 | .295 | .246 |
| 2002 | 105 | 359 | 74 | 95 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 55 | 83 | 121 | 6 | 3 | .265 | .407 | .524 | |
| 2003 | Orioles | 27 | 73 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .357 | .521 |
| 2003 | 97 | 333 | 55 | 95 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 58 | 80 | 94 | 5 | 2 | .285 | .422 | .426 | |
| 2004 | Orioles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 102 | 344 | 55 | 81 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 55 | 65 | 127 | 4 | 0 | .235 | .358 | .433 | |
| 2005 | 134 | 479 | 95 | 123 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 75 | 115 | 153 | 2 | 4 | .257 | .402 | .438 | |
| 2006 | Padres | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| 2006 | 138 | 441 | 97 | 129 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 77 | 143 | 124 | 0 | 3 | .293 | .467 | .549 | |
| 2007 | Athletics | 124 | 395 | 61 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 82 | 105 | 164 | 0 | 2 | .256 | .408 | .504 |
| 2007 | 25 | 80 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .430 | .725 | |
| 2008 | Athletics | 148 | 481 | 77 | 111 | 19 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 111 | 197 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .375 | .476 |
| 2009 | Athletics | 149 | 513 | 88 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 70 | 93 | 185 | 4 | 1 | .240 | .356 | .417 |
| 2010 | Athletics | 112 | 349 | 50 | 95 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 52 | 68 | 127 | 2 | 2 | .272 | .395 | .438 |
| 2010 | 33 | 110 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .444 | .436 | |
| 2011 | Mariners | 67 | 225 | 19 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 44 | 87 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .344 | .329 |
| 2011 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .348 | .500 | |
| 2012 | 16 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .397 | .220 | |
| Career Total | 670 | 2107 | 311 | 510 | 96 | 2 | 105 | 323 | 444 | 819 | 6 | 6 | .242 | .374 | .439 | |
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