Austin Kearns

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

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.

Statistics

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

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

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).

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.