Jack Cust | Major Leaguer 2001-2008

Full Name: John Joseph Cust
Born: January 16,1979 in Flemington, New Jersey
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: Immaculata (Somerville,NJ)
College:

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Prospect Rankings*
1999 - 5th ranked organizational prospect for Arizona Diamondbacks
2000 - 31st ranked Major League prospect
2000 - 2nd ranked organizational prospect for Arizona Diamondbacks
2001 - 38th ranked Major League prospect
2001 - 2nd ranked organizational prospect for Arizona Diamondbacks
2002 - 100th ranked Major League prospect
2002 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Colorado Rockies

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in 1st Round (30th overall) of 1997 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 14,1997] - signed [Jan 7,2002] - Traded by Diamondbacks with J.D. Closser to Rockies for Mike Myers. [Mar 11,2003] - Traded by Rockies to Orioles for OF Chris Richard and cash March 11 2003 [Mar 21,2003] - Traded by Rockies to Orioles for Chris Richard. [Oct 15,2004] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 15,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [May 3,2007] - Traded by Padres to Athletics for cash considerations or a player to be named later [Feb 28,2008] - Signed by Athletics (1-year)

Signed by: Dave May

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1997	Az Dbacks	Ariz	18	Ari	Rk	of		35	121	26	37	11	1	3	33	2	0	31	39	0	0	0	0	4	.306	.447	.488	935	--
1998	Lethbridge	Pio	19	Ari	Rk	of		73	223	75	77	20	2	11	56	15	8	86	71	4	3	0	2	3	.345	.530	.601	1131	--
	South Bend	Midw	19	Ari	A	1b		16	62	5	15	3	0	0	4	0	1	5	20	0	1	0	1	0	.242	.294	.290	584	--
1999	High Dsert	Calif	20	Ari	A+	of		125	455	107	152	42	3	32	112	1	4	96	145	2	2	0	3	5	.334	.450	.651	1101	--
2000	El Paso	Tex	21	Ari	AA	of		129	447	100	131	32	6	20	75	12	9	117	150	2	12	0	2	10	.293	.440	.526	966	--
2001	Tucson	PCL	22	Ari	AAA	of		135	442	81	123	24	2	27	79	6	3	102	160	5	3	0	5	10	.278	.415	.525	940	--
	Arizona	NL	22	Ari	MLB	lf	4,9,3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167	100%
2002	Colo Spr	PCL	23	Col	AAA	of		105	359	74	95	24	0	23	55	6	3	83	121	5	4	0	3	5	.265	.407	.524	931	--
	Colorado	NL	23	Col	MLB	lf	9,6	35	65	8	11	2	0	1	8	0	1	12	32	0	0	0	1	3	.169	.295	.246	541	42%
2003	Ottawa	IL	24	Bal	AAA	of		97	333	55	95	18	1	9	58	5	2	80	94	0	1	0	2	9	.285	.422	.426	848	--
	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	dh	6,8	27	73	7	19	7	0	4	11	0	0	10	25	1	0	0	0	0	.260	.357	.521	878	33%
2004	Ottawa	IL	25	Bal	AAA	of		102	344	55	81	15	1	17	55	4	0	65	127	2	3	0	2	7	.235	.358	.433	791	--
	Baltimore	AL	25	Bal	MLB		9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2005	Sacramento	PCL	26	Oak	AAA	of		134	479	95	123	28	1	19	75	2	4	115	153	3	5	0	3	14	.257	.402	.438	840	--
2006	Portland	PCL	27	Sd	AAA	of		138	441	97	129	23	0	30	77	0	3	143	124	4	0	0	3	10	.293	.467	.549	1016	--
	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	lf	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	67%
2007	Portland	PCL	28	Sd	AAA	of		25	80	17	24	7	0	9	20	0	0	19	29	0	0	0	1	0	.300	.430	.725	1155	--
	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	rf-lf	4,3	124	395	61	101	18	1	26	82	0	2	105	164	1	2	0	6	6	.256	.408	.504	912	51%
2008	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	MLB	lf-dh		148	481	77	111	19	0	33	77	0	0	111	197	2	3	0	4	7	.231	.375	.476	851	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								342	1020	154	244	46	1	64	178	0	3	239	420	4	5	0	11	16	.239	.382	.475	857	--
Minor League Totals - 11 Season(s)								1114	3786	787	1082	247	17	200	699	53	37	942	1233	27	34	0	27	77	.286	.429	.518	947	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1997	Az Dbacks	Ariz	18	Ari	Rk	OF	34			46	0	5	51	0	-	-	-	.902	--

1998	Lethbridge	Pio	19	Ari	Rk	1B	1			4	0	0	4	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Lethbridge	Pio	19	Ari	Rk	OF	61			78	2	0	80	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	South Bend	Midw	19	Ari	A	1B	16			150	9	4	163	8	-	-	-	.975	--

1999	High Dsert	Calif	20	Ari	A+	OF	114			136	5	12	153	0	-	-	-	.922	--

2000	El Paso	Tex	21	Ari	AA	OF	127			176	10	11	197	0	-	-	-	.944	--

2001	Tucson	PCL	22	Ari	AAA	OF	117			195	6	11	212	1	-	-	-	.948	--
2001	Arizona	NL	22	Ari	MLB	LF	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2002	Colo Spr	PCL	23	Col	AAA	OF	89			143	6	6	155	0	-	-	-	.961	--
2002	Colorado	NL	23	Col	MLB	LF	18		121.1	24	0	1	25	0	-	-	-	.960	1.78

2003	Ottawa	IL	24	Bal	AAA	OF	77			126	7	3	136	1	-	-	-	.978	--
2003	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	LF	1	-	4.2	3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	5.79
2003	Baltimore	AL	24	Bal	MLB	DH	21								-	-	-	---	--

2004	Ottawa	IL	25	Bal	AAA	OF	34			55	1	2	58	0	-	-	-	.966	--

2005	Sacramento	PCL	26	Oak	AAA	OF	77			129	4	4	137	0	-	-	-	.971	--

2006	Portland	PCL	27	Sd	AAA	OF	119								-	-	-	---	--
2006	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	LF	1	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2007	Portland	PCL	28	Sd	AAA	OF	13								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	LF	14	12	82.2	14	0	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	1.52
2007	Oakland	AL	28	Oak	MLB	RF	48	46	382	79	1	3	83	0	-	-	-	.964	1.88

2008	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	MLB	LF	78	77	585	129	4	4	137	0	-	-	-	.971	2.05
2008	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	MLB	RF	5	5	39	4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	.92
2008	Oakland	AL	29	Oak	MLB	DH	61								-	-	-	---	--

Awards

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

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	80
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	80
2004	305,000		1,716,303	61
2006	*327,000		1,937,004	80
2008	*410,000

Career:	$1,742,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Participated in the 2000 Futures Game during All-Star Weekend, playing for the United States team.