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Padres Trade Jack Cust To Oakland

May 3, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Portland Beavers News Release


PORTLAND, Ore. - The San Diego Padres today traded Portland outfielder Jack Cust to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Cust, 28, was batting .295 with seven doubles, eight home runs, 19 walks and 19 RBIs in 24 games for Portland. At the time of the trade, Cust was tied for the Pacific Coast League lead in home runs and ranked second in slugging percentage (.692).

In parts of two seasons with the Beavers, Cust batted .293 with 30 doubles, 38 home runs, 96 RBIs, 113 runs scored and 162 walks in 162 games played. Cust led all of Minor League Baseball with 143 walks in 2006 and ranked first in the PCL in on-base percentage (.467), second in home runs (30), and fifth in slugging percentage (.549) and games played (138).

In parts of five seasons in the major leagues, Cust has a .222 batting average with five home runs and 19 RBIs in 70 games played with Arizona (2001), Colorado (2002), Baltimore (2003-04) and San Diego (2006).

In 11 minor league seasons, Cust, a first-round draft pick (30th overall) of the Diamondbacks in 1997, has a .286 batting average, 199 home runs and 698 RBIs in 1,113 games played. He has hit 19 or more home runs in six different seasons.

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