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Jumbo Brown League
4-15-2123
Bubba Cruz Relief Pitcher
Retired (1990, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.36 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 91-107 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
SV 158 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 01-28-1953
K 1494 Drafted Round 3, Pick 52
(1971)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(13 games)
IP 1831.0
WHIP 1.43
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D  Contact vs. L C- Endurance C+   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R F  Power vs. L D- Velocity A-   Mentor Val A+
Speed C- Bunt D- Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1975 TEX
0
 2
20
4
0
0
7
 1
29.0
 45 26 26 1 11
19
1.93
8.07
1976 TEX
0
 11
43
14
0
0
3
 2
99.2
 143 82 78 2 38
84
1.82
7.04
1977 TEX
5
 13
61
12
0
0
1
 4
141.1
 176 106 94 1 66
104
1.71
5.99
1978 TEX
5
 12
103
0
0
0
16
 9
155.0
 167 88 81 2 71
128
1.54
4.70
1979 TEX
2
 11
61
13
0
0
9
 4
143.2
 153 89 82 0 75
136
1.59
5.14
1980 TEX
6
 8
101
0
0
0
44
 14
114.0
 114 47 44 1 40
95
1.35
3.47
1981 TEX
4
 6
97
0
0
0
43
 9
103.1
 96 50 47 2 54
106
1.45
4.09
1982 TEX
8
 1
59
0
0
0
28
 6
72.1
 73 34 31 2 30
60
1.42
3.86
1983 TEX
1
 0
9
0
0
0
1
 0
14.0
 11 1 1 1 3
14
1.00
0.64
1984 SEA
3
 3
39
4
0
0
1
 1
64.1
 54 23 20 1 19
46
1.13
2.80
1985 SEA
15
 9
46
25
2
1
0
 2
201.1
 178 85 73 3 80
157
1.28
3.26
1986 SEA
11
 12
36
36
7
5
0
 0
198.0
 195 100 93 2 71
150
1.34
4.23
1987 SEA
9
 10
36
36
0
0
0
 0
197.0
 188 99 95 4 68
156
1.30
4.34
1988 SEA
11
 4
55
12
3
1
4
 2
147.0
 152 64 60 2 44
112
1.33
3.67
1989 SEA
10
 4
39
13
1
1
1
 0
123.0
 107 46 37 2 39
108
1.19
2.71
1990 SEA
1
 1
5
5
0
0
0
 0
28.0
 42 27 25 0 11
19
1.89
8.04
2123
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
91
 107
810
174
13
8
158
 54
1831.0
 1894 967 887 26 720
1494
1.43
4.36
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1990-11-01Bubba Cruz has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1990-07-02The Seattle Night Rangers have waived Bubba Cruz.
1990-05-01The Seattle Night Rangers have promoted Ripper Razorblade to the major league team. The Seattle Night Rangers have designated Bubba Cruz for assignment.
1989-06-05Bubba Cruz of the Seattle Night Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1989-05-12The Seattle Night Rangers have placed Bubba Cruz on the trade block.
1986-10-01Bubba Cruz of the Seattle Night Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1984-04-12Trade #1388032 has been completed between the Texas Bullfrogs and the Seattle Night Rangers. The Seattle Night Rangers receive Bubba Cruz, Chick Brandom, Draft Pick 1987 Round 2 TEX (Ed Reilly) from the Texas Bullfrogs in exchange for Blastin Cooper.
1983-09-22The Texas Bullfrogs have placed Bubba Cruz on the trade block.
1982-05-21Bubba Cruz of the Texas Bullfrogs is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1982-04-19Bubba Cruz of the Texas Bullfrogs is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1976-09-02The Texas Bullfrogs have promoted Culley Bates to the major league team. The Texas Bullfrogs have promoted Bubba Cruz to the major league team. The Texas Bullfrogs have promoted Slappy Gillespie to the major league team. The Texas Bullfrogs have sent Ad Roskos to the minors. The Texas Bullfrogs have sent Mo Sampsonite to the minors.
1976-08-03The Texas Bullfrogs have demoted Bubba Cruz to the minor leagues.
1975-08-17The Texas Bullfrogs have promoted Bubba Cruz to the major league team.
1975-05-31Trade #1347865 has been completed between the Texas Bullfrogs and the Atlanta Cracker Jacks. The Atlanta Cracker Jacks receive Edifus Danielsen, Tom Vizquel from the Texas Bullfrogs in exchange for Bubba Cruz, Ad Roskos, Jeff Ojala, Ron Reynolds, Draft Pick 1976 Round 1 CLE (Don Duffy), Draft Pick 1978 Round 2 ATL (Jim Mathews).
1974-05-05Trade #1343349 has been completed between the Atlanta Cracker Jacks and the Washington Gridlock. The Washington Gridlock receive Luke Giel, Rick Splittorff from the Atlanta Cracker Jacks in exchange for Bubba Cruz, Draft Pick 1975 Round 1 WAS (Rey Newman).
1971-04-11The Washington Gridlock have acquired Bubba Cruz from the waiver wire.
1971-04-01The Chicago Rampage have waived Bubba Cruz.