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Ralph Kiner League 5-30-2064 |
| Jose Cruz |  Right FieldRetired (1971, Age 36) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | .253 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | L/R | |
| OPS | .698 | Status | Deceased (2010) | Option Years | 0
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| H | 797 | Age at Death | 75 | Date of Birth | 09-17-1935 | |
| HR | 82 | Drafted | Round 2, Pick 18 (1957) |
Majors Svc Time | 12 years (59 games) |
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| RBI | 422 | |||||
| SB | 35 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 1 | |||
| 1B | (29.4%) | LF | (99.0%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 1 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | (86.7%) |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 3 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | (100%) |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year
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Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | ISO | AVG | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | KC | 18 |
54 |
4 |
11
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .519 |
.279 |
.241 |
.037 |
.204 |
|
| 1958 | KC-STL-KC | 99 |
327 |
41 |
81
|
13 |
0 |
6 |
32 |
34 |
56 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
1 | 2 | .659 |
.316 |
.343 |
.095 |
.248 |
|
| 1959 | KC | 105 |
268 |
35 |
53
|
13 |
0 |
8 |
39 |
27 |
55 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
0 | 2 | .605 |
.269 |
.336 |
.138 |
.198 |
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| 1960 | KC | 120 |
315 |
41 |
87
|
11 |
2 |
6 |
37 |
27 |
46 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 | 1 | .713 |
.332 |
.381 |
.105 |
.276 |
|
| 1961 | KC | 131 |
470 |
68 |
130
|
13 |
4 |
12 |
67 |
47 |
60 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 11 | .738 |
.340 |
.398 |
.121 |
.277 |
|
| 1962 | KC | 106 |
295 |
40 |
72
|
12 |
0 |
9 |
33 |
27 |
57 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
5 | 3 | .686 |
.310 |
.376 |
.132 |
.244 |
|
| 1963 | KC | 108 |
299 |
36 |
69
|
15 |
2 |
9 |
44 |
24 |
65 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
3 | 1 | .675 |
.290 |
.385 |
.154 |
.231 |
|
| 1964 | KC | 69 |
169 |
22 |
53
|
5 |
1 |
6 |
29 |
13 |
37 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
0 | 1 | .820 |
.359 |
.462 |
.148 |
.314 |
|
| 1965 | KC | 83 |
110 |
11 |
28
|
7 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
15 |
19 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
0 | 0 | .700 |
.354 |
.345 |
.091 |
.255 |
|
| 1966 | KC | 67 |
99 |
16 |
20
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
17 |
17 |
18 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0 | 1 | .680 |
.316 |
.364 |
.162 |
.202 |
|
| 1967 | KC | 44 |
54 |
10 |
16
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
6 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0 | .941 |
.367 |
.574 |
.278 |
.296 |
|
| 1968 | KC | 47 |
87 |
16 |
25
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2 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
9 |
14 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
0 | 0 | .833 |
.351 |
.483 |
.195 |
.287 |
|
| 1969 | KC-BOS-CLE | 84 |
228 |
22 |
60
|
8 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
21 |
46 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | 2 | .663 |
.325 |
.338 |
.075 |
.263 |
|
| 1970 | CLE | 103 |
369 |
45 |
91
|
18 |
2 |
9 |
59 |
41 |
74 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
7 | 5 | .695 |
.316 |
.379 |
.133 |
.247 |
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| 1971 | CLE | 2 |
5 |
0 |
1
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .367 |
.167 |
.200 |
.000 |
.200 |
|
| Total | 1186 |
3149 |
407 |
797
|
124 |
12 |
82 |
422 |
314 |
568 | 5 | 25 | 35 |
24 | 29 | .698 |
.319 |
.378 |
.125 |
.253 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1971-11-01 | Jose Cruz has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1971-04-22 | The Cleveland Spiders have waived Jose Cruz. |
| 1971-04-15 | The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Claudell Oliver to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Jose Cruz for assignment. |
| 1971-04-05 | The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Ray Harris for assignment. |
| 1971-04-01 | The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Frank Clines to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Ray Harris to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have promoted John Barberich to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Jose Cruz for assignment. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Dick Ramsey for assignment. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Doc Lavan for assignment. |
| 1969-08-30 | The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Dan Smith for assignment. |
| 1969-08-30 | The Cleveland Spiders have acquired Jose Cruz from the waiver wire. |
| 1969-08-08 | The Boston Scribes have waived Jose Cruz. |
| 1969-08-02 | The Boston Scribes have designated Jose Cruz for assignment. |
| 1969-04-09 | The Boston Scribes have acquired Jose Cruz from the waiver wire. |
| 1969-04-05 | The Kansas City Eggmen have designated Jose Cruz for assignment. |
| 1964-07-30 | Jose Cruz of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 23 days. |
| 1964-05-21 | Jose Cruz of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 38 days. |
| 1962-07-11 | Jose Cruz of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 25 days. |
| 1960-08-29 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Paul Craft to the minors. |
| 1960-08-21 | The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. |
| 1959-04-10 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Richard Rodriguez to the minors. |
| 1959-04-01 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Andy Patton to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. |
| 1958-08-18 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Les Mattingly to the minors. |
| 1958-08-14 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Les Mattingly to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. |
| 1958-06-22 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Les Mattingly to the minors. |
| 1958-06-17 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Les Mattingly to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. |
| 1958-06-17 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Les Mattingly to the minors. |
| 1958-06-17 | A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Eggmen and the St. Louis Boozers. The St. Louis Boozers receive Draft Pick - 1959 Round 2 (PHI) from the Kansas City Eggmen in exchange for Jose Cruz. |
| 1958-05-14 | A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Boozers and the Kansas City Eggmen. The Kansas City Eggmen receive Billy Swift from the St. Louis Boozers in exchange for Jose Cruz, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 2 (KC). |
| 1958-03-05 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. |
| 1957-10-01 | The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Dick Johnston to the minors. |
| 1957-09-25 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Vaughn Eshelman to the minors. |
| 1957-07-04 | The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. |
| 1957-06-17 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. |
| 1957-06-06 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Dick Johnston to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. |
| 1957-06-05 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major leagues. |
| 1957-04-15 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Vaughn Eshelman to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. |
| 1957-04-15 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. |
| 1957-04-10 | The Kansas City Eggmen have renamed Jose Critz to Jose Cruz. |
| 1957-04-08 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Brooks Hatlen to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Critz to the minors. |
| 1957-04-08 | The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Critz to the major league team. |