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Ralph Kiner League
6-2-2064
Jose Cruz Right Field
Retired (1971, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .253 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .698 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
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)
RBI 422
SB 35
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 1
1B C- (29.4%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A  (86.7%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1958 RF KC-STL-KC 81 77 677.2 144 143 0 1 0 -4 1.90 .993
1B KC-STL-KC 4 4 31.0 38 36 1 1 3 0 10.74 .974
LF KC-STL-KC 3 3 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 1.44 1.000
CF KC-STL-KC 2 2 17.0 9 9 0 0 0 -1 4.76 1.000
1959 RF KC 36 34 295.0 59 58 0 1 0 -2 1.77 .983
LF KC 21 21 186.1 40 39 1 0 0 -5 1.93 1.000
CF KC 11 11 95.0 26 25 0 1 0 -2 2.37 .962
1960 RF KC 37 35 298.0 63 62 0 1 0 -3 1.87 .984
CF KC 20 20 180.0 49 49 0 0 0 -1 2.45 1.000
LF KC 18 18 158.0 37 37 0 0 0 -2 2.11 1.000
3B KC 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1961 LF KC 82 81 699.1 155 150 0 5 0 -1 1.93 .968
CF KC 32 32 268.1 60 54 0 6 0 -2 1.81 .900
RF KC 13 13 117.0 28 28 0 0 0 0 2.15 1.000
1B KC 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1962 LF KC 27 26 234.2 49 46 0 3 0 0 1.76 .939
RF KC 22 22 193.0 41 41 0 0 0 -1 1.91 1.000
CF KC 22 22 191.0 48 48 0 0 0 -3 2.26 1.000
C KC 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 18.00 1.000
1963 CF KC 26 26 221.1 62 61 0 1 0 0 2.48 .984
RF KC 23 23 212.2 50 50 0 0 0 -2 2.12 1.000
LF KC 16 16 141.0 36 36 0 0 0 0 2.30 1.000
1964 RF KC 19 19 171.2 39 39 0 0 0 -2 2.04 1.000
LF KC 10 10 88.0 21 21 0 0 0 0 2.15 1.000
CF KC 8 8 70.1 26 25 0 1 0 -1 3.20 .962
1965 LF KC 9 9 78.0 17 17 0 0 0 -2 1.96 1.000
RF KC 2 2 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
3B KC 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
CF KC 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1966 RF KC 7 7 66.0 19 18 0 1 0 0 2.45 .947
LF KC 6 5 45.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 2.80 1.000
CF KC 2 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.69 1.000
1967 RF KC 4 4 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
LF KC 3 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
1968 RF KC 7 7 61.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 1.33 1.000
LF KC 6 5 45.2 10 10 0 0 0 +1 1.97 1.000
CF KC 5 5 40.0 13 13 0 0 0 0 2.92 1.000
1969 1B KC-BOS-CLE 37 37 317.0 372 351 19 2 31 -6 10.50 .995
LF KC-BOS-CLE 8 8 70.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.000
CF KC-BOS-CLE 6 6 54.0 12 12 0 0 0 -2 2.00 1.000
1970 RF CLE 94 94 836.2 160 154 1 5 1 -6 1.67 .969
LF CLE 5 5 47.0 16 16 0 0 0 0 3.06 1.000
1971 LF CLE 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
Pos Total RF 345 337 2981.2 625 615 1 9 1 -21 1.86 .986
LF 215 209 1838.0 421 412 1 8 0 -10 2.02 .981
CF 135 135 1161.0 312 303 0 9 0 -12 2.35 .971
1B 42 41 349.0 411 388 20 3 34 -6 10.52 .993
3B 3 1 11.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
C 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 18.00 1.000
Total 741 723 6341.2 1774 1720 25 29 35 0 0 0 NaN% -49 2.48 .984
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Jose Cruz has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1971-04-22The Cleveland Spiders have waived Jose Cruz.
1971-04-15The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Claudell Oliver to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Jose Cruz for assignment.
1971-04-05The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Ray Harris for assignment.
1971-04-01The 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.
1969-08-30The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Dan Smith for assignment.
1969-08-30The Cleveland Spiders have acquired Jose Cruz from the waiver wire.
1969-08-08The Boston Scribes have waived Jose Cruz.
1969-08-02The Boston Scribes have designated Jose Cruz for assignment.
1969-04-09The Boston Scribes have acquired Jose Cruz from the waiver wire.
1969-04-05The Kansas City Eggmen have designated Jose Cruz for assignment.
1964-07-30Jose Cruz of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1964-05-21Jose Cruz of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1962-07-11Jose Cruz of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1960-08-29The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Paul Craft to the minors.
1960-08-21The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors.
1959-04-10The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Richard Rodriguez to the minors.
1959-04-01The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Andy Patton to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors.
1958-08-18The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Les Mattingly to the minors.
1958-08-14The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Les Mattingly to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors.
1958-06-22The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Les Mattingly to the minors.
1958-06-17The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Les Mattingly to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors.
1958-06-17The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Les Mattingly to the minors.
1958-06-17A 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.
1958-05-14A 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).
1958-03-05The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team.
1957-10-01The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Dick Johnston to the minors.
1957-09-25The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Vaughn Eshelman to the minors.
1957-07-04The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors.
1957-06-17The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team.
1957-06-06The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Dick Johnston to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors.
1957-06-05The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major leagues.
1957-04-15The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Vaughn Eshelman to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Cruz to the minors.
1957-04-15The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Cruz to the major league team.
1957-04-10The Kansas City Eggmen have renamed Jose Critz to Jose Cruz.
1957-04-08The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Brooks Hatlen to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Jose Critz to the minors.
1957-04-08The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Jose Critz to the major league team.