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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1957 LHP 4 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .522 .300 .222 .000 .222
1957 RHP 17 45 9 2 0 0 5 5 9 .519 .275 .244 .044 .200
1958 LHP 21 41 10 3 0 0 5 3 8 .606 .289 .317 .073 .244
1958 RHP 92 286 71 10 0 6 27 31 48 .666 .320 .346 .098 .248
1959 LHP 25 52 6 0 0 1 5 5 19 .363 .190 .173 .058 .115
1959 RHP 97 216 47 13 0 7 34 22 36 .664 .289 .375 .157 .218
1960 LHP 30 58 14 2 0 0 7 4 12 .566 .290 .276 .034 .241
1960 RHP 111 257 73 9 2 6 30 23 34 .746 .342 .405 .121 .284
1961 LHP 48 106 26 2 1 3 22 10 17 .676 .308 .368 .123 .245
1961 RHP 112 364 104 11 3 9 45 37 43 .756 .350 .407 .121 .286
1962 LHP 32 68 16 3 0 3 10 4 19 .690 .278 .412 .176 .235
1962 RHP 97 227 56 9 0 6 23 23 38 .684 .319 .366 .119 .247
1963 LHP 27 72 16 5 0 1 8 3 15 .587 .253 .333 .111 .222
1963 RHP 98 227 53 10 2 8 36 21 50 .702 .301 .401 .167 .233
1964 LHP 18 36 7 0 0 1 3 0 13 .472 .194 .278 .083 .194
1964 RHP 64 133 46 5 1 5 26 13 24 .910 .399 .511 .165 .346
1965 LHP 12 37 8 1 0 0 4 1 6 .480 .237 .243 .027 .216
1965 RHP 76 73 20 6 0 1 7 14 13 .802 .404 .397 .123 .274
1966 LHP 10 23 4 0 0 0 2 2 7 .414 .240 .174 .000 .174
1966 RHP 62 76 16 4 0 4 15 15 11 .758 .337 .421 .211 .211
1967 LHP 5 13 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 .747 .286 .462 .231 .231
1967 RHP 42 41 13 1 1 3 12 5 7 1.001 .391 .610 .293 .317
1968 LHP 6 8 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .650 .400 .250 .000 .250
1968 RHP 46 79 23 2 0 5 15 7 13 .851 .345 .506 .215 .291
1969 LHP 12 18 3 0 0 1 3 1 2 .544 .211 .333 .167 .167
1969 RHP 82 210 57 8 0 2 14 20 44 .673 .335 .338 .067 .271
1970 LHP 55 136 38 7 1 2 21 12 28 .723 .333 .390 .110 .279
1970 RHP 87 233 53 11 1 7 38 29 46 .679 .306 .373 .146 .227
1971 LHP 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .833 .333 .500 .000 .500
1971 RHP 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total LHP 306 679 156 23 2 13 95 49 151 .606 .279 .327 .097 .230
Total RHP 1085 2470 641 101 10 69 327 265 417 .722 .330 .392 .133 .260
Total 1186 3149 797 124 12 82 422 314 568 .698 .319 .378 .125 .253
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.