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Nomar Garciaparra League
4-3-2332
Mike Cruz Shortstop
Retired (1966, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating 67   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .680 Status Deceased (1995) Option Years 0  
H 917 Age at Death 66 Date of Birth 06-03-1929
HR 69 Drafted Round 2, Pick 23
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(83 games)
RBI 423
SB 184
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 66 Contact vs. L 81 Endurance 55   Ldrship 74
Power vs. R 56 Power vs. L 41 Velocity 10   Mentor vR 100
Speed 76 Bunt 6 Control 7   Mentor vL 100
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS 100 (100%) Range 60 WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm 99 WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health 1 LCS Appearances 10
3B 98 (98.7%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 21 30.00 2 / 2 3 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 7 1 / 2 3 / 8 13 / 30
1950 Majors 21 36.80 83 67 0 3 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 3 3 / 10 1 / 2 2 / 3 11 / 36
1951 Majors 22 46.18 162 61 0 2 / 5 2 / 7 2 / 7 0 / 6 2 / 6 1 / 3 3 / 12 12 / 46
1952 Majors 23 38.01 155 43 7 2 / 5 0 / 4 7 / 7 1 / 5 1 / 8 1 / 5 2 / 4 14 / 38
1953 Majors 24 45.47 162 63 0 2 / 7 4 / 5 1 / 6 2 / 5 3 / 12 1 / 4 3 / 6 16 / 45
1954 Majors 25 36.57 162 46 0 2 / 3 3 / 4 1 / 8 1 / 3 0 / 3 6 / 11 1 / 4 14 / 36
1955 Majors 26 43.45 162 68 0 1 / 5 5 / 13 1 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 11 1 / 2 2 / 6 13 / 43
1956 Majors 27 40.79 162 54 0 1 / 6 1 / 4 5 / 7 2 / 9 1 / 6 1 / 6 1 / 2 12 / 40
1957 Majors 28 31.84 140 33 22 1 / 2 2 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 6 0 / 4 2 / 7 1 / 5 7 / 31
1958 Majors 29 39.65 136 54 26 0 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 5 3 / 39
1959 Majors 30 40.22 159 50 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 7 1 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 8 3 / 40
1960 Majors 31 44.15 162 59 0 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 44
1961 Majors 32 31.62 139 29 23 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 31
1962 Majors 33 42.87 158 57 4 1 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 6 1 / 7 3 / 42
1963 Majors 34 38.28 162 52 0 -1 / 3 -2 / 5 -1 / 5 -5 / 1 -5 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 8 -14 / 38
1964 Majors 35 29.93 162 34 0 -4 / 4 -5 / 3 -4 / 4 -5 / 4 -3 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 5 -21 / 29
1965 Majors 36 31.36 162 36 0 -2 / 8 -7 / 4 -3 / 2 -4 / 2 -4 / 6 0 / 5 -1 / 4 -21 / 31
1966 Majors 37 29.95 162 33 0 -5 / 0 -7 / 8 -4 / 5 -7 / 3 0 / 4 -1 / 4 -2 / 5 -26 / 29
Total 2590 839 85 5 / 76 1 / 102 7 / 96 -8 / 81 2 / 115 15 / 95 17 / 103 39 / 668
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Mike Cruz has retired from the Pittsburgh Steel Workers
1962-09-27Mike Cruz of the Pittsburgh Steel Workers is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1961-10-01Mike Cruz of the Pittsburgh Steel Workers is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1961-08-25Mike Cruz of the Pittsburgh Steel Workers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1959-07-23Mike Cruz of the Pittsburgh Steel Workers is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1958-05-05Mike Cruz of the Pittsburgh Steel Workers is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1957-08-11Mike Cruz of the Pittsburgh Steel Workers is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1952-07-05Mike Cruz of the Pittsburgh Steel Workers is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1950-07-02The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Mike Cruz to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have designated Paul Mitchell for assignment.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Bump Bertoia to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Harry Hunter to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Jimmy Bolen to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Paul Mitchell to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Gary Hall to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Vito Newsome to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Bruce Mantei to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Terry Burkart to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Kent Brewington to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have promoted Neil Boskie to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Willie Smith to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Tommy Whitehill to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Claude Kaat to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Valmy Pasek to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Harry Bochtler to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Davey Goliat to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Bud Benton to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Fred Schupp to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Pat Hunter to the minors. The Pittsburgh Steel Workers have sent Mike Cruz to the minors.