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Nomar Garciaparra League
4-1-2332
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 Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 Away 35 132 0 31 3 1 3 14 8 29 0 0 0 .616 .275 .341 .106 .235
1950 Home 32 116 0 36 6 1 2 10 9 19 0 0 0 .785 .354 .431 .121 .310
1951 Away 32 133 0 26 2 0 3 12 15 22 0 0 0 .553 .275 .278 .083 .195
1951 Home 32 133 0 33 7 0 1 10 13 29 0 0 0 .638 .315 .323 .075 .248
1953 Away 24 130 0 31 3 1 1 14 15 26 0 0 0 .617 .317 .300 .062 .238
1953 Home 27 139 0 29 6 0 2 15 5 31 0 0 0 .529 .234 .295 .086 .209
1954 Away 40 103 0 20 3 2 2 16 11 30 0 0 0 .592 .272 .320 .126 .194
1954 Home 35 93 0 22 3 0 0 6 5 14 0 0 0 .552 .283 .269 .032 .237
1955 Away 45 142 0 31 4 1 1 13 7 26 0 0 0 .533 .252 .282 .063 .218
1955 Home 46 153 0 47 7 3 2 23 14 24 0 0 0 .800 .368 .431 .124 .307
1956 Away 52 125 14 31 3 0 2 8 10 29 7 3 2 .624 .304 .320 .072 .248
1956 Home 48 121 16 37 5 0 4 19 7 22 5 2 1 .795 .349 .446 .140 .306
1957 Away 37 87 13 24 5 0 1 9 8 15 6 7 1 .701 .333 .368 .092 .276
1957 Home 37 79 13 20 3 0 6 11 9 16 3 1 3 .849 .330 .519 .266 .253
1958 Away 41 118 12 31 1 1 3 18 9 21 6 4 2 .679 .315 .364 .102 .263
1958 Home 41 128 17 33 7 3 2 21 9 20 3 2 2 .713 .307 .406 .148 .258
1959 Away 37 114 10 21 4 2 1 11 8 32 4 0 4 .516 .236 .281 .096 .184
1959 Home 32 100 15 29 1 1 2 15 8 16 7 1 4 .713 .333 .380 .090 .290
1960 Away 43 124 19 28 2 1 3 11 16 22 6 4 2 .648 .317 .331 .105 .226
1960 Home 35 118 15 30 2 2 1 19 14 23 4 4 2 .661 .331 .331 .076 .254
1961 Away 30 73 13 15 1 1 2 6 12 13 3 1 0 .646 .318 .329 .123 .205
1961 Home 28 64 10 14 3 0 1 5 7 9 4 0 0 .608 .296 .312 .094 .219
1962 Away 41 122 11 36 4 1 2 15 12 21 8 7 3 .752 .358 .393 .098 .295
1962 Home 36 118 21 37 7 4 4 15 13 20 4 3 2 .921 .379 .542 .229 .314
1963 Away 29 104 18 27 4 1 2 12 8 21 6 1 5 .688 .312 .375 .115 .260
1963 Home 31 105 19 28 1 2 3 12 13 15 6 3 2 .745 .345 .400 .133 .267
1964 Away 17 69 11 22 4 1 2 16 11 12 4 2 2 .900 .407 .493 .174 .319
1964 Home 20 67 15 21 3 1 4 18 8 15 3 2 1 .954 .387 .567 .254 .313
1965 Away 25 106 13 31 6 0 2 11 7 20 9 3 1 .748 .342 .406 .113 .292
1965 Home 20 50 9 15 3 0 3 9 4 15 2 1 0 .892 .352 .540 .240 .300
1966 Away 22 83 4 19 4 1 0 6 6 19 1 2 3 .579 .278 .301 .072 .229
1966 Home 17 57 5 13 2 0 1 4 4 11 2 0 2 .594 .279 .316 .088 .228
Total Away 550 1765 138 424 53 14 30 192 163 358 60 34 25 .641 .304 .337 .097 .240
Total Home 517 1641 155 444 66 17 38 212 142 299 43 19 19 .729 .328 .401 .130 .271
Total 1251 3605 423 917 126 33 69 423 322 691 184 111 95 .680 .315 .365 .111 .254
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.