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Name	Team	Age
Buddy Cruise	Retired (1989, Age 34)	Died (2022, Age 67)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 38 (1979)	RP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mike Schmidt League	0	4 years (75 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
F	D+	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
F	D	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C	B	B
Leadership	Mentor Value
B-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	5/6/1955
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1979	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	4 / 10	4 / 12	8 / 22
1980	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	3 / 12	3 / 10	6 / 22
1981	Majors	17.00	0 / 0	2 / 8	3 / 9	5 / 17
1982	Minors	4.00	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 3	1 / 4
1982	Majors	22.24	0 / 0	2 / 8	2 / 14	4 / 22
1983	Minors	2.00	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2
1983	Majors	43.90	4 / 12	4 / 17	3 / 14	11 / 43
1984	Majors	42.16	0 / 8	1 / 14	1 / 20	2 / 42
1985	Majors	40.56	1 / 6	0 / 18	0 / 16	1 / 40
1986	Minors	8.00	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 8
1986	Majors	26.72	0 / 0	0 / 11	0 / 15	0 / 26
1987	Minors	23.00	0 / 0	0 / 12	0 / 11	0 / 23
1988	Minors	33.00	0 / 4	0 / 15	0 / 14	0 / 33
1989	Majors	13.05	0 / 0	0 / 3	1 / 10	1 / 13
Total			5 / 30	16 / 134	18 / 153	39 / 317

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1989-11-01	Buddy Cruise has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1989-08-25	The Chicago American Giants have waived Buddy Cruise.
1989-08-03	The Chicago American Giants have designated Buddy Cruise for assignment.
1989-07-16	The Chicago American Giants have acquired Buddy Cruise from the waiver wire.
1989-07-03	The Baltimore Avengers have designated Buddy Cruise for assignment.
1989-04-23	The Baltimore Avengers have promoted Buddy Cruise to the major league team. The Baltimore Avengers have designated Nate Mallicoat for assignment.
1989-04-14	The Baltimore Avengers have acquired Buddy Cruise from the waiver wire.
1989-04-01	The St. Louis Cardinals have waived Buddy Cruise.
1986-07-09	The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Frank Clarke to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Buddy Cruise for assignment.
1983-04-16	The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Buddy Cruise to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Ted Eischen for assignment.
1983-04-01	The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Pat Gilhooley to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Buddy Cruise to the minors.
1982-06-25	The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Buddy Cruise to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Jerry Ford to the minors.
1982-06-11	The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Buddy Cruise from the waiver wire.
1979-04-01	The Cincinnati Red Spiders have waived Buddy Cruise.