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Name	Team	Age
Oscar Cruz	Retired (1969, Age 36)	Died (2019, Age 86)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15 (1952)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	14 years (4 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	B+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	7/13/1933
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
3	4	6
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1952

Minors

65.00

9 / 10

12 / 14

9 / 12

7 / 8

4 / 4

6 / 6

11 / 11

58 / 65

1953

Minors

57.00

7 / 8

4 / 4

4 / 9

6 / 11

9 / 12

6 / 6

7 / 7

43 / 57

1954

Minors

75.00

7 / 9

7 / 10

5 / 8

9 / 17

5 / 8

10 / 10

10 / 13

53 / 75

1955

Minors

53.00

5 / 8

3 / 6

4 / 9

4 / 9

7 / 9

4 / 7

2 / 5

29 / 53

1955

Majors

7.30

27

10

0

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 7

1956

Majors

45.35

162

55

0

2 / 3

2 / 6

3 / 6

2 / 8

4 / 11

2 / 4

5 / 7

20 / 45

1957

Majors

51.13

162

76

0

2 / 4

6 / 9

3 / 8

4 / 7

7 / 13

4 / 6

3 / 4

29 / 51

1958

Majors

61.40

162

130

0

7 / 13

2 / 6

1 / 7

2 / 10

2 / 5

2 / 5

4 / 15

20 / 61

1959

Majors

62.38

162

135

0

3 / 13

1 / 9

1 / 11

2 / 6

0 / 7

2 / 8

1 / 8

10 / 62

1960

Majors

60.48

162

135

0

0 / 9

1 / 8

2 / 10

1 / 10

1 / 8

1 / 9

1 / 6

7 / 60

1961

Majors

47.88

131

110

31

0 / 6

0 / 5

1 / 9

1 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 4

3 / 47

1962

Majors

57.90

153

127

9

0 / 11

1 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 5

1 / 57

1963

Majors

55.18

141

116

21

0 / 6

1 / 10

1 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 7

2 / 55

1964

Majors

62.76

162

135

0

0 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 13

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 62

1965

Majors

62.58

162

134

0

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 15

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 62

1966

Majors

62.29

162

134

0

1 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 5

1 / 10

2 / 62

1967

Majors

63.95

162

134

0

-1 / 6

-7 / 13

-1 / 8

-5 / 9

-8 / 7

-2 / 10

-3 / 10

-27 / 63

1968

Majors

55.42

162

82

0

-2 / 2

-1 / 12

-1 / 10

-5 / 9

-5 / 8

-2 / 7

0 / 7

-16 / 55

1969

Majors

35.60

162

41

0

-5 / 7

-1 / 4

-2 / 7

-7 / 4

-6 / 4

-2 / 6

0 / 3

-23 / 35

Total

2234

1554

61

37 / 145

31 / 150

30 / 162

21 / 161

20 / 145

31 / 130

43 / 141

213 / 1034

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1969-11-01	Oscar Cruz has retired from the New York Highlanders
1963-05-20	Oscar Cruz of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1962-07-11	Oscar Cruz of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1961-08-27	Oscar Cruz of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1956-04-01	The New York Highlanders have promoted Oscar Cruz to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have designated Jim Neill for assignment.
1955-10-13	The New York Highlanders have sent Oscar Cruz to the minors. The New York Highlanders have sent Wayne Keller to the minors.
1955-09-30	The New York Highlanders have promoted Oscar Cruz to the major league team.
1955-05-13	The New York Highlanders have sent Oscar Cruz to the minors.
1955-04-14	The New York Highlanders have promoted Oscar Cruz to the major league team.
1952-04-01	The New York Highlanders have renamed Oad Donahue to Oscar Cruz.