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Name	Team	Age
Don Cruz	Retired (2007, Age 34)	Died (2039, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 36 (1995)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League	0	3 years (27 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	A-	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B	D
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	B+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	9/13/1973
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
A  (88.3 %)	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

1995

Minors

20.00

4 / 4

2 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

3 / 3

5 / 5

3 / 3

18 / 20

1996

Minors

33.00

4 / 4

5 / 5

4 / 7

7 / 8

1 / 1

0 / 4

3 / 4

24 / 33

1996

Majors

1.28

7

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1997

Minors

21.00

3 / 5

3 / 4

2 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 3

13 / 21

1998

Minors

15.00

4 / 5

2 / 4

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

9 / 15

1999

Minors

34.00

3 / 4

1 / 2

3 / 11

1 / 3

2 / 3

2 / 7

2 / 4

14 / 34

2000

Minors

16.00

1 / 3

1 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 3

2 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 1

8 / 16

2000

Majors

10.97

47

11

0

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

5 / 10

2001

Minors

29.00

3 / 5

2 / 6

1 / 6

2 / 3

2 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 2

11 / 29

2002

Minors

28.00

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 6

1 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 7

3 / 28

2002

Pos (1B)

72.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

9 / 72

2003

Minors

18.00

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 4

1 / 6

0 / 2

4 / 18

2003

Pos (1B)

82.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

7 / 82

2004

Minors

29.00

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 4

2 / 5

4 / 29

2004

Pos (1B)

53.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

4 / 53

2005

Majors

43.84

162

59

0

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 43

2006

Majors

35.99

135

44

27

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 4

1 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 7

2 / 35

2007

Majors

50.92

162

96

0

-1 / 9

-3 / 9

-2 / 15

-1 / 6

-6 / 2

-4 / 4

-1 / 5

-18 / 50

Total

513

210

27

24 / 57

14 / 56

13 / 74

16 / 49

10 / 37

8 / 55

13 / 54

118 / 589

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2007-11-01	Don Cruz has retired from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2007-04-09	Trade #1123138 has been completed between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Detroit First Nationals. The Detroit First Nationals receive Moe Shields from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for Don Cruz. Protest This Trade.
2006-07-20	Don Cruz of the Detroit First Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
2005-04-01	The Detroit First Nationals have promoted Don Cruz to the major league team.
2000-07-11	The Detroit First Nationals have acquired Don Cruz from the waiver wire.
2000-07-07	The Brooklyn Cyclones have waived Don Cruz.
2000-05-24	The Brooklyn Cyclones have sent Don Cruz down to the minors.
2000-04-01	The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Don Cruz to the major league team. The Brooklyn Cyclones have designated Heinie Brown for assignment.
1996-06-18	The Brooklyn Cyclones have sent Don Cruz to the minors. The Brooklyn Cyclones have sent Andy Cairncross to the minors. The Brooklyn Cyclones have sent Casey Davenport to the minors.
1996-06-10	The Brooklyn Cyclones have auto-promoted Don Cruz to the major leagues.
1995-06-04	The Brooklyn Cyclones have acquired Don Cruz from the waiver wire.
1995-05-31	The Cleveland Barons have waived Don Cruz.