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Victor Cruz
Victor Manuel (Gil) Cruz
born Victor Manuel De La Cruz Gil

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 200 lb.

Debut June 24, 1978
  vs. CLE 1.7 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 1, 1983
Born December 24, 1957 in Rancho Viejo, D.R.
Died September 26, 2004 in Santo Domingo, D.R.

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 20 TOR AL   7   3  32   0   0   0  23  9   47.3   28   10    9   0   35   51   1   3   199   4   0  1.71  3.93  230 1.331
 1979 21 CLE AL   3   9  61   0   0   0  48 10   78.7   70   41   37  10   44   63   1   1   343   4   2  4.23  4.27  101 1.449
 1980 22 CLE AL   6   7  55   0   0   0  40 12   86.0   71   36   33  10   27   88   3   4   355   8   0  3.45  4.12  119 1.140
 1981 23 PIT NL   1   1  22   0   0   0   4  1   34.0   33   10   10   6   15   28   1   1   144   4   0  2.65  3.63  137 1.412
 1983 25 TEX AL   1   3  17   0   0   0  13  5   25.0   16    7    4   2   10   18   1   0   103   3   0  1.44  3.99  277 1.040
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .439  18  23 187   0   0   0 128 37  271.0  218  104   93  28  131  248   7   9  1144  23   2  3.09  4.06  131 1.288
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   8  68   0   0   0  46 13   98.3   79   37   33  10   47   90   2   3   416   8   0  3.09  4.06  131 1.288
 Career High      7   9  61   0   0   0  48 12   86.0   71   41   37  10   44   88   3   4   355   8   2  1.71  4.27  230 1.140

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 23 PIT NL  22    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      187    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     61    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           0   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 23 PIT NL    5    5    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .000  .333| .000  .382| .000  .716|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons         5    5    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .000  .333| .000  .382| .000  .716|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 20 TOR AL P 32 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.19 0.85 1.14 1.90 0 47.3 1979 21 CLE AL P 61 1 4 2 0 .714 .943 0.08 0.81 0.57 1.92 0 78.7 1980 22 CLE AL P 55 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.11 0.77 0.63 1.85 0 86.0 1981 23 PIT NL P 22 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.68 1.59 1.96 0 34.0 1983 25 TEX AL P 17 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.18 0.73 1.08 1.80 0 25.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 20 TOR AL P 32 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.19 0.85 1.14 1.90 0 47.3 1979 21 CLE AL P 61 1 4 2 0 .714 .943 0.08 0.81 0.57 1.92 0 78.7 1980 22 CLE AL P 55 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.11 0.77 0.63 1.85 0 86.0 1981 23 PIT NL P 22 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.68 1.59 1.96 0 34.0 1983 25 TEX AL P 17 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.18 0.73 1.08 1.80 0 25.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 187 5 21 4 2 .867 .952 0.14 0.78 0.86 1.89 0 271.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 187 5 21 4 2 .867 .952 0.14 0.78 0.86 1.89 0 271
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1979 AL-61-6

Games Finished
1979 AL-48-6
1980 AL-40-9

Youngest Player
1978 AL-20-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2554) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 9, 1976: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Tom Underwood to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later and Pete Vuckovich. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Scott (December 16, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

December 5, 1978: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Cleveland Indians for Alfredo Griffin and Phil Lansford (minors).

December 9, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Gary Alexander, Bob Owchinko, and Rafael Vasquez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen.

April 1, 1982: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Nelson Norman.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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