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John Kruk
John Martin Kruk

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 204 lb.

Debut April 7, 1986
  vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 30, 1995
Born February 9, 1961 in Charleston, WV

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 25 SDP NL 122  278   33   86  16  2   4   38   2  4  45  58  .309  .403  .424  131  118   2   2   0   0  11 RoY-7
 1987 26 SDP NL 138  447   72  140  14  2  20   91  18 10  73  93  .313  .406  .488  140  218   3   4  15   0   6
 1988 27 SDP NL 120  378   54   91  17  1   9   44   5  3  80  68  .241  .369  .362  113  137   3   5  12   0   7
 1989 28 TOT NL 112  357   53  107  13  6   8   44   3  0  44  53  .300  .374  .437  132  156   2   3   2   0  10
         SDP NL  31   76    7   14   0  0   3    6   0  0  17  14  .184  .333  .303   83   23   1   0   0   0   5
         PHI NL  81  281   46   93  13  6   5   38   3  0  27  39  .331  .386  .473  146  133   1   3   2   0   5
 1990 29 PHI NL 142  443   52  129  25  8   7   67  10  5  69  70  .291  .386  .431  126  191   2   1  16   0  11
 1991 30 PHI NL 152  538   84  158  27  6  21   92   7  0  67 100  .294  .367  .483  139  260   0   9  16   1  11 MVP-17,AS
 1992 31 PHI NL 144  507   86  164  30  4  10   70   3  5  92  88  .323  .423  .458  150  232   0   7   8   1  11 MVP-14,AS
 1993 32 PHI NL 150  535  100  169  33  5  14   85   6  2 111  87  .316  .430  .475  144  254   0   5  10   0  11 MVP-16,AS
 1994 33 PHI NL  75  255   35   77  17  0   5   38   4  1  42  51  .302  .395  .427  114  109   0   4   4   0   9
 1995 34 CHW AL  45  159   13   49   7  0   2   23   0  1  26  33  .308  .399  .390  111   62   0   3   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1200 3897  582 1170 199 34 100  592  58 31 649 701  .300  .397  .446  133 1737  12  43  83   2  92
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        526   79  158  27  5  14   80   8  4  88  95  .300  .397  .446  133  234   2   6  11   0  12
 Career High    152  538  100  169  33  8  21   92  18 10 111 100  .323  .430  .488  150  260   3   9  16   1  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 25 SDP NL  327  211   47   6.0    96| .309  .259| .403  .329| .424  .391| .827  .720| 131  .647  14.2   1.4  33%
 1987 26 SDP NL  527  330   92   7.5   102| .313  .264| .406  .333| .488  .412| .894  .745| 140  .697  28.7   2.8  64%
 1988 27 SDP NL  466  305   56   5.0    89| .241  .255| .369  .319| .362  .374| .731  .693| 113  .598  10.7   1.1  62%
 1989 28 TOT NL  406  265   61   6.2    90| .300  .253| .374  .320| .437  .377| .811  .698| 132  .686  15.5   1.6 100%
         SDP NL   94   68    8   3.2    91| .184  .255| .333  .322| .303  .380| .636  .702|  83  .390  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         PHI NL  312  197   53   7.3    90| .331  .253| .386  .320| .473  .376| .859  .696| 146  .744  16.8   1.7 100%
 1990 29 PHI NL  515  333   75   6.0    97| .291  .263| .386  .329| .431  .395| .817  .725| 126  .641  18.1   1.8  66%
 1991 30 PHI NL  615  400   99   6.6    93| .294  .256| .367  .324| .483  .384| .850  .708| 139  .700  29.1   3.0 100%
 1992 31 PHI NL  607  366  103   7.6    92| .323  .259| .423  .325| .458  .381| .881  .706| 150  .753  40.0   4.1  37%
 1993 32 PHI NL  651  384  117   8.2   103| .316  .270| .430  .335| .475  .411| .905  .746| 144  .738  40.7   3.9  75%
 1994 33 PHI NL  301  192   45   6.3   111| .302  .277| .395  .344| .427  .433| .822  .777| 114  .610   7.6   0.7  80%
 1995 34 CHW AL  188  119   26   5.8   106| .308  .265| .399  .339| .390  .419| .789  .758| 111  .550   4.4   0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4603 2905  721   6.7    97| .300  .262| .397  .329| .446  .395| .843  .724| 133  .682 209.0  20.8  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 25 SDP NL OF 74 102 4 2 0 .981 .979 1.43 1.82 1.83 2.19 65 521.3 LF 70 99 3 2 0 .981 .975 1.46 1.44 1.86 1.97 62 492.3 1B 9 37 2 1 3 .975 .992 4.33 8.31 10.23 9.94 3 34.3 RF 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.63 1.55 1.99 3 29.0 1987 26 SDP NL 1B 101 870 75 4 74 .996 .991 9.36 8.47 10.38 9.88 93 819.7 LF 29 42 3 1 0 .978 .980 1.55 1.58 1.78 2.04 29 227.0 1988 27 SDP NL 1B 63 535 33 3 45 .995 .991 9.02 8.65 9.99 9.96 56 511.7 OF 55 99 4 0 0 1.000 .982 1.87 1.98 2.13 2.28 52 435.7 LF 29 59 3 0 0 1.000 .979 2.14 1.75 2.62 2.13 26 213.3 RF 26 40 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.58 1.75 1.66 2.05 26 222.3 1989 28 TOT NL OF 99 159 8 4 2 .977 .981 1.69 1.96 1.95 2.32 93 772.0 TOT NL LF 64 102 4 2 2 .981 .981 1.66 1.72 1.89 2.15 61 505.0 TOT NL RF 37 58 4 2 0 .969 .978 1.68 1.70 2.09 2.12 32 267.0 SDP NL OF 27 48 3 2 0 .962 .981 1.89 1.96 2.25 2.32 24 204.0 RF 25 44 3 2 0 .959 .977 1.88 1.70 2.27 2.12 22 186.0 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 1.50 2.15 2 18.0 PHI NL OF 72 111 5 2 2 .983 .981 1.61 1.96 1.84 2.32 69 568.0 LF 62 99 4 2 2 .981 .981 1.66 1.72 1.90 2.15 59 487.0 RF 12 14 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.70 1.67 2.12 10 81.0 1B 7 53 1 0 2 1.000 .993 7.71 8.39 12.46 9.74 5 39.0 1990 29 PHI NL OF 87 141 2 2 0 .986 .981 1.64 2.01 1.97 2.39 76 652.3 LF 68 97 1 1 0 .990 .979 1.44 1.71 1.77 2.19 57 497.7 1B 61 402 43 2 34 .996 .992 7.30 7.88 9.74 9.59 42 411.3 RF 21 42 1 1 0 .977 .982 2.05 1.82 2.50 2.22 19 154.7 1991 30 PHI NL 1B 102 735 49 2 54 .997 .992 7.69 8.44 8.71 9.79 89 809.7 AS OF 52 113 4 1 1 .992 .983 2.25 1.88 2.42 2.28 51 436.0 AS LF 36 80 4 1 1 .988 .982 2.33 1.67 2.39 2.18 36 315.7 AS CF 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.64 2.12 1.90 2.58 11 85.3 AS RF 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.65 3.86 2.06 4 35.0 AS 1992 31 PHI NL 1B 121 979 58 7 76 .993 .993 8.57 8.26 9.74 9.39 106 958.0 AS OF 35 58 0 1 0 .983 .983 1.66 1.96 1.96 2.34 34 267.0 AS RF 29 47 0 1 0 .979 .979 1.62 1.66 1.87 2.08 29 225.7 AS LF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.83 1.65 2.40 2.16 5 41.3 AS 1993 32 PHI NL 1B 144 1149 69 8 79 .993 .992 8.46 6.94 8.82 7.24 138 1243.3 AS 1994 33 PHI NL 1B 69 539 46 3 44 .995 .992 8.48 8.11 9.00 9.73 67 585.3 1995 34 CHW AL DH 42 1B 1 10 0 1 1 .909 .990 10.00 8.30 11.25 9.56 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 25 SDP NL 1B 9 37 2 1 3 .975 .992 4.33 8.31 10.23 9.94 3 34.3 1987 26 SDP NL 1B 101 870 75 4 74 .996 .991 9.36 8.47 10.38 9.88 93 819.7 1988 27 SDP NL 1B 63 535 33 3 45 .995 .991 9.02 8.65 9.99 9.96 56 511.7 1989 28 PHI NL 1B 7 53 1 0 2 1.000 .993 7.71 8.39 12.46 9.74 5 39.0 1990 29 PHI NL 1B 61 402 43 2 34 .996 .992 7.30 7.88 9.74 9.59 42 411.3 1991 30 PHI NL 1B 102 735 49 2 54 .997 .992 7.69 8.44 8.71 9.79 89 809.7 1992 31 PHI NL 1B 121 979 58 7 76 .993 .993 8.57 8.26 9.74 9.39 106 958.0 1993 32 PHI NL 1B 144 1149 69 8 79 .993 .992 8.46 6.94 8.82 7.24 138 1243.3 1994 33 PHI NL 1B 69 539 46 3 44 .995 .992 8.48 8.11 9.00 9.73 67 585.3 1995 34 CHW AL 1B 1 10 0 1 1 .909 .990 10.00 8.30 11.25 9.56 1 8.0 1991 30 PHI NL CF 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.64 2.12 1.90 2.58 11 85.3 1995 34 CHW AL DH 42 1986 25 SDP NL LF 70 99 3 2 0 .981 .975 1.46 1.44 1.86 1.97 62 492.3 1987 26 SDP NL LF 29 42 3 1 0 .978 .980 1.55 1.58 1.78 2.04 29 227.0 1988 27 SDP NL LF 29 59 3 0 0 1.000 .979 2.14 1.75 2.62 2.13 26 213.3 1989 28 TOT NL LF 64 102 4 2 2 .981 .981 1.66 1.72 1.89 2.15 61 505.0 SDP NL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 1.50 2.15 2 18.0 PHI NL LF 62 99 4 2 2 .981 .981 1.66 1.72 1.90 2.15 59 487.0 1990 29 PHI NL LF 68 97 1 1 0 .990 .979 1.44 1.71 1.77 2.19 57 497.7 1991 30 PHI NL LF 36 80 4 1 1 .988 .982 2.33 1.67 2.39 2.18 36 315.7 1992 31 PHI NL LF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.83 1.65 2.40 2.16 5 41.3 1986 25 SDP NL OF 74 102 4 2 0 .981 .979 1.43 1.82 1.83 2.19 65 521.3 1987 26 SDP NL OF 29 41 3 1 0 .978 .980 1.52 1.83 1.74 2.19 29 227.0 1988 27 SDP NL OF 55 99 4 0 0 1.000 .982 1.87 1.98 2.13 2.28 52 435.7 1989 28 TOT NL OF 99 159 8 4 2 .977 .981 1.69 1.96 1.95 2.32 93 772.0 SDP NL OF 27 48 3 2 0 .962 .981 1.89 1.96 2.25 2.32 24 204.0 PHI NL OF 72 111 5 2 2 .983 .981 1.61 1.96 1.84 2.32 69 568.0 1990 29 PHI NL OF 87 141 2 2 0 .986 .981 1.64 2.01 1.97 2.39 76 652.3 1991 30 PHI NL OF 52 113 4 1 1 .992 .983 2.25 1.88 2.42 2.28 51 436.0 1992 31 PHI NL OF 35 58 0 1 0 .983 .983 1.66 1.96 1.96 2.34 34 267.0 1986 25 SDP NL RF 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.63 1.55 1.99 3 29.0 1988 27 SDP NL RF 26 40 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.58 1.75 1.66 2.05 26 222.3 1989 28 TOT NL RF 37 58 4 2 0 .969 .978 1.68 1.70 2.09 2.12 32 267.0 SDP NL RF 25 44 3 2 0 .959 .977 1.88 1.70 2.27 2.12 22 186.0 PHI NL RF 12 14 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.70 1.67 2.12 10 81.0 1990 29 PHI NL RF 21 42 1 1 0 .977 .982 2.05 1.82 2.50 2.22 19 154.7 1991 30 PHI NL RF 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.65 3.86 2.06 4 35.0 1992 31 PHI NL RF 29 47 0 1 0 .979 .979 1.62 1.66 1.87 2.08 29 225.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 678 5309 376 31 412 .995 .992 8.38 8.03 9.44 9.14 600 5420.3 OF* 431 713 25 11 3 .985 .981 1.71 1.93 2.01 2.30 400 3311.3 302 11 125# LF* 302 490 18 7 3 .986 .979 1.68 1.63 1.99 2.11 276 2292.3 RF* 125 206 7 4 0 .982 .979 1.70 1.72 2.05 2.10 113 933.7 DH 42 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.64 2.12 1.90 2.58 11 85.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1109 6022 401 42 415 .994 .991 5.79 5.66 6.62 6.55 1000 8732
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1993   NLCS  PHI ATL     W   6  24   4   6  2  1  1   5   4   5  .250  .357  .542   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PHI TOR     L   6  23   4   8  1  0  0   4   7   7  .348  .500  .391   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1  12  47   8  14  3  1  1   9  11  12  .298  .431  .468   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1991   PHI NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1992   PHI NL       2   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1993   PHI NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      1   5   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .400  .400  .400 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1991
1992 *
1993 (1B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1991-NL-17-0.01
1992-NL-14-0.02
1993-NL-16-0.02
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Batting Average
1987 NL-.313-4
1992 NL-.323-3
1993 NL-.316-8

On-base %
1987 NL-.406-6
1990 NL-.386-9
1992 NL-.423-2
1993 NL-.430-2
Car-.397-71

OPS
1992 NL-.881-6
1993 NL-.905-6

Runs
1993 NL-100-10

Triples
1990 NL-8-6

Bases on Balls
1988 NL-80-7
1992 NL-92-5
1993 NL-111-4

Adjusted OPS+
1987 NL-140-10
1991 NL-139-10
1992 NL-150-6
1993 NL-144-5

Runs Created
1991 NL-99-9
1992 NL-103-9
1993 NL-117-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1991 NL-29-9
1992 NL-40-5
1993 NL-41-3

Batting Wins
1991 NL-3.0-8
1992 NL-4.1-5
1993 NL-3.9-3

Times on Base
1992 NL-257-6
1993 NL-280-4

Offensive Win%
1987 NL-.697-10
1991 NL-.700-9
1992 NL-.753-5
1993 NL-.738-3

Sac. Flies
1991 NL-9-7
1992 NL-7-8

Intentional Walks
1987 NL-15-7
1990 NL-16-7
1991 NL-16-4

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (927) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.4 (444) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 32.5 (548) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 13, 1981: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

June 2, 1989: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Randy Ready to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chris James.

October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

May 18, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986San Diego Padres$60,000
1987San Diego Padres$110,000
1988San Diego Padres$250,000
1989San Diego Padres$450,000
1990Philadelphia Phillies$655,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$1,175,000
1992Philadelphia Phillies$2,350,000
1993Philadelphia Phillies$2,450,000
1994Philadelphia Phillies$2,450,000
1995Chicago White Sox$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,950,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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