Fausto Cruz

Fausto Santiago Cruz

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 1, 1972 in Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi, D.R.
High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, DO)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1994
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers 1994-1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1991	19	OAK-min	Rk,A+	70	292	238	47	62	3	1	2	36	4	2	40	36	.261	.367	.307	.674		73	11	4	3	7	0	ATH,MOD · ARIZ,CALL
1992	20	-min	A+	127	576	489	86	156	22	11	9	90	8	7	70	66	.319	.407	.464	.871		227	17	7	3	7	1	REN · CALL
1993	21	OAK-min	AA,A+,AAA	127	558	490	79	141	20	3	4	57	11	11	50	92	.288	.351	.365	.716		179	17	1	11	6	0	HVL,MOD,TAC · SOUL,CALL,PCL
1994	22	OAK-min	AAA	65	243	218	27	70	19	0	1	17	2	2	17	32	.321	.377	.422	.799		92	7	3	4	1	0	TAC · PCL
1994	22	OAK	AL	17	32	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.107	.219	.107	.326	-8	3	0	0	0	0	0	6/54
1995	23	OAK-min	AAA	114	498	448	72	126	23	2	11	67	7	5	34	67	.281	.334	.415	.749		186	15	5	4	7	2	EDM · PCL
1995	23	OAK	AL	8	30	23	0	5	0	0	0	5	1	1	3	5	.217	.286	.217	.503	39	5	1	0	2	2	0	/6
1996	24	DET-min	AAA	107	422	384	49	96	18	2	12	59	11	10	33	81	.250	.310	.401	.711		154	7	1	2	2	0	TOL · IL
1996	24	DET	AL	14	40	38	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.237	.256	.289	.546	38	11	1	0	1	0	0	/46
1997	25	ANA-min	AAA	118	444	413	52	119	28	1	11	67	5	8	18	81	.288	.323	.441	.763		182	10	5	4	4	0	VAN · PCL
1998	26	ANA-min	AAA	117	464	420	47	110	26	6	4	43	7	4	28	76	.262	.306	.381	.687		160	4	2	7	7	2	VAN · PCL
2001	29	-min	AAA	113	492	421	75	137	20	3	14	70	5	2	59	79	.325	.414	.487	.901		205	10	6	4	2	1	UNL · MEX
2002	30	-min	AAA	101	439	381	63	113	15	0	19	69	5	2	47	75	.297	.381	.486	.867		185	5	7	1	3	2	YUC · MEX
2003	31	-min	AAA	103	421	347	51	100	21	1	12	63	18	2	58	65	.288	.393	.458	.851		159	10	5	6	5	1	YUC · MEX
2005	33	-min	AAA	51	220	190	41	65	4	0	9	53	2	0	24	27	.342	.425	.505	.930		96	5	4	1	1	0	CMP · MEX
3 Seasons				39	102	89	7	17	2	0	0	5	1	1	8	22	.191	.253	.213	.466	24	19	2	0	3	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	424	370	29	71	8	0	0	21	4	4	33	91	.191	.253	.213	.466	24	79	8	0	12	8	0

OAK (2 yrs)				25	62	51	2	8	0	0	0	5	1	1	7	11	.157	.250	.157	.407	13	8	1	0	2	2	0
DET (1 yr)				14	40	38	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.237	.256	.289	.546	38	11	1	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1994	22	OAK	AL	32	-5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	6/54
1995	23	OAK	AL	30	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/6
1996	24	DET	AL	40	-4	0	0	0	-3	0	1	-6	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	/46
3 Seasons				102	-11	0	0	0	-5	0	3	-14	-1.3	-8	-0.8	-0.5	$

OAK (2 yrs)				62	-7	0	0	0	-2	0	2	-8	-0.8	-5	-0.5	-0.3	$
DET (1 yr)				40	-4	0	0	0	-3	0	1	-6	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1994	22	OAK	AL	32	25	1	1.1	103	.136	.107	.262	.219	.332	.107	.416	.326	.748	-8	.050	-4.4	-0.4	.280	.143	.000
1995	23	OAK	AL	30	24	2	2.2	101	.250	.217	.259	.286	.332	.217	.410	.503	.741	39	.173	-1.6	-0.2	.400	.130	.000	.0
1996	24	DET	AL	40	31	3	2.6	116	.333	.237	.277	.256	.350	.289	.445	.546	.795	38	.197	-3.7	-0.3	.400	.079	.053
3 Seasons				102	80	6	2.0	108	.246	.191	.268	.253	.339	.213	.427	.466	.766	24	.140	-9.7	-0.9	.360	.112	.022	.0
162 Game Avg.				424	332	25	2.0	108	.246	.191	.268	.253	.339	.213	.427	.466	.766	24	.140	-9.7	-0.9	.360	.112	.022

OAK (2 yrs)				62	49	3	1.6	102	.190	.157	.261	.250	.332	.157	.413	.407	.745	13	.105	-6.0	-0.6	.333	.137	.000	.0
DET (1 yr)				40	31	3	2.6	116	.333	.237	.277	.256	.350	.289	.445	.546	.795	38	.197	-3.7	-0.3	.400	.079	.053

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1994	22	OAK	AL	32	0.0%	18.8%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.50	4.7			0.57	0.67	69%	27%	0.0%	14%
1995	23	OAK	AL	30	0.0%	16.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.67	4.6		4.6	1.22	2.00	67%	9%	0.0%	11%
1996	24	DET	AL	40	0.0%	27.5%	2.5%	5.0%	22%	11.00	3.5			0.86	1.38	68%	18%	0.0%	7%
3 Seasons				102	0.0%	21.6%	7.8%	2.0%	12%	2.75	4.0		17.8	0.84	1.19	68%	18%	0.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.3%	9.1%	7.7%	33%	1.80	5.4	32.8	7.4	0.83	1.11	70%	21%	8.2%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1994	22	OAK	AL	-4.4	-0.4	32	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.00	-0.3	-0.2	-5.6	-0.6	0.96	-5.1	0.00	4
1995	23	OAK	AL	-1.6	-0.2	34	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.93	-0.2	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	1.02	-2.6		0
1996	24	DET	AL	-3.7	-0.3	41	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	.69	-0.2	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.94	-3.5	0.01	2
3 Seasons				-9.7	-0.9	107	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	.86	-0.7	-0.3	-11.4	-1.1	0.97	-11.1	0.01	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	SB3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1994	22	OAK	AL	0	29%	12	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	1	1	1	1	0	0
1995	23	OAK	AL	0	0%	11	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0
1996	24	DET	AL	1	50%	19	0	0		0	0	0	1	50%	2	2	0	0	2	2
3 Seasons				1	28%	42	1	1	50%	1	1	2	3	25%	5	5	1	1	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1994	22	OAK	AL	32	53%	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	23	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1995	23	OAK	AL	30	33%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	1	14%	6	5	83%	24	5	21%	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	0
1996	24	DET	AL	40	18%	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	2	1	50%	23	1	4%	0	0		3	3	100%	0
3 Seasons				102	33%	17	4	0	6	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	21	2	10%	9	6	67%	70	7	10%	5	3	60%	5	4	80%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			71%			11%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1994	22	OAK	AL	28	120	4.29	72	60%	22%	19%	32%	26%	78%	0%	47%	75%	25%	7%	2	0	7%	2	0	4%	1	0	20%	4	0	0
1995	23	OAK	AL	22	79	3.59	56	71%	14%	21%	32%	32%	86%	0%	61%	75%	55%	0%	0	0	9%	2	1	0%	0	0	25%	8	0	0
1996	24	DET	AL	40	146	3.65	102	70%	27%	18%	27%	27%	73%	0%	51%	76%	25%	5%	2	0	20%	8	3	8%	3	3	36%	0	0	0
3 Seasons				90	345	3.83	230	67%	23%	19%	30%	28%	77%	0%	52%	75%	32%	4%	4	0	13%	12	4	4%	4	3	30%	12	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1994	22	17	32	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	6	.107	.219	.107	.326	-8	3	0	0	0
1995	23	25	62	51	2	8	0	5	1	1	7	11	.157	.250	.157	.407	13	8	1	2	2
1996	24	39	102	89	7	17	2	5	1	1	8	22	.191	.253	.213	.466	24	19	2	3	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1994	22	24	48	41	4	5	0	0	0	7	9	.122	.250	.122	.372	1	17
1995	23	9	33	27	0	7	0	7	1	4	6	.259	.333	.259	.593	2	8
1996	24	14	37	36	4	7	2	0	0	1	11	.194	.216	.250	.466	2	14
3 Seasons		47	118	104	8	19	2	7	1	12	26	.183	.263	.202	.465	5	39
162 Game Avg.		162	407	358	28	65	7	24	3	41	90	.183	.263	.202	.465	17	39

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