Hector Cruz
Hector Louis (Dilan) Cruz (Heity)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 2, 1953 in Arroyo, P.R.
High School: Carmen Bosello de Heyke (Carmen Bosello de Heyke, PR)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1973
Final Game: July 15, 1982
Relatives: Brother of Jose Cruz, Brother of Tommy Cruz and Uncle of Jose Cruz
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1973 20 STL NL 11 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 0 0 0 /87
1975 22 STL NL 23 52 48 7 7 2 2 0 6 0 0 2 4 .146 .176 .271 .447 21 13 1 0 1 1 0 5/79
1976 23 STL NL 151 577 526 54 120 17 1 13 71 1 0 42 119 .228 .286 .338 .625 77 178 13 2 4 3 7 *5 RoY-3
1977 24 STL NL 118 391 339 50 80 19 2 6 42 4 3 46 56 .236 .326 .357 .683 85 121 8 1 2 3 1 97/5
1978 25 TOT NL 109 300 273 27 62 13 1 8 33 0 2 24 45 .227 .292 .370 .662 84 101 10 1 2 0 3 7859
1978 25 CHC NL 30 80 76 8 18 5 0 2 9 0 0 3 6 .237 .266 .382 .647 71 29 4 0 1 0 1 8/57
1978 25 SFG NL 79 220 197 19 44 8 1 6 24 0 2 21 39 .223 .301 .365 .667 89 72 6 1 1 0 2 7859
1979 26 TOT NL 90 243 207 26 47 10 2 4 28 0 1 34 46 .227 .335 .353 .687 88 73 10 0 1 1 3 987/5
1979 26 SFG NL 16 28 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .120 .214 .120 .334 -3 3 2 0 0 0 0 /759
1979 26 CIN NL 74 215 182 24 44 10 2 4 27 0 1 31 39 .242 .350 .385 .735 100 70 8 0 1 1 3 987
1980 27 CIN NL 52 83 75 5 16 4 1 1 5 0 0 8 16 .213 .289 .333 .622 73 25 1 0 0 0 1 79
1981 28 CHC NL 53 127 109 15 25 5 0 7 15 2 2 17 24 .229 .331 .468 .799 122 51 3 0 0 1 0 59/7
1982 29 CHC NL 17 21 19 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .211 .286 .263 .549 54 5 1 0 0 0 0 /79
9 Seasons 624 1806 1607 186 361 71 9 39 200 7 8 176 317 .225 .301 .353 .654 81 567 47 4 10 9 15
162 Game Avg. 162 469 417 48 94 18 2 10 52 2 2 46 82 .225 .301 .353 .654 81 147 12 1 3 2 4
STL (4 yrs) 303 1032 924 112 207 38 5 19 119 5 3 91 182 .224 .294 .338 .631 75 312 22 3 7 7 8
CHC (3 yrs) 100 228 204 24 47 11 0 9 24 2 2 22 34 .230 .304 .417 .721 97 85 8 0 1 1 1
SFG (2 yrs) 95 248 222 21 47 8 1 6 25 0 2 24 46 .212 .291 .338 .629 79 75 8 1 1 0 2
CIN (2 yrs) 126 298 257 29 60 14 3 5 32 0 1 39 55 .233 .333 .370 .703 93 95 9 0 1 1 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1973 20 STL NL 12 11 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .263 .083 .332 .000 .390 .083 .722 -75 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .091 .091 .000
1975 22 STL NL 52 44 2 1.2 99 .156 .146 .270 .176 .342 .271 .390 .447 .732 21 .091 -5.6 -0.6 .357 .167 .125
1976 23 STL NL 577 426 50 3.2 93 .270 .228 .264 .286 .330 .338 .376 .625 .706 77 .384 -17.7 -1.9 .532 .192 .110 1.9
1977 24 STL NL 391 275 41 4.0 102 .264 .236 .268 .326 .336 .357 .408 .683 .744 85 .437 -6.2 -0.6 .626 .260 .121 4.8
1978 25 TOT NL 300 225 26 3.1 95 .245 .227 .262 .292 .330 .370 .386 .662 .716 84 .365 -6.5 -0.7 .556 .223 .143 .0
1978 25 CHC NL 80 63 6 2.6 104 .235 .237 .275 .266 .345 .382 .405 .647 .750 71 .288 -3.4 -0.4 .516 .184 .145 .0
1978 25 SFG NL 220 162 20 3.3 91 .250 .223 .257 .301 .325 .365 .378 .667 .703 89 .394 -3.1 -0.3 .571 .239 .142 .0
1979 26 TOT NL 243 173 25 3.9 100 .272 .227 .269 .335 .335 .353 .399 .687 .734 88 .443 -2.6 -0.3 .620 .285 .126 .0
1979 26 SFG NL 28 24 1 1.1 94 .167 .120 .260 .214 .325 .120 .386 .334 .711 -3 .075 -3.5 -0.4 .250 .120 .000
1979 26 CIN NL 215 149 24 4.3 100 .286 .242 .270 .350 .336 .385 .401 .735 .737 100 .493 0.9 0.1 .680 .308 .143 .0
1980 27 CIN NL 83 60 7 3.2 96 .259 .213 .268 .289 .330 .333 .389 .622 .719 73 .367 -2.8 -0.3 .550 .227 .120 .0
1981 28 CHC NL 127 90 17 5.1 95 .228 .229 .267 .331 .333 .468 .383 .799 .716 122 .598 3.1 0.3 .764 .394 .239 3.1
1982 29 CHC NL 21 16 1 1.7 96 .267 .211 .268 .286 .331 .263 .389 .549 .720 54 .157 -1.2 -0.1 .438 .158 .053
9 Seasons 1806 1320 169 3.4 97 .256 .225 .266 .301 .333 .353 .389 .654 .722 81 .403 -42.2 -4.4 .573 .237 .128 11.9
162 Game Avg. 469 343 44 3.4 97 .256 .225 .266 .301 .333 .353 .389 .654 .722 81 .403 -42.2 -4.4 .573 .237 .128 3
STL (4 yrs) 1032 756 93 3.3 97 .258 .224 .266 .294 .333 .338 .389 .631 .722 75 .383 -32.2 -3.4 .550 .214 .114 7.9
CHC (3 yrs) 228 169 24 3.8 99 .235 .230 .270 .304 .337 .417 .392 .721 .729 97 .463 -1.5 -0.1 .641 .294 .186 3.3
SFG (2 yrs) 248 186 21 3.0 92 .241 .212 .258 .291 .325 .338 .379 .629 .704 79 .354 -6.6 -0.7 .530 .225 .126 .0
CIN (2 yrs) 298 209 31 4.0 99 .278 .233 .269 .333 .334 .370 .397 .703 .732 93 .460 -1.9 -0.2 .643 .284 .136 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 2 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1973 20 STL NL 12 0.0% 25.0% 8.3% 0.0% 3.00 3.7 1.67 67%
1975 22 STL NL 52 0.0% 7.7% 3.9% 7.7% 57% 2.00 12.0 8.0 0.71 87%
1976 23 STL NL 577 2.3% 20.6% 7.3% 5.4% 26% 2.83 4.4 40.5 7.4 1.16 69%
1977 24 STL NL 391 1.5% 14.3% 11.8% 6.9% 34% 1.22 6.1 56.5 8.1 0.97 72%
1978 25 TOT NL 300 2.7% 15.0% 8.0% 7.3% 36% 1.88 6.1 34.1 8.3 1.00 73%
1978 25 CHC NL 80 2.5% 7.5% 3.8% 8.8% 39% 2.00 12.7 38.0 8.4 0.90 85%
1978 25 SFG NL 220 2.7% 17.7% 9.6% 6.8% 34% 1.86 5.1 32.8 8.2 1.05 69%
1979 26 TOT NL 243 1.7% 18.9% 14.0% 6.6% 34% 1.35 4.5 51.8 7.4 1.47 65%
1979 26 SFG NL 28 0.0% 25.0% 10.7% 0.0% 0% 2.33 3.6 25.0 1.57 64%
1979 26 CIN NL 215 1.9% 18.1% 14.4% 7.4% 36% 1.26 4.7 45.5 6.7 1.45 65%
1980 27 CIN NL 83 1.2% 19.3% 9.6% 7.2% 38% 2.00 4.7 75.0 15.0 1.15 70%
1981 28 CHC NL 127 5.5% 18.9% 13.4% 9.5% 48% 1.41 4.5 15.6 7.3 0.64 62%
1982 29 CHC NL 21 0.0% 19.1% 9.5% 4.8% 25% 2.00 4.8 2.00 71%
9 Seasons 1806 2.2% 17.6% 9.8% 6.6% 33% 1.80 5.1 41.2 8.0 1.07 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 20 STL NL 0 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1975 22 STL NL 4 0 78% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1976 23 STL NL 5 0 27% 183 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 5 49% 31 17 12 11 7 3 17 2 14
1977 24 STL NL 5 0 36% 133 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 49% 28 14 12 4 0 3 15 6 8
1978 25 TOT NL 7 0 24% 107 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 37% 16 12 4 2 0 2 9 4 4
1978 25 CHC NL 3 0 32% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 38% 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 3 2
1978 25 SFG NL 4 0 22% 80 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 37% 13 10 3 2 0 2 4 1 2
1979 26 TOT NL 3 0 29% 100 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 46% 13 8 4 2 1 1 11 3 7
1979 26 SFG NL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1979 26 CIN NL 3 0 28% 93 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 42% 13 8 4 2 1 1 9 3 5
1980 27 CIN NL 1 0 17% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 75% 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1981 28 CHC NL 0 0 23% 37 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22% 5 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 1
1982 29 CHC NL 0 0 17% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 25 0 29% 626 7 8 47% 7 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 27 23 46% 101 60 36 22 10 10 59 17 38
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1973 20 STL NL 12 75% 0 4 0 0 0 0.76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1975 22 STL NL 52 67% 7 6 1 0 0 0.78 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 19 1 5% 7 2 29% 41 9 22% 4 4 100% 2 0 0% 0
1976 23 STL NL 577 41% 120 3 0 0 0 1.47 13 0 18 4 9 9 4 1 5 4 80% 133 13 10% 67 14 21% 390 63 16% 48 19 40% 33 11 33% 0
1977 24 STL NL 391 42% 80 15 2 0 2 1.48 6 0 9 2 4 4 2 0 2 2 100% 78 8 10% 36 13 36% 255 40 16% 34 17 50% 32 9 28% 0
1978 25 TOT NL 300 56% 62 30 8 1 3 1.66 8 0 8 4 4 4 4 0 2 2 100% 55 10 18% 24 7 29% 201 28 14% 17 8 47% 19 8 42% 0
1978 25 CHC NL 80 81% 18 10 3 0 2 1.41 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 100% 14 4 29% 8 4 50% 55 9 16% 6 3 50% 6 4 67% 0
1978 25 SFG NL 220 47% 44 20 5 1 1 1.79 6 0 6 3 3 4 2 0 1 1 100% 41 6 15% 16 3 19% 146 19 13% 11 5 45% 13 4 31% 0
1979 26 TOT NL 243 48% 47 16 2 0 2 2.23 4 0 9 4 0 3 1 1 3 1 33% 55 10 18% 23 6 26% 174 25 14% 21 10 48% 14 5 36% 0
1979 26 SFG NL 28 64% 3 8 0 0 0 2.23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 3 1 33% 19 1 5% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1979 26 CIN NL 215 46% 44 8 2 0 2 2.24 4 0 8 4 0 3 1 1 3 1 33% 47 8 17% 20 5 25% 155 24 15% 19 9 47% 13 5 38% 0
1980 27 CIN NL 83 69% 16 22 1 0 0 1.45 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 8 3 38% 46 5 11% 9 2 22% 3 0 0% 0
1981 28 CHC NL 127 28% 25 17 3 1 2 1.55 7 0 4 5 2 4 3 0 0 0 34 3 9% 15 2 13% 105 8 8% 11 4 36% 8 2 25% 0
1982 29 CHC NL 21 67% 4 15 3 0 0 1.08 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1806 46% 361 128 20 2 9 1.52 39 0 53 19 20 25 14 2 13 10 77% 392 47 12% 183 47 26% 1229 178 14% 145 64 44% 112 35 31% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 20 11 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 21 11 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 34 64 59 8 7 2 2 0 6 0 0 3 7 .119 .159 .220 .379 3 13 1 0 1 1 0
1976 23 185 641 585 62 127 19 3 13 77 1 0 45 126 .217 .274 .326 .600 69 191 14 2 5 4 7
1977 24 303 1032 924 112 207 38 5 19 119 5 3 91 182 .224 .294 .338 .631 75 312 22 3 7 7 8
1978 25 412 1332 1197 139 269 51 6 27 152 5 5 115 227 .225 .293 .345 .638 77 413 32 4 9 7 11
1979 26 502 1575 1404 165 316 61 8 31 180 5 6 149 273 .225 .300 .346 .646 79 486 42 4 10 8 14
1980 27 554 1658 1479 170 332 65 9 32 185 5 6 157 289 .224 .299 .346 .645 79 511 43 4 10 8 15
1981 28 607 1785 1588 185 357 70 9 39 200 7 8 174 313 .225 .301 .354 .655 82 562 46 4 10 9 15
1982 29 624 1806 1607 186 361 71 9 39 200 7 8 176 317 .225 .301 .353 .654 81 567 47 4 10 9 15

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1973 20 11 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 11
1975 22 23 50 47 6 6 2 2 0 5 0 2 4 .128 .160 .255 .415 2 23
1976 23 151 581 532 59 126 18 1 14 78 1 44 119 .237 .296 .353 .649 55 151
1977 24 118 392 341 50 82 19 2 6 42 4 47 56 .240 .332 .361 .692 41 118
1978 25 109 299 274 30 63 13 1 8 37 0 24 45 .230 .294 .372 .667 30 109
1979 26 90 245 209 27 49 10 2 4 30 0 35 46 .234 .343 .359 .702 26 90
1980 27 52 84 76 5 17 4 1 1 5 0 8 16 .224 .298 .342 .640 8 52
1981 28 80 195 166 25 39 8 0 11 25 3 27 36 .235 .338 .482 .820 27 53
1982 29 17 20 18 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .250 .222 .472 1 17
9 Seasons 651 1878 1674 203 385 75 9 44 222 8 190 329 .230 .308 .364 .673 190 624
162 Game Avg. 162 467 417 51 96 19 2 11 55 2 47 82 .230 .308 .364 .673 47 624

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1976 NL  119 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 NL  born 1953-04-02 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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