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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 STL NL 20 OF 5 2 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -36.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 -1 2.74 1.40 .971 2.23 1.96
1973 STL NL 20 CF 4 2 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -54.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1 2.45 1.50 .983 2.62 2.28
1973 STL NL 20 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
1975 STL NL 22 3B 12 3 42.1 10 4 4 2 0 .800 -2.7 -76.5 -2.7 -0.5 -2.2 0 1.70 0.67 .950 2.98 2.58
1975 STL NL 22 OF 6 6 54.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 1.9 42.2 1.9 0.0 1.8 0 2.67 2.67 .976 2.28 2.02
1975 STL NL 22 LF 4 4 38.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.5 78.9 2.5 0.6 1.8 0 3.55 3.75 .973 2.11 1.70
1975 STL NL 22 RF 2 2 16.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.6 -45.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.56 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.75
1976 STL NL 23 3B 148 148 1292.1 396 100 270 26 19 .934 -17.4 -16.2 -16.4 -2.3 -14.2 -1 2.58 2.50 .953 2.93 2.61 RoY-3
1977 STL NL 24 OF 106 89 784.1 169 154 9 6 1 .964 -8.6 -13.2 -5.6 -0.5 -5.1 -3 1.87 1.54 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 STL NL 24 RF 87 77 656.0 133 121 7 5 0 .962 -9.5 -17.4 -7.5 -0.4 -7.1 -2 1.76 1.47 .974 2.11 1.78
1977 STL NL 24 LF 28 12 128.1 31 29 1 1 1 .968 0.9 8.4 1.9 -0.1 2.0 -1 2.10 1.07 .971 1.93 1.51
1977 STL NL 24 3B 2 0 3.1 2 0 1 1 1 .500 -0.1 -36.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.70 0.50 1.000 2.97 2.55
1978 TOT NL 25 OF 67 50 459.0 119 112 5 2 3 .983 0.6 1.6 0.6 -1.1 1.7 0 2.29 1.75 .980 2.31 1.94
1978 TOT NL 25 LF 32 21 200.0 47 43 3 1 2 .979 2.5 15.0 2.5 0.9 1.6 0 2.07 1.44 .979 1.99 1.55
1978 TOT NL 25 CF 31 23 189.0 53 51 1 1 1 .981 -3.8 -24.1 -2.8 -2.5 -0.3 -1 2.48 1.68 .983 2.80 2.29
1978 TOT NL 25 3B 21 13 131.1 32 5 27 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -11.0 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4 0 2.19 1.52 .950 2.99 2.53
1978 CHC NL 25 CF 14 13 103.0 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -25.6 -1.2 -1.6 0.4 -1 2.53 2.07 .983 2.80 2.29
1978 CHC NL 25 OF 14 13 105.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -21.7 -0.9 -1.3 0.4 -1 2.57 2.14 .980 2.31 1.94
1978 CHC NL 25 3B 7 7 58.0 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 0.8 16.6 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0 2.48 2.29 .950 2.99 2.53
1978 CHC NL 25 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1978 SFG NL 25 OF 53 37 354.0 89 82 5 2 3 .978 2.5 8.5 1.5 0.2 1.3 1 2.21 1.64 .980 2.31 1.94
1978 SFG NL 25 LF 31 21 198.0 46 42 3 1 2 .978 2.2 13.3 2.2 0.6 1.6 0 2.05 1.45 .978 1.99 1.55
1978 SFG NL 25 CF 17 10 86.0 24 22 1 1 1 .958 -1.6 -22.3 -1.6 -0.9 -0.7 0 2.41 1.35 .983 2.80 2.29
1978 SFG NL 25 3B 14 6 73.1 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -32.7 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 0 1.96 1.14 .950 2.99 2.53
1978 SFG NL 25 RF 14 6 70.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.9 32.6 0.9 0.5 0.4 1 2.44 1.36 .979 2.13 1.78
1979 TOT NL 26 OF 75 51 497.0 134 124 8 2 4 .985 -0.2 -0.5 1.8 -1.7 3.5 -2 2.39 1.76 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 TOT NL 26 RF 51 19 230.1 63 60 3 0 2 1.000 1.3 6.8 2.3 -0.6 2.9 -1 2.46 1.24 .979 2.19 1.87
1979 TOT NL 26 LF 17 11 107.0 26 23 1 2 0 .923 0.1 1.1 0.1 -0.6 0.7 0 2.02 1.41 .973 2.01 1.58
1979 SFG NL 26 OF 6 2 25.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 18.9 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 1.78 0.83 .980 2.31 2.00
1979 SFG NL 26 LF 4 2 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 24.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 1.80 1.00 .975 2.02 1.58
1979 SFG NL 26 3B 2 2 18.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -1.8 -120.0 -1.8 0.0 -1.8 0 2.50 2.50 .950 2.90 2.50
1979 SFG NL 26 RF 2 0 5.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.38 1.00 1.000 2.19 1.85
1979 CIN NL 26 OF 69 49 471.2 129 119 8 2 4 .984 -0.6 -1.5 1.4 -1.8 3.2 -2 2.42 1.84 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 CIN NL 26 RF 49 19 225.0 61 58 3 0 2 1.000 1.3 6.9 2.3 -0.6 2.9 -1 2.44 1.24 .979 2.19 1.87
1979 CIN NL 26 CF 23 21 159.2 46 43 3 0 1 1.000 -1.6 -12.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 -1 2.59 2.00 .985 2.82 2.43
1979 CIN NL 26 LF 13 9 87.0 22 19 1 2 0 .909 -0.3 -4.1 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 0 2.07 1.54 .973 2.01 1.58
1980 CIN NL 27 OF 29 14 158.0 44 42 0 2 0 .955 2.7 20.5 3.7 0.8 2.9 -1 2.39 1.45 .980 2.31 1.98
1980 CIN NL 27 LF 15 4 62.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 1.89 0.87 .977 2.06 1.68
1980 CIN NL 27 RF 15 10 96.0 31 29 0 2 0 .935 2.7 33.8 3.7 0.5 3.2 -1 2.72 1.93 .977 2.06 1.71
1981 CHC NL 28 3B 18 14 116.1 40 12 25 3 0 .925 -2.5 -25.8 -2.5 -0.3 -2.2 0 2.86 2.06 .950 2.84 2.47
1981 CHC NL 28 OF 16 12 103.2 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -20.8 -1.8 -1.5 -0.3 0 1.91 1.38 .982 2.33 2.02
1981 CHC NL 28 RF 10 8 73.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -9.8 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 1.71 1.40 .979 2.08 1.65
1981 CHC NL 28 LF 8 4 30.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -48.0 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 1.80 0.75 .967 2.13 1.79
1982 CHC NL 29 OF 4 1 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -60.0 -0.7 -0.6 0.0 0 0.64 0.25 1.000 2.25 1.90
1982 CHC NL 29 LF 3 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -70.0 -0.7 -0.6 0.0 0 0.75 0.33 1.000 2.10 1.60
1982 CHC NL 29 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
8 Seasons OF 308 225 2093.0 513 477 23 13 8 .975 -6.8 -3.9 0.2 -4.3 4.5 -7 2.15 1.62 .979 2.29 1.96
6 Seasons 3B 203 180 1603.2 486 124 329 33 20 .932 -25.7 -19.2 -24.7 -4.0 -20.8 -1 2.54 2.23 .952 2.93 2.59
7 Seasons RF 180 122 1144.0 262 243 11 8 2 .969 -4.8 -5.0 -1.8 -1.5 -0.3 -3 2.00 1.41 .977 2.12 1.79
8 Seasons LF 108 57 578.1 140 130 6 4 3 .971 4.4 9.1 5.4 0.2 5.2 -1 2.12 1.26 .975 2.00 1.59
3 Seasons CF 58 46 370.2 105 100 4 1 2 .990 -6.4 -20.7 -3.4 -3.0 -0.4 -3 2.53 1.79 .984 2.80 2.34
9 Seasons TOT 511 405 3696.2 999 601 352 46 28 .954 -32.5 -10.6 -24.5 -8.3 -16.3 -7 -1 2.32 1.86 .920 2.57 2.21
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 STL NL 20 11 2 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 4 3
1975 STL NL 22 23 9 23 17 0 0 0 0 12 0 4 0 2 6 0 6 3
1976 STL NL 23 151 148 151 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1977 STL NL 24 118 89 118 106 0 0 0 0 2 0 28 0 87 106 0 17 1
1978 SFG NL 25 79 43 79 64 0 0 0 0 14 0 31 17 14 53 0 25 1
1978 CHC NL 25 30 20 30 21 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 14 0 15 0 10 0
1979 CIN NL 26 74 49 74 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 23 49 68 0 9 3
1979 SFG NL 26 16 4 16 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 0 9 0
1980 CIN NL 27 52 14 52 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 28 0 24 1
1981 CHC NL 28 53 26 53 31 0 0 0 0 18 0 8 0 10 16 0 22 0
1982 CHC NL 29 17 1 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 15 0
9 Seasons 624 405 624 506 0 0 0 0 203 0 108 58 180 307 0 144 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 STL NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 79 49% 77% 16% 5 20%
1977 STL NL 24 5 0 5 0 0 7 0 5 1 0 32 13 1 15 4 0 13 5 0 10 0 0 13 11 0 83 33 39.8% 49 1 1.2% 6 2870 62% 79% 25% 299 42%
1978 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 286 65% 77% 24% 32 59%
1979 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 4 1 7 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 27 10 37.0% 16 1 3.7% 2 941 64% 81% 28% 104 57%
1979 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 66% 59% 16% 4 50%
1980 CIN NL 27 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 2 20.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 400 53% 80% 30% 48 60%
1981 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 347 58% 80% 35% 24 58%
1982 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 33% 67% 0% 0
7 Seasons 8 0 7 1 1 11 0 6 2 0 57 19 2 25 7 0 19 9 0 14 2 0 20 16 0 135 53 39.3% 80 2 1.5% 9 4961 62% 79% 27% 516 49%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.0% 59% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 STL NL 22 205 61% 74% 15% 10 70% 1 4 3 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 23 5755 62% 79% 25% 398 85% 3 100 73 8 19 267 215 44 3 8 26 1 24 1 20 19 13 1 17 0 0 0 23 74%
1977 STL NL 24 17 47% 94% 35% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 25 350 66% 78% 24% 20 85% 0 3 2 0 1 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1978 CHC NL 25 253 55% 82% 38% 18 89% 0 2 2 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1979 SFG NL 26 91 81% 73% 24% 5 80% 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 28 550 54% 77% 32% 45 76% 0 13 10 0 3 25 19 4 1 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43%
6 Seasons 7221 61% 79% 26% 497 84% 4 125 93 8 24 328 261 55 5 10 33 1 30 2 26 20 14 1 18 0 0 0 34 65%
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 STL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 33% 1 100%
1975 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 154 56% 83% 35% 23 65%
1977 STL NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 17 9 52.9% 7 1 5.9% 0 562 60% 75% 26% 58 50%
1978 SFG NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 3 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 6 5 1 21 13 61.9% 6 2 9.5% 1 835 64% 79% 30% 75 57%
1978 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 33% 83% 50% 1 100%
1979 CIN NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 14 8 57.1% 5 1 7.1% 0 373 50% 83% 28% 44 48%
1979 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 97 88% 78% 30% 10 40%
1980 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 275 55% 79% 28% 29 45%
1981 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 126 54% 84% 37% 11 55%
1982 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 60 48% 80% 25% 7 14%
8 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 6 0 3 0 2 20 18 0 16 2 1 10 5 1 5 0 0 17 15 2 68 40 58.8% 24 4 5.9% 2 2491 60% 79% 29% 259 52%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 59% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 STL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 98 68% 81% 24% 12 50%
1978 SFG NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 379 66% 80% 26% 38 58%
1978 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 490 60% 78% 29% 62 47%
1979 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 8 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 23 8 34.8% 15 0 0.0% 3 692 62% 77% 28% 90 50%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 24 16 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 4 0 47 20 42.6% 27 0 0.0% 4 1659 63% 78% 28% 202 51%
MLB Averages 43.2% 2.2% 59% 79% 26% 57%

* 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.

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