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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.
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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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

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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

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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 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

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Transactions

January 22, 1970: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 8, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dave Rader to the Chicago Cubs for Jerry Morales, Steve Swisher and cash.

June 15, 1978: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Lynn McGlothen.

June 28, 1979: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Pedro Borbon.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Mike Vail.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

April 9, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 4, 1982: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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