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Henry Cruz

Henry Acosta Cruz

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 27, 1952 in Christiansted, V.I.
High School: Fajardo (Fajardo, PR)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1975
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/WhiteSox 1975-1978

Final Game: July 30, 1978
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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 Awards
1975 23 LAD NL 53 101 94 8 25 3 1 0 5 1 1 7 6 .266 .317 .319 .636 80 30 0 0 0 0 0 87/9
1976 24 LAD NL 49 98 88 8 16 2 1 4 14 0 2 9 11 .182 .258 .364 .621 77 32 1 0 1 0 3 9/87
1977 25 CHW AL 16 22 21 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 3 .286 .318 .571 .890 137 12 0 0 0 0 1 /987
1978 26 CHW AL 53 89 77 13 17 2 1 2 10 0 1 8 11 .221 .292 .351 .643 80 27 2 1 0 3 0 87/9
4 Seasons 171 310 280 32 64 7 3 8 34 1 4 25 31 .229 .291 .361 .652 84 101 3 1 1 3 4
162 Game Avg. 162 294 265 30 61 7 3 8 32 1 4 24 29 .229 .291 .361 .652 84 96 3 1 1 3 4
LAD (2 yrs) 102 199 182 16 41 5 2 4 19 1 3 16 17 .225 .288 .341 .629 79 62 1 0 1 0 3
CHW (2 yrs) 69 111 98 16 23 2 1 4 15 0 1 9 14 .235 .297 .398 .695 93 39 2 1 0 3 1
AL (2 yrs) 69 111 98 16 23 2 1 4 15 0 1 9 14 .235 .297 .398 .695 93 39 2 1 0 3 1
NL (2 yrs) 102 199 182 16 41 5 2 4 19 1 3 16 17 .225 .288 .341 .629 79 62 1 0 1 0 3

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 Awards
1975 23 LAD NL 101 -3 0 -1 1 -2 -1 3 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ 87/9
1976 24 LAD NL 98 -3 -1 2 0 -3 -1 3 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ 9/87
1977 25 CHW AL 22 1 0 1 0 -1 0 1 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ /987
1978 26 CHW AL 89 -2 -1 0 0 1 -1 3 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ 87/9
4 Seasons 310 -7 -2 2 1 -4 -3 10 -4 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $
LAD (2 yrs) 199 -6 -1 1 1 -4 -2 6 -7 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $
CHW (2 yrs) 111 -1 -1 1 0 0 -1 4 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $

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
1975 23 LAD NL 101 70 10 3.8 93 .284 .266 .261 .317 .331 .319 .377 .636 .707 80 .448 -2.6 -0.3 .529 .128 .053 .0
1976 24 LAD NL 98 76 8 2.8 90 .164 .182 .260 .258 .326 .364 .371 .621 .697 77 .339 -3.3 -0.3 .520 .261 .182 .0
1977 25 CHW AL 22 15 4 7.2 100 .250 .286 .266 .318 .330 .571 .405 .890 .735 137 .688 0.8 0.1 .867 .333 .286 .0
1978 26 CHW AL 89 66 8 3.2 94 .224 .221 .262 .292 .328 .351 .386 .643 .714 80 .371 -2.0 -0.2 .556 .221 .130 .0
4 Seasons 310 227 30 3.6 93 .230 .229 .261 .291 .329 .361 .380 .652 .708 84 .416 -7.0 -0.7 .556 .211 .132 1.8
162 Game Avg. 294 215 28 3.6 93 .230 .229 .261 .291 .329 .361 .380 .652 .708 84 .416 -7.0 -0.7 .556 .211 .132 2
LAD (2 yrs) 199 146 18 3.3 92 .230 .225 .261 .288 .329 .341 .374 .629 .703 79 .394 -5.9 -0.6 .524 .192 .115 1.6
CHW (2 yrs) 111 81 12 4.0 96 .229 .235 .263 .297 .328 .398 .390 .695 .719 93 .454 -1.1 -0.1 .615 .245 .163 .0
AL (2 yrs) 111 81 12 4.0 96 .229 .235 .263 .297 .328 .398 .390 .695 .719 93 .454 -1.1 -0.1 .615 .245 .163 .0
NL (2 yrs) 199 146 18 3.3 92 .230 .225 .261 .288 .329 .341 .374 .629 .703 79 .394 -5.9 -0.6 .524 .192 .115 1.6

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
1975 23 LAD NL 101 0.0% 5.9% 6.9% 4.0% 16% 0.86 15.7 18.8 0.97 87%
1976 24 LAD NL 98 4.1% 11.2% 9.2% 7.1% 44% 1.22 8.0 22.0 6.3 0.84 74%
1977 25 CHW AL 22 9.1% 13.6% 4.6% 9.1% 33% 3.00 7.0 10.5 4.2 0.22 73%
1978 26 CHW AL 89 2.3% 12.4% 9.0% 5.6% 29% 1.38 7.0 38.5 7.7 0.74 75%
4 Seasons 310 2.6% 10.0% 8.1% 5.8% 28% 1.24 9.0 35.0 8.2 0.80 79%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.50 6.9 47.6 8.7 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 23 LAD NL -2.6 -0.3 105 -0.1 2.0 -2.1 1.26 -0.3 0.3 -4.4 -0.5 1.00 -4.2 1.42 14
1976 24 LAD NL -3.3 -0.3 100 -0.0 1.8 -1.8 1.16 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 1.00 -0.6 1.09 20
1977 25 CHW AL 0.8 0.1 22 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 1.63 0.1 -0.3 0.6 0.1 1.12 1.9 3.32 5
1978 26 CHW AL -2.0 -0.2 92 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 .90 -0.1 -0.2 -1.0 -0.1 0.93 1.3 1.50 11
4 Seasons -7.0 -0.7 319 -0.6 5.4 -6.1 1.15 -0.4 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.99 -1.6 1.49 50

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1975 23 LAD NL 0 0 25% 49 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 44% 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
1976 24 LAD NL 4 0 19% 29 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
1977 25 CHW AL 1 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1978 26 CHW AL 1 0 46% 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 71% 8 3 4 2 0 2 7 1 6
4 Seasons 6 0 29% 122 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 54% 18 12 5 4 1 3 13 2 11

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
1975 23 LAD NL 101 97% 25 14 2 0 1 1.42 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0% 5 1 20% 62 5 8% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1976 24 LAD NL 98 95% 16 20 3 0 0 1.09 4 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 50% 21 1 5% 11 3 27% 66 10 15% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
1977 25 CHW AL 22 95% 6 5 0 0 0 3.32 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 20 3 15% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1978 26 CHW AL 89 78% 17 11 1 0 3 1.50 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 2 13% 7 3 43% 47 8 17% 6 3 50% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 310 91% 64 50 6 0 4 1.49 8 0 14 8 0 3 5 0 2 1 50% 63 3 5% 23 7 30% 195 26 13% 15 7 47% 5 2 40% 0
MLB Averages 55% 79% 11% 35% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1975 23 53 101 94 8 25 3 1 0 5 1 1 7 6 .266 .317 .319 .636 80 30 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 102 199 182 16 41 5 2 4 19 1 3 16 17 .225 .288 .341 .629 79 62 1 0 1 0 3
1977 25 118 221 203 19 47 5 2 6 24 1 3 17 20 .232 .291 .365 .655 85 74 1 0 1 0 4
1978 26 171 310 280 32 64 7 3 8 34 1 4 25 31 .229 .291 .361 .652 84 101 3 1 1 3 4

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 23 53 104 96 9 27 3 1 0 6 1 8 6 .281 .337 .333 .670 11 53
1976 24 49 99 89 9 17 2 1 4 15 0 10 11 .191 .273 .371 .644 9 49
1977 25 16 22 21 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 1 3 .286 .318 .571 .890 4 16
1978 26 53 90 78 15 18 2 1 2 11 0 8 11 .231 .300 .359 .659 9 53
4 Seasons 171 315 284 36 68 7 3 8 37 1 27 31 .239 .305 .370 .674 33 171
162 Game Avg. 162 298 269 34 64 7 3 8 35 1 26 29 .239 .305 .370 .674 31 171

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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