Henry Cruz
Henry (Acosta) Cruz
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
Final Game: July 30, 1978
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 LAD NL 23 OF 41 18 203.1 50 48 0 2 0 .960 -1.7 -10.0 -0.7 -0.9 0.3 -1 2.12 1.17 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 LAD NL 23 CF 27 13 130.0 34 32 0 2 0 .941 -1.6 -14.8 -0.6 -0.7 0.2 -1 2.22 1.19 .985 2.72 2.44
1975 LAD NL 23 LF 13 2 47.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 10.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 1.71 0.69 .978 2.09 1.71
1975 LAD NL 23 RF 4 3 26.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -23.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.38 1.00 .975 2.04 1.75
1976 LAD NL 24 OF 23 17 159.2 41 39 1 1 1 .976 -2.8 -21.0 -1.8 -0.9 -1.0 -1 2.25 1.74 .978 2.34 2.03
1976 LAD NL 24 RF 17 12 106.2 27 25 1 1 1 .963 -2.1 -23.6 -1.1 -0.9 -0.2 -1 2.19 1.53 .974 2.15 1.83
1976 LAD NL 24 CF 5 4 39.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 2.31 2.00 .980 2.86 2.50
1976 LAD NL 24 LF 5 1 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -51.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 0 1.29 0.40 1.000 1.99 1.60
1977 CHW AL 25 OF 9 3 38.1 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.6 -18.8 -0.6 -1.3 0.7 0 1.17 0.56 .983 2.35 2.03
1977 CHW AL 25 RF 6 3 32.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.8 -30.0 -0.8 -1.2 0.5 0 1.41 0.83 .983 2.08 1.72
1977 CHW AL 25 CF 2 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 110.8 0.4 -0.1 0.4 0 4.15 1.00 1.000 2.91 2.50
1977 CHW AL 25 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1978 CHW AL 26 OF 40 16 196.0 59 55 4 0 2 1.000 1.0 6.1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 1 2.71 1.48 .978 2.47 2.13
1978 CHW AL 26 CF 24 13 145.0 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -8.3 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 0 2.61 1.75 .983 2.97 2.64
1978 CHW AL 26 LF 10 1 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 27.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 2.86 0.70 .971 2.21 1.78
1978 CHW AL 26 RF 6 2 29.0 9 7 2 0 2 1.000 1.5 62.1 0.5 0.6 -0.1 1 2.79 1.50 .978 2.23 1.85
1978 CHW AL 26 DH 1
4 Seasons OF 113 54 597.1 156 147 5 4 3 .974 -4.1 -8.2 -3.1 -1.9 -1.2 -1 2.29 1.35 .978 2.37 2.06
4 Seasons CF 58 30 318.1 88 85 1 2 0 .977 -2.3 -8.7 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 -1 2.43 1.48 .984 2.85 2.53
4 Seasons RF 33 20 193.2 46 41 3 2 3 .957 -1.9 -11.8 -1.9 -2.0 0.2 0 2.04 1.33 .976 2.14 1.80
4 Seasons LF 29 4 85.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0 1.90 0.62 .978 2.11 1.71
1 Season DH 1
4 Seasons TOT 113 54 597.1 156 147 5 4 3 .974 -4.1 -8.2 -3.1 -1.9 -1.2 -1 2.29 1.35 .953 2.37 2.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1975 LAD NL 23 53 18 53 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 27 4 41 0 17 6
1976 LAD NL 24 49 17 49 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 17 23 0 26 0
1977 CHW AL 25 16 3 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 0 6 2
1978 CHW AL 26 53 16 53 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 24 6 40 0 17 5
4 Seasons 171 54 171 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 58 33 113 0 66 13
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 -- 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%
1975 LAD NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 554 48% 82% 30% 56 57%
1976 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 168 73% 82% 31% 14 71%
1977 CHW AL 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 19 32% 74% 21% 3 67%
1978 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 18 8 44.4% 10 0 0.0% 1 658 60% 78% 25% 79 53%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 7 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 8 7 0 30 15 50.0% 15 0 0.0% 1 1399 57% 80% 28% 152 57%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.3% 58% 79% 26% 58%

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 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 106 66% 81% 34% 6 67%
1976 LAD NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 0 20 6 30.0% 13 1 5.0% 0 506 62% 80% 25% 56 45%
1977 CHW AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 146 44% 73% 25% 13 38%
1978 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 1 128 71% 69% 21% 9 78%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 3 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 9 6 1 31 12 38.7% 17 2 6.5% 1 886 61% 77% 25% 84 49%
MLB Averages 42.6% 2.9% 58% 79% 26% 53%

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%
1975 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 220 53% 72% 24% 19 47%
1976 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 69 59% 81% 26% 13 15%
1977 CHW AL 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 8 0% 88% 38% 0
1978 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 95 62% 85% 35% 11 64%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 13 11 84.6% 2 0 0.0% 0 392 55% 77% 27% 43 42%
MLB Averages 57.5% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 48%

* 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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