Iván Cruz

Luis Ivan Cruz

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 3, 1968 in Fajardo, P.R.
High School: Colegio Santiago Apostal (Fajardo, PR)
School: Jacksonville University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1997
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Yankees 1997-2002

Final Game: September 27, 2002
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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
1989	21	DET-min	A-	64	257	226	43	62	11	2	7	40	2	0	27	29	.274	.358	.434	.792		98	2	3	0	1	4	NFL · NYPL
1990	22	DET-min	A+	118	474	414	61	118	23	2	11	73	8	1	49	71	.285	.364	.430	.794		178		5	2	4	3	LAK · FLOR
1991	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	129	518	472	48	114	21	0	10	51	3	3	38	85	.242	.304	.350	.653		165	12	5	1	2	5	LON,TOL · EL,IL
1992	24	DET-min	AA	134	571	524	71	143	25	1	14	104	1	1	37	102	.273	.322	.405	.727		212	16	4	0	6	1	LON · EL
1993	25	DET-min	AAA	115	437	402	44	91	18	4	13	50	1	1	30	85	.226	.284	.388	.672		156	5	3	0	2	2	TOL · IL
1994	26	DET-min	AAA	97	336	303	36	75	11	2	15	43	1	0	28	83	.248	.313	.446	.758		135	7	2	0	3	0	TOL · IL
1995	27	DET-min	AA,AAA	119	503	433	70	119	19	1	31	96	0	0	66	103	.275	.368	.538	.906		233	8	0	0	4	15	JCK,TOL · SOUL,IL
1996	28	NYY-min	AAA	130	513	446	84	115	26	0	28	96	2	4	48	99	.258	.335	.504	.839		225	9	8	2	9	3	CLB · IL
1997	29	NYY-min	AAA	116	497	417	69	125	35	1	24	95	4	5	65	78	.300	.404	.561	.966		234	8	11	0	4	10	CLB · IL
1997	29	NYY	AL	11	22	20	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.250	.318	.300	.618	63	6	0	0	0	0	0	/3D7

1999	31	PIT-min	AAA,AA	78	318	286	58	91	21	1	25	84	0	2	22	64	.318	.358	.661	1.019		189	7	1	0	9	4	NVL,ATO · PCL,EL
1999	31	PIT	NL	5	10	10	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.700	1.100	170	7	0	0	0	0	0	/39
2000	32	PIT-min	AAA	87	363	320	67	118	27	1	27	77	0	0	35	55	.369	.427	.713	1.139		228	8	2	0	6	3	MXD,NVL · MEX,PCL
2000	32	PIT	NL	8	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-54	1	1	0	0	0	0	/3

2002	34	STL-min	AAA	125	518	461	83	129	27	0	35	100	0	0	49	96	.280	.349	.566	.916		261	14	3	0	5	7	MEM · PCL
2002	34	STL	NL	17	15	14	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.357	.400	.571	.971	155	8	0	0	0	0	0	/3
4 Seasons				41	58	55	5	15	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	17	.273	.310	.400	.710	83	22	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	229	217	20	59	4	0	8	32	0	0	12	67	.273	.310	.400	.710	83	87	4	0	0	0	0

PIT (2 yrs)				13	21	21	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10	.238	.238	.381	.619	53	8	1	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				17	15	14	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.357	.400	.571	.971	155	8	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				11	22	20	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.250	.318	.300	.618	63	6	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				30	36	35	5	10	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	13	.286	.306	.457	.763	94	16	1	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				11	22	20	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.250	.318	.300	.618	63	6	0	0	0	0	0

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
1997	29	NYY	AL	22	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/3D7

1999	31	PIT	NL	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$205,000	/39
2000	32	PIT	NL	11	-3	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/3

2002	34	STL	NL	15	1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	/3
4 Seasons				58	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$205,000

PIT (2 yrs)				21	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$205,000
STL (1 yr)				15	1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$
NYY (1 yr)				22	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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
1997	29	NYY	AL	22	15	2	3.6	109	.313	.250	.271	.318	.341	.300	.429	.618	.770	63	.338	-1.1	-0.1	.533	.150	.050

1999	31	PIT	NL	10	6	3	13.4	117	.429	.400	.277	.400	.352	.700	.446	1.100	.798	170	.845	0.9	0.1	1.167	.300	.300	.0
2000	32	PIT	NL	11	11	0	0.0	115	.333	.091	.272	.091	.349	.091	.445	.182	.794	-54	.000	-2.6	-0.2	.091	.000	.000

2002	34	STL	NL	15	9	3	8.9	105	.400	.357	.264	.400	.337	.571	.419	.971	.756	155	.757	1.0	0.1	1.000	.286	.214	.0
4 Seasons				58	41	8	5.2	111	.361	.273	.270	.310	.343	.400	.433	.710	.776	83	.509	-1.7	-0.2	.610	.182	.127	.0
162 Game Avg.				229	162	32	5.2	111	.361	.273	.270	.310	.343	.400	.433	.710	.776	83	.509	-1.7	-0.2	.610	.182	.127

PIT (2 yrs)				21	17	3	4.7	116	.400	.238	.274	.238	.351	.381	.445	.619	.796	53	.446	-1.7	-0.2	.471	.143	.143	.0
STL (1 yr)				15	9	3	8.9	105	.400	.357	.264	.400	.337	.571	.419	.971	.756	155	.757	1.0	0.1	1.000	.286	.214	.0
NYY (1 yr)				22	15	2	3.6	109	.313	.250	.271	.318	.341	.300	.429	.618	.770	63	.337	-1.1	-0.1	.533	.150	.050

NL (3 yrs)				36	26	6	6.2	112	.400	.286	.270	.306	.345	.457	.435	.763	.780	94	.586	-0.7	-0.0	.654	.200	.171	.0
AL (1 yr)				22	15	2	3.6	109	.313	.250	.271	.318	.341	.300	.429	.618	.770	63	.337	-1.1	-0.1	.533	.150	.050

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
1997	29	NYY	AL	22	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	4.6%	20%	2.00	5.0		6.7	1.00	0.50	73%	25%	0.0%	25%

1999	31	PIT	NL	10	10.0%	20.0%	0.0%	10.0%	25%		5.0	10.0	5.0	0.14	0.33	70%	50%	14.3%	0%
2000	32	PIT	NL	11	0.0%	72.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.4			0.50	1.00	27%	33%	0.0%	0%

2002	34	STL	NL	15	6.7%	20.0%	6.7%	6.7%	20%	3.00	4.7	14.0	4.7	0.67	2.00	67%	45%	16.7%	0%
4 Seasons				58	3.5%	29.3%	5.2%	5.2%	20%	5.67	3.2	27.5	6.9	0.61	0.73	62%	37%	9.5%	9%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.88	5.3	31.4	7.4	0.77	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	29	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	22	0.1	0.4	-0.4	.99	-0.1	0.2	-1.2	-0.1	1.10	-0.7	1.86	4

1999	31	PIT	NL	0.9	0.1	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.99	0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	1.14	0.9	2.17	4
2000	32	PIT	NL	-2.6	-0.2	11	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.17	-0.3	0.0	-4.3	-0.4	0.95	-4.4	1.07	7

2002	34	STL	NL	1.0	0.1	15	0.4	0.6	-0.2	1.04	0.2	0.2	1.3	0.1	0.82	1.3	1.07	10
4 Seasons				-1.7	-0.1	58	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	1.04	-0.1	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	1.00	-2.9	1.37	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	29	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1999	31	PIT	NL	0	0	67%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2000	32	PIT	NL	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

2002	34	STL	NL	0	0	20%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Seasons				0	0	19%	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1

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
1997	29	NYY	AL	22	82%	5	2	0	4	1	0	0	1.86	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	1	0	0%	19	3	16%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0

1999	31	PIT	NL	10	90%	4	0	0	4	1	1	1	2.17	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2000	32	PIT	NL	11	100%	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0

2002	34	STL	NL	15	100%	5	0	0	10	4	1	3	1.07	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		6	2	33%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Seasons				58	91%	15	2	0	25	6	2	4	1.37	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		14	1	7%	4	0	0%	46	6	13%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	29	NYY	AL	22	90	4.09	58	64%	22%	14%	36%	28%	78%	0%	50%	82%	32%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1999	31	PIT	NL	10	24	2.40	18	75%	11%	28%	17%	44%	89%	0%	67%	69%	70%	0%	0	0	20%	2	2	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2000	32	PIT	NL	11	61	5.55	39	64%	31%	13%	49%	8%	69%	0%	44%	81%	18%	0%	0	0	27%	3	0	9%	1	1	63%	0	0	0

2002	34	STL	NL	15	54	3.60	35	65%	11%	37%	20%	31%	89%	0%	57%	58%	27%	7%	1	0	20%	3	2	7%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				58	229	3.95	150	66%	21%	21%	33%	25%	79%	0%	52%	74%	34%	2%	1	0	14%	8	4	3%	2	1	35%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1997	29	11	22	20	0	5	1	0	3	2	4	.250	.318	.300	.618	63	6	0
1998	30	11	22	20	0	5	1	0	3	2	4	.250	.318	.300	.618	63	6	0
1999	31	16	32	30	3	9	1	1	5	2	6	.300	.344	.433	.777	100	13	0
2000	32	24	43	41	3	10	1	1	5	2	14	.244	.279	.341	.621	59	14	1
2001	33	24	43	41	3	10	1	1	5	2	14	.244	.279	.341	.621	59	14	1
2002	34	41	58	55	5	15	1	2	8	3	17	.273	.310	.400	.710	83	22	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1997	29	11	22	20	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	2	4	.250	.318	.300	.618	2	11

1999	31	5	9	9	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	5
2000	32	8	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

2002	34	17	15	14	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	.357	.400	.571	.971	3	17
4 Seasons		41	57	54	4	13	1	0	2	7	0	3	17	.241	.281	.370	.651	7	41
162 Game Avg.		162	225	213	16	51	4	0	8	28	0	12	67	.241	.281	.370	.651	28	41

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