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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1997	NYY	AL	29	1B	3	0	0	8.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-45	7.88	2.33	.991	9.34	9.23
1997	NYY	AL	29	DH	3	3
1997	NYY	AL	29	LF	1	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-30	2.25	1.00	.980	2.02	2.00
1997	NYY	AL	29	OF	1	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-30	2.25	1.00	.980	2.25	2.30
1999	PIT	NL	31	1B	1	1	1	9.0	14	13	1	0	3	1.000	0	27	14.00	14.00	.993	9.20	9.10
1999	PIT	NL	31	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
1999	PIT	NL	31	RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
2000	PIT	NL	32	1B	1	1	1	9.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-40	6.00	6.00	.992	9.20	9.20
2002	STL	NL	34	1B	7	0	0	14.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-17	8.36	1.86	.992	9.39	9.31
	4 Seasons			1B	12	2	2	40.0	40	38	2	0	3	1.000	-1	-18	9.00	3.33	.992	9.29	9.27
	2 Seasons			OF	2	0	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-20	1.50	0.50	.980	2.25	2.25
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-30	2.25	1.00	.980	2.02	2.00
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
	4 Seasons			TOT	14	2	2	46.0	41	39	2	0	3	1.000	-1	-18	8.02	2.93	.992	8.37	8.26

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1989.
October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
November 27, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 3, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 2, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
January 11, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
March 20, 2002: Released by the Montreal Expos.
March 30, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1999	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	$205,000	11/19/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$205,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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