Juan Cruz

Juan Carlos Cruz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 15, 1978 in Bonao, Monsenor Nouel, D.R.
High School: Bonao (Bonao, DO)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 2001
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Cubs/Rays/Royals/Braves/... 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$850k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.121, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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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
1998	19	CHC-min	Rk	13	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000		2	0	0	0	0	0	CBZ · ARIZ
1999	20	CHC-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	EUG · NORW
2000	21	CHC-min	A,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LNS,DYT · MIDW,FLOR
2001	22	CHC-min	AA	23	34	31	3	7	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	8	.226	.250	.387	.637		12	1	0	2	0	0	WTN · SOUL
2001	22	CHC	NL	11	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	2	1	0	2	0	0	/1
2002	23	CHC	NL	45	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
2003	24	CHC-min	AAA	9	16	14	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.286	.571		4	0	0	2	0	0	IWA · PCL
2003	24	CHC	NL	25	13	12	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.417	.667	69	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	25	ATL	NL	50	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.400	.733	88	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	26	OAK-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SAC · PCL
2005	26	OAK	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	27	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2006	27	ARI	NL	31	26	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
2007	28	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2007	28	ARI	NL	53	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	29	ARI-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2008	29	ARI	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	30	KCR	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	31	KCR	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2011	32	TBD-min	A+	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	POE · FLOR
2011	32	TBR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11 Seasons				353	81	70	2	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	28	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	11	2	0	7	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	37	32	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	5	1	0	3	0	0

ARI (3 yrs)				141	28	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.000	.115	.000	.115	-67	0	1	0	2	0	0
CHC (3 yrs)				81	47	42	1	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	.167	.167	.214	.381	-0	9	1	0	5	0	0
KCR (2 yrs)				51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TBR (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				50	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.400	.733	88	2	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				272	81	70	2	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	28	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	11	2	0	7	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	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
2001	22	CHC	NL	18	-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
2002	23	CHC	NL	16	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$215,000	1
2003	24	CHC	NL	13	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$340,000	1
2004	25	ATL	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$370,000	1

2006	27	ARI	NL	26	-5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$575,000	1
2007	28	ARI	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$1,437,500	1

2011	32	TBR	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$850,000	1
7 Seasons				81	-12	0	0	0	0	9	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$3,787,500

CHC (3 yrs)				47	-6	0	0	0	0	5	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$555,000
ARI (2 yrs)				28	-6	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$2,012,500
TBR (1 yr)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$850,000
ATL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$370,000

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
2001	22	CHC	NL	18	17	0	0.0	107	.182	.125	.262	.125	.333	.125	.430	.250	.763	-33	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.133	.000	.000
2002	23	CHC	NL	16	14	0	0.0	105	.200	.143	.264	.143	.337	.143	.419	.286	.756	-24	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.167	.000	.000
2003	24	CHC	NL	13	10	1	2.7	110	.429	.250	.270	.250	.342	.417	.433	.667	.775	69	.247	-0.7	-0.1	.556	.167	.167
2004	25	ATL	NL	6	4	1	6.7	112	.500	.200	.271	.333	.343	.400	.439	.733	.781	88	.628	-0.0	0.0	.750	.400	.200

2006	27	ARI	NL	26	24	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.278	.125	.350	.000	.452	.125	.801	-64	.000	-5.6	-0.5	.136	.143	.000
2007	28	ARI	NL	2	2	0	0.0	117		.000	.281	.000	.352	.000	.449	.000	.800	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
11 Seasons				81	71	2	0.8	111	.190	.114	.270	.162	.342	.157	.436	.319	.778	-17	.030	-12.6	-1.2	.234	.100	.043
162 Game Avg.				37	33	1	0.8	111	.190	.114	.270	.162	.342	.157	.436	.319	.778	-17	.030	-12.6	-1.2	.234	.100	.043

CHC (3 yrs)				47	41	1	0.7	107	.250	.167	.265	.167	.337	.214	.427	.381	.764	-0	.024	-6.4	-0.6	.250	.048	.048
ARI (3 yrs)				28	26	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.278	.115	.350	.000	.451	.115	.801	-67	.000	-6.2	-0.6	.125	.130	.000
ATL (1 yr)				6	4	1	6.7	112	.500	.200	.271	.333	.343	.400	.439	.733	.781	88	.628	-0.0	0.0	.750	.400	.200

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2003	24	CHC	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	25	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	28	ARI	NL	NLDS	CHC	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	28	ARI	NL	NLCS	COL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLDS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
2001	22	CHC	NL	18	0.0%	27.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.2		16.0	4.00	11.00	61%	8%	0.0%	50%
2002	23	CHC	NL	16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			4.00	4.00	63%	8%	0.0%	0%
2003	24	CHC	NL	13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	7.7%	33%		2.4		12.0	2.50	4.00	54%	13%	0.0%	0%
2004	25	ATL	NL	6	0.0%	50.0%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	3.00	1.7			0.00	0.00	33%	0%	0.0%	0%

2006	27	ARI	NL	26	0.0%	34.6%	11.5%	0.0%		3.00	2.3			2.67	1.71	46%	7%	0.0%	0%
2007	28	ARI	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
10 Seasons				81	0.0%	34.6%	4.9%	2.5%	25%	7.00	2.5		35.0	2.64	2.92	52%	8%	0.0%	9%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.3%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.03	5.1	32.9	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2001	22	CHC	NL	-3.1	-0.3	18	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.63	-0.3	0.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.93	-4.0	0
2002	23	CHC	NL	-2.5	-0.2	16	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	1.07	-0.3	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.87	-2.9	0
2003	24	CHC	NL	-0.7	-0.1	13	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.88	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.83	-0.8	0
2004	25	ATL	NL	-0.0	0.0	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.50	-0.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.07	-0.2	0
2005	26	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	27	ARI	NL	-5.6	-0.5	26	-0.8	0.0	-0.9	1.04	-0.6	-0.2	-10.2	-0.9	1.08	-7.7	0
2007	28	ARI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.30	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.30	-0.6	0
2008	29	ARI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2009	30	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2011	32	TBR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
10 Seasons				-12.6	-1.2	81	-1.4	0.4	-1.9	.94	-1.4	-0.2	-19.0	-1.8	0.97	-16.2	0

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
2001	22	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2002	23	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	24	CHC	NL	0	0	33%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	25	ATL	NL	0	0	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2006	27	ARI	NL	0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	28	ARI	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
10 Seasons				0	0	17%	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	3	3	0	1	1	0	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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2001	22	CHC	NL	18	44%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	1	20%	5	3	60%	14	1	7%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
2002	23	CHC	NL	16	19%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	24	CHC	NL	13	23%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
2004	25	ATL	NL	6	17%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

2006	27	ARI	NL	26	23%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	6	1	17%	9	1	11%	24	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
2007	28	ARI	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Seasons				81	28%	8	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	58%	18	2	11%	23	4	17%	62	2	3%	6	1	17%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

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
2001	22	CHC	NL	18	49	2.72	38	78%	26%	18%	21%	34%	74%	0%	57%	75%	56%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	40%	0	0	0
2002	23	CHC	NL	16	40	2.50	34	85%	32%	12%	21%	35%	68%	0%	58%	83%	56%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2003	24	CHC	NL	13	46	3.54	32	70%	25%	25%	25%	25%	75%	0%	52%	67%	46%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	20%	0	0	0
2004	25	ATL	NL	6	32	5.33	20	63%	20%	25%	45%	10%	80%	0%	50%	69%	33%	17%	1	0	33%	2	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0

2006	27	ARI	NL	26	88	3.38	59	67%	27%	20%	29%	24%	73%	0%	49%	72%	42%	8%	2	0	12%	3	0	12%	3	0	33%	0	0	0
2007	28	ARI	NL	2	9	4.50	6	67%	50%	33%	17%	0%	50%	0%	33%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
6 Seasons				81	264	3.26	189	72%	28%	20%	26%	26%	72%	0%	52%	72%	47%	4%	3	0	6%	5	0	5%	4	1	36%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2001	22	11	18	16	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	2	1	2
2002	23	56	34	30	0	4	0	0	1	0	9	.133	.133	.133	.267	-29	4	1	4
2003	24	81	47	42	1	7	0	1	2	0	14	.167	.167	.214	.381	-0	9	1	5
2004	25	131	53	47	2	8	1	1	2	1	17	.170	.188	.234	.422	10	11	1	5
2005	26	159	53	47	2	8	1	1	2	1	17	.170	.188	.234	.422	10	11	1	5
2006	27	190	79	68	2	8	1	1	2	4	26	.118	.167	.162	.328	-14	11	2	7
2007	28	243	81	70	2	8	1	1	2	4	28	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	11	2	7
2008	29	300	81	70	2	8	1	1	2	4	28	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	11	2	7
2009	30	346	81	70	2	8	1	1	2	4	28	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	11	2	7
2010	31	351	81	70	2	8	1	1	2	4	28	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	11	2	7
2011	32	353	81	70	2	8	1	1	2	4	28	.114	.162	.157	.319	-17	11	2	7

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
2001	22	11	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
2002	23	45	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	45
2003	24	25	12	12	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	.250	.250	.417	.667	1	25
2004	25	50	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.400	.733	1	50

2006	27	31	24	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	31
2007	28	53	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	53
6 Seasons		215	74	70	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	28	.057	.108	.100	.208	2	215
162 Game Avg.		162	56	53	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	21	.057	.108	.100	.208	2	215

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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