Tommy Cruz

Cirilo (Dilan) Cruz

Positions: Pinch Runner and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 15, 1951 in Arroyo, P.R.
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1973
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cardinals 1973-1977

Final Game: September 25, 1977
Relatives: Brother of Hector Cruz, Brother of Jose Cruz and Uncle of Jose Cruz
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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
1969	18	STL-min	Rk	12	34	34		5	0	0	0						.147	.147	.147	.294		5						CDS · GULF
1970	19	STL-min	A-,Rk	48	158	158		46	8	1	5						.291	.291	.449	.741		71						LEW,CDS · NORW,GULF
1971	20	STL-min	A,AAA	125	500	471	61	135	15	9	6	54	6	1	26	61	.287	.328	.395	.723		186		3	0	0		SPT,TUL · FLOR,AA
1972	21	STL-min	AA	77	306	274	37	73	13	2	6	39	2	0	20	34	.266	.326	.394	.720		108		6	2	4		ARK · TL
1973	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	94	315	299	14	71	14	0	2	15	5	2	13	29	.237	.274	.304	.578		91		2	1	0		ARK,TUL · TL,AA
1973	22	STL	NL	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1977	26	CHW-min	AAA	130	505	461	63	138	28	6	8	59	3	2	40	61	.299	.356	.438	.795		202		2	0	2		IWA · AA
1977	26	CHW	AL	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1978	27	NYY-min	AAA	121	499	457	93	146	26	8	17	81	1	1	39	52	.319	.376	.523	.898		239		2	1	0		TAC · PCL
1979	28	NYY-min	AAA	109	448	411	56	122	30	3	9	66	4	1	29	48	.297	.342	.450	.792		185		1	3	4		CLB · IL
2 Seasons				7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	46	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

STL (1 yr)				3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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	Awards
1977	26	CHW	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/7
1 Season				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1973	STL	NL	22	LF	1	2.0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.00
1973	STL	NL	22	OF	1	2.0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
1977	CHW	AL	26	LF	2	4.0	1	1	1.000	0	30	2.25	0.50	.980	2.02	2.10
1977	CHW	AL	26	OF	2	4.0	1	1	1.000	0	30	2.25	0.50	.980	2.25	2.30
	2 Seasons			OF	3	6.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	1.50	0.33	.980	2.25	2.27
	2 Seasons			LF	3	6.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	1.50	0.33	.980	2.10	2.07
	2 Seasons			TOT	3	6.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	1.50	0.33	.980	2.25	2.27

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

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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.
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Transactions

Before 1969 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
October 26, 1973: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with cash to the Texas Rangers for Sonny Siebert.
April 3, 1977: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Texas Rangers.
December 12, 1977: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Polinsky (minors) and Jim Spencer to the New York Yankees for Ed Ricks (minors), Stan Thomas and cash.

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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
1973	22	St. Louis Cardinals	$7,800	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$7,800

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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Name and misspellings: Cirilo (Dilan) tommie Tommy Cruz

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