Victor Cruz
Victor Manuel (Gil) Cruz
born Victor Manuel De La Cruz Gil
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 24, 1957 in Rancho Viejo, D.R.
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1978
Final Game: October 1, 1983
Died: September 26, 2004 in Santo Domingo, D.R.
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 20 TOR AL 7 3 .700 1.71 32 0 23 0 0 9 47.1 28 10 9 0 35 4 51 1 0 3 199 230 1.331 5.3 0.0 6.7 9.7 1.46
1979 21 CLE AL 3 9 .250 4.23 61 0 48 0 0 10 78.2 70 41 37 10 44 4 63 1 2 1 343 101 1.449 8.0 1.1 5.0 7.2 1.43
1980 22 CLE AL 6 7 .462 3.45 55 0 40 0 0 12 86.0 71 36 33 10 27 8 88 3 0 4 355 119 1.140 7.4 1.0 2.8 9.2 3.26
1981 23 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2.65 22 0 4 0 0 1 34.0 33 10 10 6 15 4 28 1 0 1 144 137 1.412 8.7 1.6 4.0 7.4 1.87
1983 25 TEX AL 1 3 .250 1.44 17 0 13 0 0 5 25.0 16 7 4 2 10 3 18 1 0 0 103 277 1.040 5.8 0.7 3.6 6.5 1.80
5 Seasons 18 23 .439 3.09 187 0 128 0 0 37 271.0 218 104 93 28 131 23 248 7 2 9 1144 131 1.288 7.2 0.9 4.4 8.2 1.89
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .439 3.09 68 0 47 0 0 13 99 79 38 34 10 48 8 90 3 1 3 416 131 1.288 7.2 0.9 4.4 8.2 1.89
CLE (2 yrs) 9 16 .360 3.83 116 0 88 0 0 22 164.2 141 77 70 20 71 12 151 4 2 5 698 110 1.287 7.7 1.1 3.9 8.3 2.13
PIT (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.65 22 0 4 0 0 1 34.0 33 10 10 6 15 4 28 1 0 1 144 137 1.412 8.7 1.6 4.0 7.4 1.87
TEX (1 yr) 1 3 .250 1.44 17 0 13 0 0 5 25.0 16 7 4 2 10 3 18 1 0 0 103 277 1.040 5.8 0.7 3.6 6.5 1.80
TOR (1 yr) 7 3 .700 1.71 32 0 23 0 0 9 47.1 28 10 9 0 35 4 51 1 0 3 199 230 1.331 5.3 0.0 6.7 9.7 1.46
AL (4 yrs) 17 22 .436 3.15 165 0 124 0 0 36 237.0 185 94 83 22 116 19 220 6 2 8 1000 131 1.270 7.0 0.8 4.4 8.4 1.90
NL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.65 22 0 4 0 0 1 34.0 33 10 10 6 15 4 28 1 0 1 144 137 1.412 8.7 1.6 4.0 7.4 1.87

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 20 TOR AL 32 199 156 10 28 3 0 0 4 3 35 51 .179 .330 .199 .529 .262 31 4 1 5 2 4
1979 21 CLE AL 61 343 287 41 70 17 1 10 7 5 44 63 .244 .341 .415 .756 .274 119 3 1 6 5 4
1980 22 CLE AL 55 355 310 36 71 13 0 10 9 2 27 88 .229 .289 .368 .656 .275 114 5 3 5 10 8
1981 23 PIT NL 22 144 125 10 33 4 1 6 3 1 15 28 .264 .348 .456 .804 .297 57 4 1 3 0 4
1983 25 TEX AL 17 103 87 7 16 3 0 2 3 0 10 18 .184 .270 .287 .557 .203 25 2 1 3 2 3
5 Seasons 187 1144 965 104 218 40 2 28 26 11 131 248 .226 .317 .359 .676 .268 346 18 7 22 19 23
162 Game Avg. 68 416 351 38 79 15 1 10 9 4 48 90 .226 .317 .359 .676 .268 126 7 3 8 7 8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 20 TOR AL 32 32 23 7 3 12 9 3 75% 14 1 35 11 31% 8 2.068 23 5 3 14 7 11 25 7 21 7 21 7 4.4
1979 21 CLE AL 61 61 48 3 9 15 10 5 67% 18 2 66 15 23% 8 1.534 25 10 22 21 12 28 44 17 28 23 29 19 3.9
1980 22 CLE AL 55 55 40 6 7 20 12 8 60% 21 0 75 25 33% 7 1.555 25 12 16 24 5 26 40 15 28 12 32 15 4.7
1981 23 PIT NL 22 22 4 1 1 4 1 3 25% 9 5 11 6 55% 6 1.529 9 4 9 9 3 10 7 15 10 6 10 6 4.6
1983 25 TEX AL 17 17 13 1 3 7 5 2 71% 7 0 24 9 38% 8 1.928 7 4 6 7 1 9 15 2 10 6 10 0 4.4
5 Seasons 187 187 128 18 23 58 37 21 64% 69 8 211 66 31% 1.668 89 35 56 75 28 84 131 56 97 54 102 47 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 20 TOR AL 199 46% 0.0% 25.6% 17.6% 1.5% 11% 0.62 54% 52 4 8%
1979 21 CLE AL 343 37% 2.9% 18.4% 12.8% 8.2% 40% 0.43 64% 65 3 5%
1980 22 CLE AL 355 42% 2.8% 24.8% 7.6% 6.5% 32% 0.53 63% 80 5 6%
1981 23 PIT NL 144 38% 4.2% 19.4% 10.4% 7.6% 33% 0.76 63% 21 4 19%
1983 25 TEX AL 103 36% 1.9% 17.5% 9.7% 4.9% 31% 0.63 67% 21 2 10%
5 Seasons 1144 40% 2.5% 21.7% 11.5% 6.1% 32% 0.54 62% 239 18 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 20 TOR AL 199 28 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 16 8 3 50% 2 3 2 101 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1979 21 CLE AL 343 70 10 0 13 4 6 4 6 24 13 5 54% 2 1 1 157 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1980 22 CLE AL 355 71 10 0 22 6 4 5 5 33 17 6 52% 3 4 2 153 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1981 23 PIT NL 144 33 6 1 5 4 2 4 2 8 3 0 38% 0 1 0 51 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 25 TEX AL 103 16 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 6 3 0 50% 3 0 0 49 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 1144 218 28 1 56 15 13 14 14 87 44 14 51% 10 9 5 511 26 11 70% 25 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 46 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1978 20 7 3 .700 1.71 32 0 23 0 0 9 47.1 28 10 9 0 35 4 51 1 0 3 199 230 1.331 5.3 0.0 6.7 9.7 1.46 230
1979 21 10 12 .455 3.29 93 0 71 0 0 19 126.0 98 51 46 10 79 8 114 2 2 4 542 126 1.405 7.0 0.7 5.6 8.1 1.44 126
1980 22 16 19 .457 3.35 148 0 111 0 0 31 212.0 169 87 79 20 106 16 202 5 2 8 897 123 1.297 7.2 0.8 4.5 8.6 1.91 123
1981 23 17 20 .459 3.26 170 0 115 0 0 32 246.0 202 97 89 26 121 20 230 6 2 9 1041 125 1.313 7.4 1.0 4.4 8.4 1.90 125
1982 24 17 20 .459 3.26 170 0 115 0 0 32 246.0 202 97 89 26 121 20 230 6 2 9 1041 125 1.313 7.4 1.0 4.4 8.4 1.90 125
1983 25 18 23 .439 3.09 187 0 128 0 0 37 271.0 218 104 93 28 131 23 248 7 2 9 1144 131 1.288 7.2 0.9 4.4 8.2 1.89 131

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1978 20 4 1 .800 1.80 45.0 28 10 9 0 35 49 1 1.400 5.6 7.0 9.8 1.40 0.0 32
1979 21 4 4 .500 4.38 76.0 71 41 37 10 45 61 1 1.526 8.4 5.3 7.2 1.36 1.2 61
1980 22 5 4 .556 3.64 84.0 73 38 34 10 28 86 3 1.202 7.8 3.0 9.2 3.07 1.1 55
1981 23 3 2 .600 3.06 47.0 52 18 16 9 24 39 2 1.617 10.0 4.6 7.5 1.63 1.7 22
1983 25 2 0 1.000 1.44 25.0 17 4 4 2 11 18 1 1.120 6.1 4.0 6.5 1.64 0.7 17
5 Seasons 18 11 .621 3.25 277.0 241 111 100 31 143 253 8 1.386 7.8 8.2 1.77 1.0 187

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1979 AL  61 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1979 AL  48 (6th)
1980 AL  40 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1978 AL  born 1957-12-24 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  8. Frank Funk (968)
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