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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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Minors
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- 1978
- 1981
- 1979
- 1983
- 1980
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1978
- 1981
- 1979
- 1983
- 1980
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

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Minors
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- 1978
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- 1979
- 1983
- 1980
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1978
- 1981
- 1979
- 1983
- 1980
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1981	23	PIT	NL	22	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

1983	25	TEX	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Seasons				23	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	35	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	7	0	0

PIT (1 yr)				22	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1978	TOR	AL	20	P	32	47.1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.14	0.19	.950	1.90	0.85
1979	CLE	AL	21	P	61	78.2	7	1	4	2	0	.714	0.57	0.08	.957	1.92	0.81
1980	CLE	AL	22	P	55	86.0	7	1	5	1	1	.857	0.63	0.11	.957	1.85	0.77
1981	PIT	NL	23	P	22	34.0	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.59	0.27	.950	1.96	0.68
1983	TEX	AL	25	P	17	25.0	4	1	2	1	0	.750	1.08	0.18	.975	1.80	0.73
5 Seasons				P	187	271.0	30	5	21	4	2	.867	0.86	0.14	.957	1.89	0.78
5 Seasons				TOT	187	271.0	30	5	21	4	2	.867	0.86	0.14	.823	1.89	0.78

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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 1 (2902), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 9, 1976: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Tom Underwood to the Toronto Blue Jays for Pete Vuckovich. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Scott (December 16, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

December 5, 1978: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Cleveland Indians for Phil Lansford (minors) and Alfredo Griffin.

December 9, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Gary Alexander, Bob Owchinko and Rafael Vasquez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen.

April 1, 1982: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Nelson Norman.

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Uniforms

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