Héctor Cruz

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: April 2, 1953 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Carmen Bozello Huyke HS (Arroyo, Puerto Rico)

Debut: August 11, 1973 (Age 20-131d, 13,403rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 15, 1982 (Age 29-104d)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Héctor Louis Cruz

Nicknames: Heity

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Relatives: Brother of José Cruz, Tommy Cruz; Uncle of José Cruz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.6

1607

361

.225

186

RBI

200

OBP

.301

SLG

.353

OPS

.654

OPS+

Summary of 39 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 12 go ahead

4 Tms
STL	19
CHC	9
SFG	6
CIN	5

Platoon
vs LHP	20
vs RHP	19

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	14

Outs
1	19
0	13
2	7

11 Opps
NYM	5
ATL	5
PHI	5
SDP	5
PIT	4
LAD	3
CHC	3
HOU	3
SFG	2
CIN	2
MON	2

34 Pitchers
Tom Underwood	3
Rick Camp	2
Pete Falcone	2
Rollie Fingers	2
Grant Jackson	1
Jim Kaat	1
J.R. Richard	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Jim Bibby	1
Randy Moffitt	1
Jamie Easterly	1
Fernando Valenzuela	1
Doug Rau	1
Alan Foster	1
Dave Campbell	1
Gene Garber	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Bruce Berenyi	1
Steve Carlton	1
Randy Jones	1
Gerry Hannahs	1
Bruce Kison	1
Willie Hernández	1
Eric Rasmussen	1
Manny Sarmiento	1
Skip Lockwood	1
Jerry Koosman	1
Bob Knepper	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Elías Sosa	1
Bill Bonham	1
Jon Matlack	1
Bruce Sutter	1

11 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	13
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
3Com Park (SFO)	5
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	27
78	3
8	1
89	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	37
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	7
-2-	5
12-	2
1-3	2
--3	1

60 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	22
1 on	13
2 on	4
Any on	17

Inning
1	1
2	6
4	5
5	4
6	6
7	4
8	6
9	7

1-3	7
4-6	15
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	6
+2	2
+1	2
Tied	7
-1	8
-2	4
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	10
Tied	7
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	16
RF	12
LF	7
PH	2
CF	2

OrderPos
7th	15
6th	10
5th	6
8th	4
3rd	3
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1976-04-13	STL	@	PIT	Jerry Reuss	behind 1-14	t 9	2	1-3	3	6	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. McBride Scores; R. Smith Scores
2	2	2	1	1976-05-07	STL		HOU	J.R. Richard	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1	7	5	0.076	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1976-05-22	STL	@	PHI	Jim Kaat	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	5	0.115	59%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1976-05-23	STL	@	PHI	Tom Underwood	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.150	50%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1976-06-02	STL		PHI	Tom Underwood	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	7	5	0.129	36%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1976-06-18	STL		SDP	Randy Jones	behind 2-3	b 4	2	-2-	2	7	5	0.269	66%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; T. Simmons Scores
7	7	7	1	1976-06-20	STL		SDP	Alan Foster	behind 1-4	b 4	2	---	1	7	5	0.088	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1976-07-24	STL		CHC	Bill Bonham	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	2	7	5	0.212	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
9	9	9	1	1976-08-05	STL		PHI	Tom Underwood	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	7	5	0.195	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Ferguson Scores
10	10	10	1	1976-09-12	STL		NYM	Jon Matlack	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	0.133	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1976-09-17	STL	@	MON	Gerry Hannahs	behind 3-9	t 8	1	-2-	2	7	5	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
12	12	12	1	1976-09-26	STL		PIT	Bruce Kison	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	1--	2	8	5	0.107	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Tyson Scores
13	13	13	1	1976-09-28	STL		PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 2-3	b 4	1	1--	2	6	5	0.259	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1977-04-19	STL		NYM	Jerry Koosman	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	9	0.185	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Simmons Scores
15	15	2	1	1977-06-12	STL		LAD	Elías Sosa	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---	1	3	7	0.053	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	3	1	1977-07-29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	Manny Sarmiento	ahead 9-3	t 9	1	---	1	6	7	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	4	1	1977-09-02	STL	@	SFG	Bob Knepper	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	9	0.217	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Mumphrey Scores/unER
18	18	5	1	1977-09-12	STL		CHC	Willie Hernández	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	-2-	2	7	9	0.088	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
19	19	6	1	1977-09-15 (2)	STL		PIT	Grant Jackson	behind 1-6	b 6	1	12-	3	7	9	0.139	21%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Freed Scores; K. Reitz Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1978-04-28	CHC	@	ATL	Jamie Easterly	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	8	0.085	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	2	1978-04-28	CHC	@	ATL	Rick Camp	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	8	0.124	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
22	22	3	1	1978-06-16	SFG		NYM	Skip Lockwood	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	1	8	PH	0.447	62%		Home Run
23	23	4	1	1978-06-23	SFG		ATL	Dave Campbell	ahead 8-0	b 7	1	---	1	5	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	5	1	1978-07-19 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	Bruce Sutter	behind 4-7	t 9	1	---	1	4	5	0.021	4%		Home Run (LF-CF)
25	25	6	1	1978-08-26	SFG		MON	Woodie Fryman	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	7	0.113	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	7	1	1978-09-06	SFG	@	LAD	Doug Rau	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.114	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	8	1	1978-09-24 (1)	SFG		HOU	Floyd Bannister	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.025	99%		Home Run; M. Ivie Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1979-08-03	CIN		SDP	Rollie Fingers	behind 2-6	b 9	0	1--	2	7	9	0.049	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Driessen Scores
29	29	2	1	1979-08-05	CIN		SDP	Eric Rasmussen	ahead 8-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	9	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	1979-08-09	CIN		ATL	Gene Garber	tied 2-2	b 8	2	-2-	2	3	9	0.354	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; D. Collins Scores
31	31	4	1	1979-08-12 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	Rollie Fingers	ahead 7-2	t 9	1	---	1	3	9	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1980-07-18 (1)	CIN		NYM	Pete Falcone	behind 2-3	b 6	2	12-	3	8	9	0.471	84%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Bench Scores; D. Driessen Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1981-05-04	CHC		HOU	Joaquín Andújar	behind 0-5	b 6	1	---	1	6	5	0.030	6%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1981-05-10	CHC	@	ATL	Rick Camp	behind 4-5	t 9	2	---	1	8	PH	0.371	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
35	35	3	1	1981-05-20	CHC		CIN	Bruce Berenyi	tied 2-2	b 1	1	1-3	3	6	5	0.195	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); L. Durham Scores; J. Tracy Scores
36	36	4	1	1981-05-31	CHC	@	NYM	Pete Falcone	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.115	23%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
37	37	5	1	1981-06-03	CHC	@	PIT	Jim Bibby	behind 0-1	t 8	0	--3	2	6	9	0.289	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Tracy Scores
38	38	6	1	1981-06-06	CHC		LAD	Fernando Valenzuela	behind 0-4	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.072	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	7	1	1981-06-11	CHC		SFG	Randy Moffitt	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	6	9	0.006	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)