Victor Manuel Cruz
born Victor Manuel De La Cruz Gil
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 174 lb.
Born: December 24, 1957 in Rancho Viejo, La Vega, Dominican Republic
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1976.
(All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1978 (Age 20)
vs. CLE 1.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Indians/BlueJays/Pirates/Rangers 1978-1983
Final Game: October 1, 1983 (Age 25)
Died: September 26, 2004 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Buried: Sabaneta Cemetery, Sabaneta, La Vega, Dominican Republic
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| Rk | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Apr 11 | CLE | @ | CAL | L,2-10 | GF | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 2 | 5 (3) | Apr 15 | CLE | @ | TEX | L,0-3 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 3 | 6 | Apr 16 | CLE | @ | TEX | L,7-8 | GF | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 4 | 9 (2) | Apr 21 | CLE | @ | MIL | L,5-7 | GF | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 5 | 10 | Apr 22 | CLE | @ | MIL | L,4-8 | GF | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 6 | 12 (1) | Apr 25 | CLE | TEX | L,1-4 | GF | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 7 | 13 | Apr 26 | CLE | TEX | W,8-7 | 4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 8 | 18 (4) | May 3 | CLE | @ | TOR | L,3-8 | GF | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 9 | 20 (1) | May 4 (2) | CLE | @ | TOR | L,2-7 | GF | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 10 | 25 (4) | May 10 | CLE | @ | SEA | W,5-3 | GF | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 11 | 28 (2) | May 15 | CLE | BOS | L,2-6 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 12 | 32 (3) | May 19 | CLE | BAL | L,1-4 | GF | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 13 | 34 (1) | May 20 (2) | CLE | BAL | L,0-8 | GF | 12 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 14 | 36 (1) | May 23 | CLE | @ | BOS | L,1-4 | GF | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 15 | 40 (3) | May 27 | CLE | @ | BAL | W,7-6 | GF | 12 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | P |
| 16 | 42 (1) | May 29 | CLE | MIL | W,5-0 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 17 | 43 | May 30 | CLE | SEA | L,3-4 | GF | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 18 | 46 (2) | Jun 2 | CLE | OAK | W,10-5 | GF | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 19 | 47 | Jun 3 | CLE | OAK | W,6-4 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 20 | 48 | Jun 4 | CLE | OAK | W,5-3 | GF | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 21 | 49 | Jun 6 | CLE | @ | CHW | L,7-8 | 5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 22 | 51 (1) | Jun 10 | CLE | KCR | L,4-8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 23 | 58 (6) | Jun 17 | CLE | CHW | L,3-5 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 24 | 61 (2) | Jun 20 | CLE | @ | MIN | W,4-3 | 17 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 25 | 65 (3) | Jun 24 | CLE | DET | L,4-9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 26 | 66 | Jun 25 | CLE | DET | L,3-13 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 27 | 68 (1) | Jun 28 | CLE | @ | NYY | L,10-11 | GF | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P |
| 28 | 70 (1) | Jun 30 | CLE | @ | DET | L,4-9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 29 | 79 (8) | Jul 12 | CLE | @ | TEX | W,9-8 | GF | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 30 | 81 (1) | Jul 14 | CLE | @ | TEX | L,2-4 | GF | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 31 | 87 (5) | Jul 20 | CLE | @ | OAK | L,5-6 | GF | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 32 | 90 (2) | Jul 23 | CLE | @ | SEA | W,12-6 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 33 | 93 (2) | Jul 26 | CLE | CAL | W,14-4 | GF | 13 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 34 | 94 | Jul 28 | CLE | SEA | W,7-3 | GF | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 35 | 98 (3) | Aug 3 (1) | CLE | OAK | L,3-11 | 8 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 36 | 101 (2) | Aug 5 | CLE | TOR | W,8-5 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 37 | 102 | Aug 6 | CLE | TOR | W,5-2 | GF | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 38 | 105 (2) | Aug 9 | CLE | @ | MIL | L,2-4 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 39 | 108 (2) | Aug 12 | CLE | TEX | W,2-1 | GF | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 40 | 111 (2) | Aug 15 | CLE | MIL | L,1-4 | GF | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 41 | 116 (4) | Aug 18 (2) | CLE | @ | CHW | L,2-7 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 42 | 119 (2) | Aug 21 | CLE | @ | KCR | W,4-3 | GF | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 43 | 121 (1) | Aug 23 | CLE | @ | KCR | L,2-3 | GF | 6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 44 | 125 (3) | Aug 27 | CLE | MIN | W,4-1 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 45 | 126 | Aug 29 | CLE | CHW | W,6-5 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 46 | 127 | Aug 30 | CLE | CHW | W,6-2 | GF | 9 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 47 | 128 | Aug 31 (1) | CLE | CHW | L,8-10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 48 | 134 (5) | Sep 6 | CLE | KCR | W,8-3 | GF | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 49 | 135 | Sep 7 | CLE | KCR | L,4-6 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 50 | 136 | Sep 8 | CLE | BOS | L,4-10 | 6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 51 | 137 | Sep 9 | CLE | BOS | L,3-4 | 15 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 52 | 141 (3) | Sep 14 (1) | CLE | DET | W,5-4 | GF | 20 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 53 | 144 (2) | Sep 17 | CLE | @ | BOS | W,6-5 | 11 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 54 | 153 (8) | Sep 26 | CLE | BAL | W,5-4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 55 | 157 (3) | Oct 1 | CLE | NYY | L,7-18 | GF | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 55gm | 86.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rk | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | SB | CS | PO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Apr 11 | CLE | @ | CAL | L,2-10 | GF | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 (3) | Apr 15 | CLE | @ | TEX | L,0-3 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | Apr 16 | CLE | @ | TEX | L,7-8 | GF | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 (2) | Apr 21 | CLE | @ | MIL | L,5-7 | GF | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | Apr 22 | CLE | @ | MIL | L,4-8 | GF | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 (1) | Apr 25 | CLE | TEX | L,1-4 | GF | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 13 | Apr 26 | CLE | TEX | W,8-7 | 4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | SB | CS | PO | |||
| 8 | 18 (4) | May 3 | CLE | @ | TOR | L,3-8 | GF | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 20 (1) | May 4 (2) | CLE | @ | TOR | L,2-7 | GF | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 (4) | May 10 | CLE | @ | SEA | W,5-3 | GF | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 28 (2) | May 15 | CLE | BOS | L,2-6 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 32 (3) | May 19 | CLE | BAL | L,1-4 | GF | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 34 (1) | May 20 (2) | CLE | BAL | L,0-8 | GF | 12 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 36 (1) | May 23 | CLE | @ | BOS | L,1-4 | GF | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 40 (3) | May 27 | CLE | @ | BAL | W,7-6 | GF | 12 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 42 (1) | May 29 | CLE | MIL | W,5-0 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 43 | May 30 | CLE | SEA | L,3-4 | GF | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | SB | CS | PO | |||
| 18 | 46 (2) | Jun 2 | CLE | OAK | W,10-5 | GF | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 47 | Jun 3 | CLE | OAK | W,6-4 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | 48 | Jun 4 | CLE | OAK | W,5-3 | GF | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 49 | Jun 6 | CLE | @ | CHW | L,7-8 | 5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 51 (1) | Jun 10 | CLE | KCR | L,4-8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 58 (6) | Jun 17 | CLE | CHW | L,3-5 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 61 (2) | Jun 20 | CLE | @ | MIN | W,4-3 | 17 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 65 (3) | Jun 24 | CLE | DET | L,4-9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 66 | Jun 25 | CLE | DET | L,3-13 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 68 (1) | Jun 28 | CLE | @ | NYY | L,10-11 | GF | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 70 (1) | Jun 30 | CLE | @ | DET | L,4-9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | SB | CS | PO | |||
| 29 | 79 (8) | Jul 12 | CLE | @ | TEX | W,9-8 | GF | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 81 (1) | Jul 14 | CLE | @ | TEX | L,2-4 | GF | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 87 (5) | Jul 20 | CLE | @ | OAK | L,5-6 | GF | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 90 (2) | Jul 23 | CLE | @ | SEA | W,12-6 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 93 (2) | Jul 26 | CLE | CAL | W,14-4 | GF | 13 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 94 | Jul 28 | CLE | SEA | W,7-3 | GF | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | SB | CS | PO | |||
| 35 | 98 (3) | Aug 3 (1) | CLE | OAK | L,3-11 | 8 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 101 (2) | Aug 5 | CLE | TOR | W,8-5 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 102 | Aug 6 | CLE | TOR | W,5-2 | GF | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 105 (2) | Aug 9 | CLE | @ | MIL | L,2-4 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 108 (2) | Aug 12 | CLE | TEX | W,2-1 | GF | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 111 (2) | Aug 15 | CLE | MIL | L,1-4 | GF | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | 116 (4) | Aug 18 (2) | CLE | @ | CHW | L,2-7 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | 119 (2) | Aug 21 | CLE | @ | KCR | W,4-3 | GF | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 121 (1) | Aug 23 | CLE | @ | KCR | L,2-3 | GF | 6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 125 (3) | Aug 27 | CLE | MIN | W,4-1 | GF | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | 126 | Aug 29 | CLE | CHW | W,6-5 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 127 | Aug 30 | CLE | CHW | W,6-2 | GF | 9 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | 128 | Aug 31 (1) | CLE | CHW | L,8-10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | SB | CS | PO | |||
| 48 | 134 (5) | Sep 6 | CLE | KCR | W,8-3 | GF | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | 135 | Sep 7 | CLE | KCR | L,4-6 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | 136 | Sep 8 | CLE | BOS | L,4-10 | 6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 137 | Sep 9 | CLE | BOS | L,3-4 | 15 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 141 (3) | Sep 14 (1) | CLE | DET | W,5-4 | GF | 20 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | 144 (2) | Sep 17 | CLE | @ | BOS | W,6-5 | 11 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | 153 (8) | Sep 26 | CLE | BAL | W,5-4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 157 (3) | Oct 1 | CLE | NYY | L,7-18 | GF | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55gm | 86.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
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