José Cruz

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: August 8, 1947 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Arroyo HS (Arroyo, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 19, 1970 (Age 23-042d, 13,084th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 19, 1988 (Age 40-346d)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: José Cruz

Nicknames: Cheo

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Relatives: Brother of Héctor Cruz, Tommy Cruz; Father of José Cruz

2x All-Star
2x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.4

7917

2251

165

.284

1036

RBI

1077

317

OBP

.354

SLG

.420

OPS

.774

OPS+

120

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-21 / in Starts: 11-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	1 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	62 (31-20-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (25-17-9)

Most Driven In
D Winfield	3
J Clark	1
C Washington	1
W Tolleson	1
Self	1
M Pagliarulo	0
B Meacham	0

Most Driven In By
J Skinner	2
J Clark	1
W Randolph	1
M Pagliarulo	1
C Washington	1
Self	1
D Slaught	1
R Santana	0

1988 Batting Game Log

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1988 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2316	2 (1)	Apr 6	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.92	0.001	1.19	0.00%	-0.20	DH
2	2317	3	Apr 8	NYY		MIL	W,6-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.03	-0.028	1.62	-0.03%	-0.49	PH
3	2318	4	Apr 9	NYY		MIL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	7	.85	-0.104	1.43	-0.11%	-1.19	DH
4	2319	7 (2)	Apr 12	NYY	@	TOR	W,12-3	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	7	.26	0.003	.47	0.00%	1.47	DH
5	2320	8	Apr 13	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.313	.607	7	.41	-0.048	.77	-0.05%	-0.84	DH
6	2321	14 (5)	Apr 19	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	7	.46	-0.043	.77	-0.04%	-0.92	DH
7	2322	16 (1)	Apr 22	NYY		TOR	L,4-6	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.238	.465	9	1.15	-0.028	2.37	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
8	2323	17	Apr 23	NYY		TOR	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.227	.445	9	1.68	-0.042	3.35	-0.05%	-0.23	PH
9	2324	18	Apr 24	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.217	.426	9	2.26	-0.063	4.01	-0.07%	-0.32	PH
10	2325	21 (2)	Apr 28	NYY		KCR	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.200	.208	.408	9	.23	0.010	.39	0.01%	0.12	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	2326	24 (2)	May 1	NYY		TEX	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	9	1.04	-0.027	1.80	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
12	2327	25	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.192	.377	9	4.44	-0.113	7.47	-0.11%	-0.43	PH
13	2328	27 (1)	May 4	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.179	.185	.364	9	2.26	-0.107	4.31	-0.12%	-0.66	PH
14	2329	29 (1)	May 6	NYY	@	TEX	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.179	.351	9	5.46	-0.141	11.51	-0.18%	-0.44	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	2330	50 (20)	Jun 1	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.172	.339	9	2.75	-0.076	6.68	-0.11%	-0.22	PH
16	2331	52 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.194	.200	.394	8	6.05	0.210	14.72	0.31%	0.72	PH
17	2332	53	Jun 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-2	GS-8	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.222	.182	.404	5	.37	-0.055	.88	-0.08%	-0.30	RF
18	2333	54	Jun 6	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.216	.176	.393	8	7.17	-0.197	19.20	-0.32%	-0.49	PH
19	2334	55	Jun 7	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.200	.162	.362	7	1.00	-0.031	2.56	-0.05%	-0.26	DH
20	2335	56	Jun 8	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.205	.171	.375	7	2.79	-0.213	7.33	-0.34%	-0.83	DH
21	2336	57	Jun 10	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.224	.196	.420	1	1.33	-0.074	3.15	-0.11%	-0.89	DH
22	2337	58	Jun 11	NYY		BAL	W,8-6	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.170	.235	.191	.427	7	.13	-0.005	.30	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
23	2338	59	Jun 12	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.268	.235	.503	2	1.13	0.223	2.77	0.33%	0.88	DH
24	2339	60	Jun 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.306	.268	.574	1	.88	0.071	2.37	0.11%	0.56	DH
25	2340	61	Jun 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.281	.598	8	.35	0.018	.92	0.03%	0.39	PH
26	2341	63 (1)	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.276	.588	9	.97	-0.025	3.17	-0.05%	-0.44	PH
27	2342	65 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-11	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.308	.271	.579	6	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.36	RF
28	2343	66	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.294	.258	.552	1	.93	-0.070	3.31	-0.15%	-0.54	LF
29	2344	68 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.290	.254	.544	9	1.27	-0.032	4.47	-0.07%	-0.10	PH
30	2345	70 (1)	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.296	.250	.546	5	.81	-0.002	2.32	0.00%	0.14	DH
31	2346	73 (2)	Jun 27	NYY		DET	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.292	.246	.538	9	.17	-0.004	.65	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
32	2347	75 (1)	Jun 29	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.289	.235	.525	6	.61	0.007	2.11	0.01%	-0.43	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	2348	77 (1)	Jul 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.278	.225	.504	6	.93	-0.074	2.35	-0.11%	-0.48	LF
34	2349	80 (2)	Jul 4	NYY	@	TEX	W,13-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.194	.275	.222	.497	1	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.09	LF
35	2350	84 (3)	Jul 9	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.280	.230	.510	6	1.07	-0.012	2.63	-0.02%	-0.10	RF
36	2351	85	Jul 10	NYY		KCR	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.277	.227	.504	9	4.74	-0.121	11.61	-0.18%	-0.43	PH
37	2352	88 (2)	Jul 16	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.276	.562	8	1.51	0.121	4.19	0.20%	2.17	PH
38	2353	91 (2)	Jul 19	NYY		TEX	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.263	.535	6	.26	-0.025	.71	-0.04%	-0.73	RF
							17-21		88	80	9	16	2	0	1	7	8	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	.200	.273	.263	.535		1.14	-1.095	2.71	-1.45%	-5.56

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