John Kruk
John Martin Kruk
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 204 lb.

Born: February 9, 1961 in Charleston, WV
High School: Keyser (Keyser, WV)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1986
Final Game: July 30, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 SDP NL 25 OF 74 65 521.1 108 102 4 2 0 .981 -1.5 -3.5 -2.5 -2.6 0.1 1 1.83 1.43 .979 2.19 1.82 RoY-7
1986 SDP NL 25 LF 70 62 492.1 104 99 3 2 0 .981 0.3 0.7 -0.7 -1.0 0.3 1 1.86 1.46 .975 1.97 1.44 RoY-7
1986 SDP NL 25 1B 9 3 34.1 40 37 2 1 3 .975 0.1 3.5 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 10.22 4.33 .992 9.93 8.31 RoY-7
1986 SDP NL 25 RF 6 3 29.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -74.5 -1.8 -1.6 -0.2 0 1.55 0.83 .980 1.99 1.63 RoY-7
1987 SDP NL 26 1B 101 93 819.2 949 870 75 4 74 .996 5.6 8.2 5.6 2.4 3.2 0 10.38 9.36 .991 9.88 8.47
1987 SDP NL 26 LF 29 29 227.0 46 42 3 1 0 .978 -5.1 -27.0 -4.1 -2.6 -1.5 -1 1.78 1.55 .980 2.04 1.58
1987 SDP NL 26 OF 29 29 227.0 45 41 3 1 0 .978 -5.1 -27.0 -4.1 -2.6 -1.5 -1 1.74 1.52 .980 2.19 1.83
1988 SDP NL 27 1B 63 56 511.2 571 535 33 3 45 .995 -2.7 -6.3 -2.7 -0.8 -1.9 0 9.99 9.02 .991 9.96 8.65
1988 SDP NL 27 OF 55 52 435.2 103 99 4 0 0 1.000 2.4 6.6 2.4 0.5 2.1 0 2.13 1.87 .982 2.28 1.98
1988 SDP NL 27 LF 29 26 213.1 62 59 3 0 0 1.000 7.3 41.1 5.3 2.5 2.9 2 2.62 2.14 .979 2.13 1.75
1988 SDP NL 27 RF 26 26 222.1 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 -4.9 -26.4 -2.9 -2.0 -0.8 -2 1.66 1.58 .978 2.05 1.75
1989 TOT NL 28 OF 99 93 772.0 171 159 8 4 2 .977 -14.5 -22.5 -12.5 -7.0 -5.5 -2 1.95 1.69 .981 2.32 1.96
1989 TOT NL 28 LF 64 61 505.0 108 102 4 2 2 .981 -5.2 -12.4 -2.2 -2.9 0.7 -3 1.89 1.66 .981 2.15 1.72
1989 TOT NL 28 RF 37 32 267.0 64 58 4 2 0 .969 -9.3 -41.8 -10.3 -4.1 -6.2 1 2.09 1.68 .978 2.12 1.70
1989 SDP NL 28 OF 27 24 204.0 53 48 3 2 0 .962 -4.3 -25.3 -5.3 -0.7 -4.6 1 2.25 1.89 .981 2.32 1.96
1989 SDP NL 28 RF 25 22 186.0 49 44 3 2 0 .959 -5.1 -32.9 -6.1 -0.7 -5.4 1 2.27 1.88 .978 2.12 1.70
1989 SDP NL 28 LF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 53.3 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 1.50 1.50 .967 2.15 1.70
1989 PHI NL 28 OF 72 69 568.0 118 111 5 2 2 .983 -10.2 -21.5 -7.2 -6.3 -0.9 -3 1.84 1.61 .981 2.32 1.96
1989 PHI NL 28 LF 62 59 487.0 105 99 4 2 2 .981 -6.0 -14.8 -3.0 -2.9 -0.1 -3 1.90 1.66 .981 2.15 1.72
1989 PHI NL 28 RF 12 10 81.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -4.2 -62.2 -4.2 -3.4 -0.8 0 1.67 1.25 .980 2.12 1.70
1989 PHI NL 28 1B 7 5 39.0 54 53 1 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -6.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 12.46 7.71 .993 9.74 8.39
1990 PHI NL 29 OF 87 76 652.1 145 141 2 2 0 .986 0.7 1.3 2.7 6.5 -3.8 -2 1.97 1.64 .981 2.39 2.01
1990 PHI NL 29 LF 68 57 497.2 99 97 1 1 0 .990 2.2 5.3 4.2 5.8 -1.6 -2 1.77 1.44 .979 2.19 1.71
1990 PHI NL 29 1B 61 42 411.1 447 402 43 2 34 .996 1.4 4.1 2.4 1.2 1.2 -1 9.74 7.30 .992 9.59 7.88
1990 PHI NL 29 RF 21 19 154.2 44 42 1 1 0 .977 -1.5 -11.6 -1.5 0.7 -2.2 0 2.50 2.05 .982 2.22 1.82
1991 PHI NL 30 1B 102 89 809.2 786 735 49 2 54 .997 3.7 5.5 3.7 1.7 2.0 0 8.71 7.69 .992 9.79 8.44 AS,MVP-17
1991 PHI NL 30 OF 52 51 436.0 118 113 4 1 1 .992 5.1 14.0 4.1 0.7 3.4 1 2.42 2.25 .983 2.28 1.88 AS,MVP-17
1991 PHI NL 30 LF 36 36 315.2 85 80 4 1 1 .988 3.8 14.4 2.8 0.0 2.8 1 2.39 2.33 .982 2.18 1.67 AS,MVP-17
1991 PHI NL 30 CF 11 11 85.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 1.90 1.64 .983 2.58 2.12 AS,MVP-17
1991 PHI NL 30 RF 6 4 35.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 27.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 3.86 2.50 .980 2.06 1.65 AS,MVP-17
1992 PHI NL 31 1B 121 106 958.0 1044 979 58 7 76 .993 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.2 -1.0 0 9.74 8.57 .993 9.39 8.26 AS,MVP-14
1992 PHI NL 31 OF 35 34 267.0 59 58 0 1 0 .983 -4.6 -20.7 -3.6 -2.1 -1.5 -1 1.96 1.66 .983 2.34 1.96 AS,MVP-14
1992 PHI NL 31 RF 29 29 225.2 48 47 0 1 0 .979 -5.0 -26.6 -4.0 -1.9 -2.1 -1 1.87 1.62 .979 2.08 1.66 AS,MVP-14
1992 PHI NL 31 LF 6 5 41.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 11.6 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 2.40 1.83 .982 2.16 1.65 AS,MVP-14
1993 PHI NL 32 1B 144 138 1243.1 1226 1149 69 8 79 .993 -1.5 -1.4 -0.5 -3.4 2.9 -1 8.82 8.46 .992 7.24 6.94 AS,MVP-16
1994 PHI NL 33 1B 69 67 585.1 588 539 46 3 44 .995 2.2 4.5 2.2 -0.7 2.9 0 8.99 8.48 .992 9.73 8.11
1995 CHW AL 34 DH 42
1995 CHW AL 34 1B 1 1 8.0 11 10 0 1 1 .909 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 11.25 10.00 .991 9.56 8.30
10 Seasons 1B 678 600 5420.1 5716 5309 376 31 412 .995 8.2 1.8 10.2 1.4 8.8 -2 9.44 8.38 .992 9.14 8.03
7 Seasons OF 431 400 3311.1 749 713 25 11 3 .985 -17.5 -6.3 -13.5 -6.6 -6.7 -4 2.01 1.71 .981 2.30 1.93
7 Seasons LF 302 276 2292.1 515 490 18 7 3 .986 3.7 1.9 5.7 1.6 4.2 -2 1.99 1.68 .979 2.11 1.63
6 Seasons RF 125 113 933.2 217 206 7 4 0 .982 -21.7 -27.9 -19.7 -8.5 -11.1 -2 2.05 1.70 .979 2.10 1.72
1 Season DH 42
1 Season CF 11 11 85.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 1.90 1.64 .983 2.58 2.12
10 Seasons TOT 1109 1000 8731.2 6465 6022 401 42 415 .994 -9.3 -1.3 -3.3 -5.2 2.1 -4 -2 6.62 5.79 .984 6.55 5.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 SDP NL 25 122 68 122 80 0 0 9 0 0 0 70 0 6 74 0 42 3
1987 SDP NL 26 138 122 138 127 0 0 101 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 0 14 0
1988 SDP NL 27 120 108 120 113 0 0 63 0 0 0 29 0 26 55 0 12 0
1989 PHI NL 28 81 74 81 76 0 0 7 0 0 0 62 0 12 72 0 6 0
1989 SDP NL 28 31 24 31 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 27 0 5 0
1990 PHI NL 29 142 118 142 135 0 0 61 0 0 0 68 0 21 87 0 17 1
1991 PHI NL 30 152 140 152 144 0 0 103 0 0 0 36 11 6 52 0 10 0
1992 PHI NL 31 144 140 144 143 0 0 121 0 0 0 6 0 29 35 0 2 0
1993 PHI NL 32 150 138 150 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1994 PHI NL 33 75 67 75 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1995 CHW AL 34 45 43 45 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 0
10 Seasons 1200 1042 1200 1059 0 0 679 0 0 0 302 11 125 431 42 125 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1986 SDP NL 25 159 55% 74% 25% 12 92% 0 38 3 35 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 SDP NL 26 3629 50% 77% 31% 215 97% 2 873 56 809 9 87 72 54 11 1 2 4 0 2 2 2 74 1 2 0 69 4 5 1 4 11 91%
1988 SDP NL 27 2267 53% 77% 32% 126 96% 1 544 32 502 10 59 32 18 8 2 2 3 0 3 0 3 45 2 1 0 41 4 4 1 3 10 90%
1989 PHI NL 28 188 55% 77% 33% 8 88% 0 53 3 50 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PHI NL 29 1794 52% 75% 31% 125 95% 1 402 42 357 2 37 42 33 6 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 34 1 0 0 31 1 2 1 1 20 95%
1991 PHI NL 30 3641 57% 74% 28% 210 95% 0 734 74 652 9 78 49 33 13 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 54 3 3 0 52 6 2 1 1 16 88%
1992 PHI NL 31 4273 58% 77% 31% 229 92% 1 979 75 875 28 94 58 26 14 0 5 7 2 4 1 4 76 2 2 0 67 4 8 3 4 14 100%
1993 PHI NL 32 5548 60% 74% 31% 295 92% 0 1148 80 1051 18 130 67 42 15 2 2 8 1 6 1 6 79 3 1 0 75 4 3 0 3 25 92%
1994 PHI NL 33 2610 61% 77% 31% 158 94% 1 540 45 491 5 66 45 33 5 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 44 0 0 1 38 1 5 1 4 19 89%
1995 CHW AL 34 36 31% 89% 47% 2 50% 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 24145 57% 76% 30% 1380 94% 6 5321 410 4832 81 561 368 240 73 7 16 31 5 20 6 21 412 13 9 1 379 25 29 8 20 116 92%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 SDP NL 25 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 7 4 1 6 3 0 6 3 0 6 1 0 8 8 0 33 19 57.6% 13 1 3.0% 2 2176 58% 77% 31% 167 61%
1987 SDP NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 7 6 0 12 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 6 5 0 31 14 45.2% 16 1 3.2% 2 1088 50% 77% 30% 101 44%
1988 SDP NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 13 11 84.6% 2 0 0.0% 3 850 55% 81% 42% 103 60%
1989 PHI NL 28 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 22 19 0 23 3 2 14 6 0 6 0 1 7 5 0 72 33 45.8% 36 3 4.2% 1 2220 68% 77% 38% 253 40%
1989 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 75 61% 83% 49% 9 33%
1990 PHI NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 22 16 0 21 8 0 10 6 0 11 3 0 7 6 0 71 39 54.9% 32 0 0.0% 1 2254 62% 77% 38% 247 40%
1991 PHI NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 11 10 0 4 2 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 14 13 0 39 29 74.4% 8 2 5.1% 2 1440 56% 75% 38% 136 60%
1992 PHI NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 182 62% 74% 43% 16 69%
7 Seasons 7 0 5 2 1 18 0 6 2 6 74 59 1 69 20 3 44 20 2 30 7 1 49 44 0 266 150 56.4% 109 7 2.6% 11 10285 60% 77% 36% 1032 49%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.5% 56% 76% 37% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 SDP NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 4 1 14.3% 0 154 64% 80% 26% 17 29%
1988 SDP NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 3 1 6 1 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 7 3 0 32 10 31.3% 21 1 3.1% 0 946 54% 80% 38% 86 48%
1989 SDP NL 28 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 7 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 15 5 33.3% 7 3 20.0% 0 783 60% 79% 38% 81 58%
1989 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 1 372 63% 76% 40% 38 39%
1990 PHI NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 7 5 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 1 713 64% 75% 36% 66 65%
1991 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 173 43% 74% 40% 25 60%
1992 PHI NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 17 5 29.4% 12 0 0.0% 0 1041 52% 78% 42% 80 59%
6 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 7 0 2 1 3 39 13 1 23 6 3 13 7 1 10 1 0 22 13 0 107 40 37.4% 62 5 4.7% 2 4182 57% 78% 39% 393 54%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.6% 56% 76% 37% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 377 52% 73% 36% 27 67%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 377 52% 73% 36% 27 67%
MLB Averages 41.2% 1.7% 56% 76% 37% 58%

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