Deivi Cruz

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: November 6, 1972 in Bani, Dominican Republic do

High School: Liceo Aliro Paulino Nizao (Dominican Republic)

Debut: April 1, 1997 (Age 24-146d, 17,006th in major league history)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2005 (Age 32-330d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Elliott Vallin

Full Name: Deivi Cruz

Pronunciation: \DAY-vee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

4124

1109

.269

442

RBI

464

OBP

.293

SLG

.388

OPS

.682

OPS+

Summary of 70 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 19 go ahead

4 Tms
DET	37
BAL	14
SFG	12
SDP	7

Platoon
vs RHP	46
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Away	38
Home	32

Outs
0	27
1	22
2	21

24 Opps
KCR	7
STL	6
TOR	5
OAK	4
TEX	4
CIN	4
NYY	4
ARI	3
TBD	3
ANA	3
PIT	3
CLE	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
BAL	2
ATL	2
BOS	2
LAD	2
FLA	2
CHW	2
COL	1
SEA	1
PHI	1
WSN	1

61 Pitchers
Tomo Ohka	2
Barry Zito	2
Andy Pettitte	2
Juan Acevedo	2
Garrett Stephenson	2
Allen Watson	2
Jeff Zimmerman	2
Kenny Rogers	2
Eric Milton	2
Scott Schoeneweis	1
Randy Wolf	1
Eric Plunk	1
Greg Maddux	1
John Smoltz	1
Sean Lowe	1
Pete Harnisch	1
Rick White	1
Graeme Lloyd	1
José Santiago	1
Dan Reichert	1
Darrell May	1
Steve Reed	1
Mark Hendrickson	1
John Halama	1
Ken Ray	1
Edwin Jackson	1
Brandon Villafuerte	1
Chris Carpenter	1
Rick Helling	1
Randy Johnson	1
Tanyon Sturtze	1
Tim Belcher	1
Kris Wilson	1
Luis Vizcaíno	1
Pat Hentgen	1
Julián Tavárez	1
Brian Anderson	1
Ramón Ortiz	1
David Williams	1
Danny Patterson	1
Doug Henry	1
Dontrelle Willis	1
Dave Burba	1
Bobby Witt	1
Aaron Harang	1
Blake Stein	1
Matt Morris	1
Todd Erdos	1
Joe Kennedy	1
Ryan Wagner	1
Matt DeWitt	1
Ben Sheets	1
Mike Mussina	1
CC Sabathia	1
Kelvim Escobar	1
Josías Manzanillo	1
Jim Parque	1
Brad Penny	1
Ricky Bones	1
Steve Karsay	1
Denny Neagle	1

28 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	14
Camden Yards (BAL)	9
Oracle Park (SFO)	5
Busch Stad (STL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Comerica Pk (DET)	3
Turner Fld (ATL)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	55
78	12
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	26
3	18
1	14
4	9
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	66
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	14
12-	8
-2-	4
--3	3
123	2
1-3	2

117 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	37
1 on	21
2 on	10
3 on	2
Any on	33

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	8
4	12
5	12
6	11
7	5
8	11
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	15
4-6	35
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	5
+1	11
Tied	14
-1	8
-2	4
-3	8
-4..	8

Ahead	28
Tied	14
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	19
0-0	14
1-1	8
0-1	7
2-0	7
0-2	5
2-1	5
1-2	4
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	65
2B	3
PH	1
3B	1

OrderPos
7th	19
8th	17
9th	14
2nd	10
6th	7
5th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1997-06-02	DET	@	OAK	Steve Karsay	ahead 4-2	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	9	6	0.152	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Casanova Scores
2	2	2	1	1997-09-03	DET	@	ATL	John Smoltz	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	8	6	0.154	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Jensen Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1998-05-18	DET		ANA	Allen Watson	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	0.074	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
4	4	2	1	1998-06-26	DET		CIN	Pete Harnisch	behind 1-2	b 5	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	9	6	0.261	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); P. Bako Scores
5	5	3	1	1998-07-14	DET		KCR	Tim Belcher	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	6	0.077	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	1998-08-15	DET		OAK	Kenny Rogers	behind 0-4	b 2	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	6	0.217	41%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Alvarez Scores; L. Gonzalez Scores
7	7	5	1	1998-09-01	DET		TEX	Danny Patterson	tied 5-5	b 7	1	123	2,(0-1) FX	4	9	6	0.229	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Gonzalez Scores; G. Alvarez Scores; G. Berroa Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1999-06-06	DET		STL	Juan Acevedo	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	0.111	62%		Home Run (Line Drive)
9	9	2	1	1999-06-12	DET	@	STL	Juan Acevedo	behind 1-2	t 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	8	6	0.255	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Higginson Scores
10	10	3	1	1999-07-10	DET		MIL	Eric Plunk	ahead 8-3	b 7	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	9	6	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1999-07-21	DET		KCR	Ken Ray	ahead 8-5	b 8	1	--3	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	6	0.016	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Ausmus Scores
12	12	5	1	1999-07-23	DET		BOS	Tomo Ohka	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	1-3	3,(1-1) BFX	3	8	6	0.061	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. García Scores; G. Kapler Scores
13	13	6	1	1999-07-26	DET	@	CLE	Dave Burba	behind 2-6	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	0.057	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	7	1	1999-08-08	DET	@	BAL	Ricky Bones	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.109	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
15	15	8	1	1999-09-02	DET		TEX	Jeff Zimmerman	behind 6-7	b 8	1	1--	3,(0-2) FSX	2	9	6	0.503	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Ausmus Scores
16	16	9	1	1999-09-08	DET	@	TBD	Bobby Witt	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.071	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	10	1	1999-09-10	DET		TOR	Pat Hentgen	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	0.109	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	11	1	1999-09-12	DET		TOR	Kelvim Escobar	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.093	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	12	2	1999-09-12	DET		TOR	Graeme Lloyd	behind 1-5	b 8	1	---	4,(0-2) CSFX	1	2	6	0.036	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
20	20	13	1	1999-09-26	DET		KCR	Blake Stein	tied 0-0	b 3	2	-2-	4,(1-2) C1F11B.X	2	2	6	0.185	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Fick Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2000-04-26	DET	@	ANA	Scott Schoeneweis	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	0.078	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
22	22	2	1	2000-06-06	DET	@	PIT	Josías Manzanillo	ahead 1-0	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	6	0.119	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
23	23	3	1	2000-06-20	DET	@	TOR	Matt DeWitt	ahead 8-1	t 3	0	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	8	6	0.014	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Encarnación Scores
24	24	4	1	2000-06-28	DET		NYY	Allen Watson	ahead 11-3	b 5	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	6	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Encarnación Scores
25	25	5	1	2000-07-04	DET	@	TBD	Tanyon Sturtze	ahead 5-0	t 3	2	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	9	6	0.077	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Fick Scores; B. Ausmus Scores
26	26	6	1	2000-08-16	DET	@	SEA	John Halama	behind 0-3	t 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	6	0.142	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); W. Magee Scores
27	27	7	1	2000-08-26	DET	@	MIN	Eric Milton	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	6	0.210	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Palmer Scores/unER; W. Magee Scores/unER; D. Cruz Scores/unER
28	28	8	1	2000-08-31	DET	@	BAL	Mike Mussina	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	6	0.135	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	9	1	2000-09-22	DET	@	NYY	Denny Neagle	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	6	0.187	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. McMillon Scores
30	30	10	1	2000-09-26	DET	@	KCR	Kris Wilson	tied 5-5	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	6	0.220	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2001-04-06	DET	@	CHW	Jim Parque	behind 1-5	t 6	0	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	5	6	0.112	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Clark Scores
32	32	2	1	2001-05-01	DET	@	TEX	Jeff Zimmerman	tied 3-3	t 10	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	6	0.483	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Higginson Scores; R. Jackson Scores
33	33	3	1	2001-07-28 (1)	DET		CLE	CC Sabathia	behind 0-1	b 4	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	6	0.294	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Clark Scores; W. Magee Scores
34	34	4	1	2001-08-08	DET	@	TEX	Brandon Villafuerte	ahead 11-6	t 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	6	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Easley Scores
35	35	5	1	2001-09-23	DET	@	BOS	Todd Erdos	ahead 11-3	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	6	1	2001-09-26	DET	@	KCR	Doug Henry	behind 4-8	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	0.058	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	7	1	2001-10-07	DET		KCR	Dan Reichert	behind 2-10	b 9	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	7	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Fick Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2002-04-10	SDP		ARI	Rick Helling	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	6	6	0.181	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	2002-04-23	SDP	@	PHI	Randy Wolf	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	7	6	0.255	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Nevin Scores; B. Trammell Scores; R. Gant Scores
40	40	3	1	2002-04-26	SDP	@	PIT	Sean Lowe	ahead 7-1	t 7	2	12-	5,(1-2) FFBFX	3	6	6	0.014	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Klesko Scores; B. Trammell Scores
41	41	4	1	2002-05-10	SDP	@	ATL	Greg Maddux	tied 2-2	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	6	0.177	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	5	1	2002-07-21	SDP		ARI	Randy Johnson	ahead 6-5	b 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	6	0.107	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	6	1	2002-07-28	SDP	@	ARI	Brian Anderson	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	6	0.080	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	7	1	2002-08-24	SDP		FLA	Julián Tavárez	behind 3-7	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	7	6	0.059	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2003-04-02	BAL		CLE	José Santiago	behind 1-4	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	6	0.082	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	2	1	2003-04-24	BAL		CHW	Rick White	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	8	6	0.144	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
47	47	3	1	2003-05-11	BAL	@	KCR	Darrell May	behind 2-3	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.150	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
48	48	4	1	2003-05-18	BAL		TBD	Joe Kennedy	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	6	0.230	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); G. Gil Scores
49	49	5	1	2003-05-28	BAL		ANA	Ramón Ortiz	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.035	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
50	50	6	1	2003-06-07	BAL	@	STL	Garrett Stephenson	ahead 2-1	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.096	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	7	2	2003-06-07	BAL	@	STL	Garrett Stephenson	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	7	6	0.093	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
52	52	8	1	2003-06-08	BAL	@	STL	Matt Morris	ahead 5-4	t 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) BBCSX	2	7	6	0.207	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Batista Scores
53	53	9	1	2003-06-15	BAL		MIL	Ben Sheets	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	6	0.160	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Surhoff Scores
54	54	10	1	2003-06-30	BAL		NYY	Andy Pettitte	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	6	0.160	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); T. Batista Scores
55	55	11	1	2003-07-06	BAL		TOR	Mark Hendrickson	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	8	6	0.110	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	12	1	2003-07-23	BAL	@	NYY	Andy Pettitte	behind 1-4	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	8	6	0.067	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	13	1	2003-07-31	BAL	@	MIN	Kenny Rogers	behind 0-1	t 4	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	6	0.315	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Conine Scores; J. Gibbons Scores
58	58	14	1	2003-08-27	BAL	@	OAK	Barry Zito	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	2	6	0.121	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	2004-06-25	SFG	@	OAK	Barry Zito	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	6	0.206	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Grissom Scores/unER; B. Bonds Scores/unER; D. Cruz Scores/unER
60	60	2	1	2004-07-18	SFG	@	COL	Steve Reed	tied 6-6	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	6	0.227	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	3	1	2004-07-30	SFG		STL	Chris Carpenter	behind 3-7	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	8	6	0.057	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	4	1	2004-08-05	SFG		CIN	Aaron Harang	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	5,(0-2) CFFFX	1	7	6	0.109	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	5	1	2004-08-25	SFG	@	FLA	Dontrelle Willis	behind 2-4	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	0.121	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
64	64	6	1	2004-09-15	SFG	@	MIL	Luis Vizcaíno	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	6	0.056	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Snow Scores
65	65	7	1	2004-10-03	SFG	@	LAD	Edwin Jackson	ahead 5-0	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	6	0.030	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Schmidt Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	2005-04-30	SFG	@	PIT	David Williams	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	4	0.154	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Vizquel Scores
67	67	2	1	2005-05-06	SFG		WSN	Tomo Ohka	behind 2-4	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.109	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
68	68	3	1	2005-05-26	SFG		LAD	Brad Penny	behind 0-3	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	9	PH	0.079	17%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
69	69	4	1	2005-07-04	SFG		CIN	Ryan Wagner	tied 7-7	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.150	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
70	70	5	1	2005-08-16	SFG	@	CIN	Eric Milton	behind 4-7	t 5	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	4	0.265	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Feliz Scores; T. Linden Scores