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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

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

2x All-Star
2x Silver Slugger

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.4

7917

2251

165

.284

1036

RBI

1077

317

OBP

.354

SLG

.420

OPS

.774

OPS+

120

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL		MON	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	CF
2	2	Apr 16	STL		MON	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 17	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
4	4	Apr 18	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 19	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 21	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 22	STL	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 23	STL	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
9	9	Apr 25	STL	@	ATL	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 26	STL	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
11	11	Apr 28	STL	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
12	12	Apr 29	STL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	13	Apr 30	STL	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15 (1)	May 3	STL		CIN	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	16	May 4	STL		CIN	L,5-9	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
16	20 (3)	May 9	STL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
17	21	May 10	STL		HOU	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
18	22	May 11	STL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	23	May 12	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	24	May 13	STL	@	CIN	L,2-11	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
21	25	May 14 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	27 (1)	May 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	29 (1)	May 17	STL	@	PIT	L,0-12	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	30	May 18	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	31	May 19	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	32	May 20	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	33	May 21	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	44 (10)	Jun 3	STL	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	45	Jun 4	STL	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	46	Jun 6	STL	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	47	Jun 7	STL	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	48	Jun 8	STL	@	SFG	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
33	49	Jun 9	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	50	Jun 10	STL	@	SDP	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	51	Jun 11	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GF	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	52	Jun 12	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
37	54 (1)	Jun 16	STL		SFG	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
38	55	Jun 17	STL		SFG	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	56	Jun 18	STL		SFG	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	58 (1)	Jun 21	STL		SDP	W,14-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
41	59	Jun 24	STL	@	NYM	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	61 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	63 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	STL		MON	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	64	Jun 27 (2)	STL		MON	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	65	Jun 28	STL		CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	66	Jun 29	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
47	67	Jun 30	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	68	Jul 1 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	69	Jul 1 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	70	Jul 2	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
52	74 (2)	Jul 8	STL		HOU	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
53	75	Jul 9	STL		HOU	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
54	76	Jul 11	STL		ATL	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	77	Jul 12	STL		ATL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
56	78	Jul 13	STL		ATL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	80 (1)	Jul 15	STL		CIN	L,2-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	81	Jul 16	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	82	Jul 17	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	84 (1)	Jul 19	STL	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	85	Jul 20	STL	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	87 (1)	Jul 22	STL	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	88	Jul 23	STL	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	90 (1)	Jul 28	STL	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
65	91	Jul 29	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
66	92	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
67	94 (1)	Jul 31	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	95	Aug 1	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	96	Aug 2	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	97	Aug 3	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
71	100 (2)	Aug 6	STL		PHI	W,6-0	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	101	Aug 7	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	53	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
73	102	Aug 8	STL		NYM	W,6-5	GS	31	6.0	3	1	1	5	1	CF
74	103	Aug 9	STL		NYM	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
75	104	Aug 11	STL	@	PIT	L,5-10		27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	119 (14)	Aug 26	STL		SDP	W,9-3	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	120	Aug 27	STL		SDP	W,9-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	126 (5)	Sep 2	STL		LAD	L,1-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
79	127	Sep 3	STL		LAD	L,3-6	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	128	Sep 4 (1)	STL		MON	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	129	Sep 4 (2)	STL		MON	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	130	Sep 5	STL		MON	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
83	134 (3)	Sep 8 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,9-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	135	Sep 9	STL	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	CF
85	136	Sep 10	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
86	138 (1)	Sep 12	STL	@	MON	L,2-7	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	139	Sep 13	STL	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	140	Sep 14	STL	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	141	Sep 15	STL		PIT	W,10-4	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
90	142	Sep 16	STL		PIT	W,4-0	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
91	143	Sep 17	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
92	144	Sep 19	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	146 (1)	Sep 21	STL		PHI	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
94	147	Sep 23 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
95	148	Sep 23 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-15	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	149	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
97	151 (1)	Sep 27	STL		NYM	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
98	152	Sep 29	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
99	153	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	66	16.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
100	154	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	155	Oct 3	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	156	Oct 4	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							105gm		805.2	220	8	5	233	5