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

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

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
2	5	Apr 13	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
3	11 (5)	Apr 19	HOU		LAD	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	12	Apr 20	HOU		LAD	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	13	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	GF	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
6	16 (2)	Apr 24	HOU		NYM	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	19 (2)	Apr 28 (2)	HOU	@	MON	L,7-8	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
8	20	Apr 29	HOU	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	24 (3)	May 4	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	26 (1)	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	27	May 8	HOU	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	28	May 9	HOU	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
13	29	May 11	HOU		MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	31 (1)	May 14	HOU		PHI	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	32	May 15	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
16	33	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
17	34	May 17 (1)	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	36 (1)	May 18	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	37	May 19	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-4	GS	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
20	38	May 20	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
21	39	May 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	40	May 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	54	12.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	41	May 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	42	May 24	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	43	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
26	44	May 26	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	45	May 29	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	46	May 30 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	47	May 30 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	W,16-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	48	May 31	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	49	Jun 1	HOU		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	50	Jun 2	HOU		CIN	L,7-8	GS	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
33	51	Jun 3	HOU		CIN	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	52	Jun 4	HOU		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	53	Jun 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	54	Jun 6 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	55	Jun 6 (2)	HOU		CHC	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	57 (1)	Jun 8	HOU		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	58	Jun 9	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	59	Jun 11	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
41	60	Jun 12	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	63 (1)	Jun 16	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	65 (1)	Jun 20	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
45	66	Jun 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,9-11	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
46	71 (4)	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	73 (1)	Jun 28	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	74	Jun 29	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
49	75	Jun 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	76	Jul 2 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	67	14.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
51	77	Jul 2 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	78	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS	42	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
53	79	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
54	80	Jul 5	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	83 (2)	Jul 8	HOU		MON	W,7-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
56	84	Jul 9	HOU		MON	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	85	Jul 10	HOU		MON	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	86	Jul 11	HOU		MON	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	89 (2)	Jul 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
60	90	Jul 18 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	91	Jul 18 (2)	HOU	@	MON	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	92	Jul 19	HOU	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	94 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
64	96 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	97	Jul 23	HOU		SFG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	98	Jul 24 (1)	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	99	Jul 24 (2)	HOU		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	100	Jul 25	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	101	Jul 26	HOU		SDP	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	102	Jul 27	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	104 (1)	Jul 30	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	105	Jul 31 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
73	106	Jul 31 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,9-6	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	107	Aug 1	HOU		ATL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	108	Aug 2	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	109	Aug 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	110	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	111	Aug 5	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	112	Aug 6	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
80	113	Aug 7	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
81	114	Aug 8	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	115	Aug 9	HOU	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
83	116	Aug 10	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	117	Aug 11	HOU	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
85	118	Aug 13	HOU		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
86	120 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	HOU		PIT	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	121	Aug 15 (2)	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	122	Aug 16	HOU		CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
89	123	Aug 17	HOU		CHC	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	124	Aug 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	125	Aug 20	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	127 (1)	Aug 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	RF
93	128	Aug 24	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	129	Aug 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	130	Aug 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	131	Aug 27	HOU		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	132	Aug 28	HOU		STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
98	133	Aug 29	HOU		STL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	134	Aug 30	HOU		PHI	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
100	135	Aug 31	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	136	Sep 1	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
102	137	Sep 3	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
103	138	Sep 4	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
104	139	Sep 5	HOU		LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	140	Sep 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	141	Sep 7	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
107	142	Sep 8	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	143	Sep 9	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF
109	144	Sep 11 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	145	Sep 11 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
111	146	Sep 14 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	147	Sep 14 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
113	148	Sep 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	149	Sep 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	150	Sep 18	HOU		SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	151	Sep 19 (1)	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	152	Sep 19 (2)	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	153	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
119	154	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	155	Sep 24	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
121	156	Sep 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	157	Sep 26	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
123	158	Sep 27	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
124	159	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	162 (2)	Oct 2	HOU		SFG	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							130gm		1025.0	266	8	8	282	4