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Steven Cruz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 225lb (201cm, 102kg)

Team: Kansas City Royals (majors, 40M)

Born: June 15, 1999 in Tenares, Dominican Republic do

Debut: August 29, 2023 (Age 24-075d, 23,070th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2024

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$740k (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 0.034 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2030

Full Name: Steven Adalberto Cruz

Instagram: @stevencruzr_

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.2

0.3

ERA

0.00

3.44

5.2

18.1

WHIP

0.176

1.255

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-5 / in Starts: 3-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 4, Entered with runners on base: 1

2023 Pitching Game Log

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2023 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	1	134	Aug 29	KCR		PIT	L,3-6	9-9		99	0.2	3	4	4	3	1	1	0	54.00	33.26	9	36	21	4	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.160	.00	0.00%	-4.27	-8.10	-7.00	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 2 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
2	2	136	Sep 1	KCR		BOS	W,13-2	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	21.60	14.66	5	26	14	2	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	5.05	9.00	9t --- 0 out a11	9t end a11
3	3	137	Sep 2	KCR		BOS	L,5-9	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.50	9.63	3	10	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.52	4.25	6.00	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
4	4	139	Sep 4	KCR		CHW	W,12-1	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.82	7.35	3	9	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	4.25	6.00	9t --- 0 out a11	9t end a11
5	5	143	Sep 9	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.20	6.26	4	19	11	5	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.74	3.00	4.00	7b 1-- 2 out d4	8b end d 4
6	6	147	Sep 13	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS-2		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.14	4.26	8	31	23	6	6	2	2	1	0	0	56			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.103	.00	0.00%	1.05	11.30	18.00	1b start tie	2b 3 out a2
7	7	152	Sep 19	KCR		CLE	W,7-6	GS-2		5	1.2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	4.15	4.99	10	39	16	7	1	1	3	1	1	0	51			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.25	4.75	11.00	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out a2
8	8	156	Sep 24	KCR	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-1		4	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.66	4.81	6	24	13	3	1	1	5	1	1	0	43			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.49	-1.55	0.00	1b start tie	1b 3 out d1
9	9	158	Sep 27 susp	KCR	@	DET	L,0-8	5-6		2	2.0	0	2	2	3	3	0	1	5.40	5.06	10	35	19	7	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.96	4.10	9.00	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d6
10	10	161	Sep 30	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	GS-1		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.97	4.76	4	15	10	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	52			1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.52	3.65	6.00	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
							5-5		W-L:0-0	2.6	12.2	11	7	7	11	15	1	1	4.97	4.76	62	244	57%	16%	9%	0.59		20%	9%	0	51	1	0%	1	0	0	50	4	1	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-1.60	30.70	62.00

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