John Kruk

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 9, 1961 in Charleston, WV us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD) and the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD).

High School: Keyser HS (Keyser, WV)

Schools: Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD), Potomac State College (Keyser, WV)

Debut: April 7, 1986 (Age 25-057d, 15,115th in major league history)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 30, 1995 (Age 34-171d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Brian David

Full Name: John Martin Kruk

Nicknames: Krukkie, The Krukker or Jake

Twitter: @JohnKruk

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.1

3897

1170

100

.300

582

RBI

592

OBP

.397

SLG

.446

OPS

.842

OPS+

134

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

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 17	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	12	Apr 18	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	13	Apr 19	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	18 (4)	Apr 27	SDP		SFG	W,6-4	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	19	Apr 28	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	20	Apr 29	SDP		CHC	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	26 (5)	May 6	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2		12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	28 (1)	May 8	SDP	@	STL	L,3-13	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	29	May 9	SDP	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	30	May 10	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	31	May 11	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	33 (1)	May 14	SDP	@	PIT	W,10-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	36 (2)	May 18	SDP		MON	L,3-8	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	43 (6)	May 26	SDP	@	MON	W,9-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	48 (4)	Jun 1	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-16	GF	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	55 (6)	Jun 8	SDP		ATL	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
17	58 (2)	Jun 11	SDP		HOU	W,11-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
18	67 (8)	Jun 21	SDP	@	LAD	W,8-7	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
19	68	Jun 22	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
20	69	Jun 23	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-18	GS	49	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	77 (7)	Jul 2	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-8	GF	12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
22	87 (9)	Jul 12	SDP		STL	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	88	Jul 13	SDP		STL	W,13-6	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	90 (1)	Jul 18	SDP	@	PIT	L,7-12	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
25	92 (1)	Jul 20	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	94 (1)	Jul 22	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B LF
27	95	Jul 23	SDP	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
28	96	Jul 25	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
29	97	Jul 26	SDP	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	98	Jul 27	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	103 (4)	Aug 2	SDP		HOU	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	104	Aug 3	SDP		HOU	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	105	Aug 4	SDP		ATL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	107 (1)	Aug 6	SDP		ATL	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	108	Aug 8	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
36	109	Aug 9	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	110	Aug 10	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	111	Aug 11	SDP	@	ATL	L,6-11	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
39	112	Aug 12	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	113	Aug 13	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
41	114	Aug 14	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	115	Aug 15 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	116	Aug 15 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-1	GS	26	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	117	Aug 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	118	Aug 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	119	Aug 18	SDP	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	120	Aug 19	SDP		MON	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	121	Aug 20	SDP		MON	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	122	Aug 21	SDP		MON	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	123	Aug 22	SDP		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
51	124	Aug 23	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	125	Aug 24	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	128 (2)	Aug 27	SDP		NYM	L,5-6	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	129	Aug 30 (1)	SDP	@	MON	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
55	130	Aug 30 (2)	SDP	@	MON	W,5-4	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	131	Aug 31	SDP	@	MON	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	133 (1)	Sep 2	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
58	134	Sep 3	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	135	Sep 6	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	136	Sep 7 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-7	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	137	Sep 7 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,5-6	GS	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	RF 1B
62	139 (1)	Sep 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
63	140	Sep 10	SDP		ATL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
64	141	Sep 11	SDP		ATL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	142	Sep 12	SDP		HOU	L,3-5	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	143	Sep 13	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	145 (1)	Sep 16	SDP		SFG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	146	Sep 17	SDP		SFG	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	147	Sep 19	SDP	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	148	Sep 20	SDP	@	HOU	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	149	Sep 21	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-0	GS	22	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	150	Sep 22	SDP	@	ATL	L,8-9	GS	25	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	151	Sep 23	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	152	Sep 25 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	157 (4)	Sep 29	SDP		LAD	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	158	Sep 30	SDP		LAD	W,11-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
77	159	Oct 1	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	160	Oct 3	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	161	Oct 4	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
80	162	Oct 5	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							85gm		555.2	140	6	3	149	3