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Jose
Cruz		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 235
 
Born: April 19, 1974 in P.R., ARROYO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2005   
Gold Glove Award 2004    2006   
All-Star Selections 2005   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 30 TB AL $ 2,100,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 5 5
2005 31 TB AL $ 2,100,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 4 5
2006 32 TB AL $ 12,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 7 6 6 5 5
2007 33 TB AL $ 12,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 7 6 7 5 5
2008 34 TB AL $ 12,000,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 4 5
2009 35 TB AL $ 12,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 5 5
2010 36 MIL NL $ 4,100,001   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 4 5
2011 37 MIL NL     4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 7 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 30 TB AL 154 554 121 162 37 7 39 111 19 7 75 116 .292 .376 .596 .972 116.1 22.3
2005 31 TB AL 154 559 102 156 34 7 34 105 17 8 88 139 .279 .375 .547 .922 110.2 21.5
2006 32 TB AL 153 562 94 145 38 5 26 103 31 3 73 153 .258 .341 .482 .823 93.3 14.5
2007 33 TB AL 150 547 96 148 38 4 35 111 19 5 56 136 .271 .338 .547 .885 97.1 16.6
2008 34 TB AL 144 451 74 98 25 2 17 72 20 5 53 109 .217 .292 .395 .687 62.7 6.6
2009 35 TB AL 59 154 23 42 8 3 6 32 9 0 18 38 .273 .347 .481 .827 27.1 4.0
2010 36 MIL NL 103 282 35 72 22 1 10 38 7 1 22 76 .255 .308 .447 .755 37.0 5.8
2011 37 MIL NL 105 158 27 36 10 0 7 23 4 0 16 41 .228 .299 .424 .723 20.2 3.0
8 Years Sim 1022 3267 572 859 212 29 174 595 126 29 401 808 .263 .341 .505 .847 563.7 94.3
162 Game Average 517 90 136 33 4 27 94 19 4 63 128 .263 .341 .505 .847 89.4  
Career Highs 154 562 121 162 38 7 39 111 31 8 88 153 .292 .376 .596 .972 116.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2383 422 619 146 21 118 421 100 21 310 624 .260 .343 .487 .830 411.2
vs LH   884 150 240 66 8 56 174 26 8 91 184 .271 .337 .554 .891 162.7
Home 506 1596 282 421 102 17 87 307 57 8 191 385 .264 .340 .513 .853 283.7
Away 516 1671 290 438 110 12 87 288 69 21 210 423 .262 .342 .499 .841 290.2
RISP   926 0 247 65 10 39 393 0 0 142 229 .267 .355 .485 .840 163.0
Pinch Hitting   138 17 28 6 0 5 20 4 0 20 28 .203 .304 .355 .659 17.0
Close/Late   376 54 95 20 1 18 63 0 0 72 93 .253 .369 .455 .824 66.9
Mar/Apr 150 503 95 143 34 3 30 111 14 5 48 123 .284 .343 .543 .886 91.5
May 182 567 98 142 38 8 36 99 18 8 85 153 .250 .345 .536 .881 106.3
June 176 569 107 153 37 5 27 103 30 5 79 128 .269 .356 .494 .850 103.4
July 167 535 97 140 32 6 27 98 26 3 70 131 .262 .345 .495 .840 95.3
August 178 561 97 147 35 1 29 95 19 5 55 136 .262 .326 .483 .809 89.8
Sep/Oct 169 532 78 134 36 6 25 89 19 3 64 137 .252 .331 .483 .814 87.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 30 TB AL RF 135 133 1188.7 308 14 1 3 .997 2.44   4.5
    LF 10 7 64.0 17 1 1 1 .947 2.53    
    CF 6 0 14.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2005 31 TB AL LF 88 86 776.7 152 7 6 1 .964 1.84   3.4
    RF 61 60 538.3 113 3 1 1 .991 1.94    
    CF 4 0 8.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.63    
2006 32 TB AL RF 146 146 1286.0 281 10 2 1 .993 2.04   3.7
    CF 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2007 33 TB AL RF 143 142 1243.7 277 9 1 2 .997 2.07   4.9
    CF 5 0 13.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.73    
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2008 34 TB AL RF 102 97 867.0 234 15 1 5 .996 2.58   3.3
    CF 30 22 205.0 62 1 0 1 1.000 2.77    
    1B 1 0 6.3 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.95   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
2009 35 TB AL 1B 12 11 96.3 95 8 6 8 .945 9.62   0.1
    LF 13 6 76.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.7
    RF 15 7 75.3 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.51    
    CF 8 7 61.0 23 0 1 0 .958 3.39    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2010 36 MIL NL RF 75 73 618.7 142 9 1 2 .993 2.20   3.1
    LF 4 0 14.0 5 0 1 0 .833 3.21    
2011 37 MIL NL LF 15 14 121.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.01   0.7
    RF 11 10 92.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    CF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
  RF 688 668 5909.6 1394 62 7 14 .995 2.22   19.5
  LF 136 113 1063.7 219 9 8 3 .966 1.93   4.9
  CF 58 29 310.3 101 3 1 1 .990 3.02    
  1B 13 11 102.7 101 9 6 9 .948 9.64   0.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   896 821 7387.3 1815 83 22 27 .989 2.31   24.5
Career Highs   153 146 1323.0 328 17 7 8 1.000 4.74    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 31 TB AL 17 58 8 11 5 0 1 8 1 1 14 16 .190 .342 .328 .670
Career Post-Season Batting 17 58 8 11 5 0 1 8 1 1 14 16 .190 .342 .328 .670
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2004-2-.596
2005-8-.547
2007-6-.547
CAR-26-.505
 OPS
2004-4-.972
2005-8-.922
2007-10-.885
CAR-46-.847
 XR
2004-6-116.1
 Runs
2004-2-121
 Total Bases
2004-4-330
2005-10-306
2007-7-299
 Doubles
2004-9-37
2005-9-34
2006-8-38
Homeruns
2004-5-39
2005-8-34
2007-4-35
 RBIs
2004-10-111
2005-8-105
2007-8-111
 Walks
2005-7-88
 Strikeouts
2006-5-153
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jeremy Larock (935)
  2. Cliff Floyd (935)
  3. Robert Schmidt (925)
  4. Brian Fowler (923)
  5. Chipper Jones (921)
  6. Richard Hidalgo (910)
  7. Brad Hawpe (908)
  8. Garret Anderson (905)
  9. Arturo Ramirez (899)
  10. William Mikesell (899)
History
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/7/2004, off Brad Penny (ANA)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2004, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2004
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2005, hitting .349 with 11 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 2005
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/3/2006 to a 4-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/2006, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Oakland on 9/8/2006
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2006
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston on 7/29/2007
Won Player of the Week award on 7/32/2007, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 9/29/2007 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Drove in 6 runs against Anaheim on 6/23/2009
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/10/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $4,100,001 per year
Released by Milwaukee on 10/24/2011
 
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