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Cruz
Peralta		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 235
 
Born: December 31, 1984 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2013    2015   
Rookie of the Year 2008   
All-Star Selections 2018   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 22 TOR AL     7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
2008 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
2009 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
2010 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 7 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
2011 26 TEX AL $ 2,735,714   9 9 9 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
2012 27 TEX AL $ 3,300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
2013 28 TEX AL $ 4,310,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
2014 29 TEX AL $ 4,310,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
2015 30 TEX AL $ 4,310,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
2016 31 TEX AL $ 4,790,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
2017 32 TEX AL $ 4,790,000   8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
2018 33 TEX AL $ 4,790,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
2019 34 TEX AL $ 4,790,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
2020 35 TEX AL $ 4,790,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
2021 36 TEX AL $ 4,790,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 37 STL NL $ 4,790,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,790,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
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
2007 22 AAA   80 321 51 108 18 3 10 35 18 8 22 105 .336 .379 .505 .884 56.7  
    A   6 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .625 .875 1.4  
2008 23 TOR AL 155 600 95 187 32 11 20 87 29 28 38 119 .312 .370 .502 .871 100.9 16.7
2009 24 TOR AL 156 614 95 162 34 2 27 109 29 18 36 196 .264 .324 .458 .782 87.7 13.3
2010 25 TOR AL 155 584 89 149 25 5 19 80 37 23 50 151 .255 .328 .413 .741 78.0 9.4
2011 26 TEX AL 155 580 98 158 34 7 22 86 16 7 44 153 .272 .345 .469 .814 93.3 17.4
2012 27 TEX AL 155 581 85 157 36 4 19 72 7 9 62 154 .270 .355 .444 .799 89.9 14.5
2013 28 TEX AL 156 605 96 174 39 3 24 95 10 8 46 164 .288 .350 .481 .831 95.9 16.0
2014 29 TEX AL 133 488 78 134 30 9 20 81 15 14 42 128 .275 .342 .496 .838 74.5 11.5
2015 30 TEX AL 157 594 102 164 31 2 37 84 15 16 45 146 .276 .337 .522 .859 100.5 17.2
2016 31 TEX AL 153 575 98 161 38 4 30 120 15 3 42 139 .280 .350 .517 .867 97.9 18.8
2017 32 TEX AL 146 547 98 157 28 6 20 98 7 13 42 134 .287 .348 .470 .817 81.9 12.8
2018 33 TEX AL 152 611 89 177 29 5 24 105 3 9 37 139 .290 .339 .471 .810 89.6 15.9
2019 34 TEX AL 153 589 92 162 24 7 22 99 3 10 42 144 .275 .340 .452 .792 87.2 13.5
2020 35 TEX AL 148 542 91 161 39 5 25 88 2 4 25 119 .297 .342 .526 .868 87.3 17.4
2021 36 TEX AL 137 540 60 156 21 3 14 71 11 9 27 128 .289 .329 .417 .746 69.5 11.8
2022 37 STL NL 60 74 4 16 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 13 .216 .275 .257 .532 3.6 0.0
15 Years Sim 2171 8124 1270 2275 443 73 323 1277 201 172 579 2027 .280 .342 .472 .814 1237.6 206.4
1 Years AAA 80 321 51 108 18 3 10 35 18 8 22 105 .336 .395 .505 .900 56.7  
1 Years A 6 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .625 .875 1.4  
2 Years Minors 86 329 52 110 18 3 11 36 18 8 22 105 .334 .392 .508 .900 58.1  
162 Game Average 606 94 169 33 5 24 95 14 12 43 151 .280 .342 .472 .814 92.4  
Career Highs 157 614 102 187 39 11 37 120 37 28 62 196 .312 .370 .526 .871 100.9  
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   5970 933 1719 344 60 224 942 159 132 433 1464 .288 .349 .478 .827 903.6
vs LH   2154 337 556 99 13 99 335 42 40 146 563 .258 .326 .454 .780 290.9
Home 1081 3970 599 1094 221 46 152 628 100 90 285 1029 .276 .339 .469 .809 573.3
Away 1090 4154 671 1181 222 27 171 649 101 82 294 998 .284 .345 .474 .820 621.2
RISP   2186 0 585 130 23 82 888 0 0 252 558 .268 .352 .461 .813 342.6
Pinch Hitting   114 15 33 8 1 3 15 1 0 4 18 .289 .333 .456 .789 15.4
Close/Late   873 132 257 50 12 26 115 0 0 106 221 .294 .380 .468 .848 147.3
Mar/Apr 329 1236 187 332 61 8 41 181 36 16 93 320 .269 .328 .430 .759 168.5
May 381 1435 228 412 82 20 60 240 36 38 89 346 .287 .341 .498 .838 217.6
June 358 1339 211 388 79 13 52 223 31 27 88 327 .290 .352 .485 .836 202.8
July 350 1310 200 372 66 10 62 225 27 40 95 338 .284 .346 .492 .838 198.5
August 367 1390 238 399 84 12 54 208 31 25 114 354 .287 .356 .481 .837 216.4
Sep/Oct 386 1414 206 372 71 10 54 200 40 26 100 342 .263 .330 .442 .772 190.6
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2008 23 TOR AL CF 29 26 231.0 61 1 0 1 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 8 8 74.7 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
2009 24 TOR AL CF 152 148 1306.3 304 10 0 1 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 3.3
2010 25 TOR AL CF 154 149 1312.0 340 2 1 0 .997 2.35 0 0 .000 0 2.0
2011 26 TEX AL CF 152 141 1281.0 328 9 1 3 .997 2.37 0 0 .000 0 4.1
2012 27 TEX AL CF 151 148 1332.0 311 4 1 3 .997 2.13 0 0 .000 0 5.0
2013 28 TEX AL CF 154 151 1365.0 338 2 1 2 .997 2.24 0 0 .000 0 6.7
2014 29 TEX AL CF 131 127 1116.3 280 5 0 3 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0 6.2
2015 30 TEX AL CF 153 152 1352.7 377 6 2 0 .995 2.55 0 0 .000 0 7.4
    2B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 31 TEX AL CF 151 146 1308.0 315 8 2 2 .994 2.22 0 0 .000 0 4.4
2017 32 TEX AL CF 141 131 1189.0 379 4 1 2 .997 2.90 0 0 .000 0 4.9
2018 33 TEX AL CF 151 145 1319.7 395 11 0 4 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 8.1
2019 34 TEX AL CF 114 110 971.3 293 6 0 2 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 40 40 359.0 89 5 2 1 .979 2.36 0 0 .000 0  
2020 35 TEX AL CF 75 74 655.0 234 5 3 2 .988 3.28 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 53 51 465.3 120 1 3 1 .976 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
2021 36 TEX AL CF 25 25 219.0 88 2 0 1 1.000 3.70 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 7 7 60.0 11 19 0 8 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 5 0 14.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2022 37 STL NL CF 12 9 79.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 8 3 34.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 1 13.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1745 1682 15037.3 4057 75 12 26 .997 2.47 0 0 .000 0 59.9
  LF 106 94 872.3 219 6 5 2 .978 2.32 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 11 9 87.7 20 1 0 1 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 7 7 60.0 11 19 0 8 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1872 1793 16071.3 4311 103 17 38 .996 2.47 0 0 .000 0 60.3
Career Highs   154 152 1365.0 395 22 6 9 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
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
2011 26 TEX AL 10 38 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .158 .238 .211 .449
2012 27 TEX AL 4 14 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .143 .200 .214 .414
2013 28 TEX AL 17 66 11 26 6 2 4 20 2 2 3 22 .394 .429 .727 1.156
2014 29 TEX AL 10 40 11 18 6 0 5 13 1 1 2 10 .450 .465 .975 1.440
2015 30 TEX AL 16 64 19 22 4 3 5 24 3 0 3 17 .344 .377 .734 1.111
2016 31 TEX AL 12 49 6 14 2 1 2 10 1 0 2 16 .286 .321 .490 .811
2017 32 TEX AL 6 25 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 8 .320 .346 .560 .906
2018 33 TEX AL 7 31 4 11 4 0 2 8 0 0 1 9 .355 .394 .677 1.071
Career Post-Season Batting 82 327 55 107 28 6 19 84 7 3 16 100 .327 .365 .624 .989
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
2016-9-.517
2020-5-.526
 XR
CAR-24-1237.6
 Games
2009-6-156
2012-9-155
2013-8-156
2015-6-157
CAR-16-2171
 At-Bats
CAR-12-8124
 Runs
2011-9-98
CAR-21-1270
 Hits
CAR-20-2275
Total Bases
2015-8-310
CAR-15-3833
 Singles
CAR-33-1436
 Doubles
CAR-30-443
 Triples
2008-1-11
2011-3-7
2014-1-9
2017-6-6
2018-8-5
2019-2-7
2020-7-5
CAR-7-73
 Homeruns
2015-5-37
CAR-25-323
 RBIs
2016-6-120
CAR-19-1277
Caught Stealing
2008-4-28
2010-5-23
CAR-33-172
 Strikeouts
2009-1-196
2013-5-164
2019-5-144
CAR-6-2027
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Toronto in 2007
Had first career hit on 4/4/2008, off Shawn Camp (KCA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/2008, off Carl Pavano (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2008, hitting .600 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/15/2008, hitting .600 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Rookie of the Year in 2008, hitting .312 with 20 HR, 87 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 8/24/2010
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,735,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Toronto to Texas on 1/29/2011 (Going to TOR: P Paul Madsen. Going to TEX: CF Cruz Peralta)
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
7/16/2012: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $4,310,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Anaheim on 8/28/2013
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 10/30/2013
Won World Championship with Texas in 2013
Injured on 3/27/2014 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/6/2014, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 7/19/2014
Injured on 7/26/2014 with a Broken Ribs, out for 3-4 weeks
5/14/2015: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $4,790,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Texas in 2015
Injured on 4/17/2017 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Seattle on 8/10/2017
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Baltimore on 8/21/2017
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 4/19/2018
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2018, hitting .448 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
8/9/2018: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $4,790,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 6/17/2020, off Gil Medina (TOR)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/2020, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/1/2020
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2020, hitting .440 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Texas to St. Louis on 2/15/2022 (Going to TEX: 2B Coy Holding. Going to STL: LF Cruz Peralta)
 
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