Todd Cruz

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 23, 1955 in Highland Park, MI us

Died: September 2, 2008 in Bullhead City, AZ

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Western HS (Detroit, MI).

High School: Western HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 4, 1978 (Age 22-285d, 14,088th in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 28-312d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Ken Fishkin

Full Name: Todd Ruben Cruz

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1983 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

1526

336

.220

133

RBI

154

OBP

.251

SLG

.333

OPS

.584

OPS+

Summary of 34 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 7 go ahead

5 Tms
SEA	23
BAL	6
KCR	2
CHW	2
CAL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	23
vs LHP	11

Home/Road
Away	19
Home	15

Outs
1	14
2	12
0	8

14 Opps
MIN	5
NYY	4
DET	4
KCR	3
BOS	3
TEX	3
OAK	2
CAL	2
BAL	2
CHW	2
CLE	1
SEA	1
TOR	1
MIL	1

32 Pitchers
Warren Brusstar	2
Jack Morris	2
John Tudor	1
Larry Pashnick	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Rick Langford	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Dennis Lewallyn	1
Rudy May	1
Pete Redfern	1
Steve McCatty	1
Charlie Hough	1
Mike Torrez	1
Steve Comer	1
Bob Shirley	1
Terry Felton	1
Jerry Koosman	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Mike Brown	1
Sammy Stewart	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Dave Righetti	1
Pete Filson	1
Jay Howell	1
Bruce Kison	1
Ron Davis	1
Larry Gura	1
Vida Blue	1
Bud Black	1
Bob Stoddard	1
Steve Renko	1
Mike Morgan	1

15 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	15
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	26
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	5
-2-	3
12-	2
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1

54 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	20
1 on	9
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	14

Inning
1	1
2	3
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	4
8	4
9	2
Extra	2

1-3	7
4-6	15
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	6
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	6
-1	6
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	16
Tied	6
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	28
3B	5
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	18
9th	9
7th	5
5th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-05-27	KCR	@	MIN	Jerry Koosman	tied 0-0	t 8	1	1--	2	9	6	0.340	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); U. Washington Scores
2	2	2	1	1979-08-16	KCR	@	BAL	Dennis Martínez	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	---	1	9	6	0.094	85%		Home Run
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1980-05-21	CAL	@	TEX	Steve Comer	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	2	8	6	0.199	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Garr Scores
4	4	2	1	1980-07-06 (2)	CHW		OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 0-4	b 7	2	---	1	9	6	0.038	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1980-08-11	CHW	@	NYY	Rudy May	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	1	9	6	0.169	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1982-04-24	SEA		MIN	Ron Davis	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	9	6	0.200	79%		Home Run
7	7	2	1	1982-04-25	SEA		MIN	Terry Felton	tied 4-4	b 11	0	---	1	9	6	0.360	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
8	8	3	1	1982-04-27	SEA	@	CLE	Dennis Lewallyn	ahead 6-2	t 11	2	---	1	9	6	0.010	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	4	1	1982-05-07	SEA		NYY	Dave Righetti	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	---	1	5	6	0.063	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	5	1	1982-05-27	SEA		BOS	Mike Torrez	ahead 6-0	b 3	1	---	1	6	6	0.018	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	6	1	1982-06-04	SEA	@	DET	Jack Morris	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	6	0.147	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	7	1	1982-06-11	SEA	@	KCR	Vida Blue	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	6	0.127	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	8	1	1982-07-31	SEA	@	CAL	Bruce Kison	ahead 7-1	t 8	0	---	1	8	6	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	9	1	1982-08-08	SEA		CAL	Steve Renko	behind 1-2	b 2	2	1--	2	8	6	0.208	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Sweet Scores
15	15	10	1	1982-08-15	SEA	@	MIN	Pete Redfern	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	123	4	8	6	0.176	97%		Home Run; R. Zisk Scores/unER; D. Revering Scores/Team unER; D. Henderson Scores/Team unER; T. Cruz Scores/Team unER
16	16	11	1	1982-08-17 (2)	SEA	@	DET	Larry Pashnick	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	6	0.102	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	12	1	1982-09-03	SEA	@	BOS	John Tudor	behind 1-9	t 6	0	1-3	3	8	6	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Henderson Scores; J. Essian Scores/unER
18	18	13	1	1982-09-06	SEA		KCR	Bud Black	behind 1-2	b 3	1	---	1	9	6	0.121	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	14	1	1982-09-19	SEA		TEX	Rick Honeycutt	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---	1	9	6	0.150	69%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	15	1	1982-09-22	SEA		CHW	Warren Brusstar	ahead 6-4	b 8	1	1--	2	8	6	0.048	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Moses Scores
21	21	16	1	1982-09-29	SEA	@	CHW	Warren Brusstar	behind 4-6	t 9	0	---	1	8	6	0.089	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1983-04-06	SEA		NYY	Bob Shirley	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	--3	2	7	6	0.110	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Henderson Scores
23	23	2	2	1983-04-06	SEA		NYY	Jay Howell	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	6	0.035	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1983-04-26	SEA		BOS	Mike Brown	ahead 5-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	6	0.074	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	1983-04-30	SEA		BAL	Sammy Stewart	ahead 3-2	b 6	2	1-3	3	8	6	0.203	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Putnam Scores; R. Sweet Scores
26	26	5	1	1983-05-04	SEA		DET	Jack Morris	tied 0-0	b 6	1	-2-	2	8	6	0.225	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Henderson Scores
27	27	6	1	1983-05-28	SEA	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	behind 0-3	t 5	0	-2-	2	8	6	0.144	35%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Mercado Scores
28	28	7	1	1983-06-09	SEA		TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1	8	6	0.154	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	8	1	1983-07-01	BAL	@	DET	Milt Wilcox	ahead 5-3	t 5	2	12-	3	8	5	0.180	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores; J. Dwyer Scores
30	30	9	1	1983-07-22	BAL	@	OAK	Rick Langford	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	1	8	5	0.121	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	10	1	1983-08-31	BAL	@	TOR	Mike Morgan	ahead 4-0	t 1	1	12-	3	8	5	0.095	94%		Home Run (LF-CF); K. Singleton Scores; R. Dauer Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1984-04-07	BAL	@	MIN	Pete Filson	behind 2-13	t 9	2	1--	2	7	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run; G. Roenicke Scores
33	33	2	1	1984-05-30	BAL	@	SEA	Bob Stoddard	ahead 6-2	t 8	1	-2-	2	8	5	0.022	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Young Scores/unER
34	34	3	1	1984-07-22	BAL	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 2-8	t 7	1	---	1	8	5	0.011	2%		Home Run