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José Cruz

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: August 8, 1947 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Arroyo HS (Arroyo, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 19, 1970 (Age 23-042d, 13,084th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 19, 1988 (Age 40-346d)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: José Cruz

Nicknames: Cheo

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Relatives: Brother of Héctor Cruz, Tommy Cruz; Father of José Cruz

2x All-Star
2x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.4

7917

2251

165

.284

1036

RBI

1077

317

OBP

.354

SLG

.420

OPS

.774

OPS+

120

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

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 8 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
3	3	Apr 8 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	4	Apr 11	STL		NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	5	Apr 12	STL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
6	6	Apr 13	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
8	8	Apr 15	STL		CHC	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
9	9	Apr 17	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	57	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
10	10	Apr 18	STL		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
11	11	Apr 21	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
13	13	Apr 22 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	14	Apr 24	STL		LAD	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	Apr 25	STL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	Apr 27	STL		SFG	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	17	Apr 28	STL		SFG	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	18	Apr 29	STL		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	STL	@	SDP	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	20	May 2	STL	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	21	May 3	STL	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	22	May 4	STL	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	4	0	1	5	0	CF
23	25 (2)	May 8	STL	@	SFG	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	26	May 9	STL	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	27	May 10	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	28	May 11	STL		MON	W,12-0	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	29	May 12	STL		MON	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	30	May 13	STL		MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
29	31	May 14	STL		PHI	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	32	May 15	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	33	May 16	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
32	34	May 17	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	35	May 20 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	36	May 20 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
35	37	May 22	STL	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	38	May 25	STL		ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	39	May 26	STL		ATL	W,2-0	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	40	May 27	STL		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	41	May 28	STL		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	42	May 29	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	43	May 30	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	44	May 31	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	45	Jun 1	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	46	Jun 2	STL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	47	Jun 3	STL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	48	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	49	Jun 6	STL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	50	Jun 7	STL		SDP	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
49	51	Jun 8	STL	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
50	52	Jun 9	STL	@	ATL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	53	Jun 10 (1)	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	55 (1)	Jun 11	STL	@	CIN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	56	Jun 12	STL	@	CIN	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	RF
54	57	Jun 13	STL	@	CIN	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	58	Jun 15	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	59	Jun 16	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	60	Jun 17	STL	@	HOU	L,3-7	GS	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
58	61	Jun 18	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	18	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	62	Jun 19	STL		MON	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	63	Jun 20	STL		MON	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	68 (4)	Jun 25	STL	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
62	69	Jun 26 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	70	Jun 26 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	71	Jun 27	STL	@	PIT	W,15-4	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
65	72	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	73	Jun 29	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	74	Jun 30	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	75	Jul 1	STL		PHI	L,0-1	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
69	76	Jul 2	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
70	77	Jul 3 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
71	78	Jul 3 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	79	Jul 4	STL		PIT	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	80	Jul 5	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
74	81	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
75	82	Jul 7	STL	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	83	Jul 8	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
77	84	Jul 10	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	85	Jul 11	STL	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
79	86	Jul 12	STL	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	87	Jul 13	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	88	Jul 14	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	GS	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	95 (6)	Jul 21	STL		LAD	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	96	Jul 22	STL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	97	Jul 26 (1)	STL		NYM	W,13-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
85	100 (2)	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
86	101	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	102	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	103	Jul 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	104	Jul 31	STL	@	MON	W,10-5	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	105	Aug 1 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,9-3	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
91	106	Aug 1 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	110 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
93	111	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
94	114 (2)	Aug 8	STL		ATL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	115	Aug 9	STL		ATL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	117 (1)	Aug 11	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
97	120 (2)	Aug 14	STL		HOU	W,9-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	122 (1)	Aug 17	STL		SDP	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
99	127 (4)	Aug 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
100	130 (2)	Aug 27	STL	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	58	14.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	133 (2)	Aug 30	STL		NYM	W,1-0	GS	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	136 (2)	Sep 2	STL		NYM	W,7-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
103	137	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	51	12.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF RF
104	138	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	GF	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
105	139	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
106	140	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	141	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	142	Sep 8	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
109	143	Sep 9	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
110	144	Sep 11	STL		MON	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
111	145	Sep 12	STL		MON	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	148 (2)	Sep 16	STL		PIT	W,7-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
113	150 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	49	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
114	151	Sep 18	STL	@	MON	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
115	153 (1)	Sep 20	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
116	158 (4)	Sep 26	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	159	Sep 27	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
118	162 (2)	Sep 30	STL		PHI	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							125gm		986.0	271	2	6	279	1