Victor
Cruz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 24, 1957 in D.R., , RANCHO VIEJO
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 20 TOR AL   4 9 10 9 4 4 4 3 4 4
1979 21 TOR AL   4 9 10 10 3 3 3 3 3 3
1980 22 TOR AL   4 10 10 10 3 3 3 3 3 3
1981 23 TOR AL   5 10 10 10 2 3 2 3 3 3
1982 24 TOR AL   5 10 10 10 2 3 2 3 3 3
1983 25 TOR AL   5 9 10 10 2 3 2 3 3 3
1984 26 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 9 10 10 2 3 2 3 3 3
1985 27 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 9 10 10 2 3 2 3 3 3
1986 28 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 2 3 2 3 3 3
1987 29 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 2 3 2 3 3 3
1988 30 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 9 10 10 1 2 1 3 3 3
1989 31 TOR AL $ 350,000 5 10 10 10 2 2 2 3 3 3
1990 32 TOR AL   5 9 10 10 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 9 10 9 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 3 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 20 AAA   2 10 .167 49 0 0 0 29 60.0 48 18 4 34 76 2.70 .216 .320 .302 .622  
1979 21 AAA   4 5 .444 34 0 0 0 22 39.3 44 18 3 17 40 4.12 .288 .359 .392 .751  
1980 22 AAA   1 3 .250 8 0 0 0 3 8.7 12 9 2 4 7 9.35 .333 .400 .611 1.011  
    AA   8 3 .727 50 0 0 0 23 70.0 40 12 3 24 116 1.54 .165 .241 .219 .460  
1981 23 AAA   2 1 .667 31 0 0 0 0 56.0 45 22 10 31 75 3.54 .215 .317 .383 .699  
1982 24 AAA   1 3 .250 15 0 0 0 0 23.7 29 22 6 21 30 8.37 .293 .417 .525 .942  
    AA   4 1 .800 30 0 0 0 19 36.0 19 6 2 13 55 1.50 .160 .242 .235 .478  
1983 25 AA   6 3 .667 46 0 0 0 27 56.0 39 10 2 24 90 1.61 .193 .279 .272 .551  
1984 26 TOR AL 4 3 .571 41 0 0 0 1 78.0 64 32 6 65 69 3.69 .221 .366 .334 .700 5.7
    AAA   0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 13.3 4 4 2 6 25 2.70 .093 .204 .233 .437  
1985 27 TOR AL 2 1 .667 50 0 0 0 1 76.3 72 37 11 41 88 4.36 .245 .341 .442 .783 3.2
1986 28 TOR AL 6 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 0 68.0 55 23 4 36 63 3.04 .224 .320 .355 .676 6.7
1987 29 TOR AL 4 1 .800 42 0 0 0 1 97.3 84 51 18 55 99 4.72 .233 .336 .442 .777 3.6
1988 30 TOR AL 0 2 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.7 12 10 2 8 11 11.75 .353 .476 .588 1.064 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 33 0 0 0 1 27.0 13 5 2 15 24 1.67 .148 .272 .227 .499  
1989 31 TOR AL 3 1 .750 27 0 0 0 4 34.3 22 16 2 35 35 4.19 .180 .361 .262 .623 2.6
1990 32 TOR AL 0 3 .000 18 0 0 0 5 26.7 21 17 5 21 27 5.74 .214 .353 .439 .792 0.5
    AAA   1 2 .333 42 0 0 0 2 68.7 56 36 14 43 107 4.72 .219 .331 .426 .757  
7 Years Sim 19 11 .633 214 0 0 0 12 388.3 330 186 48 261 392 4.31 .229 .347 .394 .741 22.2
8 Years AAA 15 25 .375 218 0 0 0 57 296.6 251 134 43 171 384 4.07 .227 .330 .380 .710  
3 Years AA 18 7 .720 126 0 0 0 69 162.0 98 28 7 61 261 1.56 .174 .255 .242 .496  
11 Years Minors 33 32 .508 344 0 0 0 126 458.6 349 162 50 232 645 3.18 .209 .306 .333 .639  
Season Average 2 1 .667 30 0 0 0 1 55.5 47 26 6 37 56 4.31 .229 .347 .394 .741  
Career Highs 6 3 1.000 50 0 0 0 5 97.3 84 51 18 65 99 11.75 .353 .476 .588 1.064  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   163 106 32 111 222   .222 .325 .409 .734
vs LH   167 80 16 150 170   .235 .369 .377 .746
Home 9 5 .643 100 0 0 0 5 188.3 169 102 29 121 183 4.87 .236 .346 .440 .786
Away 10 6 .625 114 0 0 0 7 200.0 161 84 19 140 209 3.78 .221 .347 .348 .695
Mar/Apr 5 2 .714 40 0 0 0 1 58.0 55 28 4 42 61 4.35 .251 .372 .374 .746
May 2 1 .667 33 0 0 0 0 63.7 55 28 10 43 67 3.96 .230 .348 .402 .749
June 5 3 .625 32 0 0 0 2 60.6 51 34 9 49 65 5.05 .224 .361 .425 .786
July 3 1 .750 25 0 0 0 1 47.3 39 20 4 32 39 3.80 .225 .346 .382 .728
August 2 3 .400 49 0 0 0 5 84.3 65 34 11 55 87 3.63 .212 .331 .375 .706
Sep/Oct 2 1 .667 35 0 0 0 3 74.3 65 42 10 40 73 5.09 .235 .331 .404 .736
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1984 26 TOR AL P 41 0 78.0 6 9 1 2 .938 1.73    
1985 27 TOR AL P 50 0 76.3 6 7 1 1 .929 1.53    
1986 28 TOR AL P 31 0 68.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.19    
1987 29 TOR AL P 42 0 97.3 9 7 0 1 1.000 1.48    
1988 30 TOR AL P 5 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1989 31 TOR AL P 27 0 34.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1990 32 TOR AL P 18 0 26.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   214 0 388.3 28 37 2 4 .970 1.51    
Career Highs   50 0 97.3 9 9 1 2 1.000 1.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1989 31 TOR AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Toronto in 1978
Earned first career win on 4/7/1984
Injured on 5/30/1985 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Toronto on 10/23/1990