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Julio
Cruz		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 2, 1954 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
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
1977 22 DET AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1978 23 DET AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1979 24 CLN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1980 25 CLN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1981 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 8
1982 27 CLN NL     6 6 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 8
1983 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 7 8 8 8 8
1984 29 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1985 30 CLN NL     6 6 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 7
1986 31 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 7
1987 32 CLN NL $ 457,143   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 7
1988 33 BSN NL $ 1,135,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 8
1989 34 BSN NL $ 1,135,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 7
1990 35 BOS AL $ 1,012,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,135,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 22 AA   80 332 51 69 5 4 4 14 24 11 51 45 .208 .313 .283 .596 34.4  
    A   57 211 32 52 8 2 2 15 16 4 34 23 .246 .351 .332 .683 28.6  
1978 23 AAA   136 503 67 112 19 7 2 34 33 9 83 50 .223 .333 .300 .633 59.6  
1979 24 AAA   104 403 38 93 9 6 4 26 31 16 55 47 .231 .323 .313 .636 44.9  
    AA   33 112 18 27 1 1 2 8 7 2 22 6 .241 .366 .321 .687 16.1  
1980 25 AAA   57 225 34 65 5 3 7 24 19 8 35 25 .289 .385 .431 .816 39.2  
    AA   80 285 29 73 6 3 1 22 18 6 48 26 .256 .363 .309 .672 37.7  
1981 26 CLN NL 94 194 38 55 5 1 3 15 36 18 19 10 .284 .350 .366 .716 25.2 4.5
1982 27 AAA   137 560 94 159 15 6 8 48 47 16 81 63 .284 .374 .375 .749 85.9  
1983 28 CLN NL 73 168 25 40 12 2 0 7 25 15 16 18 .238 .304 .333 .638 16.2 1.0
1984 29 CLN NL 69 96 19 24 0 1 1 7 26 16 10 11 .250 .321 .302 .623 9.3 0.5
    AAA   4 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .133 .278 .133 .411 0.5  
1985 30 AAA   100 413 72 120 11 4 14 55 29 9 56 42 .291 .375 .438 .814 71.0  
1986 31 CLN NL 94 126 38 30 4 1 0 12 37 20 17 12 .238 .329 .286 .614 13.7 0.8
1987 32 CLN NL 89 226 46 60 5 4 0 14 42 15 22 27 .265 .329 .323 .652 27.7 4.0
1988 33 CLN NL 21 18 6 5 0 0 2 6 4 3 0 2 .278 .278 .611 .889 2.6 0.2
  BSN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.5 0.0
  TOT   23 20 6 5 0 0 2 6 4 3 2 2 .250 .318 .550 .868 3.1 0.2
    AAA   26 101 11 34 4 2 2 10 7 2 15 4 .337 .422 .475 .898 20.1  
1989 34 BSN NL 98 248 30 65 10 2 1 16 12 10 34 32 .262 .351 .331 .682 28.2 3.9
1990 35 BOS AL 109 297 43 92 10 3 3 27 22 13 37 38 .310 .386 .394 .780 43.0 9.5
    AAA   25 77 9 27 1 0 0 2 4 4 15 13 .351 .457 .364 .820 13.5  
8 Years Sim 649 1375 245 371 46 14 10 104 204 110 157 150 .270 .345 .345 .690 166.3 24.5
8 Years AAA 589 2297 325 612 64 28 37 199 170 65 343 244 .266 .362 .367 .729 334.6  
3 Years AA 193 729 98 169 12 8 7 44 49 19 121 77 .232 .340 .299 .639 88.2  
1 Years A 57 211 32 52 8 2 2 15 16 4 34 23 .246 .350 .332 .681 28.6  
12 Years Minors 839 3237 455 833 84 38 46 258 235 88 498 344 .257 .356 .349 .706 451.4  
162 Game Average 343 61 92 11 3 2 25 50 27 39 37 .270 .345 .345 .690 41.5  
Career Highs 109 297 46 92 12 4 3 27 42 20 37 38 .310 .386 .550 .868 43.0  
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   946 174 265 30 10 5 64 141 86 107 102 .280 .353 .349 .702 118.1
vs LH   429 71 106 16 4 5 40 63 24 50 48 .247 .326 .338 .664 53.0
Home 328 667 125 190 24 6 2 49 107 49 66 76 .285 .351 .348 .698 85.6
Away 321 708 120 181 22 8 8 55 97 61 91 74 .256 .340 .343 .683 85.5
RISP   309 0 77 10 0 4 86 0 0 41 28 .249 .334 .320 .655 36.1
Pinch Hitting   30 6 9 2 0 1 12 2 0 5 2 .300 .389 .467 .856 5.9
Close/Late   217 60 62 8 2 0 20 0 0 27 30 .286 .363 .341 .704 28.1
Mar/Apr 73 125 25 30 4 1 1 14 19 11 15 11 .240 .321 .312 .633 13.2
May 128 296 49 77 9 3 2 25 47 12 30 33 .260 .327 .331 .658 37.8
June 125 290 52 80 9 1 0 9 46 32 26 33 .276 .335 .314 .649 29.2
July 113 241 38 59 8 5 3 11 37 27 32 24 .245 .336 .357 .693 28.2
August 116 235 42 76 10 3 3 28 28 15 25 28 .323 .388 .430 .818 38.1
Sep/Oct 90 188 39 49 6 1 1 17 27 11 29 21 .261 .359 .319 .678 25.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 26 CLN NL 2B 40 14 170.7 39 63 1 11 .990 5.38   0.4
    1B 16 12 108.7 140 9 0 9 1.000 12.34   0.2
    3B 15 10 101.0 7 19 1 1 .963 2.32   0.3
    SS 13 10 95.3 15 48 2 8 .969 5.95   0.7
    LF 6 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 28 CLN NL 1B 46 41 369.3 462 34 7 38 .986 12.09   0.6
    2B 13 7 70.0 16 24 1 5 .976 5.14   0.3
    SS 6 3 34.7 3 26 0 3 1.000 7.53   0.4
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27   0.0
1984 29 CLN NL 1B 24 15 148.0 177 12 1 20 .995 11.49   0.3
    2B 15 6 78.0 22 37 1 8 .983 6.81   0.5
    SS 7 1 25.3 2 18 0 3 1.000 7.11   0.3
    RF 7 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    3B 4 0 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 31 CLN NL 2B 33 16 179.3 49 78 4 20 .969 6.37   1.2
    3B 25 10 115.0 9 23 2 5 .941 2.50   0.3
    SS 7 0 18.3 5 10 0 3 1.000 7.36   0.2
    1B 8 0 18.0 24 1 0 2 1.000 12.50   0.0
    RF 8 0 15.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.0
    LF 4 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1987 32 CLN NL 2B 23 18 166.3 38 63 2 18 .981 5.47   0.9
    3B 20 20 164.7 9 51 1 5 .984 3.28   1.1
    SS 13 11 94.3 15 33 2 9 .960 4.58   0.4
    1B 10 9 75.0 83 4 2 8 .978 10.44   0.1
    RF 13 0 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.1
    LF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1988 33 CLN NL 1B 5 3 24.5 34 2 0 2 1.000 13.22   0.1
    2B 5 0 12.5 5 7 0 2 1.000 8.64   0.2
    LF 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 30.00   0.0
  BSN NL 1B 1 0 5.5 7 0 0 1 1.000 11.45   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.8 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.0
    LF 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 6 3 30.0 41 2 0 3 1.000 12.90   0.1
      2B 6 0 15.3 6 8 0 3 1.000 8.24   0.2
      LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
      3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      SS 1 0 .4 0 1 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
1989 34 BSN NL SS 26 9 118.3 26 41 0 12 1.000 5.10   0.6
    2B 14 11 110.0 22 49 0 13 1.000 5.81   0.7
    LF 11 10 90.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.70   0.2
    RF 17 8 89.0 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.62    
    1B 10 10 79.0 95 7 0 7 1.000 11.62   0.1
    3B 9 5 49.0 0 12 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.2
1990 35 BOS AL 2B 93 92 776.7 181 345 12 66 .978 6.10   2.7
    LF 9 2 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    SS 3 1 11.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    1B 2 1 11.0 18 1 1 1 .950 15.55   0.0
  2B 237 164 1566.3 373 667 21 144 .980 5.98   6.9
  1B 122 91 839.0 1040 70 11 88 .990 11.91   1.4
  3B 76 45 442.7 27 106 4 11 .971 2.70   2.0
  SS 76 35 398.0 66 179 4 38 .984 5.54   2.6
  LF 38 12 157.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.26   0.3
  RF 46 8 141.0 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.66   0.2
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   596 355 3545.6 1553 1023 40 282 .985 6.54   13.5
Career Highs   107 96 827.0 482 348 13 67 1.000 10.72    
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
1983 28 CLN NL 8 20 3 7 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 2 .350 .409 .350 .759
1984 29 CLN NL 11 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 2 .133 .316 .133 .449
1986 31 CLN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 21 36 8 9 0 0 0 1 10 3 6 4 .250 .357 .250 .607
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.
Stolen Bases
1981-6-36
1987-7-42
 Caught Stealing
1981-5-18
1983-8-15
1986-6-20
1987-8-15
1989-10-10
1990-10-13
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Rocky Bridges (941)
  7. Jake Flowers (940)
  8. Billy Gardner (938)
  9. Johnny Temple (937)
  10. Bernie Friberg (933)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 61st overall pick, by Detroit in 1977
Traded from Detroit to Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1979 (Going to CLN: SS Dale Berra, 2B Julio Cruz, P Kip Young. Going to DET: RF Rick Monday, 1B Andre Thornton, C Earl Williams, P Pedro Borbon)
Injured on 7/27/1979 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/9/1980 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/16/1981, off Jerry Augustine (NYA)
Injured on 3/5/1983 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/16/1985 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 6-7 weeks
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $457,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,135,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (N) on 7/31/1988 (Going to CLN: RF Dwight Evans, 3B Jeff Burroughs, P Mike Lacoss. Going to BSN: SS Rance Mulliniks, 2B Julio Cruz, P Andy Rincon)
Injured on 8/28/1988 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,135,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/3/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $1,012,000 per year
 
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