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Tommy
De La Cruz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 188
 
Born: September 18, 1911 in , ,
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 32 DET AL $ 300,000 10 5 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1945 33 BSN NL $ 300,000 10 5 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1946 34 BSN NL $ 300,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1947 35 BSN NL $ 870,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1948 36 BSN NL $ 870,000 10 4 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1949 37 BSN NL $ 870,000 10 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 870,000 10 5 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 32 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1945 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 34 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 35 BSN NL $ 870,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 36 BSN NL $ 870,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1949 37 BSN NL $ 870,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 870,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
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
1944 32 DET AL 15 19 .441 41 41 24 0 0 329.3 373 153 26 74 146 4.18 .283 .321 .412 .733 17.3
1945 33 BSN NL 6 15 .286 37 26 10 1 0 210.0 239 125 30 73 72 5.36 .284 .338 .467 .806 4.0
1946 34 BSN NL 0 1 .000 45 0 0 0 3 51.7 53 22 8 18 18 3.83 .270 .329 .418 .747 3.0
1947 35 BSN NL 3 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 1 39.3 39 20 5 24 15 4.58 .258 .356 .404 .760 2.4
1948 36 BSN NL 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 12.0 10 4 2 5 5 3.00 .217 .294 .391 .685 1.0
    AAA   2 3 .400 36 0 0 0 2 26.0 27 17 5 9 19 5.88 .270 .330 .490 .820  
1949 37 BSN NL 1 2 .333 43 0 0 0 1 52.0 58 36 9 30 11 6.23 .279 .368 .447 .815 0.4
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 2 2 2.25 .231 .333 .308 .641  
6 Years Sim 25 37 .403 205 67 34 1 5 694.3 772 360 80 224 267 4.67 .280 .332 .431 .763 28.1
2 Years AAA 2 3 .400 38 0 0 0 2 30.0 30 18 5 11 21 5.40 .265 .331 .469 .800  
Season Average 4 6 .400 34 11 5 0 0 115.7 128 60 13 37 44 4.67 .280 .332 .431 .763  
Career Highs 15 19 1.000 45 41 24 1 3 329.3 373 153 30 74 146 6.23 .284 .368 .467 .815  
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   353 154 34 94 141   .273 .322 .415 .737
vs LH   419 206 46 130 126   .286 .344 .445 .789
Home 13 18 .419 115 32 17 1 4 371.3 389 188 50 121 145 4.56 .266 .322 .419 .741
Away 12 19 .387 90 35 17 0 1 323.0 383 172 30 103 122 4.79 .296 .347 .444 .792
Mar/Apr 5 4 .556 22 14 6 0 2 123.0 135 45 14 31 45 3.29 .274 .317 .416 .733
May 3 12 .200 27 13 6 0 1 109.6 147 84 12 45 40 6.90 .314 .374 .474 .849
June 7 6 .538 44 12 9 1 1 134.7 137 60 13 45 54 4.01 .266 .324 .397 .722
July 2 6 .250 49 7 4 0 1 116.7 111 55 14 39 34 4.24 .255 .316 .385 .701
August 5 1 .833 29 8 4 0 0 86.0 85 34 10 26 47 3.56 .255 .309 .417 .727
Sep/Oct 3 8 .273 34 13 5 0 0 124.3 157 82 17 38 47 5.94 .305 .353 .487 .840
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
1944 32 DET AL 41 115 10 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 27 .148 .162 .165 .328 1.4 0.0
1945 33 BSN NL 37 64 7 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 .188 .188 .219 .406 2.2 0.0
1946 34 BSN NL 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1947 35 BSN NL 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1948 36 BSN NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1949 37 BSN NL 43 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2
6 Years Sim 205 191 18 30 3 1 0 7 0 0 2 44 .157 .166 .183 .349 2.9 0.2
162 Game Average 150 14 23 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 34 .157 .166 .183 .349 2.3  
Career Highs 45 115 10 17 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 27 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2.2  
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   114 12 20 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .175 .183 .193 .376 1.8
vs LH   77 6 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 20 .130 .141 .169 .310 -0.3
Home 115 90 9 15 3 1 0 5 0 0 2 24 .167 .185 .222 .407 2.2
Away 70 101 9 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .149 .149 .149 .297 -0.8
RISP   42 0 5 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 9 .119 .119 .167 .286 -0.6
Close/Late   19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .158 .158 .158 .316 0.0
Mar/Apr 14 37 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .135 .135 .135 .270 -0.6
May 13 29 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .207 .233 .207 .440 1.1
June 22 37 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .243 .263 .270 .533 2.4
July 48 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .038 .038 .038 .077 -1.9
August 19 23 5 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .261 .261 .348 .609 1.8
Sep/Oct 29 39 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 .077 .077 .128 .205 -1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 32 DET AL P 41 41 329.3 28 63 4 4 .958 2.49    
1945 33 BSN NL P 37 26 210.0 23 52 3 2 .962 3.21    
1946 34 BSN NL P 45 0 51.7 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.79    
1947 35 BSN NL P 29 0 39.3 2 6 1 1 .889 1.83    
1948 36 BSN NL P 10 0 12.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1949 37 BSN NL P 43 0 52.0 8 13 0 1 1.000 3.63    
Career Totals   205 67 694.3 65 148 8 10 .964 2.76    
Career Highs   45 41 329.3 28 63 4 4 1.000 3.63    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1944-5-19
 Games Started
1944-5-41
 Complete Games
1944-1-24
 Shutouts
1945-9-1
 Innings Pitched
1944-3-329.3
 Hits Allowed
1944-1-373
Homeruns Allowed
1944-8-26
1945-6-30
 Strikeouts
1944-10-146
 Walks per 9IP
1944-2-2.0
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  8. Fred Beene (971)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1944
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 2/21/1944 (Going to BSN: C Billy Sullivan. Going to DET: P Tommy De la cruz)
Earned first career win on 4/3/1944
Had first career hit on 4/7/1944, off Fred Hutchinson (BSN)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/7/1945 (Going to BSN: P Tommy De la cruz. Going to DET: P Russ Meers)
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
 
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