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Hector
Cruz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 2, 1953 in P.R., , ARROYO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 MIN AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1974 21 MIN AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1975 22 MIN AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1976 23 MIN AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1977 24 MIN AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 25 IND AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1979 26 IND AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 5
1980 27 IND AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1981 28 IND AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 29 IND AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1983 30 IND AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1984 31 IND AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5
1985 32 IND AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1986 33 IND AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1987 34 IND AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1988 35 IND AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
1989 36 IND AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
1990 37 IND AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
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
1973 20 AA   2 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.2  
    A   133 451 63 130 31 3 24 94 4 4 89 69 .288 .406 .530 .935 94.9  
1974 21 AA   137 571 75 136 20 2 24 52 6 3 63 95 .238 .314 .406 .720 75.8  
1975 22 AA   137 505 59 126 30 3 19 66 7 3 67 89 .250 .337 .434 .771 75.8  
1976 23 AA   83 311 46 87 18 0 17 56 3 1 33 57 .280 .349 .502 .850 53.4  
1977 24 AA   137 528 52 140 38 4 12 59 8 5 51 94 .265 .330 .420 .750 71.7  
1978 25 AA   128 546 69 155 29 3 20 73 6 7 44 87 .284 .337 .458 .795 80.6  
1979 26 AA   129 523 57 141 35 2 19 50 10 5 49 97 .270 .332 .453 .785 77.3  
1980 27 AA   137 557 71 154 37 1 26 67 4 3 58 73 .276 .345 .487 .831 90.9  
1981 28 AA   137 556 55 140 28 1 16 45 6 3 69 82 .252 .334 .392 .726 75.4  
1982 29 AA   137 578 71 171 40 3 27 74 3 5 61 91 .296 .363 .516 .879 101.9  
1983 30 AA   129 524 72 149 35 4 22 63 8 3 57 94 .284 .355 .492 .847 88.9  
1984 31 AA   133 546 51 141 31 4 15 62 6 1 54 105 .258 .325 .412 .737 73.8  
1985 32 AA   137 570 71 150 39 0 21 70 5 9 61 94 .263 .334 .442 .776 81.8  
1986 33 IND AL 45 76 12 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 15 .184 .262 .184 .446 3.7 0.0
1987 34 IND AL 16 29 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .103 .156 .103 .260 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   133 525 51 113 26 2 9 53 4 6 48 113 .215 .281 .324 .605 47.3  
1988 35 IND AL 147 447 22 73 18 3 3 31 1 1 31 97 .163 .218 .237 .455 19.7 0.0
1989 36 IND AL 120 332 21 41 10 0 0 12 0 2 28 97 .123 .192 .154 .346 4.3 0.0
1990 37 IND AL 109 314 21 42 10 2 2 20 1 0 14 85 .134 .170 .197 .368 3.1 0.0
5 Years Sim 437 1198 77 173 38 5 5 67 2 3 80 302 .144 .200 .197 .397 30.5 0.0
1 Years AAA 133 525 51 113 26 2 9 53 4 6 48 113 .215 .281 .324 .605 47.3  
13 Years AA 1563 6323 749 1693 381 27 238 737 72 48 667 1059 .268 .337 .449 .787 948.5  
1 Years A 133 451 63 130 31 3 24 94 4 4 89 69 .288 .403 .530 .933 94.9  
15 Years Minors 1829 7299 863 1936 438 32 271 884 80 58 804 1241 .265 .338 .445 .783 1090.7  
162 Game Average 444 28 64 14 1 1 24 0 1 29 111 .144 .200 .197 .397 11.3  
Career Highs 147 447 22 73 18 3 3 31 1 2 31 97 .184 .262 .237 .455 19.7  
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   894 55 122 25 3 4 48 1 1 59 243 .136 .191 .185 .376 17.7
vs LH   304 22 51 13 2 1 19 1 2 21 59 .168 .225 .234 .458 12.8
Home 212 582 40 90 16 4 3 32 1 2 37 145 .155 .208 .211 .420 18.4
Away 225 616 37 83 22 1 2 35 1 1 43 157 .135 .192 .183 .376 12.1
RISP   239 0 36 11 1 0 57 0 0 19 65 .151 .211 .205 .416 7.9
Pinch Hitting   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Close/Late   144 12 19 3 0 2 7 0 0 13 44 .132 .209 .194 .403 4.5
Mar/Apr 74 210 14 29 9 0 0 15 0 1 14 46 .138 .190 .181 .371 3.5
May 81 221 25 46 11 0 3 14 2 0 17 51 .208 .267 .299 .565 17.6
June 78 224 16 25 8 1 0 7 0 0 16 73 .112 .174 .156 .331 1.1
July 63 193 7 27 4 2 0 10 0 0 8 46 .140 .173 .181 .355 2.2
August 69 183 8 19 3 1 1 7 0 1 8 49 .104 .146 .148 .293 -1.7
Sep/Oct 72 167 7 27 3 1 1 14 0 1 17 37 .162 .243 .210 .453 7.7
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
1986 33 IND AL RF 23 13 136.3 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.4
    CF 4 3 29.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.10    
    3B 3 1 13.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.46   0.0
    LF 8 0 8.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 3 1 6.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1987 34 IND AL RF 5 5 39.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.54   0.2
    LF 9 2 36.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 35 IND AL 3B 144 144 1223.0 73 314 18 28 .956 2.85   4.1
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1989 36 IND AL 3B 109 100 865.3 41 175 15 16 .935 2.25   2.2
    SS 9 4 50.0 11 16 0 6 1.000 4.86   0.3
    RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 37 IND AL 3B 103 101 833.0 53 186 11 18 .956 2.58   2.9
    RF 5 1 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.1
    CF 3 0 5.7 2 0 1 0 .667 3.18    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  3B 359 346 2934.3 169 678 44 63 .951 2.60   9.3
  RF 36 20 202.3 49 0 1 0 .980 2.18   0.8
  SS 13 5 57.0 12 21 0 7 1.000 5.21   0.3
  LF 19 2 47.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.09    
  CF 11 3 42.7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.95    
Career Totals   438 376 3283.7 255 699 46 70 .954 2.61   10.4
Career Highs   147 144 1232.0 74 314 18 28 1.000 2.83    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1973
Injured on 5/30/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/21/1975 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Injured on 7/5/1976 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
Traded from Minnesota to Indianapolis on 3/4/1978 (Going to IND: P Dan Larson, 3B Hector Cruz. Going to MIN: P Dick Drago)
Injured on 5/3/1978 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/9/1979 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/28/1981 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 9/4/1981 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/21/1983 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/29/1984 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/25/1986, off John Denny (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1988, off Tim Crews (MIN)
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Indianapolis on 10/3/1990
 
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