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John
Kruk		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 204
 
Born: February 9, 1961 in Usa, WV, CHARLESTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1987    1989    1990   
All-Star Selections 1989   
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
1986 25 MIA NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 9 10 9 6 7 6
1987 26 MIA NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 7
1988 27 MIA NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 4 7 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 7
1989 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 5 5 7 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 7
1990 29 SDP NL $ 3,714,286   9 9 9 5 6 5 7 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 9 10 9 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,714,286   9 9 9 5 6 5 7 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 7
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
1986 25 MIA NL 46 149 19 33 9 0 2 13 5 3 22 21 .221 .322 .322 .644 15.4 1.6
    AAA   104 389 68 123 23 8 14 65 10 11 89 54 .316 .444 .524 .968 87.0  
1987 26 MIA NL 155 580 103 160 32 5 16 66 14 6 88 86 .276 .370 .431 .801 95.3 20.4
1988 27 MIA NL 140 396 57 104 26 4 7 45 4 4 55 69 .263 .353 .402 .755 53.6 10.1
1989 28 SDP NL 144 536 98 156 41 4 10 85 8 5 76 88 .291 .379 .438 .818 87.6 21.7
1990 29 SDP NL 154 571 95 168 23 4 8 77 31 14 95 82 .294 .394 .391 .784 93.6 19.6
5 Years Sim 639 2232 372 621 131 17 43 286 62 32 336 346 .278 .372 .410 .782 345.5 73.4
1 Years AAA 104 389 68 123 23 8 14 65 10 11 89 54 .316 .444 .524 .968 87.0  
162 Game Average 565 94 157 33 4 10 72 15 8 85 87 .278 .372 .410 .782 87.6  
Career Highs 155 580 103 168 41 5 16 85 31 14 95 88 .294 .394 .438 .818 95.3  
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   1532 279 448 89 11 34 213 47 22 253 212 .292 .393 .431 .824 264.9
vs LH   700 93 173 42 6 9 73 15 10 83 134 .247 .326 .363 .689 84.6
Home 310 1045 186 276 51 9 19 130 24 17 165 165 .264 .363 .385 .748 153.1
Away 329 1187 186 345 80 8 24 156 38 15 171 181 .291 .380 .432 .813 196.3
RISP   532 0 143 33 6 11 221 0 0 85 84 .269 .363 .415 .779 83.9
Pinch Hitting   71 9 19 4 1 2 12 0 1 8 13 .268 .342 .437 .778 10.2
Close/Late   287 44 84 11 3 5 34 0 0 35 41 .293 .366 .404 .770 43.2
Mar/Apr 97 371 70 103 19 4 7 49 13 4 53 54 .278 .365 .407 .772 57.8
May 102 341 67 95 20 2 7 44 7 10 57 53 .279 .378 .411 .789 53.4
June 102 364 59 105 24 3 10 54 10 2 50 64 .288 .374 .453 .828 62.1
July 88 296 55 89 18 3 5 43 9 6 46 39 .301 .395 .432 .828 50.2
August 129 460 66 124 29 3 8 52 13 8 66 72 .270 .364 .398 .762 67.5
Sep/Oct 121 400 55 105 21 2 6 44 10 2 64 64 .263 .363 .370 .733 58.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1986 25 MIA NL RF 36 36 311.3 60 0 1 0 .984 1.73   0.7
    1B 3 1 16.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 10.69   0.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.57    
    3B 4 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1987 26 MIA NL RF 147 145 1282.3 293 9 3 3 .990 2.12   2.3
    3B 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 5.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1988 27 MIA NL RF 81 65 609.0 157 3 0 2 1.000 2.36   2.3
    1B 28 6 100.7 97 8 0 15 1.000 9.39   0.2
    3B 15 8 90.0 5 9 0 3 1.000 1.40   0.2
    LF 4 2 20.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1989 28 SDP NL RF 139 135 1187.0 263 6 3 4 .989 2.04   2.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 29 SDP NL RF 147 142 1270.3 283 10 1 1 .997 2.08   3.3
    LF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    1B 1 0 8.0 10 2 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
    3B 3 0 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
  RF 550 523 4660.0 1056 28 8 10 .993 2.09   10.5
  1B 34 7 129.7 128 13 0 19 1.000 9.79   0.3
  3B 27 8 113.7 8 16 0 3 1.000 1.90   0.4
  LF 11 2 37.0 4 0 2 0 .667 0.97    
Career Totals   622 540 4940.3 1196 57 10 32 .992 2.28   11.2
Career Highs   154 145 1295.3 298 20 3 20 .997 3.06    
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
1987 26 MIA NL 7 27 2 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 4 3 .259 .355 .481 .836
1989 28 SDP NL 5 20 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .150 .261 .150 .411
1990 29 SDP NL 12 48 9 19 4 1 2 6 0 0 6 7 .396 .463 .646 1.109
Career Post-Season Batting 24 95 14 29 5 2 3 12 0 0 13 16 .305 .389 .495 .884
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.
On-Base Pct
1989-8-.379
1990-5-.394
 Games
1987-6-155
 Runs
1987-4-103
1989-6-98
1990-7-95
 Singles
1990-4-133
 Doubles
1989-10-41
 Stolen Bases
1990-9-31
Caught Stealing
1990-6-14
 Walks
1987-7-88
1990-4-95
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Lenny Dykstra (965)
  2. Glenn Wilson (962)
  3. Mark McLemore (957)
  4. John Lowenstein (957)
  5. Kirby Puckett (955)
  6. Tommy O'Brien (951)
  7. Billy Hatcher (950)
  8. Bobby Bonilla (949)
  9. Hersh Martin (945)
  10. Mel Hall (945)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Miami in 1986
Had first career hit on 8/5/1986, off Mark Thurmond (IND)
Hit first career homerun on 8/25/1986, off Roger Clemens (PIT)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1987
Traded from Miami to San Diego on 2/22/1989 (Going to MIA: LF Jose Gonzalez, 3B Ray Knight. Going to SDP: LF Mitchell Page, C John Tamargo, RF John Kruk)
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Injured on 7/11/1989 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1989
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,714,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 10/17/1990
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1990
 
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