Joe Kruzel

Joe Kruzel

• School University of Toledo

• Born December 17, 1965

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Biographical Information

Joe Kruzel has been a coach and manager.

Kruzel was an infielder at Toledo from 1985-1988. After graduating, he remained there as assistant coach from 1989-1992. From 1993-2003, he was the school's head coach. Joe was assistant at Miami University in 2005.

In 2006, Kruzel was hitting coach for the GCL Reds. He managed the Billings Mustangs in 2007. He was hitting coach for the Quad Cities River Bandits in 2008-2012. Kruzel managed the Johnson City Cardinals in 2013. He was scheduled to be manager of the Springfield Cardinals in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to Covid-19.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
2007	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	11-12	--	Cincinnati Reds	--	replaced by Freddie Benavides on August 24
2013	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	36-31	6th	St. Louis Cardinals
2014	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	72-67	5th (t)	St. Louis Cardinals
2015	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	75-63	6th	St. Louis Cardinals
2016	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	73-66	5th	St. Louis Cardinals
2017	State College Spikes	New York-Penn League	40-35	6th (t)	St. Louis Cardinals
2018	State College Spikes	New York-Penn League	36-40	10th(t)	St. Louis Cardinals
2019	Springfield Cardinals	Texas League	60-80	7th	St. Louis Cardinals
2020	Springfield Cardinals	Texas League	Season cancelled
2021	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	44-52	6th	Independent Leagues