Juan Cruz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 170lb (188cm, 77kg)

Born: October 15, 1978 in Bonao, Dominican Republic do

High School: Jallaco Bonaco (Bonao, Dominican Republic)

Debut: August 21, 2001 (Age 22-310d, 17,948th in major league history)
vs. MIL 6.0 IP, 3 H, 8 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: August 19, 2012 (Age 33-309d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: Alan Nero

Full Name: Juan Carlos Cruz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.0

ERA

4.05

447

655.0

659

WHIP

1.408

Summary of 67 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 9 tying, 13 go ahead

7 Tms
CHC	22
ARI	19
ATL	7
KCR	6
TBR	5
OAK	5
PIT	3

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	25

Home/Road
Away	38
Home	29

Outs
1	25
0	22
2	20

28 Opps
CIN	6
LAD	6
MON/WSN	6
PIT	5
COL	4
TEX	4
SFG	3
CHC	3
HOU	3
MIN	2
TBD/TBR	2
STL	2
SDP	2
NYM	2
BOS	2
TOR	2
MIL	2
ARI	1
LAA	1
NYY	1
SEA	1
DET	1
BAL	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
CLE	1
FLA	1
CHW	1

62 Batters
Steve Finley	2
Jack Wilson	2
Austin Kearns	2
Andruw Jones	2
Vladimir Guerrero	2
Randy Winn	1
Rúben Gotay	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Gerardo Parra	1
Bengie Molina	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Matt Stairs	1
Sean Casey	1
D.T. Cromer	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Denard Span	1
Kevin Cash	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Richie Sexson	1
Alex Cora	1
Vinny Castilla	1
D'Angelo Jimenez	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Gary Matthews	1
Michael Cuddyer	1
J.D. Drew	1
Álex González	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Carl Everett	1
Milton Bradley	1
Geoff Blum	1
Chad Hermansen	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Reed Johnson	1
James Loney	1
Don Kelly	1
Brent Butler	1
Eddie Pérez	1
Craig Biggio	1
Derrek Lee	1
Javy López	1
Carlos Lee	1
Kevin Mench	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Mark DeRosa	1
Carlos Ruiz	1
Brad Wilkerson	1
Martín Maldonado	1
Dmitri Young	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Luis González	1
Josh Phelps	1
Rod Barajas	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Melvin Mora	1
Eli Marrero	1
Ryan Church	1
Matt Holliday	1
Dustin Pedroia	1
Evan Longoria	1
Nomar Garciaparra	1
Clint Barmes	1

27 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	14
Chase Field (PHO)	6
PNC Pk (PIT)	5
Turner Fld (ATL)	4
TropicanaFld (STP)	4
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Est HBithorn (SJU)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	28
9	19
8	7
89	7
78	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	18
3	17
5	12
4	8
1	7
6	3
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	63
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	12
12-	3
-23	3
-2-	3
--3	1
1-3	1

97 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	44
1 on	16
2 on	7
Any on	23

Inning
1	2
2	1
3	3
4	1
5	8
6	11
7	17
8	17
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	6
4-6	20
7-end	41

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	4
+2	7
+1	11
Tied	12
-1	5
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	8

Ahead	32
Tied	12
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	10
1-1	9
3-1	9
0-1	8
0-0	7
2-1	7
0-2	5
2-2	5
2-0	4
3-2	2
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	10
RF	10
LF	9
2B	8
C	8
CF	7
3B	6
SS	5
DH	3
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	13
7th	9
4th	9
5th	8
6th	8
1st	7
8th	7
2nd	4
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2001-08-31	Javy López	ATL		CHC	behind 1-5	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	5%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2001-09-26	Gary Matthews	PIT		CHC	behind 0-6	b 7	0	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	9	PH	8%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); W. Morris Scores; M. López Scores
3	3	3	1	2001-10-02	D.T. Cromer	CIN	@	CHC	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	8%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	4	2	2001-10-02	Dmitri Young	CIN	@	CHC	behind 2-4	t 6	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	25%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); W. Guerrero Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2002-04-16	Vladimir Guerrero	MON		CHC	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	3	9	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	2002-04-21	Austin Kearns	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	9	6%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	2002-05-27	Chad Hermansen	PIT		CHC	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	26%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	2002-05-31	Richard Hidalgo	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 9	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	9	13%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bagwell Scores
9	9	5	1	2002-06-20	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	@	CHC	tied 4-4	t 8	1	---	5,(2-2) BCFBX	1	4	3	28%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	6	2	2002-06-20	Kevin Mench	TEX	@	CHC	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	9	14%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	2002-06-26	Sean Casey	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 5-2	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	9%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Dunn Scores
12	12	8	1	2002-06-29	Carlos Lee	CHW		CHC	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	7	7	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	9	1	2002-08-09	Brent Butler	COL		CHC	ahead 1-0	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	10	1	2002-09-07	Eli Marrero	STL		CHC	behind 4-5	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	7	23%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	11	1	2002-09-17	Jeromy Burnitz	NYM		CHC	tied 1-1	b 9	1	1--	9,(3-2) BBFCFFFBX	2	6	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Alfonzo Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2003-04-04	Austin Kearns	CIN		CHC	ahead 8-7	b 7	1	---	3,(0-2) SSX	1	4	9	11%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
17	17	2	1	2003-04-10	Vladimir Guerrero	MON	@	CHC	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	3	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Macias Scores
18	18	3	1	2003-05-06	Eddie Pérez	MIL	@	CHC	behind 3-6	t 8	0	12-	5,(3-1) BBSBX	3	7	2	31%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Vander Wal Scores; W. Helms Scores
19	19	4	1	2003-07-26	Jeff Bagwell	HOU		CHC	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	3	3	11%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
20	20	5	1	2003-09-13	D'Angelo Jimenez	CIN	@	CHC	behind 3-4	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	3	4	14%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	6	1	2003-09-19 (2)	Matt Stairs	PIT		CHC	tied 1-1	b 3	1	---	6,(0-2) SCFFFX	1	3	9	12%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
22	22	7	1	2003-09-28	Jack Wilson	PIT	@	CHC	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .....BX	1	8	6	19%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2004-05-02	Luis González	COL		ATL	ahead 9-2	b 6	2	-23	3,(1-1) BFX	3	1	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Hocking Scores; S. Estes Scores
24	24	2	1	2004-05-22	Alex Cora	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	8	4	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	3	1	2004-07-05	Carl Everett	MON		ATL	behind 3-11	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	4	1	2004-08-20	Adrián Beltré	LAD		ATL	tied 2-2	b 11	1	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	4	5	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	5	1	2004-09-11	Brad Wilkerson	MON	@	ATL	behind 0-2	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	1	3	11%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	6	1	2004-09-24	Álex González	FLA	@	ATL	tied 5-5	t 6	2	---	6,(2-2) FBBSFX	1	8	6	17%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
29	29	7	1	2004-10-02	Sammy Sosa	CHC		ATL	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) .BSBBX	1	5	9	12%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2005-04-15	Steve Finley	LAA	@	OAK	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	8	10%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	2005-04-18	Mark DeRosa	TEX		OAK	behind 2-8	b 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Mench Scores
32	32	3	1	2005-05-25	Josh Phelps	TBD		OAK	ahead 13-4	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
33	33	4	1	2005-06-08	Vinny Castilla	WSN		OAK	ahead 6-2	b 7	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	5	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
34	34	5	1	2005-09-07	Richie Sexson	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	3	4%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2006-04-18	Steve Finley	SFG	@	ARI	behind 0-2	t 6	0	-2-	2,(1-0) 1B.X	2	3	8	19%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores
36	36	2	1	2006-04-23	J.D. Drew	LAD		ARI	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	3	9	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	3	1	2006-05-12	Jim Edmonds	STL		ARI	tied 2-2	b 5	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	8	22%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Pujols Scores
38	38	4	1	2006-07-09	Clint Barmes	COL		ARI	behind 0-2	b 5	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	6	22%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Y. Torrealba Scores
39	39	5	1	2006-07-29	Craig Biggio	HOU		ARI	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	10%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
40	40	6	1	2006-08-08	Randy Winn	SFG	@	ARI	behind 0-3	t 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	8%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	7	1	2006-08-29	Geoff Blum	SDP	@	ARI	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	12-	3,(0-2) CSX	3	7	6	16%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Walker Scores; M. Cameron Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2007-04-04	Matt Holliday	COL		ARI	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .SBX	1	5	7	10%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
43	43	2	1	2007-04-06	Ryan Church	WSN		ARI	behind 0-7	b 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
44	44	3	1	2007-06-02	Rúben Gotay	NYM		ARI	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	-23	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	6	4	9%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Wright Scores; C. Delgado Scores
45	45	4	1	2007-06-16	Melvin Mora	BAL		ARI	behind 1-5	b 6	0	1--	5,(3-1) 1BBFBX	2	2	5	13%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Roberts Scores
46	46	5	1	2007-08-04	Nomar Garciaparra	LAD		ARI	behind 3-8	b 7	1	1-3	2,(0-1) SX	3	5	5	11%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Pierre Scores; R. Martin Scores/unER
47	47	6	1	2007-08-27	Milton Bradley	SDP		ARI	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
48	48	7	1	2007-09-23	James Loney	LAD	@	ARI	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) C1BSB1>X	2	4	3	15%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Pierre Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2008-05-09	Derrek Lee	CHC		ARI	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	3	3	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
50	50	2	1	2008-05-11	Reed Johnson	CHC		ARI	behind 2-4	b 7	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	1	7	31%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Fontenot Scores
51	51	3	1	2008-06-25	Kevin Cash	BOS		ARI	ahead 2-0	b 8	0	-23	8,(2-2) CBFBFFFX	3	7	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lowell Scores; C. Crisp Scores
52	52	4	1	2008-08-30	Manny Ramirez	LAD	@	ARI	ahead 5-1	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	7	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
53	53	5	1	2008-09-18	Bengie Molina	SFG	@	ARI	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	2	24%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2009-04-21	Víctor Martínez	CLE		KCR	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	3	2	10%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. DeRosa Scores
55	55	2	1	2009-06-05	Rod Barajas	TOR		KCR	ahead 7-3	b 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Millar Scores
56	56	3	1	2009-06-18	Gerardo Parra	ARI	@	KCR	ahead 8-2	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	5	7	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
57	57	4	1	2009-06-26	Jack Wilson	PIT		KCR	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) MBX	1	8	6	7%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
58	58	5	1	2009-07-17	Evan Longoria	TBR	@	KCR	behind 6-7	t 8	2	-2-	6,(3-2) C11B1F11B.*BX	2	3	5	48%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Crawford Scores
59	59	6	1	2009-07-26	Andruw Jones	TEX	@	KCR	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) ...BFCX	1	6	DH	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	2011-07-06	Michael Cuddyer	MIN		TBR	behind 4-5	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	3	3	23%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
61	61	2	1	2011-07-16	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	@	TBR	ahead 6-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	2	4	8%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	3	1	2011-08-22	Don Kelly	DET	@	TBR	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
63	63	4	1	2011-08-27	Edwin Encarnación	TOR		TBR	behind 4-6	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	5	DH	11%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
64	64	5	1	2011-09-28	Andruw Jones	NYY	@	TBR	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	7	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	2012-06-03	Martín Maldonado	MIL		PIT	behind 3-5	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) LBX	1	8	2	13%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
66	66	2	1	2012-06-19	Denard Span	MIN	@	PIT	behind 0-4	t 7	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	8	8%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Carroll Scores
67	67	3	1	2012-06-26	Carlos Ruiz	PHI		PIT	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) .SCX	1	4	2	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)