Oneil Cruz

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-7, 215lb (201cm, 97kg)

Team: Pittsburgh Pirates (majors)

Born: October 4, 1998 in Nizao, Dominican Republic do

Debut: October 2, 2021 (Age 22-363d, 22,547th in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2022 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.110 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Vayner Sports

Full Name: Oneil Cruz

Twitter: @OneilCruz4

Instagram: @oneilcruz_04

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

2.3

449

106

.234

.236

RBI

OBP

.272

.297

SLG

.364

.434

OPS

.635

.732

OPS+

104

Summary of 22 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
PIT	22

Platoon
vs RHP	19
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Home	11
Away	11

Outs
1	8
0	7
2	7

11 Opps
MIL	6
NYM	3
CIN	3
MIA	2
BAL	2
PHI	1
ATL	1
STL	1
WSN	1
CHC	1
TOR	1

21 Pitchers
Corbin Burnes	2
Hunter Greene	1
JoJo Romero	1
Keegan Thompson	1
Jake Odorizzi	1
Tommy Hunter	1
Spencer Turnbull	1
Brent Suter	1
Joel Kuhnel	1
Ross Stripling	1
Taijuan Walker	1
Adrian Houser	1
Erick Fedde	1
Mychal Givens	1
Sandy Alcántara	1
Austin Voth	1
Trevor Gott	1
Grayson Rodriguez	1
Sixto Sánchez	1
Aaron Ashby	1
Jacob deGrom	1

9 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	11
Citi Field (NYC)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
9	8
8	5
89	5
7	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
6	3
4	2
2	2
5	2
1	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	5
-2-	3
12-	2
--3	1
1-3	1

37 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	10
1 on	9
2 on	3
Any on	12

Inning
2	1
3	2
4	2
5	6
6	3
7	3
8	4
9	1

1-3	3
4-6	11
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	2
+1	2
Tied	4
-1	4
-2	3
-3	5
-4..	1

Ahead	5
Tied	4
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	8
3-2	2
1-2	2
3-1	2
2-2	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
1-0	1
0-0	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	21
DH	1

OrderPos
1st	10
7th	7
5th	2
6th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	5

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2021-10-03	PIT		CIN	Mychal Givens	behind 1-6	b 9	1	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	7	6	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Gamel Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2022-06-27	PIT	@	WSN	Erick Fedde	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	6	0.128	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	2	1	2022-06-30	PIT		MIL	Adrian Houser	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	6	0.165	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. VanMeter Scores
4	4	3	1	2022-07-02	PIT		MIL	Aaron Ashby	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	6	0.083	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
5	5	4	1	2022-07-10	PIT	@	MIL	Trevor Gott	tied 4-4	t 6	2	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	8	6	0.180	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	5	1	2022-07-24	PIT		MIA	Sandy Alcántara	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	7,(2-2) CFFBBFX	1	7	6	0.118	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	6	1	2022-07-26	PIT	@	CHC	Keegan Thompson	behind 0-3	t 7	2	-2-	3,(1-1) B2FX	2	7	6	0.147	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Mitchell Scores/unER; O. Cruz Scores/unER
8	8	7	1	2022-08-02	PIT		MIL	Corbin Burnes	behind 0-3	b 6	1	12-	3,(1-1) SBX	3	7	6	0.335	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Madris Scores; C. Mitchell Scores
9	9	8	1	2022-08-03	PIT		MIL	Brent Suter	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	--3	1,(0-0) .X	2	5	6	0.149	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Gamel Scores
10	10	9	1	2022-08-06	PIT	@	BAL	Austin Voth	behind 0-3	t 4	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	DH	0.151	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Gamel Scores
11	11	10	1	2022-08-22	PIT		ATL	Jake Odorizzi	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	6	0.126	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
12	12	11	1	2022-08-29	PIT	@	MIL	Corbin Burnes	behind 1-3	t 5	1	1-3	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	3	1	6	0.292	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Marcano Scores; J. Delay Scores
13	13	12	1	2022-09-04	PIT		TOR	Ross Stripling	behind 2-3	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	6	0.161	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	13	1	2022-09-06	PIT		NYM	Tommy Hunter	ahead 6-2	b 8	2	1--	6,(3-2) ..BSFBB>X	2	1	6	0.011	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Delay Scores
15	15	14	1	2022-09-10	PIT		STL	JoJo Romero	tied 3-3	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	1	6	0.207	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
16	16	15	1	2022-09-14	PIT	@	CIN	Joel Kuhnel	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	6	0.105	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Chavis Scores
17	17	16	1	2022-09-16	PIT	@	NYM	Taijuan Walker	behind 1-4	t 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) BSCX	2	1	6	0.123	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Heineman Scores
18	18	17	1	2022-09-18	PIT	@	NYM	Jacob deGrom	behind 0-3	t 6	0	12-	6,(2-2) B*BFCFX	3	1	6	0.264	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Z. Collins Scores; J. Delay Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2023-03-30	PIT	@	CIN	Hunter Greene	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) FCFVBBX	1	1	6	0.108	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2024-03-28	PIT	@	MIA	Sixto Sánchez	behind 4-5	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	6	6	0.239	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	2024-04-05	PIT		BAL	Grayson Rodriguez	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	6	0.124	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	3	1	2024-04-13	PIT	@	PHI	Spencer Turnbull	behind 1-2	t 5	0	1--	3,(2-0) *BBX	2	1	6	0.223	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Williams Scores