José Cruz

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: August 8, 1947 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Arroyo HS (Arroyo, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 19, 1970 (Age 23-042d, 13,084th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 19, 1988 (Age 40-346d)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: José Cruz

Nicknames: Cheo

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Relatives: Brother of Héctor Cruz, Tommy Cruz; Father of José Cruz

2x All-Star
2x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.4

7917

2251

165

.284

1036

RBI

1077

317

OBP

.354

SLG

.420

OPS

.774

OPS+

120

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	6-10 / in Starts: 6-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1980	NLCS g1	Oct 7	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	3	1.10	0.002	34.38	0.14%	0.22	LF
2	1980	NLCS g2	Oct 8	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.429	.984	4	2.13	0.454	71.53	9.87%	1.88	LF
3	1980	NLCS g3	Oct 10	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG(11)	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.444	.643	.667	1.310	4	2.03	0.012	84.10	0.27%	0.29	LF
4	1980	NLCS g4	Oct 11	HOU		PHI	L,3-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.556	.500	1.056	6	1.20	-0.066	45.72	-1.56%	0.00	LF
5	1980	NLCS g5	Oct 12	HOU		PHI	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.609	.600	1.209	4	2.14	0.530	177.92	26.13%	2.87	LF
1981 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1981	NLDS g1	Oct 6	HOU		LAD	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	1.22	-0.128	19.06	-1.09%	-1.02	LF
7	1981	NLDS g2	Oct 7	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	4	1.75	-0.016	29.36	-0.14%	-0.27	LF
8	1981	NLDS g3	Oct 9	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	4	.54	0.078	6.54	0.52%	0.51	LF
9	1981	NLDS g4	Oct 10	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	4	1.38	-0.140	31.20	-1.76%	-0.68	LF
10	1981	NLDS g5	Oct 11	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.350	.683	5	.82	0.066	34.17	1.75%	0.58	LF
1986 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1986	NLCS g1	Oct 8	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.79	-0.050	20.72	-0.72%	-0.61	LF
12	1986	NLCS g2	Oct 9	HOU		NYM	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	1.42	-0.047	37.75	-0.94%	-0.66	LF
13	1986	NLCS g3	Oct 11	HOU	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	6	.76	0.071	23.78	1.45%	0.82	LF
14	1986	NLCS g4	Oct 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	6	.65	-0.064	20.84	-1.26%	-1.04	LF
15	1986	NLCS g5	Oct 14	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	6	1.24	-0.016	51.49	0.03%	0.47	LF
16	1986	NLCS g6	Oct 15	HOU		NYM	L,6-7	CG(16)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.192	.415	6	1.04	-0.036	46.84	-0.90%	0.51	LF
									71	61	3	17	2	1	0	6	10	4	12	0	0	0		1	1	0	.279	.380	.344	.725

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