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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	HOU		LAD	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 7	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 8	HOU		LAD	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 10	HOU		MON	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 11	HOU		MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 12	HOU		MON	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	10 (2)	Apr 17	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
9	11	Apr 18	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	12	Apr 19 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	14 (1)	Apr 21	HOU		ATL	W,7-6	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
12	15	Apr 22	HOU		ATL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	16	Apr 23	HOU		ATL	W,5-3	GS	37	7.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	17	Apr 24	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	19 (1)	Apr 26	HOU		CIN	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
16	20	Apr 27	HOU	@	NYM	W,11-1	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	22 (1)	May 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	23	May 2	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-12	GS	39	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	24	May 3	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	25	May 5	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	26	May 6	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	27	May 8	HOU	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	28	May 9	HOU	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	29	May 10	HOU	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
25	30	May 11	HOU		PHI	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	31	May 12	HOU		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	32	May 13	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	33	May 14	HOU		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	34	May 15	HOU		CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	35	May 16	HOU		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	36	May 17	HOU		CHC	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
32	37	May 18	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	38	May 19	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	39	May 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	40	May 22	HOU		STL	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	41	May 23	HOU		STL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	43 (1)	May 25	HOU		PIT	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	47 (3)	May 30	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	48	May 31	HOU	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 1	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	LF
41	50	Jun 2	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS	31	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
42	51	Jun 3	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-22	CG	54	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	52	Jun 5	HOU		SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	53	Jun 6	HOU		SFG	L,3-4	CG	50	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	55 (1)	Jun 8	HOU		SDP	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	56	Jun 9	HOU		SDP	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	57	Jun 10	HOU		SDP	W,10-1	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	58	Jun 11	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	59	Jun 12	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS	27	7.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	60	Jun 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
51	64 (3)	Jun 17	HOU		CIN	L,1-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
52	65	Jun 18	HOU		LAD	L,4-6	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	66	Jun 19	HOU		LAD	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	67	Jun 20	HOU		LAD	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	68	Jun 21	HOU		LAD	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	70	Jun 24	HOU	@	SDP	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	72 (1)	Jun 26	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	73	Jun 27	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
60	74	Jun 28	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
61	75	Jun 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	76	Jul 1	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	77	Jul 2	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
64	79 (1)	Jul 4	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	80	Jul 5	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	81	Jul 6	HOU		MON	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	LF
67	82	Jul 7	HOU		MON	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	83	Jul 8	HOU		MON	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	84	Jul 9	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
70	85	Jul 10	HOU		NYM	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	86	Jul 11	HOU		NYM	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	87	Jul 12	HOU		NYM	L,2-5	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
73	93 (5)	Jul 21	HOU	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	94	Jul 22	HOU	@	MON	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
75	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS	39	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	100 (3)	Jul 29	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
77	101	Jul 30	HOU	@	ATL	W,8-5	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	112 (10)	Aug 11	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	113	Aug 12	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	114	Aug 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	47	10.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	118 (3)	Aug 17	HOU		ATL	W,11-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
82	122 (3)	Aug 21	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
83	128 (5)	Aug 28	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
84	129	Aug 29	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-8	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	130	Aug 30	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	132 (1)	Sep 1	HOU		CHC	L,2-3	GF	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	136 (3)	Sep 6	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	137	Sep 7	HOU		SFG	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	138	Sep 8	HOU		SFG	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	139	Sep 9	HOU		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	140	Sep 10	HOU	@	SDP	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	141	Sep 11	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
93	148 (6)	Sep 19	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	53	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
94	152 (3)	Sep 24	HOU	@	ATL	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	153	Sep 25	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	161 (7)	Oct 3	HOU		CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	162	Oct 4	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
							97gm		783.2	178	6	3	187	3