John Kruk

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 9, 1961 in Charleston, WV us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD) and the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD).

High School: Keyser HS (Keyser, WV)

Schools: Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD), Potomac State College (Keyser, WV)

Debut: April 7, 1986 (Age 25-057d, 15,115th in major league history)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 30, 1995 (Age 34-171d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Brian David

Full Name: John Martin Kruk

Nicknames: Krukkie, The Krukker or Jake

Twitter: @JohnKruk

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.1

3897

1170

100

.300

582

RBI

592

OBP

.397

SLG

.446

OPS

.842

OPS+

134

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	6-6 / in Starts: 6-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	2 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	SO	ROE	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1993	NLCS g1	Oct 6	PHI		ATL	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	3	1.51	0.215	39.51	3.11%	0.85	1B
2	1993	NLCS g2	Oct 7	PHI		ATL	L,3-14	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	3	.41	0.027	10.74	0.45%	0.76	1B
3	1993	NLCS g3	Oct 9	PHI	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	.455	.538	1.000	1.538	3	.68	0.217	21.34	4.43%	2.06	1B
4	1993	NLCS g4	Oct 10	PHI	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.313	.389	.688	1.076	3	1.38	-0.169	44.46	-3.28%	-1.68	1B
5	1993	NLCS g5	Oct 11	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	.300	.391	.650	1.041	3	.66	0.093	27.48	2.48%	0.82	1B
6	1993	NLCS g6	Oct 13	PHI		ATL	W,6-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.357	.542	.899	3	.82	-0.038	31.70	-0.80%	-0.84	1B
7	1993	WS g1	Oct 16	PHI	@	TOR	L,5-8	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	.321	.424	.571	.996	3	1.55	0.097	81.22	3.56%	1.71	1B
8	1993	WS g2	Oct 17	PHI	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.421	.545	.967	3	.97	0.073	51.53	2.59%	0.24	1B
9	1993	WS g3	Oct 19	PHI		TOR	L,3-10	CG	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.361	.465	.583	1.048	3	.55	0.166	34.51	6.72%	2.32	1B
10	1993	WS g4	Oct 20	PHI		TOR	L,14-15	CG	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.317	.429	.512	.941	3	.90	-0.134	54.80	-5.07%	-0.83	1B
11	1993	WS g5	Oct 21	PHI		TOR	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	.318	.434	.500	.934	3	.62	0.025	21.94	0.48%	0.44	1B
12	1993	WS g6	Oct 23	PHI	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.298	.431	.468	.899	3	1.41	-0.078	108.66	-3.64%	-0.49	1B
									58	47	8	14	3	1	1	9	11	12		.298	.431	.468	.899

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