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

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

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
3	4	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
4	5	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
5	7 (1)	Apr 12	SDP		LAD	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
6	8	Apr 13	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
7	9	Apr 14	SDP		LAD	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
8	10	Apr 15	SDP		SFG	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
9	12 (1)	Apr 17	SDP		SFG	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	13	Apr 18	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
11	18 (4)	Apr 27	SDP		STL	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
12	19	Apr 28	SDP		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
13	20	Apr 29	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
14	21	Apr 30	SDP		PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	22	May 1	SDP		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	23	May 2	SDP		CHC	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
17	24	May 3	SDP		CHC	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
18	25	May 4	SDP		CHC	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
19	31 (5)	May 11	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	41	9.1	7	2	0	9	2	1B
20	32	May 12	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	11	0	0	11	1	1B
21	33	May 13	SDP		MON	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
22	34	May 14	SDP		MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
23	35	May 15	SDP		MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
24	36	May 16	SDP		NYM	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
25	37	May 17	SDP		NYM	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
26	38	May 18	SDP		NYM	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
27	39	May 19	SDP		NYM	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
28	40	May 20	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
29	41	May 21	SDP		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
30	42	May 22	SDP		PHI	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
31	43	May 24	SDP	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	57	12.2	14	1	0	15	3	1B
32	44	May 25	SDP	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
33	45	May 26	SDP	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
34	47 (1)	May 28	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
35	48	May 29	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
36	50 (1)	May 31	SDP	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	51	Jun 1	SDP	@	PHI	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
38	52	Jun 3	SDP		ATL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
39	53	Jun 4	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
40	54	Jun 5	SDP		ATL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
41	55	Jun 6	SDP		CIN	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
42	57 (1)	Jun 8	SDP		CIN	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
43	58	Jun 9	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
44	59	Jun 10	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
45	60	Jun 11	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
46	64 (3)	Jun 15	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
47	65	Jun 17 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
48	66	Jun 17 (2)	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
49	68 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
50	69	Jun 19 (2)	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	48	10.2	10	1	0	11	1	1B
51	70	Jun 20	SDP	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
52	71	Jun 21	SDP	@	SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
53	73 (1)	Jun 24	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
54	75 (1)	Jun 26	SDP	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS	29	7.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
55	76	Jun 27	SDP	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
56	78 (1)	Jun 29	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
57	79	Jun 30	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	80	Jul 1	SDP		STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	82 (1)	Jul 3	SDP		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
60	83	Jul 4	SDP		PIT	W,4-3	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
61	84	Jul 5	SDP		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	85	Jul 7	SDP		PIT	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
63	86	Jul 8	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
64	87	Jul 9	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
65	88	Jul 10	SDP		CHC	L,2-4	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
66	89	Jul 14	SDP	@	STL	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
67	90	Jul 15	SDP	@	STL	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
68	91	Jul 16	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	94 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	95	Jul 20	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
71	97 (1)	Jul 22	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	98	Jul 23	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
73	99	Jul 24	SDP	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	101 (1)	Jul 27	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	103 (1)	Jul 29	SDP		CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	106 (2)	Aug 1	SDP		ATL	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
77	107	Aug 2	SDP		ATL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
78	110 (2)	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	113 (2)	Aug 10	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS	68	16.0	11	0	0	11	2	LF 1B
80	114	Aug 11	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	LF 1B
81	116 (1)	Aug 13	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
82	117	Aug 14	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	118	Aug 15	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	119	Aug 16	SDP		MON	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	120	Aug 17	SDP		MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
86	121	Aug 18	SDP		MON	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	122	Aug 19	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
88	123	Aug 21	SDP		NYM	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	124	Aug 22	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	125	Aug 23	SDP		PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	126	Aug 24	SDP		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
92	127	Aug 26	SDP	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	128	Aug 27	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	129	Aug 28	SDP	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	130	Aug 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	131	Aug 30	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
97	132	Aug 31	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	133	Sep 2	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
99	134	Sep 3	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	135	Sep 5	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	136	Sep 6	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	137	Sep 7	SDP		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
103	138	Sep 8	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
104	139	Sep 9	SDP		ATL	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	140	Sep 10	SDP		ATL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
106	141	Sep 11	SDP		ATL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
107	143 (1)	Sep 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	144	Sep 14	SDP		SFG	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
109	145	Sep 17 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	147 (1)	Sep 18	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
111	150 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
112	151	Sep 21 (2)	SDP	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
113	152	Sep 22	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							118gm		947.1	634	37	3	674	45