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Michael
Cruz		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 30, 1944 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 28 CAL JL $ 1,295,000 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5
1974 29 CAL JL $ 1,295,000 3 5 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5
1975 30 CAL JL $ 1,295,000 3 5 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 5 5
1976 31 VAN JL   3 5 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5
1977 32 VAN JL $ 300,000 4 6 5 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 5 5
1978 33 CHA JL $ 2,176,499 5 7 6 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 7 6 6
1979 34 PHX JL $ 4,444,444 5 7 7 4 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 7 6 6
1980 35 PHX JL $ 4,444,444 5 7 7 5 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 5 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,444,444 5 7 7 5 6 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 36 BRK FL $ 3,000,000   17 17 15 5 7 6 10 12 12 6 8 7 16 14 14
1982 37 BRK FL $ 2,000,000   17 17 16 5 7 6 10 12 12 5 8 7 15 13 14
1983 38 BAL JL $ 316,000   14 14 12 2 4 3 9 10 10 5 8 7 13 11 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 316,000   14 14 12 2 4 3 9 10 10 5 8 7 13 11 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   17 17 16 5 7 6 10 12 12 6 8 7 16 14 14
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 28 AAA   163 631 75 168 19 3 16 70 15 5 74 107 .266 .343 .382 .725 86.7  
1974 29 CAL JL 100 126 23 30 5 1 2 18 11 0 12 24 .238 .304 .341 .646 14.3 2.2
1975 30 CAL JL 29 35 6 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 3 7 .200 .263 .429 .692 3.5 0.2
    AAA   108 438 67 130 21 2 10 49 15 4 54 67 .297 .374 .422 .796 70.3  
1976 31 AAA   137 554 93 177 35 3 21 90 16 7 51 91 .319 .377 .507 .884 99.3  
1977 32 VAN JL 77 143 18 36 8 0 2 16 4 1 6 36 .252 .282 .350 .632 13.5 1.8
    AAA   29 109 18 31 8 0 2 18 5 1 17 20 .284 .381 .413 .794 18.0  
1978 33 CHA JL 156 520 77 147 24 11 11 85 13 4 43 82 .283 .332 .435 .766 75.5 13.4
1979 34 PHX JL 156 529 59 151 13 3 6 56 17 9 42 82 .285 .331 .355 .686 66.6 11.4
1980 35 PHX JL 155 565 84 175 26 8 9 79 20 2 49 82 .310 .361 .432 .793 87.0 17.0
1981 36 BRK FL 154 552 66 144 18 1 11 62 25 11 29 95 .261 .298 .357 .655 57.5 6.9
1982 37 BRK FL 121 280 29 78 16 1 4 34 14 3 10 39 .279 .301 .386 .687 31.4 4.7
1983 38 NO FL 84 276 35 95 13 2 3 45 23 7 10 49 .344 .369 .438 .808 41.7 8.8
  BAL JL 10 18 2 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 .333 .368 .333 .702 2.6 0.6
  TOT   94 294 37 101 13 2 3 48 25 7 11 51 .344 .369 .432 .801 44.3 9.4
9 Years Sim 1042 3044 399 869 125 27 50 403 129 37 205 498 .285 .328 .394 .721 393.6 67.1
4 Years AAA 437 1732 253 506 83 8 49 227 51 17 196 285 .292 .362 .434 .796 274.3  
162 Game Average 473 62 135 19 4 7 62 20 5 31 77 .285 .328 .394 .721 61.2  
Career Highs 156 565 84 175 26 11 11 85 25 11 49 95 .344 .369 .435 .801 87.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2316 312 682 100 20 44 331 103 31 166 413 .294 .339 .412 .751 323.4
vs LH   728 87 187 25 7 6 72 26 6 39 85 .257 .291 .335 .626 72.5
Home 510 1481 206 423 75 12 35 212 55 16 92 227 .286 .325 .423 .748 201.9
Away 532 1563 193 446 50 15 15 191 74 21 113 271 .285 .331 .365 .696 194.0
RISP   808 0 248 36 13 14 344 0 0 56 125 .307 .341 .436 .777 117.4
Pinch Hitting   199 22 52 14 2 4 38 5 4 20 38 .261 .327 .412 .739 26.2
Close/Late   409 45 97 19 3 6 53 0 0 28 70 .237 .283 .342 .625 39.5
Mar/Apr 192 566 70 172 30 3 12 81 26 5 37 96 .304 .343 .431 .774 83.3
May 191 595 82 178 25 7 12 82 27 7 41 86 .299 .342 .425 .767 86.1
June 170 532 70 144 21 2 6 80 24 5 27 85 .271 .306 .352 .657 58.0
July 176 503 61 146 18 5 5 58 21 9 44 89 .290 .344 .376 .720 65.9
August 142 414 52 103 14 5 7 44 12 7 29 69 .249 .295 .357 .653 43.8
Sep/Oct 171 434 64 126 17 5 8 58 19 4 27 73 .290 .328 .408 .735 58.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 29 CAL JL RF 29 16 165.0 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 2 0 8.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 30 CAL JL RF 7 4 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 5 0 10.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 6.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1977 32 VAN JL CF 13 13 109.0 35 1 0 1 1.000 2.97 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 15 9 91.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 7 7 56.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 33 CHA JL RF 77 72 644.0 148 4 1 2 .993 2.12 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 55 50 453.3 104 4 0 1 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 17 8 92.7 15 35 3 7 .943 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 2 2 18.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 34 PHX JL SS 138 135 1179.3 148 357 7 61 .986 3.85 0 0 .000 0 6.2
    CF 9 1 28.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 10 0 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1980 35 PHX JL SS 103 103 888.0 156 273 8 50 .982 4.35 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 33 33 292.0 83 0 0 0 1.000 2.56 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 16 11 110.0 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 36 BRK FL SS 150 146 1273.7 211 420 8 96 .987 4.46 0 0 .000 0 9.5
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 37 BRK FL SS 79 56 517.7 82 175 6 43 .977 4.47 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    2B 5 4 40.0 8 6 1 1 .933 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 38 NO FL RF 66 64 564.0 94 7 0 3 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 6 0 10.6 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 8.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.07 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 7.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BAL JL RF 8 8 37.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 500 448 3973.6 615 1269 32 258 .983 4.27 0 0 .000 0 23.0
  RF 232 204 1803.3 385 13 1 6 .997 1.99 0 0 .000 0 5.0
  LF 89 59 582.3 132 4 1 1 .993 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 47 28 283.0 87 3 0 1 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  2B 5 4 40.0 8 6 1 1 .933 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 2 0 8.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   876 743 6691.2 1237 1295 35 269 .986 3.41 0 0 .000 0 29.4
Career Highs   159 147 1291.0 274 420 8 96 1.000 4.45 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 32 VAN JL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 34 PHX JL 9 41 6 16 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 .390 .405 .439 .844
1980 35 PHX JL 5 20 4 6 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 3 .300 .273 .550 .823
1983 38 BAL JL 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 22 71 10 23 4 0 1 8 2 0 1 10 .324 .324 .423 .747
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1980-8-.310
 Games
1978-6-156
1979-9-156
 Singles
1979-10-129
1980-7-132
 Triples
1978-5-11
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Jay Shoupe (948)
  2. Tanner Boyle (934)
  3. Gary Whitehouse (933)
  4. Bill Choizza (923)
  5. Harry Gamble (922)
  6. Patrivit Prabhakar (919)
  7. Keith Minuso (919)
  8. Andy Zalot (917)
  9. Chris Bowles (916)
  10. Fok-Han Leung (913)
History
Drafted in 36th round, 860th overall pick, by California in 1973
Injured on 5/1/1973 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/3/1974, off Poncho Nieves (HON)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1974, off Kip Beichman (CHA)
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 4/1/1976 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Charlotte on 2/3/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $2,176,499 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1978, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/16/1979 to a 2-year deal worth $4,444,444 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Charlotte on 5/6/1980
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/18/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
 
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