José Cruz Stats

José Cruz was born on Friday, April 19, 1974, in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Cruz was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 31, 1997, with the Seattle Mariners. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive José Cruz baseball stats page.

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José Cruz

José 'Cheito' Cruz Autograph on a 1997 Donruss Signature Series Baseball Card

José 'Cheito' Cruz Autograph on a 1997 Donruss Signature Series Baseball Card

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Birth Name:   José Luis Cruz, Jr. (Twitter: @cruz22)
Nickname:   Cheito
Born On:   04-19-1974  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Bellaire High School (Bellaire, TX)
College:   Rice University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   05-31-1997 (Age 23)
Last Game:   06-05-2008
Draft:   1995 : 1st Round (3rd)

José Cruz

José Cruz Pitching Stats

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José Cruz Hitting Stats

1997 23 Mariners 49 183 28 49 12 1 12 0 34 13 0 45 1 1 0 3 .268 .315 .541
1997 23 Blue Jays 55 212 31 49 7 0 14 0 34 28 2 72 0 4 0 2 .231 .316 .462
1998 24 Blue Jays 105 352 55 89 14 3 11 0 42 57 3 99 0 4 0 0 .253 .354 .403
1999 25 Blue Jays 106 349 63 84 19 3 14 0 45 64 5 91 1 0 0 6 .241 .358 .433
2000 26 Blue Jays 162 603 91 146 32 5 31 0 76 71 3 129 2 3 2 11 .242 .323 .466
2001 27 Blue Jays 146 577 92 158 38 4 34 1 88 45 4 138 2 2 1 8 .274 .326 .530
2002 28 Blue Jays 124 466 64 114 26 5 18 0 70 51 1 106 1 4 0 8 .245 .317 .438
2003 29 Giants 158 539 90 135 26 1 20 0 68 102 6 121 2 7 0 14 .250 .366 .414
2004 30 Devil Rays 153 545 76 132 25 8 21 0 78 76 8 117 5 8 2 6 .242 .333 .433
2005 31 Diamondbacks 64 202 23 43 9 0 12 0 28 42 2 54 0 1 0 6 .213 .347 .436
2005 31 Red Sox 4 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 .333
2005 31 Dodgers 47 156 23 47 14 2 6 0 22 23 1 43 0 0 0 4 .301 .391 .532
2006 32 Dodgers 86 223 34 52 16 1 5 0 17 43 2 54 4 3 0 3 .233 .353 .381
2007 33 Padres 91 256 37 60 12 3 6 0 21 31 1 65 5 1 0 3 .234 .316 .375
2008 34 Astros 38 49 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 9 0 0 0 0 .122 .283 .143
12 Years 1,388 4,724 713 1,167 252 36 204 1 624 658 38 1,147 23 38 5 74 .247 .337 .445

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José Cruz Fielding Stats

1997 Mariners LF 49 47 1,224 87 1.8 84 83 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.85
1997 Blue Jays CF 4 4 105 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
1997 Blue Jays LF 51 51 1,350 98 1.9 96 93 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.92
1998 Blue Jays CF 103 95 2,613 254 2.5 250 243 7 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.58
1998 Blue Jays LF 6 1 57 4 0.7 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.89
1999 Blue Jays CF 97 87 2,362 257 2.6 254 248 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.90
1999 Blue Jays LF 9 9 240 30 3.3 30 28 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
2000 Blue Jays CF 162 162 4,270 417 2.6 414 405 9 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.62
2001 Blue Jays CF 133 132 3,505 278 2.1 275 270 5 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.12
2001 Blue Jays LF 14 9 265 16 1.1 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.63
2002 Blue Jays CF 21 20 525 52 2.5 51 50 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.62
2002 Blue Jays LF 56 52 1,409 127 2.3 127 124 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.43
2002 Blue Jays RF 47 46 1,172 87 1.9 86 81 5 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .989 1.98
2003 Giants CF 3 1 40 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.70
2003 Giants RF 157 151 3,998 356 2.3 354 336 18 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.39
2004 Devil Rays CF 1 1 27 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
2004 Devil Rays RF 151 147 3,905 332 2.2 322 312 10 10 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.23
2005 Diamondbacks CF 53 50 1,245 90 1.7 88 87 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.91
2005 Diamondbacks LF 3 2 54 3 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
2005 Diamondbacks RF 6 5 108 9 1.5 9 8 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
2005 Red Sox RF 4 4 93 2 0.5 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.58
2005 Dodgers LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2005 Dodgers RF 45 42 1,098 108 2.4 103 100 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .954 2.53
2006 Dodgers CF 15 8 279 32 2.1 32 32 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.10
2006 Dodgers LF 40 32 840 60 1.5 60 60 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
2006 Dodgers RF 24 14 432 37 1.5 37 37 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.31
2007 Padres CF 3 2 51 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
2007 Padres LF 49 38 1,095 94 1.9 93 89 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.29
2007 Padres RF 23 20 534 55 2.4 55 54 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.78
2008 Astros CF 5 5 105 9 1.8 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.31
2008 Astros LF 10 1 72 5 0.5 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.88
2008 Astros RF 3 1 33 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.27
CF Totals 600 567 15,127 1,405 2.3 1,389 1,360 29 16 4 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.48
RF Totals 460 430 11,373 990 2.2 972 934 38 18 10 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.31
LF Totals 288 242 6,609 524 1.8 518 505 13 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.12
12 Years 1,348 1,239 33,109 2,919 2.2 2,879 2,799 80 40 17 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.35

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José Cruz Miscellaneous Stats

1997 Mariners 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 15.3 4.1 5.4 - - -
1997 Blue Jays 6 2 .750 0 0 0 15.1 2.9 6.2 - - -
1998 Blue Jays 11 4 .733 1 2 0 32.0 3.6 8.4 - - -
1999 Blue Jays 14 4 .778 2 3 0 24.9 3.8 7.8 - - -
2000 Blue Jays 15 5 .750 0 0 0 19.5 4.7 7.9 - - -
2001 Blue Jays 32 5 .865 5 0 0 17.0 4.2 6.6 - - -
2002 Blue Jays 7 1 .875 3 0 2 25.9 4.4 6.7 - - -
2003 Giants 5 8 .385 4 0 0 27.0 4.5 7.9 - - -
2004 Devil Rays 11 6 .647 6 1 0 26.0 4.7 7.0 - - -
2005 Diamondbacks 0 1 .000 7 0 0 16.8 3.7 7.2 - - -
2005 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
2005 Dodgers 0 1 .000 3 0 0 26.0 3.6 7.1 - - -
2006 Dodgers 5 1 .833 21 2 0 44.6 4.1 13.1 - - -
2007 Padres 6 1 .857 28 0 0 42.7 3.9 12.2 - - -
2008 Astros 0 0 .000 28 1 0 0.0 5.4 49.0 - - -
12 Years 113 39 .743 109 10 2 23.2 4.1 7.6 - - -

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José Cruz Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1997 Seattle Mariners 23 $150,000.00 - -
1997 Toronto Blue Jays 23 $150,000.00 - -
1998 Toronto Blue Jays 23 $325,000.00 - -
1999 Toronto Blue Jays 23 $400,000.00 - -
2000 Toronto Blue Jays 23 $395,000.00 - -
2001 Toronto Blue Jays 23 $2,350,000.00 - -
2002 Toronto Blue Jays 23 $3,950,000.00 - -
2003 San Francisco Giants 22 $2,500,000.00 - -
2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 22 $2,500,000.00 - -
2005 Arizona Diamondbacks 22 $4,000,000.00 - -
2005 Boston Red Sox 32 "     "     - -
2005 Los Angeles Dodgers 22 "     "     - -
2006 Los Angeles Dodgers 22 $2,910,000.00 - -
2007 San Diego Padres 9 $650,000.00 - -
2008 Houston Astros 22 $650,000.00 - -

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