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Jacob Cruz RF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
13 842 .241 .331 .377 75 -0.8
Birth Date1-28-1973
Height6' 0"
Weight215 lbs
Age51 years, 2 months, 19 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1996 SFN 23 33 92 18 3 0 3 12 24 2 0 1 .234 .352 .390 82 -1.8 -0.5 0.1 0.0
1997 SFN 24 16 29 4 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 .160 .241 .200 75 -0.8 0.9 1.3 0.2
1998 CLE 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 59 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SFN 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 63 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE 26 32 96 29 5 1 3 5 13 1 0 2 .330 .368 .511 86 -1.3 -1.7 -1.2 -0.2
2000 CLE 27 11 36 7 3 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 .241 .361 .345 87 -0.4 0.1 2.0 0.3
2001 CLE 28 28 76 15 4 0 3 5 23 3 0 2 .221 .303 .412 64 -3.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.2
2001 COL 28 44 90 16 1 0 1 10 27 1 0 2 .211 .303 .263 60 -4.2 -0.6 -2.0 -0.4
2002 DET 29 35 107 24 3 1 2 13 20 3 3 1 .273 .377 .398 93 -0.4 1.1 -2.4 0.0
2004 CIN 31 96 167 33 8 0 3 16 43 4 0 0 .224 .317 .340 70 -6.1 1.1 -2.6 -0.4
2005 CIN 32 110 145 30 10 0 4 16 46 1 0 0 .236 .324 .409 68 -5.5 0.6 1.7 0.0
Career40984217638219852071648.241.331.37775-23.91.0-4.3-0.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1994 SJO A+ CLF 31 133 .000 .000 .000 .296 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 SHV AA TXS 127 529 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 SFN MLB NL 33 92 .267 .327 .419 .300 106 -0.9 2.8 -0.8 82 16 0.1 -0.5 -1.8 0.0
1996 PHX AAA PCL 121 520 .000 .000 .000 .331 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 SFN MLB NL 16 29 .255 .315 .398 .182 102 -2.8 0.8 -0.2 75 12 1.3 0.9 -0.8 0.2
1997 PHX AAA PCL 0 560 .000 .000 .000 .398 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CLE MLB AL 1 1 .248 .329 .433 .000 102 -0.3 0.0 0 59 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SFN MLB NL 3 3 .270 .327 .402 .000 98 -0.9 0.1 0 63 10 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1998 BUF AAA INT 0 183 .000 .000 .000 .331 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 FRE AAA PCL 0 396 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE MLB AL 32 96 .273 .345 .432 .356 106 1.4 2.7 -0.3 86 18 -1.2 -1.7 -1.3 -0.2
1999 BUF AAA INT 0 226 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CLE MLB AL 11 36 .276 .349 .445 .269 91 1.4 1.1 -0.1 87 9 2.0 0.1 -0.4 0.3
2001 CLE MLB AL 28 76 .266 .340 .421 .286 102 -2.4 2.3 0 64 12 -1.2 -0.1 -3.2 -0.2
2001 COL MLB NL 44 90 .258 .320 .426 .300 129 -6.2 2.7 -0.5 60 13 -2.0 -0.6 -4.2 -0.4
2001 CSP AAA PCL 20 89 .000 .000 .000 .386 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 DET MLB AL 35 107 .272 .338 .433 .324 99 2.5 3.1 -1.6 93 15 -2.4 1.1 -0.4 0.0
2002 TOL AAA INT 11 53 .000 .000 .000 .241 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 LOU AAA INT 36 149 .000 .000 .000 .379 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CIN MLB NL 96 167 .255 .318 .405 .297 96 -6.6 5.0 -1.2 70 13 -2.6 1.1 -6.1 -0.4
2004 LOU AAA INT 17 65 .000 .000 .000 .341 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CIN MLB NL 110 145 .262 .331 .418 .333 106 -1.8 4.2 -0.6 68 13 1.7 0.6 -5.5 0.0
2006 LOU AAA INT 3 12 .247 .321 .363 .222 113 -0.6 0.3 -0.2 119 0 -0.1 0.0 3.4 0.3
2006 NOR AAA INT 55 167 .252 .320 .374 .368 91 2.6 4.5 -2 123 0 -2.7 0.9 4.1 0.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1994 SJO A+ CLF 133 118 14 29 7 0 0 36 12 9 22 0 2 .246 .305 .305 .059 2 2
1995 SHV AA TXS 529 458 88 136 33 1 13 210 77 57 72 9 8 .297 .381 .459 .162 4 4
1996 SFN MLB NL 92 77 10 18 3 0 3 30 10 12 24 0 1 .234 .352 .390 .156 0 1
1996 PHX AAA PCL 520 435 60 124 26 4 7 179 75 62 77 5 9 .285 .385 .411 .126 2 2
1997 SFN MLB NL 29 25 3 4 1 0 0 5 3 3 4 0 0 .160 .241 .200 .040 1 0
1997 PHX AAA PCL 560 493 97 178 45 3 12 265 95 64 64 18 3 .361 .438 .538 .176 0 0
1998 CLE MLB AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1998 SFN MLB NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1998 BUF AAA INT 183 169 32 56 8 2 13 107 36 13 26 2 3 .331 .383 .633 .302 0 0
1998 FRE AAA PCL 396 342 60 102 17 3 18 179 62 46 57 12 5 .298 .394 .523 .225 0 0
1999 CLE MLB AL 96 88 14 29 5 1 3 45 17 5 13 0 2 .330 .368 .511 .182 1 1
1999 BUF AAA INT 226 202 29 55 7 2 7 87 31 21 39 4 2 .272 .350 .431 .158 0 0
2000 CLE MLB AL 36 29 3 7 3 0 0 10 5 5 4 1 0 .241 .361 .345 .103 1 0
2001 COL MLB NL 90 76 7 16 1 0 1 20 7 10 27 0 2 .211 .303 .263 .053 2 1
2001 CLE MLB AL 76 68 12 15 4 0 3 28 11 5 23 0 2 .221 .303 .412 .191 0 0
2001 CSP AAA PCL 89 86 18 28 5 2 6 55 25 1 23 1 0 .326 .341 .640 .314 0 0
2002 TOL AAA INT 53 43 6 7 1 1 0 10 5 8 14 1 0 .163 .308 .233 .070 0 0
2002 DET MLB AL 107 88 12 24 3 1 2 35 6 13 20 3 1 .273 .377 .398 .125 2 1
2003 LOU AAA INT 149 132 25 46 8 0 7 75 29 14 22 3 0 .348 .415 .568 .220 0 0
2004 CIN MLB NL 167 147 22 33 8 0 3 50 28 16 43 0 0 .224 .317 .340 .116 0 0
2004 LOU AAA INT 65 54 12 17 4 0 3 30 7 10 10 0 0 .315 .422 .556 .241 0 0
2005 CIN MLB NL 145 127 12 30 10 0 4 52 18 16 46 0 0 .236 .324 .409 .173 1 0
2006 LOU AAA INT 12 12 1 3 0 0 1 6 3 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .250 0 0
2006 NOR AAA INT 167 145 18 42 16 0 0 58 17 22 31 0 0 .290 .383 .400 .110 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-03-29 2005-03-30 Camp 1 0 - Neck Sprain Whiplash From Diving Catch - -
2004-07-03 2004-07-03 DTD 0 0 Right Elbow Contusion HBP - -
2002-06-23 2002-09-30 60-DL 99 89 Left Elbow Surgery Bone Chips 2002-07-17
2002-06-01 2002-06-19 15-DL 18 16 Right Knee Inflammation -
2002-04-11 2002-04-12 DTD 1 0 - Low Back Stiffness - -
2001-07-17 2001-09-06 15-DL 51 46 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2001-03-01 2001-03-11 Camp 10 0 - Trunk Strain Ribcage - -
2000-04-30 2000-10-01 15-DL 154 141 Left Knee Surgery ACL - -
1999-08-07 1999-10-03 60-DL 57 53 Right Thumb Surgery Ligament 1999-08-09 -
1999-03-31 1999-05-01 15-DL 31 22 - Trunk Strain Side - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 CIN $500,000
2002 DET $400,000
2001 CLE $230,000
2000 CLE $227,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,357,500
4 yrTotal$1,357,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 37 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from CIN 5/06 (minor-league contract)
  • released 4/06 sent to minor-league camp 4/06 re-signed 12/05, 1 year/$0.625M (06) (minor-league contract)
  • contract purchased 4/05 re-signed 12/04, 1 year/$0.5M (05) (minor-league contract) FA 10/04 after refused sent outright to Triple-A
  • contract purchased 4/04

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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