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Francisco Cruceta P

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
11 19 26 0 4 0 7.96 0.3
Birth Date7-4-1981
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lbs
Age42 years, 9 months, 21 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2004 CLE MLB 2 2 7.7 0 1 0 10 4 9 1 103 11.7 4.7 1.2 10.6 0% .375 1.83 4.46 9.39 102 4.12 85.0 0.1
2006 SEA MLB 4 1 6.7 0 0 0 10 6 2 2 105 13.5 8.1 2.7 2.7 0% .333 2.40 9.18 10.80 129 8.06 164.2 -0.2
2008 DET MLB 13 0 11.7 0 3 0 13 10 11 2 103 10.0 7.7 1.5 8.5 0% .333 1.97 6.07 5.40 89 3.12 66.6 0.3
CareerMLB19326.0040332022510311.46.91.77.644%.3462.046.397.961044.6897.00.3

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 GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2002 SGA A SAL 20 20 112.7 8 5 0 98 34 111 7 7.8 2.7 0.6 8.9 0% .294 1.17 3.03 2.80 0 0.00 0.0
2002 KIN A+ CRL 7 7 39.7 2 0 0 31 25 37 2 7.0 5.7 0.5 8.4 0% .276 1.41 3.82 2.49 0 0.00 0.0
2003 AKR AA EAS 27 25 163.3 13 9 0 141 66 134 7 7.8 3.6 0.4 7.4 0% .282 1.27 3.44 3.09 0 0.00 0.0
2004 CLE MLB AL 2 2 7.7 0 1 0 10 4 9 1 103 11.7 4.7 1.2 10.6 0% .375 1.83 4.46 9.39 102 4.12 85.0
2004 AKR AA EAS 15 15 88.7 4 8 0 89 33 45 11 9.0 3.3 1.1 4.6 0% .269 1.38 5.03 5.28 0 0.00 0.0
2004 BUF AAA INT 14 14 83.0 6 5 0 78 36 62 6 8.5 3.9 0.7 6.7 0% .295 1.37 4.00 3.25 0 0.00 0.0
2005 BUF AAA INT 30 13 102.3 6 4 0 123 32 92 16 107 10.8 2.8 1.4 8.1 0% -.738 1.52 4.52 5.19 98 5.35 105.5
2005 TAC AAA PCL 2 2 9.0 1 1 0 11 3 10 3 87 11.0 3.0 3.0 10.0 0% -.500 1.56 6.62 5.00 112 6.16 121.5
2006 SEA MLB AL 4 1 6.7 0 0 0 10 6 2 2 105 13.5 8.1 2.7 2.7 0% .333 2.40 9.18 10.80 129 8.06 164.2
2006 TAC AAA PCL 28 28 160.1 13 9 0 150 76 185 25 98 8.4 4.3 1.4 10.4 0% .306 1.41 4.59 4.38 100 4.40 92.4
2007 OKL AAA PCL 25 5 65.7 3 0 1 38 40 70 2 97 5.2 5.5 0.3 9.6 0% .222 1.19 3.71 3.01 89 2.72 55.8
2007 GIG Wnt DWL 6 0 5.3 0 0 0 3 5 6 0 5.1 8.5 0.0 10.2 0% .231 1.51 3.62 3.40 0 0.00 0.0
2007 GIG Wnt DWL 21 0 23.7 1 2 2 16 12 31 0 6.1 4.6 0.0 11.8 0% .296 1.18 2.09 1.14 0 0.00 0.0
2008 DET MLB AL 13 0 11.7 0 3 0 13 10 11 2 103 10.0 7.7 1.5 8.5 0% .333 1.97 6.07 5.40 89 3.12 66.6
2008 TOL AAA INT 32 0 42.7 2 3 3 39 24 61 0 85 8.2 5.1 0.0 12.9 0% .386 1.48 2.28 4.22 71 4.48 91.6
2010 GIG Wnt DWL 7 0 6.3 1 0 0 7 2 7 0 10.0 2.9 0.0 10.0 0% .368 1.43 1.82 4.29 0 0.00 0.0
2012 GIG Wnt DWL 7 0 3.7 0 2 0 7 0 6 2 17.2 0.0 4.9 14.7 0% .417 1.91 6.95 9.82 0 0.00 0.0
2015 PUE AAA MEX 45 0 49.7 5 1 16 46 17 52 3 8.3 3.1 0.5 9.4 0% .307 1.27 3.48 2.54 0 0.00 0.0
2016 SLT AAA MEX 18 0 17.3 2 3 7 15 11 23 2 7.8 5.7 1.0 11.9 0% .317 1.50 4.18 6.75 0 0.00 0.0
2016 TAB AAA MEX 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 6.8 27.0 0.0 20.3 0% .500 3.75 7.93 13.50 0 0.00 0.0
2016 TOR Wnt DWL 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 13.5 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .429 2.50 3.68 9.00 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 187 0.3583 0.4064 0.6447 0.5672 0.3167 0.9211 0.3684 0.3553
Career1870.35830.40640.64470.56720.31670.92110.36840.3553

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 DET $381,000
2005 DET $316,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$697,000
2 yrTotal$697,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 37 d

Details
  • sent outright to Triple-A 6/12/08 designated for assignment 6/3/08 reinstated 5/1/08
  • restricted list 3/30/08 (visa issues)
  • signed as a free agent from TEX 11/30/07 ($0.5M maj, $0.25M min)
  • FA 10/07 sent outright to Triple-A 3/07 re-signed 2/07, 1 year/$0.381M (07)
  • claimed off waivers from SEA 10/06 contract purchased 9/06 sent to minor-league camp 3/06 optioned to Triple-A 8/05, claimed off waivers from CLE 8/05 designated for assignment 8/05 optioned to Triple-A 3/05 re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.316M (05) (split contract $59,300 min) optioned to Triple-A 3/04 optioned Double-A 3/03 re-signed 3/03 40-m 11/02 99 am signed as a free agent from Dominican Republic

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Francisco Cruceta threw 187 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Splitter (84mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph).