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Luis Alfonso Cruz 3B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
14 652 .234 .272 .316 84 2.2
Birth Date2-10-1984
Height6' 1"
Weight210 lbs
Age40 years, 1 months, 18 days
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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
2008 PIT 24 22 74 15 3 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 .224 .278 .269 78 -1.9 -1.3 0.2 0.0
2009 PIT 25 27 78 15 1 0 0 6 7 1 0 0 .214 .282 .229 82 -1.5 0.5 0.3 0.2
2010 MIL 26 7 17 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .235 .235 .353 81 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0
2012 LAN 28 78 296 84 20 0 6 9 34 2 2 1 .297 .322 .431 109 3.0 1.2 -0.3 1.5
2013 LAN 29 45 128 15 2 0 1 5 20 2 0 0 .127 .175 .169 50 -7.0 0.6 4.8 0.3
2013 NYA 29 16 59 10 1 0 0 1 13 2 1 0 .182 .224 .200 52 -3.1 0.5 2.8 0.2
Career19565214327172478942.234.272.31684-10.81.37.82.2

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
2002 AUG A SAL 58 214 .000 .000 .000 .206 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 FTW A MDW 129 529 .000 .000 .000 .243 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 LEL A+ CLF 124 551 .000 .000 .000 .295 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 MOB AA SOU 44 164 .268 .333 .390 .178 99 -13.8 3.4 1.5 10 0 3.1 -0.6 -14.2 -0.7
2006 MOB AA SOU 130 539 .253 .325 .374 .274 105 -4.2 10.4 1.2 97 0 19.7 -1.2 -8.2 2.3
2007 SAN AA TXS 69 256 .264 .343 .405 .262 94 -6.5 8.2 3.8 74 0 6.5 -0.7 -7.1 1.1
2007 POR AAA PCL 45 167 .274 .347 .430 .167 101 -10 5.0 2 40 0 2.9 0.0 -11.3 -0.1
2008 PIT MLB NL 22 74 .258 .318 .405 .231 96 -5.8 2.1 0.9 78 6 0.2 -1.3 -1.9 0.0
2008 ALT AA EAS 105 406 .262 .336 .405 .274 101 -7.7 12.0 5.1 83 0 15.6 2.1 -12.6 2.2
2008 IND AAA INT 32 127 .269 .334 .412 .340 91 4.8 3.9 0.7 125 0 -3.2 -0.1 1.7 0.3
2009 PIT MLB NL 27 78 .251 .320 .399 .234 96 -4.9 2.2 0.7 82 12 0.3 0.5 -1.5 0.2
2009 IND AAA INT 66 237 .258 .322 .389 .275 104 -12.3 6.9 0.9 78 0 5.8 0.8 -5.0 0.9
2010 MIL MLB NL 7 17 .301 .365 .472 .267 93 -1.3 0.5 0.2 81 11 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.0
2010 NAS AAA PCL 129 518 .277 .347 .431 .298 97 -8.3 15.8 7.1 83 0 3.3 2.1 -9.1 1.8
2011 ROU AAA PCL 67 286 .287 .360 .454 .292 104 -5.5 8.9 1.9 85 0 7.3 0.9 -4.3 1.4
2011 CUL Wnt LMP 62 259 .000 .000 .000 .322 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 LAN MLB NL 78 296 .254 .313 .400 .320 93 4.1 8.1 1.9 109 8 -0.3 1.2 3.0 1.5
2012 ABQ AAA PCL 74 305 .272 .335 .421 .337 116 2.5 9.1 4 114 0 0.9 1.1 6.2 2.1
2012 CUL Wnt LMP 19 76 .000 .000 .000 .210 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 LAN MLB NL 45 128 .258 .320 .405 .143 97 -14.9 3.4 0.8 50 7 4.8 0.6 -7.0 0.3
2013 NYA MLB AL 16 59 .252 .315 .396 .238 104 -6.2 1.6 0.4 52 7 2.8 0.5 -3.1 0.2
2013 MEX int WBC 3 14 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 CUL Wnt LMP 36 154 .263 .326 .360 .331 104 2.2 4.1 -0.4 133 3 0.0 1.3 5.8 0.9
2019 TIJ AAA MEX 91 361 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
2002 AUG A SAL 214 202 16 38 7 1 3 56 15 9 30 0 2 .188 .222 .277 .089 1 1
2003 FTW A MDW 529 481 55 111 24 1 8 161 53 30 55 2 2 .231 .280 .335 .104 5 5
2004 LEL A+ CLF 551 512 75 142 35 3 8 207 72 24 56 3 7 .277 .310 .404 .127 6 6
2005 MOB AA SOU 164 151 14 24 2 1 3 37 6 9 31 0 1 .159 .215 .245 .086 1 1
2006 MOB AA SOU 539 499 65 130 35 3 12 207 65 29 62 8 4 .261 .301 .415 .154 5 5
2007 SAN AA TXS 256 238 24 60 10 0 4 82 19 13 20 3 0 .252 .296 .345 .092 0 0
2007 POR AAA PCL 167 155 15 26 10 1 5 53 17 9 24 0 0 .168 .218 .342 .174 0 0
2008 PIT MLB NL 74 67 6 15 3 0 0 18 3 3 2 1 1 .224 .278 .269 .045 0 2
2008 ALT AA EAS 406 375 41 99 24 1 6 143 46 19 34 3 3 .264 .303 .381 .117 4 4
2008 IND AAA INT 127 120 19 39 10 0 3 58 15 3 14 2 4 .325 .339 .483 .158 3 3
2009 IND AAA INT 237 229 28 58 15 0 3 82 23 6 26 3 3 .253 .275 .358 .105 0 0
2009 PIT MLB NL 78 70 5 15 1 0 0 16 2 6 7 0 0 .214 .282 .229 .014 1 0
2010 NAS AAA PCL 518 488 54 137 29 3 10 202 68 15 56 0 0 .281 .309 .414 .133 4 4
2010 MIL MLB NL 17 17 2 4 0 1 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 .235 .235 .353 .118 0 0
2011 ROU AAA PCL 286 275 34 75 15 1 9 119 34 10 40 2 1 .273 .301 .433 .160 0 0
2011 CUL Wnt LMP 259 244 41 83 17 0 17 151 47 9 26 1 0 .340 .360 .619 .279 4 1
2012 LAN MLB NL 296 283 26 84 20 0 6 122 40 9 34 2 1 .297 .322 .431 .134 1 1
2012 CUL Wnt LMP 76 75 5 13 3 0 0 16 3 1 13 0 1 .173 .184 .213 .040 0 0
2012 ABQ AAA PCL 305 289 46 92 31 3 8 153 46 13 34 1 2 .318 .348 .529 .211 2 0
2013 NYA MLB AL 59 55 6 10 1 0 0 11 5 1 13 1 0 .182 .224 .200 .018 0 1
2013 MEX int WBC 14 11 1 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 .273 .286 .364 .091 2 0
2013 LAN MLB NL 128 118 12 15 2 0 1 20 6 5 20 0 0 .127 .175 .169 .042 1 2
2018 CUL Wnt LMP 154 144 22 46 8 0 5 69 20 7 17 1 2 .319 .351 .479 .160 2 0
2019 TIJ AAA MEX 361 334 67 107 16 2 27 208 72 19 47 2 3 .320 .363 .623 .302 3 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 191 0.5812 0.4817 0.9239 0.6937 0.1875 0.9221 0.9333 0.0761 0.0056
2009 265 0.5396 0.4792 0.8425 0.6224 0.3115 0.8315 0.8684 0.1575 0.0056
2010 49 0.5510 0.5714 0.8571 0.7778 0.3182 0.9048 0.7143 0.1429 -0.0001
2012 975 0.5138 0.5426 0.8280 0.6926 0.3840 0.8991 0.6923 0.1720 0.0008
2013 628 0.5334 0.5111 0.8037 0.6746 0.3242 0.8540 0.6842 0.1963 -0.0001
Career21080.52990.52040.83190.68050.33770.87940.73440.16810.0015

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
2013-07-23 2013-08-16 15-DL 24 21 Right Knee Sprain - -
2013-05-30 2013-05-31 DTD 1 1 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2013-05-18 2013-05-27 DTD 9 8 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2013-02-25 2013-02-28 Camp 3 0 - General Medical Illness Food Poisoning - -
2010-02-05 2010-02-05 WIN 0 0 Right Lower Leg Contusion Shin -
2009-03-04 2009-03-05 Camp 1 0 Right Hip Strain Hip Flexor -
2009-02-24 2009-03-02 Camp 6 0 Right Hip Strain Hip Flexor -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 LAN $505,000
2009 PIT $401,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$906,500
3 yrTotal$906,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 44 d2014

Details
  • 1 year/$0.75M (2014). Signed by Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan 11/13.
  • 1 year/$0.505M (2013). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/13. DFA by LA Dodgers 6/28/13 (refused assignment). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 7/3/13. DFA by NY Yankees 8/16/13. Released by NY Yankees 8/17/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 11/20/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by LA Dodgers 7/2/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Refused assignment to Triple-A by Milwaukee 3/28/11. Signed by Texas as a free agent 3/31/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Milwaukee 2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4015M (2009). Re-signed 3/11/09. Claimed by Milwaukee off waivers from Pittsburgh 12/7/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Signed as a free agent for 2008 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 9/2/08.
  • Acquired by San Diego in trade from Boston 12/02.
  • Signed 2000 as an amateur free agent from Mexico.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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