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Jacob Cruz PHIndians

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
9 842 .241 .331 .377 .241 -0.2
Birth Date1-28-1973
Height6' 0"
Weight215 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1996 SFN 23 33 92 77 10 18 3 0 3 30 12 24 2 0 1 10 0 1 .234 .352 .390 .252 0.7 0.4 0.1
1997 SFN 24 16 29 25 3 4 1 0 0 5 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 .160 .241 .200 .173 -1.1 0.4 -0.1
1998 CLE 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .002 -0.3 0.0 -0.0
1998 SFN 25 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -.000 -0.8 0.0 -0.1
1999 CLE 26 32 96 88 14 29 5 1 3 45 5 13 1 1 1 17 0 2 .330 .368 .511 .273 0.9 1.1 0.2
2000 CLE 27 11 36 29 3 7 3 0 0 10 5 4 1 1 0 5 1 0 .241 .361 .345 .276 2.5 0.1 0.2
2001 CLE 28 28 76 68 12 15 4 0 3 28 5 23 3 0 0 11 0 2 .221 .303 .412 .230 -1.1 0.1 -0.1
2001 COL 28 44 90 76 7 16 1 0 1 20 10 27 1 2 1 7 0 2 .211 .303 .263 .198 -4.9 -1.4 -0.6
2002 DET 29 35 107 88 12 24 3 1 2 35 13 20 3 2 1 6 3 1 .273 .377 .398 .280 4.2 -1.4 0.3
2004 CIN 31 96 167 147 22 33 8 0 3 50 16 43 4 0 0 28 0 0 .224 .317 .340 .222 -3.4 -1.3 -0.5
2005 CIN 32 110 145 127 12 30 10 0 4 52 16 46 1 1 0 18 0 0 .236 .324 .409 .247 4.4 -1.4 0.3
Career409842729951763821927585207168410548.241.331.377.2411.2-3.3-0.2

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1994 SJO A+ 31 133 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .296 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 SHV AA 127 529 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 SFN MLB 33 92 .252 .259 .318 .400 .000 .300 106 -0.9 2.8 -0.8 0.4 -0.5 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.1
1996 PHX AAA 121 520 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .331 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 SFN MLB 16 29 .173 .254 .306 .400 .000 .182 102 -2.8 0.8 -0.2 0.4 0.9 -1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1
1997 PHX AAA 0 560 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .398 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CLE MLB 1 1 .002 .248 .329 .433 .000 .000 102 -0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0
1998 SFN MLB 3 3 -.000 .262 .315 .398 .000 .000 98 -0.9 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
1998 BUF AAA 0 183 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .331 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 FRE AAA 0 396 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE MLB 32 96 .273 .272 .342 .431 .000 .356 106 1.4 2.7 -0.3 1.1 -1.7 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.2
1999 BUF AAA 0 226 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CLE MLB 11 36 .276 .265 .341 .427 .000 .269 99 0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 2.5 0.2 2.5 0.2
2001 CLE MLB 28 76 .230 .268 .333 .421 .000 .286 102 -2.5 2.1 0 0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1
2001 COL MLB 44 90 .198 .260 .318 .430 .000 .300 126 -6.1 2.4 -0.5 -1.4 -0.6 -4.9 -0.6 -4.9 -0.6
2001 CSP AAA 20 89 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .386 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 DET MLB 35 107 .280 .269 .333 .435 .000 .324 100 2.3 2.9 -1.6 -1.4 1.1 4.2 0.3 4.2 0.3
2002 TOL AAA 11 53 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .241 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 LOU AAA 36 149 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .379 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CIN MLB 96 167 .222 .255 .315 .406 .000 .297 100 -7 4.4 -1.2 -1.3 1.1 -3.4 -0.5 -3.4 -0.5
2004 LOU AAA 17 65 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .341 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CIN MLB 110 145 .247 .260 .320 .409 .000 .333 107 -1.9 3.7 -0.6 -1.4 0.6 4.4 0.3 4.4 0.3
2006 LOU AAA 3 12 .212 .253 .330 .364 .000 .222 116 -0.6 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 NOR AAA 55 167 .272 .255 .326 .387 .000 .368 92 2.1 4.2 -2 -1.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB842.241.262.324.417.255.307105-1822.9-5.3-3.31.01.2-0.21.2-0.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1994 SJO A+ 133 14 29 7 0 0 12 9 22 0 2 .246 .305 .305 .059 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 SHV AA 529 88 136 33 1 13 77 57 72 9 8 .297 .381 .459 .162 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 SFN MLB 92 10 18 3 0 3 10 12 24 0 1 .234 .352 .390 .156 .252 0.7 0.4 0.1
1996 PHX AAA 520 60 124 26 4 7 75 62 77 5 9 .285 .385 .411 .126 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 SFN MLB 29 3 4 1 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 .160 .241 .200 .040 .173 -1.1 0.4 -0.1
1997 PHX AAA 560 97 178 45 3 12 95 64 64 18 3 .361 .438 .538 .176 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CLE MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .002 -0.3 0.0 -0.0
1998 SFN MLB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.000 -0.8 0.0 -0.1
1998 BUF AAA 183 32 56 8 2 13 36 13 26 2 3 .331 .383 .633 .302 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 FRE AAA 396 60 102 17 3 18 62 46 57 12 5 .298 .394 .523 .225 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 CLE MLB 96 14 29 5 1 3 17 5 13 0 2 .330 .368 .511 .182 .273 0.9 1.1 0.2
1999 BUF AAA 226 29 55 7 2 7 31 21 39 4 2 .272 .350 .431 .158 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 CLE MLB 36 3 7 3 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 .241 .361 .345 .103 .276 2.5 0.1 0.2
2001 CLE MLB 76 12 15 4 0 3 11 5 23 0 2 .221 .303 .412 .191 .230 -1.1 0.1 -0.1
2001 COL MLB 90 7 16 1 0 1 7 10 27 0 2 .211 .303 .263 .053 .198 -4.9 -1.4 -0.6
2001 CSP AAA 89 18 28 5 2 6 25 1 23 1 0 .326 .341 .640 .314 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 DET MLB 107 12 24 3 1 2 6 13 20 3 1 .273 .377 .398 .125 .280 4.2 -1.4 0.3
2002 TOL AAA 53 6 7 1 1 0 5 8 14 1 0 .163 .308 .233 .070 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 LOU AAA 149 25 46 8 0 7 29 14 22 3 0 .348 .415 .568 .220 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CIN MLB 167 22 33 8 0 3 28 16 43 0 0 .224 .317 .340 .116 .222 -3.4 -1.3 -0.5
2004 LOU AAA 65 12 17 4 0 3 7 10 10 0 0 .315 .422 .556 .241 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CIN MLB 145 12 30 10 0 4 18 16 46 0 0 .236 .324 .409 .173 .247 4.4 -1.4 0.3
2006 LOU AAA 12 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .250 .212 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2006 NOR AAA 167 18 42 16 0 0 17 22 31 0 0 .290 .383 .400 .110 .272 0.0 -1.6 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2002-06-23 2002-09-30 60-DL 99 89 Left Elbow Surgery Bone Chips 2002-07-17
2002-06-01 2002-06-18 15-DL 17 15 Right Knee Inflammation -
2001-07-17 2001-09-06 15-DL 51 46 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
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 -
1999-04-06 1999-05-01 15-DL 25 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

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