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Tony Cruz C Cardinals

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Birth Date	8-18-1986
Height	5' 11"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	26 years, 9 months, 7 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2009
: 2010
: 0.22011
: -0.02012
: -0.12013
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	RBI	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2011	SLN	24	38	72	65	8	17	5	0	0	22	6	13	1	0	6	1	.262	.333	.338	.253	1.8	-0.0	0.2
2012	SLN	25	51	131	126	11	32	9	1	1	46	3	19	0	2	11	1	.254	.267	.365	.222	-0.5	0.4	-0.0
2013	SLN	26	9	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	.167	.231	.167	.152	-1.0	-0.0	-0.1
Career			98	216	203	20	51	14	1	1	70	10	35	1	2	19	2	.251	.287	.345	.228	0.3	0.4	0.1

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
2007	QUD	A	49	216	.284	.257	.326	.376	.000	.303	96	5.8	6.4	0.9	-3.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	BAT	A-	4	17	.331	.249	.334	.350	.000	.545	98	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	CRD	Rk	7	34	.342	.265	.359	.380	.000	.480	102	2.9	0.9	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	JCY	Rk	6	27	.318	.264	.338	.375	.000	.238	100	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	PMB	A+	89	378	.272	.257	.325	.380	.000	.306	94	4.8	10.6	2.4	0.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	SFD	AA	110	444	.233	.269	.337	.400	.000	.254	101	-13.1	12.8	4.9	-0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	PMB	A+	46	202	.263	.254	.329	.377	.000	.338	99	0.7	5.3	2.9	0.8	-2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	SFD	AA	40	169	.280	.268	.336	.409	.000	.325	111	3.6	4.7	1.7	0.1	-1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	MEM	AAA	4	15	.214	.269	.335	.436	.000	.167	92	-2.1	1.1	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	SLN	MLB	38	72	.253	.258	.320	.412	.000	.327	98	-0.5	1.2	0.6	-0.0	-0.0	1.8	0.2	1.8	0.2
2011	MEM	AAA	45	164	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.304			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	SLN	MLB	51	131	.222	.258	.314	.404	.000	.287	98	-4.9	2.2	1.9	0.4	-0.8	-0.5	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0
2013	SLN	MLB	9	13	.152	.259	.334	.424	.276	.222	99	-1.4	0.4	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1
Career		MLB		216	.227	.258	.317	.408	.260	.296	100	-6.9	5.5	2.7	0.4	-0.8	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1

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
2007	CRD	Rk	34	8	12	5	0	0	4	1	7	1	0	.375	.394	.531	.156	.342	0.0	0.3	0.0
2007	JCY	Rk	27	2	7	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	.280	.333	.600	.320	.318	0.0	1.6	0.0
2007	BAT	A-	17	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	.375	.412	.438	.062	.331	0.0	0.2	0.0
2007	QUD	A	216	26	55	10	1	5	34	17	25	3	1	.282	.343	.421	.138	.284	0.0	-3.3	0.0
2008	PMB	A+	378	41	98	22	3	8	58	19	50	3	0	.279	.319	.427	.148	.272	0.0	0.6	0.0
2009	SFD	AA	444	44	89	25	2	10	48	34	85	1	0	.220	.281	.366	.146	.233	0.0	-0.0	0.0
2010	PMB	A+	202	21	51	16	1	1	25	19	33	0	2	.282	.348	.398	.116	.263	0.0	0.8	0.0
2010	SFD	AA	169	26	43	10	0	6	20	17	30	0	0	.289	.363	.477	.188	.280	0.0	0.1	0.0
2010	MEM	AAA	15	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	.214	.267	.429	.214	.214	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	SLN	MLB	72	8	17	5	0	0	6	6	13	0	1	.262	.333	.338	.077	.253	1.8	-0.0	0.2
2011	MEM	AAA	164	13	39	5	1	4	25	11	31	0	1	.262	.315	.389	.128	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	SLN	MLB	131	11	32	9	1	1	11	3	19	0	1	.254	.267	.365	.111	.222	-0.5	0.4	-0.0
2013	SLN	MLB	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.000	.152	-1.0	-0.0	-0.1

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2010-08-09	2010-08-30	Minors	21	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2008-07-17	-	Minors	-	-	-	-			-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	SLN	$
2013	SLN	$503,000
2012	SLN	$481,000

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$481,000
2011	Current	$503,000
2 yr	Pvs + Cur	$984,000
2 yr	Total	$984,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 105 d	Wasserman Media Group	1 year/$0.503M (2013)

Details
1 year/$0.503M (2013). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/13. 1 year/$0.481M (2012). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/29/12. 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by St. Louis 11/17/10. Re-signed by St. Louis 2/11. Drafted by St. Louis 2007 (26-802) (Palm Beach CC, Fla.).

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.213	.227	.269	.183
11	vs R (Multi)	.278	.308	.407	.253
18	Split (Multi)	.065	.081	.138	.069
19	LgAvg (Multi)	-.014	-.024	-.036	-.020
30	vs L (2012)	.195	.195	.244	.166
31	vs R (2012)	.282	.300	.424	.248
38	Split (2012)	.087	.105	.180	.081
39	LgAvg (2012)	-.013	-.022	-.038	-.020

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Title	Author	Date
Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/18	Ben Lindbergh	2013-05-18
Overthinking It: Yadier Molina's Maybe-Amazing Powers of Defensive Positioning	Ben Lindbergh	2013-04-24
Sobsequy: Notable NL Minor-League Free Agent Signees	Adam Sobsey	2013-02-27
Playoff Prospectus: How the NLCS Squads Were Built	R.J. Anderson	2012-10-15
Playoff Prospectus: NLCS Preview: Cardinals and Giants	Sam Miller	2012-10-14
Playoff Prospectus: NLCS Preview: Cardinals and Giants	R.J. Anderson	2012-10-14
Playoff Prospectus: Cardinals-Nationals Division Series Preview	R.J. Anderson	2012-10-07
Playoff Prospectus: National League Wild Card Game (UPDATED)	R.J. Anderson	2012-10-05
Overthinking It: What the New Skippers Have Done	Ben Lindbergh	2012-08-28
Transaction Analysis: Notable NRI: NL Central	R.J. Anderson	2012-02-17
Collateral Damage: Explaining Sprains	Ben Lindbergh	2011-07-29
Collateral Damage: Explaining Sprains	Corey Dawkins	2011-07-29
Future Shock: St. Louis Cardinals Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2011-01-21
Transaction Analysis: NL Central Roster Moves	Christina Kahrl	2010-11-30
Future Shock: Hawaiian Winter League Preview	Kevin Goldstein	2008-09-27

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