Juan Cruz

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Full Name: Juan Carlos Cruz	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/155	First Game: August 21, 2001
Birthdate: October 15, 1978	MLB Experience: 6 years
Birthplace: Bonao, Monsenor Nouel (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Juan Cruz ArmchairGM Stories
9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 15, 1978 in Bonao, Monsenor Nouel (Dominican Republic), Juan Cruz (Juan Carlos Cruz) played for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics and Arizona Diamondbacks over the course of his 6 year career. Cruz broke into the bigs on August 21, 2001 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.98 ERA in 97.1 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Juan Cruz's best season was 2004, when he posted a 2.75 ERA and struck out 70 batters.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2001	CHI	N	8	8	3	1	3.22	39	16	16	0	0	0	44.2	40	4	17	1	0	2
2002	CHI	N	45	9	3	11	3.98	81	56	43	0	0	1	97.1	84	11	59	4	1	8
2003	CHI	N	25	6	2	7	6.05	65	44	41	0	0	0	61	66	7	28	0	4	7
2004	ATL	N	50	0	6	2	2.75	70	24	22	0	0	0	72	59	7	30	1	1	2
2005	OAK	A	28	0	0	3	7.44	34	33	27	0	0	0	32.2	38	5	22	4	3	4
2006	ARI	N	31	15	5	6	4.18	88	45	44	0	0	0	94.2	80	7	47	2	2	11
2007	ARI	N	53	0	6	1	3.10	87	28	21	0	0	0	61	45	7	32	3	1	5
Total	NL		212	38	25	28	3.91	430	213	187	0	0	1	430.2	374	43	213	11	9	35
Total	AL		28	0	0	3	7.44	34	33	27	0	0	0	32.2	38	5	22	4	3	4
Total			240	38	25	31	4.16	464	246	214	0	0	1	463.1	412	48	235	15	12	39

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2001	CHI	N	P	8	8	44.2	3	5	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	1.000
2002	CHI	N	P	45	9	97.1	3	12	3	0	0	5	11	9	0	.833
2003	CHI	N	P	25	6	61	2	9	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	.846
2004	ATL	N	P	50	0	72	4	6	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
2005	OAK	A	P	28	0	32.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
2006	ARI	N	P	31	15	94.2	8	10	2	1	0	2	7	3	0	.900
2007	ARI	N	P	53	0	61	1	6	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	1.000
Total			P	240	38	463.1	23	49	7	4	0	10	32	21	0	.911

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2001	CHI	N	11	16	0	2	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	1
2002	CHI	N	45	14	0	2	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
2003	CHI	N	25	12	1	3	0	1	.250	.250	.417	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
2004	ATL	N	50	5	1	1	0	0	.200	.333	.400	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
2005	OAK	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	ARI	N	31	21	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	0	0	3	9	0	2	0	0	1
2007	ARI	N	53	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		215	70	2	8	0	2	.114	.162	.157	1	1	4	28	0	7	0	0	2
Total	AL		28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			243	70	2	8	0	2	.114	.162	.157	1	1	4	28	0	7	0	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Chicago Cubs (July 4, 1997).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Steve Smyth to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Andy Pratt and Richard Lewis (March 25, 2004).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Dan Meyer and Charles Thomas to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Tim Hudson (December 16, 2004).
Traded by Oakland Athletics to Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Brad Halsey (March 26, 2006).

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[edit] See Also

[edit] Recent Juan Cruz ArmchairGM Stories

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SF Giants Active As Free Agency Begins

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Arizona Diamondbacks' 2007 First Half Report Card

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Sasha's 2007 NL West Starting Pitching overview

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Do the Diamondbacks really want the Big Unit in their fold again?

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Requiem for the 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks

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