Victor Cruz
[edit] Biography
Born on December 24, 1957 in Rancho Viejo, La Vega (Dominican Republic), Victor Cruz (Victor Manuel Cruz) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and Texas Rangers over the course of his 5 year career. Cruz broke into the bigs on June 24, 1978 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.23 ERA in 78.2 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Victor Cruz's best season was 1980, when he posted a 3.45 ERA, notched 12 saves and struck out 88 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1978
| TOR
| A
| 32
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 1.71
| 51
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 47.1
| 28
| 0
| 35
| 4
| 3
| 1
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 61
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 4.23
| 63
| 41
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 78.2
| 70
| 10
| 44
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| 55
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 3.45
| 88
| 36
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 86
| 71
| 10
| 27
| 8
| 4
| 3
|
| 1981
| PIT
| N
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2.65
| 28
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 34
| 33
| 6
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1.44
| 18
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 25
| 16
| 2
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2.65
| 28
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 34
| 33
| 6
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 165
| 0
| 17
| 22
| 3.15
| 220
| 94
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 237
| 185
| 22
| 116
| 19
| 8
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 187
| 0
| 18
| 23
| 3.09
| 248
| 104
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 271
| 218
| 28
| 131
| 23
| 9
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1978
| TOR
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 47.1
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| P
| 61
| 0
| 78.2
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 0
| .714
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| P
| 55
| 0
| 86
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 2
| 0
| .857
|
| 1981
| PIT
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 34
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 187
| 0
| 271
| 5
| 21
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 26
| 11
| 0
| .867
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1978
| TOR
| A
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| PIT
| N
| 22
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 22
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 165
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 187
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (January 9, 1976).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Tom Underwood to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Pete Vuckovich and a player to be named later (December 6, 1977); St. Louis Cardinals received John Scott (December 16, 1977).
- Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Alfredo Griffin and Phil Lansford (December 5, 1978).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Gary Alexander, Rafael Vasquez and Bob Owchinko to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillen (December 9, 1980).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Texas Rangers in exchange for Nelson Norman (April 1, 1982).
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