#23 Jose Cruz jr., Leftfield, 34 yrs, Norfolk Tides

#23 Jose Cruz jr., Leftfield, 34 yrs, Norfolk Tides
Friday, 10/31/2008

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Jose Cruz jr.

4/19/1974
34
Puerto Rico
6"1
205

Leftfield
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2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,260,000
2009
11 Year(s), 41 Days (1933 total Days)
172 Day(s)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	7	8	4	4
Versus LHP	6	7	8	5	3
Versus RHP	5	7	7	4	4
Talent	6	6	8	4	4

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3
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Fielding Ratings
LF : 6 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 7 (Range), .986 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 6

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/24	Sea	W 7-1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/25	StL	W 4-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
9/28	@Que	W 13-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#3
9/29	@Que	W 3-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#5
9/30	@NE	L 1-6	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	#5
10/1	Atl	W 7-6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	#5
10/3	@Por	W 6-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/5	Oak	W 10-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
10/6	@Hou	W 8-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#7
10/13	@StL	L 5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9

Batting Stats 2008

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	106	231	54	12	3	8	35	43	21	76	.234	.296	.416	.712	.683	.182
Projected	106	231	54	12	3	8	35	43	21	76	.234	.296	.416	.712	.683	.182

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	51	253	0	0	0	4	0	1	96	23	8	2	80.0	29.8	4.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	137	39	7	3	6	27	29	9	40	1	0	0	.285	.327	.511	.837
vs. RHP	94	15	5	0	2	8	14	12	36	0	0	0	.160	.255	.277	.531
Close/Late	35	5	1	1	0	4	6	4	16	0	0	0	.143	.231	.229	.459
Scoring Position	66	18	4	0	3	27	0	6	23	1	0	0	.273	.329	.470	.798
Pinch Hitting	28	8	2	0	2	7	6	3	7	0	0	0	.286	.355	.571	.926

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	55	123	36	6	1	6	20	23	8	31	.293	.333	.504	.837
Road	51	108	18	6	2	2	15	20	13	45	.167	.256	.315	.571
March/April	16	31	10	2	0	2	3	7	2	8	.323	.364	.581	.944
May	18	43	8	2	0	1	8	9	4	18	.186	.255	.302	.558
June	15	36	7	2	0	1	6	6	4	11	.194	.275	.333	.608
July	18	38	6	1	1	2	6	5	3	14	.158	.214	.395	.609
August	18	38	8	3	1	0	3	3	2	12	.211	.250	.342	.592
Sept/Oct	21	45	15	2	1	2	9	13	6	13	.333	.412	.556	.967
Postseason	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2002	160	608	180	40	4	39	137	108	54	0	0	133	12	8	.296	.353	.567	.921	,JL
2003	143	528	130	38	2	30	78	88	49	0	0	110	23	3	.246	.310	.496	.806	Bos Oak
2004	155	566	144	31	3	29	105	104	45	0	7	122	43	9	.254	.306	.473	.779	Oak
2005	131	419	94	17	6	16	64	58	23	2	6	112	21	7	.224	.264	.408	.673	Nor
2006	139	460	123	31	4	35	109	76	35	1	4	126	16	6	.267	.318	.580	.898	Nor
2007	154	601	142	37	4	19	87	78	42	2	5	204	20	9	.236	.286	.406	.692	Nor
2008	106	231	54	12	3	8	35	43	21	0	1	76	8	2	.234	.296	.416	.712	Nor
Total	988	3413	867	206	26	176	615	555	269	5	23	883	143	44	.254	.308	.484	.792

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003	4	14	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	.214	.313	.429	.741
2006	5	17	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	6	1	0	.059	.111	.235	.346
2007	3	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	13	43	7	0	0	2	3	4	5	13	2	0	.163	.250	.302	.552

Fielding Stats 2008

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	46	18	47	4	3	51	0	1.000	224.2	2.04
Centerfield	42	33	59	1	1	61	1	.984	297.1	1.85

Player History

Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/2002, off Pedro Martinez (GC)... Had first career hit on 4/1/2002, off Pedro Martinez (GC)... Hit first career homerun on 4/7/2002, off Luke Prokopec (Phi)... Dro
ve in 6 runs against Bethesda on 6/16/2002... Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Gotham City, driving in 4 runs on 7/26/2002... Traded from Boston to Oakland on 7/18/2003
(Going to Oak: CF J. Cruz jr., P L. Prokopec. Going to Bos: P K. Millwood)...
Drove in 8 runs against Norfolk on 7/21/2004...
Signed as a free agent by Norfolk on 2/14/2005 to a 3-year deal worth $20,250,000 per year...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/2006, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 5 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/2006, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/2006, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 13 RBI...
7/17/2007: Signed a contract extension with Norfolk, $3,260,000 per year, for 2 years.
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2007, hitting .311 with 5 HR, 26 RBI...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

RBI
2006 - 109 - 10th

SB
2004 - 43 - 10th

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