Todd Cruz

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Full Name: Todd Ruben Cruz	Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: September 4, 1978
Birthdate: November 23, 1955	Final Game: September 30, 1984
Birthplace: Highland Park, Michigan	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Todd Cruz (Todd Ruben Cruz) was born on November 23, 1955 in Highland Park, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on September 4, 1978 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1980, his rookie year, he hit .237 with 3 home runs and 23 RBI. Cruz played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Todd Cruz's best season was 1982, when he slugged 16 home runs and knocked in 57 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1978	PHI	N	3	4	0	2	0	2	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	KC	A	55	118	9	24	2	15	.203	.224	.314	7	0	3	19	1	1	0	0	2
1980	CHI	A	90	293	23	68	2	18	.232	.259	.297	11	1	9	54	2	6	2	0	5
1980	CAL	A	18	40	5	11	1	5	.275	.356	.425	3	0	5	8	0	0	0	1	0
1980	TOT	A	108	333	28	79	3	23	.237	.271	.312	14	1	14	62	2	6	2	1	5
1982	SEA	A	136	492	44	113	16	57	.230	.246	.376	20	2	12	95	0	11	2	1	18
1983	SEA	A	65	216	21	41	7	21	.190	.221	.324	4	2	7	56	2	2	1	2	2
1983	BAL	A	81	221	16	46	3	27	.208	.259	.299	9	1	15	52	1	8	3	0	12
1983	TOT	A	146	437	37	87	10	48	.199	.241	.311	13	3	22	108	3	10	4	2	14
1984	BAL	A	96	142	15	31	3	9	.218	.263	.310	4	0	8	33	1	2	1	0	2
Total	NL		3	4	0	2	0	2	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		541	1522	133	334	34	152	.219	.250	.332	58	6	59	317	7	30	9	4	41
Total			544	1526	133	336	34	154	.220	.251	.333	58	6	59	317	7	30	9	4	41

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1978	PHI	N	SS	2	1	9	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	KC	A	3B	9	5	53.2	7	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.885
1979	KC	A	SS	48	30	291.2	47	102	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1980	CHI	A	SS	90	88	763	138	298	20	52	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1980	CAL	A	2B	1	1	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1980	CAL	A	SS	12	7	68	15	22	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.860
1980	CAL	A	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	CAL	A	3B	4	3	29	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1980	CAL	A	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	TOT	A	SS	102	95	831	153	320	26	58	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1982	SEA	A	SS	136	136	1207.2	215	439	25	98	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1983	SEA	A	SS	63	62	541.2	97	224	12	42	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1983	BAL	A	3B	79	65	588.1	49	162	13	19	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1983	BAL	A	2B	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	BAL	A	3B	89	34	398.1	23	104	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1984	BAL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	BAL	A	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	3	1	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	351	324	2881	513	1091	67	211	0	0	0	0	0	.960
Total			3B	181	107	1069.1	80	284	23	32	0	0	0	0	0	.941
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1984	BAL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973 - signed June 18, 1973).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Doug Bird (April 3, 1979).
Traded by Kansas City Royals with Al Cowens and a player to be named later to California Angels in exchange for Rance Mulliniks and Willie Aikens (December 6, 1979); California Angels received Craig Eaton (April 1, 1980).
Traded by California Angels to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Randy Scarbery (June 12, 1980).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Jim Essian and Rod Allen to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Tom Paciorek (December 11, 1981).
Sold by Seattle Mariners to Baltimore Orioles (June 30, 1983).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (March 29, 1985).

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