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Henry
Cruz		  
Nickname: Gato
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 23, 1935 in San Diego Ca
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1960    1966    1967   
Rookie of the Year Award 1958   
Gold Glove Award 1958    1963    1964    1965    1967    1969   
All-Star Selections 1960    1961    1962    1963    1965    1966    1969   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 22 BAL AL 119 408 43 109 13 2 10 56 0 2 38 41 .267 .328 .382 .711 49.9 6.9
    AAA   10 39 14 13 1 1 5 9 0 0 6 8 .333 .422 .795 1.217 11.5  
1959 23 BAL AL 128 460 53 131 17 0 12 74 0 1 32 53 .285 .332 .400 .732 57.7 9.2
1960 24 BAL AL 133 482 74 163 22 1 16 85 0 0 46 57 .338 .395 .488 .883 84.7 17.2
1961 25 BAL AL 143 548 92 193 29 1 21 107 0 1 39 41 .352 .391 .524 .915 98.7 18.2
1962 26 BAL AL 132 498 73 169 19 4 8 71 1 0 45 54 .339 .391 .442 .833 81.4 13.5
1963 27 BAL AL 147 548 70 178 23 1 12 73 0 0 42 56 .325 .371 .436 .807 80.7 15.9
1964 28 BAL AL 148 546 73 165 20 0 9 69 1 0 51 61 .302 .358 .388 .746 73.3 11.9
1965 29 BAL AL 144 512 65 155 22 1 16 76 0 0 50 64 .303 .361 .443 .805 77.5 17.3
1966 30 PIT NL 100 358 46 104 8 0 11 40 0 1 34 33 .291 .354 .405 .759 48.9 9.7
  BAL AL 40 114 11 32 2 0 2 16 0 0 12 9 .281 .349 .351 .700 13.8 2.8
  TOT   140 472 57 136 10 0 13 56 0 1 46 42 .288 .353 .392 .745 62.7 12.5
1967 31 PIT NL 127 455 38 106 18 3 7 55 0 0 22 56 .233 .267 .332 .599 35.7 3.2
1968 32 PIT NL 126 453 26 118 11 1 6 49 1 0 30 44 .260 .305 .329 .634 45.3 6.4
1969 33 PIT NL 135 479 68 168 16 4 12 76 0 0 34 46 .351 .389 .476 .865 79.3 17.7
1970 34 PIT NL 148 548 72 147 13 2 10 67 0 0 47 82 .268 .327 .354 .681 60.2 8.2
1971 35 PIT NL 109 328 32 82 12 0 1 37 0 0 27 40 .250 .308 .296 .604 29.5 4.0
1972 36 PIT NL 55 124 12 32 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 24 .258 .292 .266 .558 9.4 1.1
1973 37 PIT NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 0.4 0.0
  BAL AL 8 14 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .333 .357 .690 1.3 0.3
  TOT   11 17 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .235 .350 .294 .644 1.7 0.3
16 Years Sim 1945 6878 852 2056 247 20 153 955 3 5 558 761 .299 .350 .407 .757 927.8 163.4
1 Years AAA 10 39 14 13 1 1 5 9 0 0 6 8 .333 .422 .795 1.217 11.5  
162 Game Average 572 70 171 20 1 12 79 0 0 46 63 .299 .350 .407 .757 77.3  
Career Highs 148 548 92 193 29 4 21 107 1 2 51 82 .352 .395 .524 .915 98.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4802 619 1467 172 14 108 693 2 3 384 507 .305 .356 .415 .770 690.2
vs LH   2076 233 589 75 6 45 262 1 2 174 254 .284 .337 .391 .728 272.5
Home 961 3314 429 1014 116 10 85 473 2 1 275 366 .306 .357 .424 .781 490.6
Away 984 3564 423 1042 131 10 68 482 1 4 283 395 .292 .343 .392 .735 472.1
RISP   1834 0 568 73 5 43 767 0 0 158 202 .310 .355 .425 .780 275.4
Pinch Hitting   163 17 50 2 0 3 32 0 0 14 19 .307 .352 .374 .726 22.2
Close/Late   895 102 270 23 1 17 119 0 0 97 111 .302 .369 .387 .756 129.6
Mar/Apr 232 856 110 252 34 1 22 104 1 1 62 110 .294 .340 .414 .753 117.7
May 364 1274 168 372 43 3 35 168 2 0 117 138 .292 .352 .413 .765 183.5
June 361 1274 155 376 53 5 21 172 0 1 105 133 .295 .348 .394 .742 171.3
July 328 1139 136 336 38 3 25 165 0 1 84 111 .295 .340 .399 .740 152.6
August 343 1215 151 374 42 4 25 185 0 1 87 139 .308 .352 .411 .763 170.4
Sep/Oct 317 1120 132 346 37 4 25 161 0 1 103 130 .309 .365 .416 .781 167.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1958 22 BAL AL C 115 115 986.0 652 51 3 0 .996 6.42 56 25 .446 10 6.1
    3B 2 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 23 BAL AL C 119 119 1007.7 665 43 4 3 .994 6.32 48 15 .313 3 5.9
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 24 BAL AL C 123 120 1074.3 691 43 5 5 .993 6.15 49 14 .286 0 5.1
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 25 BAL AL C 137 134 1195.7 738 47 7 0 .991 5.91 60 22 .367 9 5.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 26 BAL AL C 120 118 1038.3 591 51 6 2 .991 5.56 68 25 .368 8 2.8
    1B 5 0 11.0 10 1 0 3 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 27 BAL AL C 127 127 1128.7 677 52 3 0 .996 5.81 69 33 .478 13 7.6
    1B 15 0 28.3 27 2 0 3 1.000 9.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 6.0 1 1 1 0 .667 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 28 BAL AL C 128 128 1140.7 715 64 7 2 .991 6.15 60 31 .517 9 9.5
    3B 8 0 24.3 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 5 0 14.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 9.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 29 BAL AL C 126 126 1127.3 768 58 4 1 .995 6.59 62 36 .581 14 11.3
    3B 6 0 12.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 6 0 9.0 8 2 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 30 PIT NL C 86 78 757.4 521 28 5 2 .991 6.52 48 18 .375 7 5.5
    1B 2 0 4.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BAL AL C 34 31 242.2 167 9 1 0 .994 6.54 16 6 .375 2 1.8
    1B 1 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 120 109 999.6 688 37 6 2 .992 6.53 64 24 .375 9 7.4
      1B 3 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
1967 31 PIT NL C 126 118 1082.3 942 58 3 0 .997 8.32 60 27 .450 10 8.7
1968 32 PIT NL C 122 121 1096.3 935 40 5 2 .995 8.00 56 21 .375 6 8.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 33 PIT NL C 126 126 1035.7 836 42 5 0 .994 7.63 62 25 .403 7 7.9
    1B 4 0 8.3 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 34 PIT NL C 142 139 1261.3 1051 50 5 2 .995 7.86 59 22 .373 21 7.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 35 PIT NL C 96 85 777.0 553 38 3 0 .995 6.85 43 18 .419 9 6.6
    LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1972 36 PIT NL C 37 31 277.0 210 12 2 0 .991 7.21 22 9 .409 7 1.4
    1B 6 0 9.3 6 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1973 37 PIT NL C 1 1 7.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BAL AL C 3 2 21.8 14 2 1 0 .941 6.61 3 2 .667 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 11.2 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 0.8 2 1 0 0 1.000 33.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1768 1719 15256.9 10730 688 69 19 .994 6.74 842 349 .414 135 100.5
  1B 54 0 104.0 98 10 0 11 1.000 9.35 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  3B 37 0 94.3 12 18 1 1 .968 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1863 1721 15476.2 10849 716 70 31 .994 6.73 842 349 .414 135 101.3
Career Highs   143 139 1263.0 1051 69 7 5 .997 8.32 69 36 .581 21  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 24 BAL AL 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .150 .227 .150 .377
1966 30 PIT NL 4 18 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .368 .389 .757
1967 31 PIT NL 7 27 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222
1968 32 PIT NL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1969 33 PIT NL 5 19 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .316 .316 .421 .737
1970 34 PIT NL 11 38 3 9 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 4 .237 .302 .289 .592
1971 35 PIT NL 10 25 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .240 .296 .280 .576
Career Post-Season Batting 45 150 7 34 6 0 0 13 0 0 9 12 .227 .269 .267 .535
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1960-2-.338
1961-3-.352
1962-5-.339
1963-5-.325
1969-1-.351
CAR-37-.299
 On-Base Pct
1960-8-.395
1969-9-.389
 Hits
1960-9-163
1961-6-193
1963-9-178
 Singles
1960-9-124
1961-9-142
1962-7-138
1963-3-142
1969-6-136
CAR-46-1636
 RBIs
1961-10-107
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4
   Gray Ink Test: 33
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1956
Traded from Baltimore to Milwaukee on 4/1/1956 (Going to BAL: RF Pete Pugliese. Going to MLN: C Henry Cruz)
Injured on 8/19/1956 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week
Injured on 7/27/1957 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 8/23/1957 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Traded from Milwaukee to Baltimore on 4/16/1958 (Going to MLN: 1B Henri Gallais, CF Vodka Allen. Going to BAL: C Henry Cruz)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/17/1958, off Roy Wolfe (DET)
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1958, hitting .267 with 10 HR, 56 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1958
Won Player of the Week award on 6/20/1960, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 9/25/1960
Won World Series with Baltimore in 1960
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles (A) on 6/8/1961
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Injured on 5/9/1962 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 2 weeks
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1963
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1964
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1965
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Traded from Baltimore to Pittsburgh on 8/1/1966 (Going to PIT: C Henry Cruz. Going to BAL: CF Ken Smolinski, P Herb Garder)
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1966
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1967
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1967
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1969, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1969
Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 7/30/1971
Had 2000th career hit on 8/1/1971, off Angel Garcia (SFG)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Baltimore on 6/16/1973 (Going to PIT: P Jim Harle, 1B Neil McIntire. Going to BAL: C Henry Cruz)
Released by Baltimore on 7/26/1973
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 9/16/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Atlanta on 10/11/1973
 
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