John Kruk

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornFebruary 9, 1961 · Charleston, WV, USA

MLB debutApril 7, 1986

Final gameJuly 30, 1995

Seasons10 (1986–1995)

San Diego Padres 1986–1988; Philadelphia Phillies 1989; San Diego Padres 1989; Philadelphia Phillies 1990–1994; Chicago White Sox 1995

Percentile snapshot

1993 season — qualified batters

150

59.7

651

71.8

535

45.6

100

85.9

169

76.5

73.8

45.6

RBI

67.1

111

95.3

43.6

37.6

79.2

.316

91.3

OBP

.430

97.3

SLG

.475

70.5

OPS

.905

89.9

wRC+

148.7

OPS+

144.2

91.3

wOBA

.408

sWAR

4.9

88.6

of 150 qualified 1993 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

136.0

94.3

OPS+

132.9

92.2

sWAR

26.7

95.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1986	122	327	278	33	86	16	2	4	38	45	58	2	4	.309	.403	.424	.828	140.1	131.2	.388	2.2
1987	138	527	447	72	140	14	2	20	91	73	93	18	10	.313	.406	.488	.894	139.0	139.7	.394	3.2
1988	120	466	378	54	91	17	1	9	44	80	68	5	3	.241	.369	.362	.732	116.9	113.6	.341	1.6
1989	112	406	357	53	107	13	6	8	44	44	53	3	0	.300	.374	.437	.811	136.7	130.1	.375	2.5
1990	142	515	443	52	129	25	8	7	67	69	70	10	5	.291	.386	.431	.817	125.1	124.8	.368	2.2
1991	152	615	538	84	158	27	6	21	92	67	100	7	0	.294	.367	.483	.851	135.0	138.5	.375	3.5
1992	144	607	507	86	164	30	4	10	70	92	88	3	5	.323	.423	.458	.881	158.1	149.5	.406	4.9
1993	150	651	535	100	169	33	5	14	85	111	87	6	2	.316	.430	.475	.905	148.7	144.2	.408	4.9
1994	75	301	255	35	77	17	0	5	38	42	51	4	1	.302	.395	.427	.823	117.3	113.9	.370	1.1
1995	45	188	159	13	49	7	0	2	23	26	33	0	1	.308	.399	.390	.789	117.4	111.8	.365	0.6

Career totals

1,200

4,603

3,897

582

1,170

199

100

RBI

592

649

452nd-most career BB

701

.3002

215th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3966

82nd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4457

OPS

.8423

233rd-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1992-05-11	SF @ PHI Gameday	5	3	3	1	2	2	0	10
1987-08-04	SD @ ATL Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	7	0	9
1989-08-10	PHI @ CHC Gameday	5	5	4	1	1	3	1	8
1991-09-19	WSH @ PHI Gameday	4	2	4	1	1	2	1	8
1989-07-29	PIT @ PHI Gameday	4	1	3	2	1	3	0	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.