Jose Cruz

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 190 lb

BornApril 19, 1974 · Arroyo, P.R.

MLB debutMay 31, 1997

Final gameJune 5, 2008

Seasons12 (1997–2008)

Seattle Mariners 1997; Toronto Blue Jays 1997–2002; San Francisco Giants 2003; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2004; Arizona Diamondbacks 2005; Boston Red Sox 2005; Los Angeles Dodgers 2005–2006; San Diego Padres 2007; Houston Astros 2008

Percentile snapshot

2004 season — qualified batters

153

66.9

636

55.6

545

46.3

132

18.1

21.9

91.3

RBI

51.9

83.1

117

21.3

63.8

18.1

.242

6.3

OBP

.333

26.3

SLG

.433

34.4

OPS

.766

31.3

wRC+

97.8

27.5

OPS+

99.6

33.1

wOBA

.333

sWAR

1.2

15.6

of 161 qualified 2004 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

102.0

45.4

OPS+

101.6

sWAR

16.8

92.1

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
1997	104	442	395	59	98	19	1	26	68	41	117	7	2	.248	.315	.499	.814	106.7	109.1	.350	1.4
1998	105	413	352	55	89	14	3	11	42	57	99	11	4	.253	.354	.403	.757	99.4	97.6	.339	1.5
1999	106	414	349	63	84	19	3	14	45	64	91	14	4	.241	.358	.433	.791	101.9	100.7	.352	1.6
2000	162	681	603	91	146	32	5	31	76	71	129	15	5	.242	.323	.466	.789	94.0	95.3	.343	2.0
2001	146	627	577	92	158	38	4	34	88	45	138	32	5	.274	.326	.530	.857	118.5	119.7	.364	3.7
2002	124	522	466	64	114	26	5	18	70	51	106	7	1	.245	.317	.438	.754	96.1	96.0	.330	1.0
2003	158	650	539	90	135	26	1	20	68	102	121	5	8	.250	.366	.414	.779	108.1	105.0	.350	2.0
2004	153	636	545	76	132	25	8	21	78	76	117	11	6	.242	.333	.433	.766	97.8	99.6	.333	1.2
2005	115	437	370	46	93	24	2	18	50	66	101	0	2	.251	.364	.473	.837	120.3	116.8	.370	2.3
2006	86	273	223	34	52	16	1	5	17	43	54	5	1	.233	.353	.381	.734	93.1	89.3	.333	0.3
2007	91	293	256	37	60	12	3	6	21	31	65	6	1	.234	.316	.375	.691	86.7	85.3	.311	0.1
2008	38	60	49	6	6	1	0	0	1	11	9	0	0	.122	.283	.143	.426	28.9	18.1	.232	-0.4

Career totals

1,388

5,448

4,724

713

1,167

252

204

368th-most career HR

RBI

624

658

438th-most career BB

1,147

266th-most career SO

113

.2470

OBP

.3373

SLG

.4452

OPS

.7825

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
2001-08-11	TOR @ LAA Gameday	6	2	4	1	2	2	0	11
1997-08-24	TOR @ KC Gameday	6	2	4	0	2	3	1	10
2004-05-21	CLE @ TB Gameday	4	3	4	3	1	2	0	10
2001-08-05	BAL @ TOR Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	3	0	10
2005-05-12	AZ @ COL Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	2	0	10

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

1× Gold Glove

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