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| Player Report for #16 Rubén Cruz | | Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 |  | | Name: | Rubén Cruz | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $8,270,000 | | Birthday: | 05-03-1982 | Signed Through: | 2008 Season | | Age: | 26 | Years of Major League Service: | 6 Years, 15 Days | | Born in: | Santo Domingo (Distrito Nacional) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 22 Days | | Nationality: | Dominican | | | | Height: | 6' 5" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 6 Years, 15 Days | | Weight: | 250 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 7 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! | | Position: | 1B | Minor League Option Years: | 3 option years left | | Bats: | Left | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | $73,000,000 total for 6 years | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Great | Local Popularity (National) | Extremely Popular (Very Popular) |
| | | Batting Ratings (SISA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 88 | 63 | 81 | 80 | 75 | | | Versus LHP | 87 | 63 | 81 | 80 | 74 | | | Versus RHP | 88 | 63 | 81 | 80 | 75 | | | Talent | 90 | 63 | 82 | 85 | 79 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 22 | | First Base 46 | | Stealing Ability: | 1 | | | | Baserunning Instincts: | 1 | | | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 84 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 1 | | | | Hitter Type: | Normal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 10-21-2008 | NO | Loss, 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-20-2008 | NO | Win, 5-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-18-2008 | @ NO | Win, 14-8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-17-2008 | @ NO | Loss, 0-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-16-2008 | @ NO | Win, 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-14-2008 | NO | Loss, 1-5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-13-2008 | NO | Loss, 9-10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-07-2008 | @ GLO | Win, 5-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-05-2008 | GLO | Win, 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-04-2008 | GLO | Win, 4-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance 2008 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 161 | 631 | 193 | 37 | 1 | 26 | 123 | 103 | 78 | 81 | .306 | .386 | .491 | .877 | .876 | .185 | 55.6 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 160 | 726 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 310 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 123.6 | 7.24 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 209 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 49 | 39 | 24 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .311 | .384 | .579 | .963 | | Versus Right | | 422 | 128 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 7 | .303 | .387 | .448 | .834 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | April | | 89 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .303 | .375 | .416 | .791 | | May | | 109 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .248 | .333 | .385 | .719 | | June | | 104 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 | .348 | .375 | .723 | | July | | 111 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .315 | .420 | .550 | .969 | | August | | 109 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .358 | .442 | .633 | 1.075 | | September | | 106 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .390 | .585 | .975 | | October | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | | Spring Training | | 96 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .336 | .458 | .795 | | Playoffs | | 35 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .343 | .477 | .686 | 1.163 | | Last Year | | 638 | 206 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 115 | 103 | 91 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .323 | .410 | .533 | .943 | | Career | | 1269 | 399 | 70 | 2 | 59 | 238 | 206 | 169 | 169 | 13 | 0 | 16 | .314 | .398 | .512 | .910 | | Home | | 300 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 59 | 52 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .310 | .397 | .473 | .870 | | Road | | 331 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 64 | 51 | 34 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .302 | .375 | .508 | .883 | | Grass | | 631 | 193 | 37 | 1 | 26 | 123 | 103 | 78 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 9 | .306 | .386 | .491 | .877 | | Day | | 191 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 39 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .314 | .417 | .471 | .889 | | Night | | 440 | 133 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 83 | 64 | 46 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .302 | .371 | .500 | .871 | | Pinch Hitting | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | | Close/Late | | 127 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .291 | .359 | .504 | .863 | | Inning 1-3 | | 231 | 70 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .303 | .398 | .455 | .852 | | Inning 4-6 | | 206 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 46 | 34 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .282 | .346 | .461 | .807 | | Inning 7-9 | | 187 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .332 | .411 | .567 | .978 | | Extra Innings | | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | | 0 Outs | | 194 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .340 | .397 | .557 | .954 | | 1 Outs | | 223 | 66 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .296 | .386 | .475 | .861 | | 2 Outs | | 214 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .285 | .376 | .449 | .824 | | Scoring Position | | 171 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .351 | .425 | .526 | .951 | | Bases Empty | | 328 | 101 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 37 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .308 | .388 | .494 | .882 | | Runner on 1st | | 132 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 | .324 | .439 | .764 | | Runner on 2nd | | 50 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .462 | .480 | .942 | | Runner on 3rd | | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .481 | .571 | 1.053 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 38 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .282 | .395 | .677 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .367 | .343 | .500 | .843 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .467 | .615 | 1.082 | | Bases Loaded | | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .579 | .577 | .842 | 1.419 | | Two Strikes | | 241 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .249 | .338 | .386 | .724 | | First Pitch | | 89 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .360 | .372 | .573 | .945 | | Count 0-1 | | 61 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .328 | .323 | .705 | 1.027 | | Count 0-2 | | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .300 | .567 | | Count 1-0 | | 68 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .300 | .456 | .756 | | Count 1-1 | | 73 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .356 | .351 | .534 | .886 | | Count 1-2 | | 82 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .244 | .259 | .415 | .673 | | Count 2-0 | | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .345 | .536 | .881 | | Count 2-1 | | 43 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .326 | .326 | .581 | .907 | | Count 2-2 | | 71 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .264 | .352 | .616 | | Count 3-0 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .889 | .000 | .889 | | Count 3-1 | | 25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .440 | .712 | .520 | 1.232 | | Full Count | | 58 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .500 | .431 | .931 | | Behind in Count | | 173 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .277 | .282 | .497 | .780 | | Ahead in Count | | 167 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 35 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .329 | .480 | .503 | .983 |
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| Career Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 2007 New Jersey - PEBA | 25 | 162 | 638 | 206 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 115 | 103 | 91 | 7 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 2 | .323 | .410 | .533 | .943 | 72.9 | | 2008 New Jersey - PEBA | 26 | 161 | 631 | 193 | 37 | 1 | 26 | 123 | 103 | 78 | 9 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .386 | .491 | .877 | 55.6 | | Total PEBA | 2 yrs. | 323 | 1269 | 399 | 70 | 2 | 59 | 238 | 206 | 169 | 16 | 13 | 169 | 1 | 2 | .314 | .398 | .512 | .910 | 128.5 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 2007 New Jersey - PEBA | 25 | 13 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .373 | .574 | .947 | 0.0 | | 2008 New Jersey - PEBA | 26 | 10 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .343 | .477 | .686 | 1.163 | 0.0 | | Total PEBA | | 23 | 82 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .417 | .622 | 1.039 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 01-02-2007 | Drafted in the 2007 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 20, 20th overall Pick) by the West Virginia Coal Sox. | | 01-03-2007 | Was traded by the West Virginia Coal Sox to the New Jersey Hitmen, along with a 3rd draft pick, in exchange for 2B T. Kirkland, SP R. Reed. | | 04-23-2007 | Wins the PEBA IL Player of the Week Award. | | 05-01-2007 | Wins the PEBA IL Batter of the Month Award. | | 05-21-2007 | Wins the PEBA IL Player of the Week Award. | | 06-01-2007 | Wins the PEBA IL Batter of the Month Award. | | 06-22-2007 | Was selected to the 2007 Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance All-Star Game. | | 10-26-2007 | Won the 2007 Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance Planetary Extreme Championship with the New Jersey Hitmen! | | 11-02-2007 | Wins the 2007 PEBA IL Royal Raker Award. | | 11-16-2007 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $8,270,000 through arbitration. | | 01-01-2008 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 78 (78); Power: 66 (66); Eye: 80 (85). | | 03-11-2008 | Signed a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $73,000,000 with the New Jersey Hitmen organization. | | 08-25-2008 | Wins the PEBA IL Player of the Week Award. | | Leader Boards Appearances | | Year | GS | Rank | | 2007 | 162 | 1 | | 2008 | 160 | 2 | | | Year | PA | Rank | | 2007 | 741 | 1 | | 2008 | 726 | 1 | | | Year | AB | Rank | | 2007 | 638 | 3 | | 2008 | 631 | 5 | | | Year | H | Rank | | 2007 | 206 | 1 | | 2008 | 193 | 7 | | | Year | TB | Rank | | 2007 | 340 | 1 | | 2008 | 310 | 4 | | | | | Year | RBI | Rank | | 2007 | 115 | 1 | | 2008 | 123 | 1 | | | Year | R | Rank | | 2007 | 103 | 4 | | 2008 | 103 | 2 | | | Year | BB | Rank | | 2007 | 91 | 2 | | 2008 | 78 | 6 | | | | Year | EBH | Rank | | 2007 | 67 | 6 | | 2008 | 64 | 9 | | | | Year | OBP | Rank | | 2007 | .410 | 1 | | 2008 | .386 | 9 | | | | Year | RC | Rank | | 2007 | 144.03 | 1 | | 2008 | 123.63 | 4 | | | Year | RC/27 | Rank | | 2007 | 8.60 | 1 | | 2008 | 7.24 | 10 | | | | | Year | OPS | Rank | | 2007 | .943 | 1 | | 2008 | .877 | 9 | | | Year | VORP | Rank | | 2007 | 72.9 | 1 | | 2008 | 55.6 | 10 | | | |
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