Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1996
- College
- Arizona State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1996
- College
- Arizona State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 409
- AB
- 729
- R
- 95
- H
- 176
- HR
- 19
- RBI
- 105
- SB
- 4
- AVG
- .241
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | SF | 33 | 77 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .234 |
| 1997 | SF | 16 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .160 |
| 1998 |  CLE/SF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1999 | CLE | 32 | 88 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .330 |
| 2000 | CLE | 11 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .241 |
| 2001 |  CLE/COL | 72 | 144 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 18 | 0 | .215 |
| 2002 | DET | 35 | 88 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .273 |
| 2004 | CIN | 96 | 147 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 28 | 0 | .224 |
| 2005 | CIN | 110 | 127 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 18 | 0 | .236 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 842
- TB
- 275
- XBH
- 59
- HBP
- 16
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 20
- P/PA
- 1.98
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | SF | 92 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | SF | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | CLE/SF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | CLE | 96 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | CLE | 36 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | CLE/COL | 166 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | DET | 107 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 |
| 2004 | CIN | 167 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | CIN | 145 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.0
- RC
- 89.8
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .136
- SECA
- .247
- BB/K
- 0.41
- AB/HR
- 38.4
- GO/FO
- 1.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | SF | 0.4 | 10.6 | 4.5 | .156 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 25.7 | 0 |
| 1997 | SF | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | .040 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | CLE/SF | -0.1 | -0.4 | -2.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | CLE | 0.6 | 14.2 | 5.7 | .182 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 29.3 | 0 |
| 2000 | CLE | 0.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | .103 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | CLE/COL | -1.1 | 13 | 2.8 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 36 | 0 |
| 2002 | DET | 0.2 | 14.5 | 5.6 | .125 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 44 | 0 |
| 2004 | CIN | -0.2 | 15.4 | 3.5 | .116 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 49 | 1 |
| 2005 | CIN | 0.2 | 18 | 5 | .173 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 31.8 | 0.9 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Jacob Cruz's career stats?
Jacob Cruz played 9 seasons for the Giants, the Guardians, the Tigers and the Reds. He was a career .241 hitter with 176 hits, 19 home runs and 105 RBI. His best season was 1999: a .330 batting average, 3 home runs and 17 RBI.
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