Max
Cruz
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 3, 1972 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2008   
All-Star Selections 2009   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 27 MD FF $ 2,790,000 5 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4
2001 28 MD FF $ 2,790,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 4
2002 29 MD FF $ 2,790,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
2003 30 MD FF $ 2,790,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 2 3
2004 31 MD FF $ 2,790,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 2 3
2005 32 MD FF $ 2,790,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 3 4
2006 33 MD FF $ 300,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 4
2007 34 MD FF $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
2008 35 MD FF $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,790,000 5 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 36 MD FF $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6
2010 37 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
2011 38 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
2012 39 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 27 MD FF 156 564 84 180 20 3 16 62 1 0 38 133 .319 .365 .450 .815 89.0 17.3
2001 28 MD FF 157 533 67 157 21 2 9 56 2 1 39 114 .295 .357 .392 .749 72.1 12.4
2002 29 MD FF 34 72 11 20 3 0 2 16 2 1 9 7 .278 .361 .403 .764 11.2 3.3
    AAA   18 71 11 27 5 0 3 15 1 1 4 17 .380 .413 .577 .991 14.4  
2003 30 MD FF 93 165 18 36 4 0 1 18 2 1 11 34 .218 .272 .261 .533 10.9 0.8
    AAA   11 38 6 16 2 0 2 5 0 2 10 9 .421 .542 .632 1.173 11.0  
2004 31 MD FF 109 111 9 30 5 1 3 15 1 0 9 20 .270 .322 .414 .737 13.4 2.9
2005 32 MD FF 139 423 50 133 12 2 12 68 5 3 27 69 .314 .357 .437 .795 61.8 16.0
2006 33 MD FF 142 429 48 125 19 1 12 70 2 2 32 78 .291 .346 .424 .770 60.0 14.4
2007 34 MD FF 142 457 55 141 23 2 13 71 0 3 27 67 .309 .355 .453 .808 66.3 12.2
2008 35 MD FF 153 560 70 171 18 5 16 87 0 0 42 91 .305 .359 .441 .800 83.6 18.6
2009 36 MD FF 158 554 77 175 29 4 20 89 1 0 39 76 .316 .368 .491 .859 91.3 20.0
2010 37 MD FF 135 421 47 105 15 2 9 52 0 0 31 65 .249 .315 .359 .674 47.7 9.4
2011 38 MD FF 6 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.7 0.6
    AAA   46 36 2 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .250 .308 .250 .558 2.9  
2012 39 AAA   30 44 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .182 .217 .227 .445 1.7  
12 Years Sim 1424 4296 536 1276 169 22 113 604 17 11 305 754 .297 .351 .426 .776 608.8 127.7
4 Years AAA 105 189 19 60 9 0 5 27 1 3 19 38 .317 .390 .444 .834 30.0  
162 Game Average 488 60 145 19 2 12 68 1 1 34 85 .297 .351 .426 .776 69.3  
Career Highs 158 564 84 180 29 5 20 89 5 3 42 133 .429 .500 .491 .929 91.3  
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   3462 441 1069 136 18 94 505 15 11 247 611 .309 .362 .440 .802 515.9
vs LH   834 95 207 33 4 19 99 2 0 58 143 .248 .301 .366 .667 90.7
Home 705 2150 265 631 92 11 52 300 7 5 155 375 .293 .349 .419 .768 297.1
Away 719 2146 271 645 77 11 61 304 10 6 150 379 .301 .352 .432 .784 309.5
RISP   1025 0 351 48 6 21 451 0 0 90 159 .342 .400 .462 .862 174.9
Pinch Hitting   318 26 75 12 1 7 51 1 0 32 59 .236 .304 .346 .650 35.0
Close/Late   596 45 154 23 4 12 72 0 0 58 101 .258 .328 .371 .699 72.8
Mar/Apr 220 665 77 209 36 6 16 96 2 3 36 113 .314 .359 .459 .818 98.6
May 260 852 121 267 26 3 26 121 5 2 53 132 .313 .361 .442 .803 127.4
June 234 608 83 190 24 2 16 83 5 2 53 102 .313 .376 .438 .813 94.6
July 202 599 64 143 23 2 12 77 1 1 36 120 .239 .290 .344 .634 57.2
August 249 767 94 243 32 6 22 129 1 1 53 139 .317 .363 .460 .823 120.0
Sep/Oct 259 805 97 224 28 3 21 98 3 2 74 148 .278 .346 .399 .745 108.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2000 27 MD FF RF 133 133 1162.0 262 9 5 0 .982 2.10   2.5
2001 28 MD FF RF 108 108 940.7 211 6 5 1 .977 2.08   2.0
    LF 22 22 190.3 38 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2002 29 MD FF RF 21 13 136.7 29 0 1 0 .967 1.91   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2003 30 MD FF LF 27 27 236.7 42 0 0 0 1.000 1.60   0.8
    RF 8 3 34.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    CF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2004 31 MD FF RF 15 5 69.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.43   0.1
2005 32 MD FF RF 86 84 741.0 144 3 4 0 .974 1.79   2.4
    LF 22 20 179.0 30 1 3 0 .912 1.56    
2006 33 MD FF RF 128 105 947.3 244 8 6 3 .977 2.39   3.2
2007 34 MD FF RF 131 107 975.7 241 3 6 0 .976 2.25   3.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2008 35 MD FF RF 150 143 1282.0 365 7 10 2 .974 2.61   5.7
2009 36 MD FF RF 153 144 1279.0 318 6 6 2 .982 2.28   4.3
2010 37 MD FF RF 126 108 983.3 306 5 13 2 .960 2.85   3.9
2011 38 MD FF RF 6 2 23.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 5.02   0.2
  RF 1065 955 8574.0 2156 47 57 10 .975 2.31   27.5
  LF 72 69 607.0 111 1 3 0 .974 1.66   0.8
  CF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 2 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.1
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1145 1024 9197.0 2270 51 60 10 .975 2.27   28.4
Career Highs   153 144 1282.0 365 9 13 3 1.000 5.02    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 30 MD FF 8 36 5 15 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 6 .417 .462 .583 1.045
2005 32 MD FF 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
2006 33 MD FF 7 29 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 6 .310 .375 .414 .789
2008 35 MD FF 10 32 4 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 8 .313 .353 .375 .728
2010 37 MD FF 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 30 105 13 36 4 2 1 12 0 0 8 22 .343 .389 .448 .837
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
2000-8-.319
2009-6-.316
OPS
2009-9-.859
Games
2009-5-158
Hits
2000-10-180
2009-6-175
Total Bases
2009-9-272
Singles
2000-5-141
RBIs
2009-10-89
Strikeouts
2000-10-133
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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