Vanilla
Cruz
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: December 12, 1995 in Venezuela
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2017 21 UT GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 2 2
2018 22 UT GE     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 3 2
2019 23 UT GE     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
2020 24 UT GE     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 6 5
2021 25 UT GE     4 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
2022 26 UT GE $ 300,000   4 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
2023 27 UT GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 4 6 5
2024 28 UT GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6
2025 29 UT GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 5 6 6
2026 30 UT GE     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6
2027 31 UT GE     3 3 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 5 6 6
2028 32 UT GE     3 3 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 5 6 6
2029 33 UT GE     3 3 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 4 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 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
2017 21 A   138 481 30 100 28 1 0 45 0 3 28 92 .208 .251 .270 .522 28.7  
2018 22 A   135 451 42 120 33 0 6 46 3 1 37 84 .266 .322 .379 .701 53.9  
2019 23 A   137 491 42 136 34 0 3 63 2 2 55 63 .277 .350 .365 .714 62.6  
2020 24 A   137 502 45 112 21 2 9 72 3 2 58 41 .223 .304 .327 .630 52.3  
2021 25 AA   129 432 33 98 22 0 7 46 1 1 32 40 .227 .280 .326 .607 39.1  
2022 26 UT GE 18 18 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .211 .333 .544 1.2 0.0
    AA   37 77 8 15 3 0 1 5 0 0 8 7 .195 .271 .273 .543 5.9  
2023 27 UT GE 121 226 19 47 9 0 2 22 0 0 6 21 .208 .226 .274 .500 15.4 0.0
2024 28 UT GE 63 76 2 17 6 0 2 10 0 0 4 13 .224 .263 .382 .644 6.2 0.5
    AAA   5 16 4 8 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .750 1.250 4.1  
2025 29 UT GE 102 206 14 43 3 0 5 23 0 0 10 28 .209 .249 .296 .545 14.7 0.7
2026 30 AAA   138 446 35 80 18 2 7 48 0 0 27 45 .179 .226 .276 .502 25.7  
2027 31 AAA   48 122 10 19 4 0 1 13 0 0 9 14 .156 .214 .213 .427 4.5  
2028 32 AAA   100 315 29 62 21 1 5 34 0 0 11 38 .197 .224 .317 .541 20.3  
2029 33 AAA   138 465 29 97 25 0 5 52 2 2 29 70 .209 .255 .295 .550 33.0  
4 Years Sim 304 526 35 110 21 0 9 56 0 0 20 65 .209 .240 .300 .540 37.4 1.2
5 Years AAA 429 1364 107 266 72 3 18 148 2 2 76 169 .195 .246 .292 .537 87.5  
2 Years AA 166 509 41 113 25 0 8 51 1 1 40 47 .222 .285 .318 .603 45.0  
4 Years A 547 1925 159 468 116 3 18 226 8 8 178 280 .243 .311 .335 .646 197.6  
11 Years Minors 1142 3798 307 847 213 6 44 425 11 11 294 496 .223 .284 .317 .601 330.1  
162 Game Average 280 18 58 11 0 4 29 0 0 10 34 .209 .240 .300 .540 20.0  
Career Highs 121 226 19 47 9 0 5 23 0 0 10 28 .224 .263 .382 .644 15.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   441 33 94 15 0 9 48 0 0 18 47 .213 .246 .308 .555 31.6
vs LH   85 2 16 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 18 .188 .205 .259 .463 3.4
Home 150 260 16 52 10 0 5 31 0 0 13 36 .200 .240 .296 .536 17.4
Away 154 266 19 58 11 0 4 25 0 0 7 29 .218 .239 .305 .544 17.6
RISP   116 0 31 5 0 1 46 0 0 5 9 .267 .283 .336 .620 11.1
Pinch Hitting   97 8 19 8 0 0 7 0 0 3 12 .196 .231 .278 .509 4.8
Close/Late   76 3 10 3 0 1 5 0 0 4 9 .132 .173 .211 .383 1.6
Mar/Apr 34 34 5 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 .265 .324 .324 .648 3.2
May 39 49 4 11 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 5 .224 .220 .388 .608 4.2
June 53 72 4 14 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 10 .194 .205 .278 .483 3.4
July 48 89 5 18 1 0 2 8 0 0 2 13 .202 .223 .281 .504 5.0
August 56 132 6 32 7 0 1 21 0 0 11 16 .242 .297 .318 .615 12.6
Sep/Oct 74 150 11 26 6 0 3 12 0 0 4 18 .173 .199 .273 .472 6.6
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
2022 26 UT GE 1B 2 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2023 27 UT GE 1B 51 47 412.7 521 34 3 60 .995 12.10   0.0
2024 28 UT GE 1B 52 12 190.3 242 22 0 23 1.000 12.48   0.4
2025 29 UT GE 1B 100 60 557.0 697 38 5 70 .993 11.88   0.5
Career Totals   205 119 1167.0 1467 94 8 153 .995 12.04   1.0
Career Highs   100 60 557.0 697 38 5 70 1.000 12.48    
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 81st overall pick, by Utah in 2017
Had first career hit (double) on 9/11/2022, off Leonel Nicely (MN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/2023, off Skip Witchell (TX)