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Jose Cruz

Astros Career team 1975 to 1987
Position LF
Born Aug 8, 1947

Key Insights

1988
One opponent brings the best out of him

Cruz has hit .556/.615/1.333 against Larry Demery in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 9 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .754 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Cruz is 7 for 13 against Rich Gale, a .538 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

16 career plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Cruz carries a .774 career OPS; against Jeff Russell it is 1.491, over 16 plate appearances.

7 for 14 with 1 home run.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Cruz has hit 5 home runs off Burt Hooton, one every 26.2 plate appearances they have shared.

131 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Cruz swings through more against Craig McMurtry than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

23 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 67 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Cruz more often than Phil Niekro: 140 plate appearances, in which Cruz has hit .282/.321/.412.

37 hits, 2 home runs and 28 strikeouts across 140 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 8, 1947