Tony Cruz

26-Year-Old Catcher – St. Louis Cardinals

2013 Stats

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.182

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RBI

2

R

1

SB

0

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2013 Fantasy Baseball Outlook

Cruz spent the whole season in the bigs for the first time in his career last year. Playing behind Yadier Molina is a pretty easy gig - play once or twice a week, maybe catch a few relievers in the bu...

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LEAGUE: Majors 40 MAN: YES BATS: R THROWS: R HT: 5' 11" WT: 205 DOB: 8/18/1986 BORN: Palm Beach, FL COLLEGE: Palm Beach (FL) JC DRAFTED: 26th Rd

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Tony Cruz Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	XBH	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	23	A+	Pal	46	202	181	21	51	18	16	1	1	25	0	2	19	33	1	1	0	.282	.348	.398	.746
2010	23	A+	Cha	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
2010	23	AA	Spr	40	169	149	26	43	16	10	0	6	20	0	0	17	30	1	1	1	.289	.363	.477	.840
2010	23	AAA	Mem	4	15	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.214	.267	.429	.696
2011	24	AAA	Mem	45	164	149	13	39	10	5	1	4	25	0	1	11	31	2	1	1	.262	.315	.389	.704
2011	24	MAJ	STL	38	72	65	8	17	5	5	0	0	6	0	1	6	13	0	0	1	.262	.333	.338	.671
2012	25	MAJ	STL	51	131	126	11	32	11	9	1	1	11	0	1	3	19	0	2	0	.254	.267	.365	.632
2013	26	MAJ	STL	8	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		44	100	95	9	24	7	7	0	0	8	0	1	4	16	0	1	0	.253	.280	.326	.606

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Tony Cruz Game Log (View Full Game Log)

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DATE	OPP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	HBP	SF	E	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
May. 22	@SD	Did not play.
May. 21	@SD	Did not play.
May. 20	@SD	Did not play.
May. 19	Mil	Did not play.
May. 18	Mil	Did not play.
May. 17	Mil	Did not play.
May. 16	NYM	Did not play.
May. 15	NYM	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
May. 14	NYM	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347
May. 13	NYM	Did not play.
May. 12	Col	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393
May. 11	Col	Did not play.
May. 10	Col	Did not play.
May. 8	@ChC	Did not play.
May. 7	@ChC	Did not play.
May. 5	@Mil	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.453
May. 4	@Mil	Did not play.
May. 3	@Mil	Did not play.
May. 2	@Mil	Did not play.
May. 1	Cin	Did not play.
Apr. 30	Cin	Did not play.
Apr. 29	Cin	Did not play.
Apr. 28	Pit	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
Apr. 27	Pit	Did not play.
Apr. 26	Pit	Did not play.
Apr. 24	@Was	Did not play.
Apr. 23	@Was	Did not play.
Apr. 22	@Was	Did not play.
Apr. 21	@Phi	Did not play.
Apr. 20	@Phi	Did not play.
Last 7 Days		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Last 14 Days		5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Last 30 Days		7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.572
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Tony Cruz: MLB Games Played By Position

Year	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF	LF	CF	RF	DH
2013	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	47	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	20	2	1	3	–	2	–	–	2	–

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Tony Cruz Split Stats (View Full Split Stats)

Vs. Left

Year	AB	R	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2012	41	4	3	.195	.244	.439
2011	26	2	2	.269	.346	.668

Vs. Right

Year	AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	10	1	0	2	.200	.200	.473
2012	85	7	1	8	.282	.424	.724
2011	39	6	0	4	.256	.333	.674

Home

Year	AB	R	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	7	0	1	.143	.143	.286
2012	73	4	9	.219	.329	.563
2011	31	5	4	.226	.290	.642

Away

Year	AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	4	1	0	1	.250	.250	.650
2012	53	7	1	2	.302	.415	.730
2011	34	3	0	2	.294	.382	.697

Tony Cruz Advanced Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	PA	AB	Walk Rate	Strikeout Rate	BB/K Ratio	Contact Rate	BABIP	Isolated Power
2010	23	A+	Pal	202	181	9.4%	16.3%	0.58	82%	.340	.116
2010	23	A+	Cha	3	2	33.3%	0%	0.00	100%	.500	.000
2010	23	AA	Spr	169	149	10.1%	17.8%	0.57	80%	.327	.188
2010	23	AAA	Mem	15	14	6.7%	6.7%	1.00	93%	.167	.215
2011	24	AAA	Mem	164	149	6.7%	18.9%	0.35	79%	.307	.127
2011	24	MAJ	STL	72	65	8.3%	18.1%	0.46	80%	.327	.076
2012	25	MAJ	STL	131	126	2.3%	14.5%	0.16	85%	.292	.111
2013	26	MAJ	STL	12	11	8.3%	25%	0.33	73%	.250	.000
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		100	95	4%	16%	0.25	83%	.304	.073

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2013 Stat Review for Tony Cruz As compared to the top 350 hitters in 2012 (min 200 PA)

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.182 AVG

TERRIBLE

73% Contact Rate

POOR

.250 BABIP

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Power

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.182 SLG

TERRIBLE

.000 ISO

TERRIBLE

Plate Discipline

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0.33 BB/K

WEAK

8.3% BB Rate

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25.0% K Rate

POOR

OPS/OBP

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.432 OPS

TERRIBLE

.250 OBP

TERRIBLE

2013 Projected Stats Breakdown for Tony Cruz

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St. Louis Cardinals Roster

Majors

Adams, Matt (1B)
Beltran, Carlos (OF)
Boggs, Mitchell (P)
Carpenter, Chris (P)
Carpenter, Matt (3B)
Choate, Randy (P)
Craig, Allen (1B)
Tony Cruz (C)
Descalso, Daniel (2B)
Freese, David (3B)
Furcal, Rafael (SS)
Garcia, Jaime (P)
Gast, John (P)
Holliday, Matt (OF)
Jay, Jon (OF)
Kelly, Joe (P)
Kozma, Pete (SS)
Lynn, Lance (P)
Lyons, Tyler (P)
Maness, Seth (P)
Martinez, Carlos (P)
Miller, Shelby (P)
Molina, Yadier (C)
Motte, Jason (P)
Mujica, Edward (P)
Robinson, Shane (OF)
Rosenthal, Trevor (P)
Salas, Fernando (P)
Wainwright, Adam (P)
Westbrook, Jake (P)
Wigginton, Ty (3B)

AAA

Additon, Nicholas (P)
Blazek, Michael (P)
Browning, Barret (P)
Cerda, Matt (3B)
Chambers, Adron (OF)
Christian, Justin (OF)
Cleto, Maikel (P)
Curtis, Jermaine (3B)
Fornataro, Eric (P)
Freeman, Sam (P)
Gaub, John (P)
Gorgen, Scott (P)
Gotay, Ruben (2B)
Greenwood, Nick (P)
Huffman, Chad (OF)
Jackson, Ryan (2B)
Johnson, Rob (C)
Marte, Victor (P)
Romak, Jamie (OF)
Rondon, Jorge (P)
Rzepczynski, Marc (P)
Serrano, Andres (P)
Siegrist, Kevin (P)
Taveras, Oscar (OF)
Towles, J.R. (C)
Voss, Jay (P)
Wacha, Michael (P)
Wong, Kolten (2B)

AA

Butler, Keith (P)
Castillo, Richard (P)
Conley, Kyle (OF)

Cooney, Tim (P)
Garcia, Greg (SS)
Hooker, Deryk (P)
Lemmerman, Jake (SS)
Mulligan, Casey (P)
O'Neill, Mike (OF)
Pham, Tommy (OF)
Scruggs, Xavier (1B)
Stanley, Cody (C)
Swagerty, Jordan (P)
Whiting, Boone (P)

A+

Luna, Aaron (OF)
Nieto, Arquimedes (P)
Ramsey, James (OF)

A

Blair, Seth (P)
de la Cruz, Roberto (3B)
Garcia, Anthony (OF)
Hill, Virgil (OF)
Hunt, Shooter (P)
Jenkins, Tyrell (P)
Longmire, Nick (OF)
Piscotty, Stephen (3B)
Stock, Robert (P)
Williams, Matt (SS)
Wilson, Jacob (3B)
Wisdom, Patrick (3B)

Rookie

Bean, Steve (C)
Foody, Max (P)

Kelly, Carson (3B)
McElroy, C.J. (OF)
Tilson, Charlie (OF)
Tuivailala, Sam (SS)
Valera, Breyvic (2B)

Career Batter vs. Pitcher Stats (View All Matchup Data)

Best Matchups for Tony Cruz (by OPS, min 1 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
Ryan Mattheus	WAS	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	3.000
Joe Paterson	AZ	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	3.000
Brian Matusz	BAL	2	2	0	1	1.000	1.500	2.500
Anibal Sanchez	DET	5	3	1	1	.600	1.400	2.000
Juan Abreu	LA	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Johnny Cueto	CIN	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	2.000
Joel Hanrahan	BOS	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Michael Schwimer	TOR	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Huston Street	SD	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Raul Valdes	PHI	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Worst Matchups for Tony Cruz (by OPS, min 1 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Brett Myers	CLE	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Chris Narveson	MIL	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Jonathan Papelbon	PHI	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Manny Parra	CIN	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Chad Qualls	MIA	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Fernando Rodriguez	OAK	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Sergio Romo	SF	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Alfredo Simon	CIN	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Sean Marshall	CIN	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Cristhian Martinez	ATL	1	0	.000	.000	.000

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Tony Cruz: Past News Updates ( ▲ View most recent update )

3/27/2013

Cruz could be Jamie Garcia's personal catcher during the regular season, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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9/1/2012

Cruz played for the fourth day in a row Friday and may get a start Saturday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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7/26/2012

Cruz is in the starting lineup Thursday against the Dodgers, Fox Sports Midwest reports.

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6/27/2012

Cruz hit his first career home run Wednesday during the Cardinals' loss to the Marlins.

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6/24/2012

Cruz was the only starter for the Cardinals to fail to get a hit Saturday.

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6/6/2012

Cruz started behind the plate Tuesday and hit two singles in four at-bats.

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5/9/2012

Cruz will likely start Wednesday's game behind the plate after Yadier Molina left Tuesday's game with a bruised hand, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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5/4/2012

Cruz got a rare start Thursday, but was hitless in three at-bats.

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3/31/2012

Cruz beat out Bryan Anderson for the backup catcher job, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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2013

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2012

Called up in May, Cruz made quite a splash by banging out three hits in his major league debut and getting two more a few days later. The rest of the way, however, he hit just .211 and slugged .263, perhaps indicating that he's not quite ready for big-league play. As Yadier Molina's top backup, he's not going to get the playing time that makes him fantasy relevant, even if he could hit, but his .733 OPS in 400 minor league games seems to indicate that he cannot.

2010

Added to 40-man roster in November, 2010.

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Tony Cruz

Contact

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Overall Ratings

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