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John Kruk
John Martin Kruk

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 204 lb.
School Allegany CC

MLB Debut April 7, 1986
Final Game July 30, 1995
Born February 9, 1961 in Charleston, WV (age 63)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 25 SDN NL  113  235   48   79   7   2   4   21   0   2   49   49  .336  .451  .434  .885   121   102   0   0   2   0  10  
 1987 26 SDN NL  119  317   56   94  10   1  20   43   7   2   47   62  .297  .383  .524  .907   122   166   0   4   1   0   8  
 1988 27 SDN NL   99  301   43   73  14   0   7   35   2   3   66   50  .243  .376  .359  .734   110   108   0   3   4   0   7  
         CIN NL   24   62    7   14   6   0   1    3   1   1    9   15  .226  .324  .371  .695    96    23   0   0   0   0   2  
         TOT     123  363   50   87  20   0   8   38   3   4   75   65  .240  .367  .361  .728         131   0   3   4   0   9 
 1989 28 CIN NL  121  376   55  127  15   6   9   43   1   0   37   47  .338  .394  .481  .876   126   181   1   3   0   0   9  
 1990 29 CIN NL  121  377   60  112  23  10   6   40   4   0   50   53  .297  .379  .459  .837   112   173   0   1   1   0   9  
 1991 30 CIN NL  147  548   90  162  33   4  29   96   1   0   56  105  .296  .360  .529  .889   126   290   0   2   2   0  17  MVP-12
 1992 31 CIN NL  148  511   74  150  27   4  14   63   3   4   77   93  .294  .383  .444  .828   119   227   0   4   3   0  13  
 1993 32 CIN NL  152  542  103  176  38   6  18   86   5   0  106   90  .325  .433  .517  .949   126   280   0   4   2   0  14  MVP-15
 1994 33 CIN NL   74   78    8   26   6   0   1   14   0   0   13    9  .333  .429  .449  .877   115    35   0   0   0   0   3  
 1995 34 FLN NL   45   94   13   27   6   0   2   12   0   0   24   24  .287  .429  .415  .843   116    39   0   1   0   0   5  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     1163 3441  557 1040 185  33 111  456  24  12  534  597  .302  .394  .472  .866        1624   1  22  15   0  97
 Per 600 PA           516   84  156  28   5  17   68   4   2   80   90                                 244   0   3   2   0  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN      787 2494  397  767 148  30  78  345  15   5  348  412  .308  .390  .485  .875        1209   1  14   8   0  67
   With SDN      331  853  147  246  31   3  31   99   9   7  162  161  .288  .399  .441  .840         376   0   7   7   0  25
   With FLN       45   94   13   27   6   0   2   12   0   0   24   24  .287  .429  .415  .843          39   0   1   0   0   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1200 3897  582 1170 199  34 100  592  58  31  649  701  .300  .397  .446  .842        1737  12  43  83   2  92
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1986 25 SDN NL  24   46   7.5  45  15   0  .333   3   18    7  .389    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e6    57   
 1987 26 SDN NL  15   65   7.4  37   7   1  .189   2   30   13  .433    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e6    13   
 1988 27 SDN NL   8   44   4.9  11   3   0  .273   3   28   14  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e3     3   
         CIN NL   8    7   3.9   0   0   0  .000   0   10    6  .600    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e3   -37   
         TOT                    11   3   0  .273   3   38   20  .526    0    0  .000
 1989 28 CIN NL  13   71   7.4  27   8   1  .296   6   21    8  .381    0    0  .000  1B   4e8        65   
 1990 29 CIN NL  12   67   6.6  15   7   0  .467   2   33   15  .455    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e4    20   
 1991 30 CIN NL  38  101   6.8   3   2   0  .667   1   54   21  .389    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e3     38   
 1992 31 CIN NL  29   88   6.3   5   1   0  .200   9   45   15  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e5   -53   
 1993 32 CIN NL  27  128   9.0   4   0   0  .000  11   48   23  .479    0    0  .000  1B   4e9        44   
 1994 33 CIN NL  18   15   7.5  59  21   1  .356   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   3e7        54   
 1995 34 FLN NL  48   17   6.5  18   5   0  .278   7    8    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e30       55   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          653   7.0 224  69   3  .308  44  297  124  .418    0    0  .000                  21   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 29.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 22.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1986 25 SDN NL  LF    45    51     2    2    0   .964    41   348.0   1.37
                 1B    14    67     7    1    5   .987     9    82.0   8.12
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0    12.0   0.75
 1987 26 SDN NL  LF    77   119     5    2    0   .984    75   628.0   1.78
                 1B     7    42     6    0    3  1.000     3    43.0  10.05
 1988 27 SDN NL  LF    87   104     4    3    0   .973    87   736.1   1.32
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
                 1B     2     2     0    0    2  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
         CIN NL  LF    17    22     1    0    0  1.000    16   127.0   1.63
                 1B     6    12     1    0    1  1.000     0    15.0   7.80
 1989 28 CIN NL  1B    84   663    56    6   57   .992    82   737.1   8.78
                 LF     6     4     0    0    0  1.000     5    38.1   0.94
                 RF     4     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    22.0   0.82
 1990 29 CIN NL  LF    79    97     3    2    0   .980    78   665.2   1.35
                 1B    24   114    13    0   12  1.000    11   125.2   9.10
                 RF     6     6     0    0    0  1.000     4    30.2   1.76
 1991 30 CIN NL  LF   142   198     8    1    0   .995   141  1182.2   1.57
                 1B    10    26     5    0    2  1.000     1    25.0  11.16
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     4.0   0.00
 1992 31 CIN NL  LF   137   214     9    8    0   .965   136  1100.2   1.82
                 RF     5     4     0    1    0   .800     5    44.0   0.82
                 1B     1     1     0    0    1  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1993 32 CIN NL  1B   148  1297   132   11  130   .992   148  1275.1  10.08
 1994 33 CIN NL  1B    13    56    10    0    6  1.000     3    59.0  10.07
 1995 34 FLN NL  1B    30   180    15    7   15   .965    23   190.2   9.20
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   590   809    32   18    0   .979   579  4826.2   1.57
                 1B   339  2460   245   25  234   .991   280  2557.0   9.52
                 RF    20    14     0    1    0   .933    12   116.2   1.08
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1988 WS    CIN OAA   W    5   8  1  3  0  0  0   0  5  0  .375  .615  .375  0
 1989 NLCS  CIN CHN   W    3   9  2  2  1  0  0   0  3  1  .222  .417  .333  0
      WS    CIN TOA   W    5  11  3  3  1  0  1   1  3  2  .273  .429  .636  0
 1990 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    3  15  2  3  0  0  0   2  0  6  .200  .200  .200  0
      WS    CIN SEA   W    3   9  2  4  0  2  0   4  0  1  .444  .444  .889  0
 1991 NLCS  CIN PIN   W    3   7  1  1  0  0  0   0  2  2  .143  .333  .143  0
      WS    CIN SEA   L    7  26  6  7  0  0  2   5  3  4  .269  .333  .500  0
 1994 NLDS  CIN SDN   W    2   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0
      NLCS  CIN MON   L    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 1995 NLDS  FLN SFN   W    3   7  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .143  .250  .143  0
      NLCS  FLN CIN   W    2   3  0  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  .333  .500  .667  0
      WS    FLN SEA   W    2   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .333  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1986  SDN   85-77   Mike Tomeo
 1987  SDN   85-77   Mike Tomeo
 1988  SDN   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1988  CIN  103-59   Alan Boodman
 1989  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1990  CIN   97-65   Alan Boodman
 1991  CIN   94-68   Alan Boodman
 1992  CIN   81-81   Alan Boodman
 1993  CIN   69-93   Alan Boodman
 1994  CIN  102-60   Alan Boodman
 1995  FLN   94-68   Thomas Treece

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