#34 Lorenzo Cruz, Rightfield, 36 yrs, New Orleans Colonels

#34 Lorenzo Cruz, Rightfield, 36 yrs, New Orleans Colonels
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Lorenzo Cruz

4/19/1974
36
Cuba
6"2
195

Rightfield
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L

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Very inconsistent
Suffers
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,000,000
2011
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
170 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 51 Days (901 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	63	52	36	67	31
Versus LHP	57	46	31	63	28
Versus RHP	66	55	38	69	32
Talent	65	54	32	74	33

Running & Bunting Ratings
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66
63
61
4
1
Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
CF : 4 (Range), .975 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 95 (Range), .998 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 5
Infield Arm : 53
Outfield Arm : 84

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/20	@HOU	W 10-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	#6
9/21	@HOU	W 4-1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#7
9/22	@DAL	L 3-5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#7
9/23	@DAL	L 3-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
9/24	@DAL	L 4-5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/25	@DAL	W 5-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	#7
9/26	@SA	W 8-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	#7
9/27	@SA	W 5-4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	#6
9/28	@SA	L 4-6	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	#7
9/29	@SA	L 3-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	155	563	159	10	3	7	72	62	55	105	.282	.347	.348	.695	.655	.066

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	153	631	4	2	1	15	2	6	196	20	36	25	59.0	80.7	4.8

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	143	33	3	0	3	16	13	10	40	1	1	3	.231	.291	.315	.606
vs. RHP	420	126	7	3	4	56	49	45	65	5	1	1	.300	.365	.360	.725
Close/Late	70	26	2	1	0	7	11	4	14	1	1	0	.371	.395	.429	.823
Scoring Position	146	44	2	1	2	65	0	18	16	6	1	2	.301	.370	.370	.740
Pinch Hitting	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	76	274	77	9	1	6	37	32	23	55	.281	.338	.387	.725
Road	79	289	82	1	2	1	35	30	32	50	.284	.353	.311	.664
March/April	22	81	24	5	0	1	18	12	8	18	.296	.355	.395	.750
May	26	98	33	2	0	2	14	12	7	19	.337	.374	.418	.792
June	26	96	26	0	2	2	12	10	11	15	.271	.343	.375	.718
July	25	88	18	2	1	0	5	6	8	23	.205	.276	.250	.526
August	29	107	30	1	0	1	10	11	9	18	.280	.345	.318	.662
Sept/Oct	27	93	28	0	0	1	13	11	12	12	.301	.377	.333	.711

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	154	565	195	30	2	6	67	80	46	4	5	86	8	15	.345	.395	.437	.832	IND
2005	89	82	29	3	2	1	13	18	5	1	0	11	6	7	.354	.398	.476	.873	IND LA
2006	86	320	104	15	3	7	40	58	38	3	1	46	19	12	.325	.401	.456	.857	LA
2007	162	576	169	28	8	6	85	87	77	5	4	80	28	22	.293	.379	.401	.780	LA
2008	120	282	88	16	1	3	43	70	24	4	3	55	17	5	.312	.371	.408	.778	LA DAL
2009	155	560	154	26	8	4	53	67	60	4	4	118	33	14	.275	.347	.371	.719	DAL NY
2010	155	563	159	10	3	7	72	62	55	4	6	105	36	25	.282	.347	.348	.695	NY NO
Total	921	2948	898	128	27	34	373	442	305	25	23	501	147	100	.305	.372	.401	.773

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
2006	4	14	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	.357	.357	.571	.929
2007	3	9	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.556	.889
2008	3	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	12	35	9	1	2	0	2	5	0	8	0	0	.257	.257	.400	.657

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Third Base	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.13
Leftfield	19	19	43	0	0	44	1	.977	169.2	2.33
Centerfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00

Player History

Drafted in 13th round, 201st overall pick, by Indiana in 2004...
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Cletus Hoffman (STL)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/2004, off Daryl Kincera (STL)...
Injured on 5/8/2004 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Platinum Glove at Rightfield in 2004...
Traded from Indiana to Los Angeles on 2/18/2005 (Going to LA: RF Lorenzo Cruz. Going to IND: LF Steven Kim)...
Played for Cuba in the 2006 World Cup...
Injured on 5/17/2006 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 10 weeks...
2/1/2007: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,635,714 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Atlanta on 8/2/2007...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/2007, hitting .625 with 1 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Platinum Glove at Rightfield in 2007...
2/1/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,635,714 through salary arbitration...
Played for Cuba in the 2008 World Cup...
Traded from Los Angeles to Dallas on 7/22/2008 (Going to LA: P Max Baez. Going to DAL: RF Lorenzo Cruz)...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,635,714 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Dallas to New York on 3/2/2009 (Going to DAL: P Wesley Jepsen. Going to NY: RF Lorenzo Cruz, P Octavio Rivera)...
5/31/2009: Signed a contract extension with New York, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Traded from New York to New Orleans on 3/2/2010 (Going to NO: RF Lorenzo Cruz. Going to NY: P Paul Bannerman, P Oscar Marquez, P Tsunechika Rokujochigusa, CF Alberto Ambriz)...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2004 - .345 - 2nd

OBP
2004 - .395 - 7th

Triples
2007 - 8 - 8th
2009 - 8 - 10th

BB
2007 - 77 - 7th
2009 - 60 - 10th

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