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Tommy Cruz

Puerto Rican baseball player

Baseball player

Tommy Cruz

Rakuten Monkeys – No. 3
Outfielder / Coach
Born: (1951-02-15) February 15, 1951 (age 73) Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Professional debut
MLB: September 4, 1973, for the St. Louis Cardinals
NPB: April 5, 1980, for the Nippon-Ham Fighters
Last appearance
MLB: September 25, 1977, for the Chicago White Sox
NPB: October 22, 1985, for the Nippon-Ham Fighters
MLB statistics
Batting average	.000
Home runs	0
Runs	2
NPB statistics
Batting average	.310
Home runs	120
Runs batted in	466

Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1973) Chicago White Sox (1977) Nippon-Ham Fighters (1980–1985)
Career highlights and awards
2× Pacific League All-Star (1982, 1984) Best Nine Award (1984)

Cirilo "Tommy" Cruz Dilan (born February 15, 1951) is a Puerto Rican former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1973) and Chicago White Sox (1977). Cruz batted and threw left-handed. He is the brother of Héctor and José Cruz, and uncle of José Cruz Jr.

Career

Cruz had a brief major league career, appearing in seven games for the Cardinals and White Sox, going hitless in two at-bats with two runs scored. He also played in the Rangers and Yankees farm systems. He was traded along with cash from the Cardinals to the Rangers for Sonny Siebert on October 26, 1973.^[1] He was dealt along with Jim Spencer from the White Sox to the Yankees for Stan Thomas and cash on December 12, 1977. The transaction also included an exchange of minor-league right‐handed pitcher with Ed Ricks going to the White Sox and Bob Polinsky to the Yankees.^[2]

From 1980 through 1985, Cruz played in Japan for the Nippon-Ham Fighters. An All-Star in 1982 and 1984, he posted a .310 batting average with 120 home runs and 466 RBI in 712 games played. He was given the Best Nine Award in 1984.

On January 14, 2009, Cruz was named the hitting coach for the Single-A High Desert Mavericks in the Seattle Mariners organization.^[3]

Acting

Cruz participated as an actor in the Puerto Rican film, Los Diaz de Doris, playing a policeman.

References

^ "Cards, Red Sox Confirm Trade of Wise for Smith," The New York Times, Saturday, October 27, 1973. Retrieved November 29, 2020
^ "Sports News Briefs," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 13, 1977. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ Jim Street (2009-01-12). "Mariners announce Minors coaches". MLB.com. Retrieved 2009-01-14.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Japanese Baseball Daily

Rakuten Monkeys current roster

Active roster

00 Su Chun-Chang
1 Su Chih-Hao
2 Song Jia-Xiang
3 Hong Min-Yang
4 Huang Wei-Cheng
5 Liang Chia-Jung
6 Lin Cheng-Fei
7 Kuo Yung-Wei
8 Chen Jia-Le
11 Lin Hung-yu
12 Chen Kuan-yu
13 Chen Hung-Wen
14 Su Chun-Yu
16 Chiu Hsin
17 Yu Chao-Wei
18 Liu Chia-Hsiang
19 Chen Ke-Yi
20 Chen Yu-Hsun
21 Kuo Yen-wen
22 Chu Chun-Hsiang
23 Tseng Chi
24 Tsai Chen-Yu
25 Lin Tzu-Wei
26 Yeh Chia-Chi
27 Yang Bin
28 Chang Min-Hsun
29 Chen Chun-Hsiu
30 Lin Chih-Yu
31 Tu Yu-Feng
33 Jake Dahlberg
34 Hsu Chun-Yang
35 Cheng Chin
36 Yu Te-Lung
37 Tseng Jen-Ho
38 Tung Shun-Chieh
39 Lin Li
40 Brooks Hall
44 Zeng Jia-Hui
45 Feng Chien-Ting
46 Chiu Chun-Wei
47 Hsu Yu-Hao
48 Lai Hung-Cheng
49 Pedro Fernández
51 Lai Chin-Chi
53 Yang Chia-Sheng
54 Lin Tzu-Wei
55 Li Cheng-Chen
58 Liao Chien-Fu
61 Bradin Hagens
62 Yen Hung-Chun
63 Lai Yin-Hao
64 Wang Chih-Hsuan
65 Lin Cheng-Hua
68 Wan Chao-Ching
69 Huang Tzu-Peng
74 Chiu Chia-Ching
75 Kuo Wen-Yi
77 Chuang Hsin-Yen
79 Lin Chih-Ping
80 Chiu Wei-Lun
81 Lin Hua-Wei
82 Huang Ching-Wei
83 Yang Chin-Hao
84 Huang Tzu-Hsuan
86 Chiu Tan
89 Mao Ying-Chieh
92 Fan Po-Chieh
93 Lin Kai-Chi
94 Ma Chieh-Sen
95 Lee Hsun-Chieh
97 Zhung Yu-Cheng
98 Chen Chen-Wei
168 Wen Chan-Le
177 Huang Chia-No

First squad
coaching

Manager: 99 Tseng Hao-Ju
Coaches: 42 Hong Chuan-Yi; 43 Lin Ying-chieh; 44 Charles Poe; 59 Liu Ping-Chen; 70 Hsu Ming-chieh; 73 Tsuyoshi Kawagishi; 81 Wataru Nishimura; 87 Kenji Furukubo; 90 Lin Cheng-I; 91 Chen Yen-Feng