#62 John Kruk, Leftfield, 38 yrs, New York (N) Mets Sunday, 10/31/1999 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| John Kruk
2/9/1961 38 USA,WV,CHARLESTON 5"10 234
Leftfield L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Normal Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 1,000,000 1999 13 Year(s), 52 Days (2288 total Days) 172 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 52 Days (2288 total Days) 13 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Talent | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 2 2 1 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 3 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 8 (Range), .981 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 5 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 6
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
8/26 | @CIN | L 0-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/1 | @CHC | L 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/2 | @CHC | W 8-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/4 | @STL | L 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #8 | | |
9/6 | @STL | W 11-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #9 | | |
9/10 | FLA | L 1-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #9 | | |
9/15 | @COL | W 9-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/20 | @MON | W 12-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/23 | CIN | L 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/26 | @SFN | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 86 | 122 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 31 | .230 | .309 | .295 | .604 | .500 | .066 |
Projected | 86 | 122 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 31 | .230 | .309 | .295 | .604 | .500 | .066 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 20 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 10.7 | 2.8 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 60 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .274 | .300 | .574 |
vs. RHP | 62 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .210 | .338 | .290 | .628 |
Close/Late | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 |
Scoring Position | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .087 | .258 | .174 | .432 |
Pinch Hitting | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .205 | .333 | .273 | .606 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 40 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | .152 | .255 | .174 | .428 |
Road | 46 | 76 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | .276 | .333 | .368 | .702 |
March/April | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .308 | .364 | .671 |
May | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .100 | .357 | .100 | .457 |
June | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | .360 | .455 | .520 | .975 |
July | 16 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .200 | .234 | .244 | .478 |
August | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 |
Sept/Oct | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1986 | 37 | 153 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .335 | .359 | .695 | BOS TEX |
1987 | 153 | 592 | 178 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 80 | 107 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 0 | 2 | .301 | .381 | .434 | .815 | TEX |
1988 | 158 | 623 | 187 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 81 | 96 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 129 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .383 | .424 | .807 | TEX |
1989 | 148 | 587 | 184 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 76 | 108 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 113 | 2 | 0 | .313 | .393 | .448 | .841 | TEX,AL |
1990 | 150 | 571 | 178 | 37 | 4 | 15 | 102 | 96 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 0 | .312 | .406 | .469 | .875 | TEX TOR |
1991 | 102 | 360 | 110 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 41 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .415 | .397 | .812 | TOR |
1992 | 158 | 588 | 168 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 74 | 92 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .383 | .417 | .799 | TOR SEA |
1993 | 153 | 552 | 167 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 74 | 108 | 110 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .419 | .449 | .868 | SEA |
1994 | 155 | 576 | 182 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 83 | 104 | 96 | 1 | 3 | 92 | 4 | 2 | .316 | .413 | .448 | .861 | SEA |
1995 | 151 | 543 | 147 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 91 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 2 | 1 | .271 | .374 | .390 | .765 | SEA |
1996 | 124 | 278 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 36 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .345 | .360 | .704 | SEA PHI |
1997 | 96 | 187 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .335 | .374 | .709 | PHI HOU |
1998 | 135 | 281 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .355 | .367 | .721 | NYN |
1999 | 86 | 122 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .309 | .295 | .604 | NYN |
Total | 1806 | 6013 | 1760 | 352 | 46 | 106 | 794 | 972 | 913 | 15 | 18 | 1101 | 14 | 8 | .293 | .386 | .419 | .806 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1986, AAA | 119 | 473 | 131 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 59 | 58 | 40 | 112 | 4 | 5 | .277 | .331 | .425 | .756 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1986 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .875 | 1.375 |
1987 | 14 | 59 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .339 | .391 | .542 | .933 |
1988 | 10 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .361 | .439 | .528 | .967 |
1990 | 13 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .293 | .345 | .639 |
1997 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
Total | 51 | 163 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .325 | .375 | .485 | .860 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
Leftfield | 31 | 20 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 | .976 | 190.0 | 1.99 | | | | |
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11/3/1995: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $5,020,000 per year, for 2 years. Traded from Seattle to Philadelphia on 2/7/1996 (Going to PHI: LF John Kruk, P Greg Swindell, P Carlos Perez. Going to SEA: RF Mark Whiten)... Released by Philadelphia on 8/13/1997... Signed as a free agent by Houston on 8/28/1997 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year... Won World Championship with Houston in 1997... Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/9/1998 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1989 - .313 - 9th 1994 - .316 - 10th
| OBP 1990 - .406 - 8th 1992 - .383 - 8th 1993 - .419 - 2nd 1994 - .413 - 7th
| Hits 1988 - 187 - 7th 1989 - 184 - 9th
| Doubles 1992 - 41 - 4th
| Triples 1989 - 8 - 5th 1993 - 7 - 10th
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Runs 1987 - 107 - 5th 1989 - 108 - 7th 1992 - 92 - 10th 1993 - 108 - 10th
| BB 1992 - 92 - 7th 1993 - 110 - 4th 1994 - 96 - 7th 1995 - 88 - 5th
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