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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

José Cruz Jr. 2026 Season · HOU

José Cruz Jr. played in the majors from 1997 to 2008. His career NUT is +3.2, #1,287 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2001 (+1.6). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .247/.337/.445, 204 HR, 1167 H in 1388 games.

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José Cruz Jr. Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

José Cruz Jr.

#23

CF · HOU

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BGood

+3.2Career NUT

+11.8 to Great

Career

.247AVG204HR624RBI1167H713R113SB

Career · season grades

S/R · 6' 0", 210 lb · b. Apr 19, 1974 · Arroyo, Puerto Rico · Draft 1995 (1st Rd, #3)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1997	23	SEA	+0.5	49	198	183	28	49	12	1	12	34	13	0	0	45	1	0	1	1	3	.268	.315	.541	.273	.856	.291
1997	23	TOR	+0.0	55	244	212	31	49	7	0	14	34	28	0	2	72	6	2	4	0	2	.231	.316	.462	.231	.778	.269
1997	23	TOT	+0.5	104	442	395	59	98	19	1	26	68	41	0	2	117	7	2	5	1	5	.248	.315	.499	.251	.814	.280
1998	24	TOR	+0.2	105	413	352	55	89	14	3	11	42	57	0	3	99	11	4	4	0	0	.253	.354	.403	.150	.757	.317
1999	25	TOR	+0.2	106	414	349	63	84	19	3	14	45	64	0	5	91	14	4	0	1	6	.241	.358	.433	.192	.791	.287
2000	26	TOR	-0.2	162	681	603	91	146	32	5	31	76	71	2	3	129	15	5	3	2	11	.242	.323	.466	.224	.789	.258
2001	27	TOR	+1.6	146	627	577	92	158	38	4	34	88	45	1	4	138	32	5	2	2	8	.274	.326	.530	.256	.856	.305
2002	28	TOR	+0.0	124	522	466	64	114	26	5	18	70	51	0	1	106	7	1	4	1	8	.245	.317	.438	.193	.755	.277
2003	29	SF	+0.7	158	650	539	90	135	26	1	20	68	102	0	6	121	5	8	7	2	14	.250	.366	.414	.164	.780	.284
2004	30	TBD	-0.3	153	636	545	76	132	25	8	21	78	76	2	8	117	11	6	8	5	6	.242	.333	.433	.191	.766	.267
2005	31	ARI	+0.3	64	245	202	23	43	9	0	12	28	42	0	2	54	0	1	1	0	6	.213	.347	.436	.223	.783	.226
2005	31	BOS	—	4	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.083	.641	.375
2005	31	LAD	+1.0	47	179	156	23	47	14	2	6	22	23	0	1	43	0	1	0	0	4	.301	.391	.532	.231	.923	.383
2005	31	TOT	+1.3	115	437	370	46	93	24	2	18	50	66	0	3	101	0	2	1	0	10	.251	.364	.473	.222	.837	.298
2006	32	LAD	-0.2	86	273	223	34	52	16	1	5	17	43	0	2	54	5	1	3	4	3	.233	.353	.381	.148	.734	.281
2007	33	SD	-0.7	91	293	256	37	60	12	3	6	21	31	0	1	65	6	1	1	5	3	.234	.316	.375	.141	.691	.290
2008	34	HOU	—	38	60	49	6	6	1	0	0	1	11	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.283	.143	.021	.426	.150
Career	—	12 yrs	+3.2	1388	5448	4724	713	1167	252	36	204	624	658	5	38	1147	113	39	38	23	74	.247	.337	.445	.198	.782	.282

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Cruz Jr.'s career NUT of +3.2

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.6

9798990001020304050607

NUT by Season

+0.5

+0.2

-0.2

+1.6

+0.0

+0.7

-0.3

+1.3

-0.2

-0.7

Awards

1997Blue Jays Rookie of the Year

2000AL Player of the Week · Caribbean Series MVP

2001AL Player of the Week · Blue Jays MVP

2003Rawlings NL Gold Glove

2004AL Player of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1995	21	A+	35	170	144	34	37	7	1	7	29	24	0	1	50	3	1	2	0	1	.257	.359	.465	.208	.824	.337
1996	22	A+	53	248	203	38	66	17	1	6	43	39	0	1	33	7	1	6	0	4	.325	.423	.507	.182	.930	.353
1996	22	AA	47	209	181	39	51	10	2	3	31	27	0	4	38	5	0	1	0	8	.282	.373	.409	.127	.782	.340
1996	22	AAA	22	95	76	15	18	1	2	6	15	18	0	1	12	1	1	0	1	2	.237	.383	.539	.302	.922	.207
1997	23	AAA	50	226	190	33	51	16	2	6	30	34	1	1	44	3	0	0	1	4	.268	.382	.468	.200	.850	.321
1998	24	AAA	40	174	141	29	42	14	1	7	23	32	0	0	32	8	4	1	0	2	.298	.425	.560	.262	.985	.340
1999	25	AAA	31	132	103	17	19	3	1	3	14	28	0	3	20	5	0	1	0	3	.184	.356	.320	.136	.676	.198
2005	31	AAA	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	.334	1.000	.500
2007	33	AAA	16	71	62	12	17	4	0	1	7	9	0	2	12	3	0	0	0	0	.274	.366	.387	.113	.753	.327

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