Julio Cruz












1977-1983


Given Name: Julio Luis Cruz

Born: 12/2/54 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Height: 5'9" Weight: 165

Bats: B Throws: R

Debut: 7/4/77

Position: Second Base

Acquired: Selected in the 5th round of the expansion draft (Nov. 5, 1976) from the California Angels Was the 26th player selected of 30 by the Mariners.

Personal: Also known as "Cruzer" and "Juice". Played baseball and basketball at Redlands High in California. School basketball MVP in soph and senior years. Earned associate degree in liberal arts from San Bernadino Valley Jr College. Resides in Bellevue, WA .


Career Totals

Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
1977 Sea .256 60 199 25 51 3 1 1 7 24 29 15
1978 Sea .235 147 550 77 129 14 1 1 25 69 66 59
1979 Sea .271 107 414 70 112 16 2 1 29 62 61 49
1980 Sea .209 119 422 66 88 9 3 2 16 58 49 45
1981 Sea .256 94 352 57 90 12 3 2 24 39 40 43
1982 Sea .242 154 549 83 133 22 5 8 49 57 71 46
1983 Sea .254 61 181 24 46 10 1 2 12 20 22 33
1983 CWS .251 99 334 47 84 9 4 1 40 29 44 24
  Yr .252 160 515 71 130 19 5 3 52 49 66 57
1984 CWS .222 143 415 42 92 14 4 5 43 45 58 14
1985 CWS .197 91 234 28 46 2 3 0 15 32 40 8
1986 CWS .215 81 209 38 45 2 0 0 19 42 28 7
totals 10 Yrs .237 1,156 3,859 557 916 113 27 23 279 478 508 343








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