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Jose Cruz played 19 major-league seasons (1970-1988) as a OF (2,156), 1B (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 23 | SLN | 6 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .353 | .912 | 157 |
| 1971 | 24 | SLN | 83 | 292 | 46 | 80 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 49 | 35 | .274 | .801 | 135 |
| 1972 | 25 | SLN | 117 | 332 | 33 | 78 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 36 | 54 | .235 | .628 | 86 |
| 1973 | 26 | SLN | 132 | 406 | 51 | 92 | 10 | 57 | 10 | 51 | 66 | .227 | .689 | 97 |
| 1974 | 27 | SLN | 107 | 161 | 24 | 42 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 27 | .261 | .757 | 118 |
| 1975 | 28 | HOU | 120 | 315 | 44 | 81 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 52 | 44 | .257 | .761 | 119 |
| 1976 | 29 | HOU | 133 | 439 | 49 | 133 | 4 | 61 | 28 | 53 | 46 | .303 | .777 | 129 |
| 1977 | 30 | HOU | 157 | 579 | 87 | 173 | 17 | 87 | 44 | 69 | 67 | .299 | .843 | 132 |
| 1978 | 31 | HOU | 153 | 565 | 79 | 178 | 10 | 83 | 37 | 57 | 57 | .315 | .836 | 141 |
| 1979 | 32 | HOU | 157 | 558 | 73 | 161 | 9 | 72 | 36 | 72 | 66 | .289 | .788 | 122 |
| 1980 | 33 | HOU | 160 | 612 | 79 | 185 | 11 | 91 | 36 | 60 | 66 | .302 | .787 | 126 |
| 1981 | 34 | HOU | 107 | 409 | 53 | 109 | 13 | 55 | 5 | 35 | 49 | .267 | .745 | 117 |
| 1982 | 35 | HOU | 155 | 570 | 62 | 157 | 9 | 68 | 21 | 60 | 67 | .275 | .719 | 108 |
| 1983 | 36 | HOU | 160 | 594 | 85 | 189 | 14 | 92 | 30 | 65 | 86 | .318 | .848 | 143 |
| 1984 | 37 | HOU | 160 | 600 | 96 | 187 | 12 | 95 | 22 | 73 | 68 | .312 | .842 | 144 |
| 1985 | 38 | HOU | 141 | 544 | 69 | 163 | 9 | 79 | 16 | 43 | 74 | .300 | .776 | 124 |
| 1986 | 39 | HOU | 141 | 479 | 48 | 133 | 10 | 72 | 3 | 55 | 86 | .278 | .754 | 115 |
| 1987 | 40 | HOU | 126 | 365 | 47 | 88 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 36 | 65 | .241 | .707 | 93 |
| 1988 | 41 | NYA | 38 | 80 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .200 | .535 | 51 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | OF | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 83 | 80 | 197 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 102 | 89 | 220 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 1973 | OF | 118 | 110 | 276 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 1974 | OF | 53 | 25 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975 | OF | 94 | 80 | 187 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1976 | OF | 125 | 114 | 265 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 1977 | OF | 155 | 151 | 311 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| 1978 | OF | 152 | 149 | 311 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979 | OF | 156 | 156 | 320 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 158 | 158 | 323 | 16 | 11 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 105 | 105 | 237 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 1982 | OF | 155 | 153 | 340 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 1983 | OF | 160 | 158 | 322 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 1984 | OF | 160 | 159 | 310 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 137 | 137 | 257 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 1986 | OF | 134 | 131 | 237 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1987 | OF | 97 | 89 | 178 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1988 | OF | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jose Cruz won: Silver Slugger 1983 (NL), Silver Slugger 1984 (NL), TSN All-Star 1984 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1985, 1984, 1983, 1981, 1980.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 166 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 25 / 336 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 76 / 336 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 53 / 336 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.