John
Santacruz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 21, 1974 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2001   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 27 TRN VL $ 1,034,000   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
2002 28 SPR VL $ 1,034,000   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
2003 29 SPR VL $ 1,034,000   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
2004 30 SPR VL $ 1,150,000   3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2005 31 SPR VL $ 1,150,000   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2006 32 BOS VL $ 1,150,000   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2007 33 HOL GL $ 1,150,000   3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2008 34 SAC GL $ 1,710,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2009 35 SAC GL $ 1,710,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
2010 36 SAC GL $ 1,710,000   4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
2011 37 SAC GL $ 1,220,000   2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
2012 38 SAC GL $ 100,000   0 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 100,000   0 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 1,710,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 27 TRN VL $ 1,034,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 28 SPR VL $ 1,034,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 29 SPR VL $ 1,034,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 30 SPR VL $ 1,150,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 31 SPR VL $ 1,150,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 32 BOS VL $ 1,150,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 33 HOL GL $ 1,150,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 34 SAC GL $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2009 35 SAC GL $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 36 SAC GL $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 37 SAC GL $ 1,220,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 38 SAC GL $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Min Ratings $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Max Ratings $ 1,710,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2001 27 TRN VL 11 10 .524 32 32 0 0 0 206.7 215 100 13 71 159 4.35 .270 .335 .380 .715 13.7
2002 28 SPR VL 9 11 .450 25 25 1 0 0 149.7 204 106 10 67 95 6.37 .331 .393 .456 .850 3.9
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 14.7 17 8 2 3 9 4.91 .293 .328 .534 .862  
2003 29 SPR VL 14 11 .560 31 31 2 1 0 196.0 230 114 16 85 96 5.23 .298 .366 .451 .818 9.9
2004 30 SPR VL 13 18 .419 39 39 4 1 0 240.3 310 177 36 79 137 6.63 .311 .364 .515 .879 6.9
2005 31 SPR VL 8 11 .421 26 26 0 0 0 165.7 206 105 22 64 79 5.70 .304 .360 .487 .848 5.4
2006 32 BOS VL 6 2 .750 13 9 0 0 1 65.0 72 30 8 14 46 4.15 .279 .318 .438 .756 3.8
    AAA   3 2 .600 7 7 0 0 0 53.0 37 18 7 18 45 3.06 .200 .271 .411 .682  
2007 33 HOL GL 6 5 .545 16 14 0 0 2 89.0 103 56 14 34 41 5.66 .287 .352 .468 .820 1.7
    AAA   2 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 28.3 21 7 2 5 18 2.22 .202 .239 .308 .546  
2008 34 SAC GL 11 7 .611 28 28 4 1 0 190.0 201 89 21 55 81 4.22 .270 .321 .424 .746 10.0
2009 35 SAC GL 13 7 .650 28 28 0 0 0 181.7 174 94 22 65 95 4.66 .248 .318 .416 .734 8.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 10 5 2 3 5 6.14 .323 .382 .613 .995  
2010 36 SAC GL 13 12 .520 32 32 2 0 0 223.0 200 112 20 74 101 4.52 .238 .305 .391 .696 10.6
2011 37 SAC GL 2 5 .286 15 14 0 0 0 89.7 90 49 9 23 30 4.92 .259 .303 .394 .697 2.8
    AAA   2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 22.0 19 5 1 7 9 2.05 .235 .295 .321 .616  
2012 38 SAC GL 1 0 1.000 3 2 0 0 0 12.0 11 3 2 5 5 2.25 .244 .346 .444 .791 1.1
    AAA   11 4 .733 20 20 0 0 0 120.0 120 44 9 42 86 3.30 .258 .319 .391 .709  
12 Years Sim 107 99 .519 288 280 13 3 3 1808.7 2016 1035 193 636 965 5.15 .282 .342 .440 .782 77.9
6 Years AAA 19 7 .731 39 39 1 0 0 245.3 224 87 23 78 172 3.19 .242 .301 .396 .697  
Season Average 8 8 .500 24 23 1 0 0 150.7 168 86 16 53 80 5.15 .282 .342 .440 .782  
Career Highs 14 18 1.000 39 39 4 1 2 240.3 310 177 36 85 159 6.63 .331 .393 .515 .879  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   977 498 88 296 489   .269 .324 .412 .736
vs LH   1039 537 105 340 476   .295 .357 .470 .827
Home 47 44 .516 138 134 3 0 0 873.0 1022 517 100 285 477 5.33 .292 .346 .462 .808
Away 60 55 .522 150 146 10 3 3 935.6 994 518 93 351 488 4.98 .272 .335 .420 .755
Mar/Apr 17 11 .607 38 38 4 0 0 263.3 269 125 25 70 134 4.27 .265 .313 .421 .734
May 19 13 .594 45 43 2 0 1 286.0 310 151 24 96 148 4.75 .278 .335 .419 .754
June 18 23 .439 56 54 1 0 0 340.0 388 196 36 125 183 5.19 .287 .348 .441 .789
July 8 20 .286 42 41 0 0 0 241.6 324 205 28 114 137 7.64 .321 .390 .502 .893
August 19 14 .576 44 43 4 1 1 289.0 295 128 32 87 149 3.99 .260 .313 .412 .725
Sep/Oct 26 18 .591 63 61 2 2 1 388.6 430 230 48 144 214 5.33 .281 .342 .448 .790
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 27 TRN VL 32 66 3 15 1 1 0 4 1 0 4 23 .227 .271 .273 .544 4.8 0.0
1 Years Sim 32 66 3 15 1 1 0 4 1 0 4 23 .227 .271 .273 .544 4.8 0.0
162 Game Average 334 15 75 5 5 0 20 5 0 20 116 .227 .271 .273 .544 24.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   46 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 17 .174 .208 .239 .447 1.8
vs LH   20 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 .350 .409 .350 .759 2.9
Home 18 35 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .200 .243 .200 .443 1.5
Away 14 31 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 9 .258 .303 .355 .658 3.2
RISP   18 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .222 .263 .222 .485 1.0
Mar/Apr 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
May 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5
June 5 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8
July 5 10 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 .300 .417 .500 .917 2.0
August 5 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.6
Sep/Oct 7 16 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .313 .313 .313 .625 1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2001 27 TRN VL P 32 32 206.7 6 27 0 1 1.000 1.44    
2002 28 SPR VL P 25 25 149.7 4 11 0 3 1.000 0.90    
2003 29 SPR VL P 31 31 196.0 9 25 2 4 .944 1.56    
2004 30 SPR VL P 39 39 240.3 11 28 1 3 .975 1.46    
2005 31 SPR VL P 26 26 165.7 7 27 0 0 1.000 1.85    
2006 32 BOS VL P 13 9 65.0 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.11    
2007 33 HOL GL P 16 14 89.0 6 8 0 0 1.000 1.42    
2008 34 SAC GL P 28 28 190.0 12 23 1 3 .972 1.66    
2009 35 SAC GL P 28 28 181.7 8 23 0 1 1.000 1.54    
2010 36 SAC GL P 32 32 223.0 18 30 1 3 .980 1.94    
2011 37 SAC GL P 15 14 89.7 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.10    
2012 38 SAC GL P 3 2 12.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25    
Career Totals   288 280 1808.7 86 219 5 19 .984 1.52    
Career Highs   39 39 240.3 18 30 2 4 1.000 2.25    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2007 33 HOL GL 1 0 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 9 4 0 4 4 4.00 .265 .342 .382 .724
2008 34 SAC GL 1 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 33.7 31 18 3 6 22 4.81 .237 .270 .374 .644
2009 35 SAC GL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 0 6.77 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 10 7 0 0 0 44.0 42 23 3 10 26 4.71 .247 .289 .382 .671
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2004-4-18
Games Started
2004-5-39
Innings Pitched
2004-9-240.3
Hits Allowed
2004-1-310
Homeruns Allowed
2004-3-36
Walks per 9IP
2004-9-3.0
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
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History
Drafted in 10th round, 344th overall pick, by Trenton in 2001
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
Traded from Boston to Hollywood on 3/2/2007
Injured on 4/8/2007 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/6/2007 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Solecismic Series with Hollywood in 2007
Won Solecismic Series with Santa Cruz in 2008
Injured on 4/28/2009 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/25/2009 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 9/30/2010 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Injured on 7/16/2011 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/3/2011 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/28/2012 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week