#53 Buck Kruse, Shortstop, 31 yrs, Denver Zephyrs - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#53 Buck Kruse, Shortstop, 31 yrs, Denver Zephyrs
Monday, 10/14/2008

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Buck Kruse

1/13/1977
31
USA
6"2
175

Shortstop
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3.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,928,571
2008 (Arbitration eligible)
5 Year(s), 16 Days (876 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 16 Days (876 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Arbitration eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	54	53	40	52	41
Versus LHP	65	57	44	57	41
Versus RHP	49	51	38	50	41
Talent	6	6	4	6	5

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9
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4
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Fielding Ratings
2B : 7 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 4 (Range), .946 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 9 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 8
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/24	SAS	W 3-1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
9/25	SAS	L 4-8	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/26	@HIK	L 9-13	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	#1
9/27	@HIK	W 5-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	#1
9/28	@HOU	L 3-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	#1
9/30	SEA	L 3-4	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
10/1	BRK	W 2-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
10/2	@BRK	L 1-8	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	#1
10/4	@SEA	W 2-1	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	#1
10/5	SAS	L 1-5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#1

Batting Stats 2008

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	155	607	167	29	7	16	75	94	43	134	.275	.331	.425	.756	.861	.150
Projected	155	607	167	29	7	16	75	94	43	134	.275	.331	.425	.756	.861	.150

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	144	662	9	0	0	4	0	3	258	52	85	15	85.0	98.1	5.7

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	160	59	11	2	9	36	30	20	28	0	0	2	.369	.445	.631	1.076
vs. RHP	447	108	18	5	7	39	64	23	106	3	0	7	.242	.287	.351	.639
Close/Late	61	21	2	0	1	7	13	3	13	0	0	1	.344	.385	.426	.811
Scoring Position	87	38	8	1	3	52	0	13	16	3	0	1	.437	.500	.655	1.155
Pinch Hitting	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	77	292	77	11	4	6	31	48	19	61	.264	.321	.390	.711
Road	78	315	90	18	3	10	44	46	24	73	.286	.340	.457	.797
March/April	26	108	21	2	1	3	14	13	8	33	.194	.254	.315	.569
May	24	96	30	7	2	2	19	14	7	18	.313	.365	.490	.855
June	26	98	23	3	0	3	6	13	7	23	.235	.299	.357	.656
July	23	93	26	6	0	2	15	15	5	20	.280	.323	.409	.732
August	26	103	39	7	2	2	9	17	3	20	.379	.404	.544	.947
Sept/Oct	30	109	28	4	2	4	12	22	13	20	.257	.344	.440	.784

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	162	571	127	24	7	4	53	54	31	0	0	111	37	9	.222	.262	.310	.572	BUT
2005	162	659	136	18	6	7	57	77	46	0	0	145	67	15	.206	.258	.284	.542	BUT
2006	153	599	162	23	9	13	60	89	46	0	0	133	62	11	.270	.322	.404	.726	DEN
2007	154	587	148	14	7	19	53	92	61	6	2	141	72	20	.252	.328	.397	.725	DEN
2008	155	607	167	29	7	16	75	94	43	9	3	134	85	15	.275	.331	.425	.756	DEN,AL
Total	786	3023	740	108	36	59	298	406	227	15	5	664	323	70	.245	.300	.363	.663

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2008

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	5.0	5.40
Third Base	3	0	1	4	0	6	1	.833	10.0	5.40
Shortstop	148	144	203	533	95	767	31	.960	1272.2	5.42

Player History

Had first career hit on 4/1/2004, off Adam Beall (BRK)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/2004, off Jeff Vella (SAS)...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/2007, hitting .387 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 2007...
1/26/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/2008, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 2 RBI...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 2008...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Hits
2006 - 162 - 9th

Triples
2004 - 7 - 7th
2005 - 6 - 6th
2006 - 9 - 2nd
2007 - 7 - 5th

SB
2004 - 37 - 3rd
2005 - 67 - 1st
2006 - 62 - 1st
2007 - 72 - 1st

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