#53 Buck Kruse, Second Base, 33 yrs, Brooklyn Wolves

#53 Buck Kruse, Second Base, 33 yrs, Brooklyn Wolves
Monday, 10/14/2010

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Buck Kruse

1/13/1977
33
USA
6"2
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Second Base
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 7,500,000
2011
7 Year(s), 16 Days (1220 total Days)
172 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 16 Days (1220 total Days)
8 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	41	55	33	51	37
Versus LHP	49	59	38	56	37
Versus RHP	37	53	31	49	37
Talent	5	6	4	6	5

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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
9/23	@DEN	W 7-4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	#6
9/24	HIK	W 10-7	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#6
9/25	HIK	W 4-2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#6
9/26	SAS	L 0-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
9/27	SAS	L 3-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#1
9/28	@DEN	W 7-3	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	#6
9/30	@HOU	W 3-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#1
10/2	SAS	L 2-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
10/4	HOU	L 2-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
10/5	@SEA	L 1-7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	153	544	118	12	5	8	43	80	57	143	.217	.303	.301	.605	.667	.085
Projected	153	544	118	12	5	8	43	80	57	143	.217	.303	.301	.605	.667	.085

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	146	620	12	0	0	11	3	4	164	25	66	11	85.7	60.3	3.6

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	129	33	4	1	3	13	22	10	27	2	0	2	.256	.315	.372	.687
vs. RHP	415	85	8	4	5	30	58	47	116	2	3	10	.205	.300	.280	.579
Close/Late	48	10	1	0	1	4	9	3	12	1	1	1	.208	.259	.292	.551
Scoring Position	101	23	2	0	2	29	0	11	24	4	2	1	.228	.294	.307	.601
Pinch Hitting	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	77	279	58	7	3	4	20	40	23	71	.208	.281	.297	.579
Road	76	265	60	5	2	4	23	40	34	72	.226	.322	.306	.628
March/April	27	110	30	4	2	1	6	24	10	28	.273	.347	.373	.720
May	23	80	18	2	1	1	4	16	11	18	.225	.333	.313	.646
June	26	83	16	1	0	2	7	9	10	24	.193	.281	.277	.558
July	23	85	18	3	1	1	8	9	8	21	.212	.292	.306	.598
August	25	84	15	1	0	0	6	6	9	20	.179	.263	.190	.454
Sept/Oct	29	102	21	1	1	3	12	16	9	32	.206	.283	.324	.607

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
2009	155	595	153	18	4	20	69	99	47	10	2	166	77	16	.257	.321	.402	.723	DEN,AL
2010	153	544	118	12	5	8	43	80	57	12	4	143	66	11	.217	.303	.301	.605	BRK
Total	1094	4162	1011	138	45	87	410	585	331	37	11	973	466	97	.243	.304	.360	.664

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 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
Third Base	148	146	79	273	25	379	27	.929	1227.0	2.78
Shortstop	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00

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...
1/26/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/6/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $7,500,000 per year...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Hits
2006 - 162 - 9th

Triples
2004 - 7 - 7th
2005 - 6 - 6th
2006 - 9 - 2nd
2007 - 7 - 5th
2008 - 7 - 3rd

Runs
2008 - 94 - 6th
2009 - 99 - 7th

SB
2004 - 37 - 3rd
2005 - 67 - 1st
2006 - 62 - 1st
2007 - 72 - 1st
2008 - 85 - 1st
2009 - 77 - 2nd

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