#53 Buck Kruse, Second Base, 34 yrs, Brooklyn Wolves

#53 Buck Kruse, Second Base, 34 yrs, Brooklyn Wolves
Wednesday, 10/16/2011

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Buck Kruse

1/13/1977
34
USA
6"2
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Second Base
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Big League Contract
$ 7,500,000
2011
8 Year(s), 16 Days (1392 total Days)
172 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 16 Days (1392 total Days)
9 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	49	18	51	38
Versus LHP	49	53	22	56	38
Versus RHP	37	48	16	49	38
Talent	4	5	2	6	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
8/24	@HIK	L 4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
8/29	@SAS	W 7-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	#9
8/30	@SAS	W 7-1	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	#1
9/1	HOU	W 8-2	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	#1
9/6	@DEN	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/14	HIK	W 6-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#3
9/17	@HOU	W 2-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
9/20	@SEA	L 3-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
9/26	@DEN	W 5-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
9/30	HIK	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4

Batting Stats 2011

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	70	128	32	4	1	1	17	27	13	34	.250	.342	.320	.663	.773	.070
Projected	70	128	32	4	1	1	17	27	13	34	.250	.342	.320	.663	.773	.070

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	30	147	5	0	0	0	1	0	41	6	17	2	94.1	17.1	4.7

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	92	24	1	1	1	12	19	9	28	0	1	5	.261	.355	.326	.681
vs. RHP	36	8	3	0	0	5	8	4	6	0	0	0	.222	.300	.306	.606
Close/Late	24	5	1	0	0	1	11	4	3	0	0	0	.208	.321	.250	.571
Scoring Position	25	10	2	0	0	15	0	0	4	0	1	0	.400	.385	.480	.865
Pinch Hitting	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	31	73	16	2	1	0	8	10	3	20	.219	.269	.274	.543
Road	39	55	16	2	0	1	9	17	10	14	.291	.420	.382	.802
March/April	16	26	7	0	0	0	2	3	2	8	.269	.310	.269	.580
May	13	23	6	0	1	0	1	7	3	6	.261	.370	.348	.718
June	13	35	7	1	0	1	5	9	3	10	.200	.317	.314	.631
July	11	25	6	2	0	0	2	5	5	7	.240	.367	.320	.687
August	10	14	5	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	.357	.400	.429	.829
Sept/Oct	7	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400

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
2011	70	128	32	4	1	1	17	27	13	5	0	34	17	2	.250	.342	.320	.663	BRK
Total	1164	4290	1043	142	46	88	427	612	344	42	11	1007	483	99	.243	.305	.359	.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 2011

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
First Base	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00
Second Base	4	0	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	6.2	6.75
Third Base	38	30	32	63	6	101	6	.941	261.0	3.48
Shortstop	14	0	5	11	2	17	1	.941	34.1	4.46

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
2010 - 5 - 9th

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
2010 - 66 - 2nd

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