John Kruk

First Base

1986—1995

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#87

Player Detail

John Martin
GIVEN NAME
Kruk
SURNAME
February 9, 1961, in Charleston, WV
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1986—1995
Playing Career
Played from 25-34
PLAYING AGE
San Diego Padres
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago White Sox
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia Phillies
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Krukkie, The Krukker, Jake
NICKNAME
29
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 7, 1986
Major League Debut
July 30, 1995
FINAL GAME

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70

HITTING

40

POWER

30

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1200
1170
100
592
.300
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
23.9
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.842
.773
109.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.300
.397
.446

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Todd Benzinger
Will Clark
Wally Joyner

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

John Kruk Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Kruk
508
153
76
26
4
13
77
85
91
8
226
237
.300
.397
.446
842
AVG 1B
530
144
69
27
3
17
59
89
7
227
206
.271
.345
.428
.773

John Kruk Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
87
95
60
95
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
95
93
82
82
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

John Kruk PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
25.0
22.8
17.3
13.6
3.37
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = John Kruk
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
163.1
140.1
UNK
77.6
22.0
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = John Kruk
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B