Career
Cruz batted and threw left-handed. Cruz had a brief major league career, appearing in seven games for the Cardinals and White Sox, going hitless in two at-bats with two runs scored. He also played in the Rangers and Yankees farm systems
From 1980 through 1985, Cruz played in Japan for the Nippon-Ham Fighters.
An All-Star in 1982 and 1984, he posted a.310 batting average with 120 home runs and 466 Reserve Bank of India in 712 games played. On January 14, 2009, Cruz was named the hitting coach for the Single-A High Desert Mavericks in the Seattle Mariners organization.
