How Jose Cruz's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Jose Cruz posted a career Range Factor of 2.1, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1970, posting 4.0, well above the league average of 3.23 that year. The lowest point came in 1988 at 1.0, well below the league average of 3.08 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.81 in 1986 to 1.89 in 1987 and 1.0 in 1988. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from 1.0 to 4.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jose Cruz Lifetime Range Factor

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Jose Cruz
Range Factor
Career2.102
Season Avg.2.102
162 Game Avg.2.102
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Jose Cruz Range Factor Per Season

Jose Cruz's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jose Cruz Range Factor per season line chart

Jose Cruz Range Factor by Team

Jose Cruz's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jose Cruz career Range Factor by team bar chart

Jose Cruz Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jose Cruz's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Jose Cruz Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Jose Cruz Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jose Cruz's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jose Cruz Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jose Cruz Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jose Cruz's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Jose Cruz Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table