Denis Boucher vs. Victor Cruz — Career Comparison

Denis Boucher
Gen XCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Victor Cruz
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Denis Boucher built a career as a starting pitcher and Victor Cruz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Victor Cruz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 5.42 and 1.548 for Denis Boucher. By the career numbers, Victor Cruz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denis Boucher and Victor Cruz

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.16
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
6.21
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.68
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.9
43.9
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.42
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.09
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
10.48
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
7.24
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.73
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.93
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.33
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.35
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
4.75
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.24
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
40.01
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1144
37.99
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.25
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.73
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.45
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.73
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.6
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
35.63
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
32.05
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.01
40.01
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99

Fielding Stats for Denis Boucher and Victor Cruz

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.16
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
6.21
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.42
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.7
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.97
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.85
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.86
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denis Boucher and Victor Cruz

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
35
1750
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
22440
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
450
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
40.88
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
40.29
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-48.1
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA