Víctor Cruz (baseball)

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Víctor Manuel Cruz Gil (December 24, 1957 – September 26, 2004) was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher. He played during five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Texas Rangers. Cruz represented the Dominican Republic at the 1975 Pan American Games, and afterward was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1976. Cruz played his first professional season with their rookie league Johnson City Cardinals, then split 1977 with the Arkansas Travelers and St. Petersburg Cardinals. After the 1977 season, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays with Tom Underwood for John Scott and Pete Vuckovich. Cruz spent the first half of 1978 with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, where he had a 3–2 win–loss record and a 4.50 earned run average (ERA) in 25 games. He made his major league debut on June 24, and spent the rest of the season with the Blue Jays, finishing the year with a 7–3 record and a 1.71 ERA in 32 games. After the season ended, Cruz was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Phil Lansford and Alfredo Griffin. Upon joining the Indians, Cruz modified his pitching style closer to that of Luis Tian

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