A great hitter who hit .300 or above for the Astros six times, Jose Cruz finished in the top ten in MVP voting three times. Cruz, a two-time All-Star, would lead the NL in Hits in 1983 and was close to the 2,000 Hit mark with the Astros. Cruz would also exceed the 30 Stolen Base mark five times.
After Cruz retired as a player he would come back to the team as a coach and later as an executive. The Astros retired his number 25 in 1992, and he was part of the first class of the Astros Hall of Fame in 2019.
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