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José Cruz (editor)
José Cruz Dilan (born August 8, 1947), nicknamed "Cheo", is a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican former professional baseball player, Coach (baseball), coach and baseball front office executive. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1970 to 1988, most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros. The left-hand hitting Cruz was one of the most popular players in Houston Astros team history, leading the team to their first-ever division title and postseason berth in . A two-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star, Cruz hit .300 or above for the Astros six times, won two Silver Slugger Awards and led the National League in hits in while playing his home games in the cavernous, pitcher-friendly Houston Astrodome. He finished in the top ten of the National League Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Most Valuable Player Award voting three times and won a record four Astros team MVP awards. He was the all-time leader in hits for the Astro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruz
Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways. For example, in the Philippines, the adopted Tagalog word is rendered to "krus" in plain usage, but the Spanish spelling survives as a surname. The word "Cruz" (Spanish for "Cross"), as well as "Vera Cruz" ("True Cross") and "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross") are used as surnames and toponyms. Its origin as a surname particularly flourished after the Alhambra Decree of 1492 and the increasing activities of the Spanish Inquisition, when New Christian families with Crypto-Jewish, Moorish, and/or mixed religious heritage converted to the state-enforced religion of Catholicism and subsequently fashioned and adopted surnames with unambiguous religious affiliation. People with the surname General * Alberto Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
