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2020 LOS ANGELES ANGELS

JACK KRUGER # 98
BORN: OCT. 26, 1994 OPENING DAY AGE: 25
BIRTHPLACE: LOS ANGELES, CA RESIDES: CALABASAS, CA
SIGNED THRU: 2020
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN 20TH ROUND OF 2016 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

C HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 195 BATS: R THROWS: R

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
KRUGER’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2016— Orem .330 27 103 14 34 7 1 0 14 1 2 1 6 0 11 6 1 4 .417 .366 -
Angels (AZL) .154 3 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 .154 .267 -
2017— Burlington .232 69 267 34 62 13 2 4 23 1 2 4 21 0 54 2 1 11 .341 .296 6
Inland Empire .255 35 137 21 35 4 1 1 16 1 2 0 18 0 26 0 0 6 .321 .338 6
2018— Inland Empire .294 56 221 25 65 12 0 3 16 0 0 3 27 1 46 11 3 9 .389 .378 4
Mobile .305 41 174 25 53 10 1 4 24 0 0 2 4 0 31 2 2 5 .443 .328 3
2019 — Mobile .240 92 346 28 83 13 1 3 34 0 3 7 24 1 69 2 2 13 .309 .300 5
MINOR TOTALS .265 323 1261 150 334 59 6 15 127 4 9 18 101 2 240 23 9 48 .357 .326 24
◆ Timothy John Kruger...Originally signed by Angels scout J.T. Zink.
◆ On Twitter: @jack_kruger35.
◆ Enters fifth pro campaign in 2020 with fourth consecutive invite to MLB Spring Training camp.
◆ Played entire season with Double-A Mobile in 2019, hitting .240 (83/346) with 28 runs, 13 doubles, a triple,
three home runs and 34 RBI...Named a Southern League Mid-Season All-Star...Hit .267 (46/172) the second
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half of the season after beginning the year hitting .213 (37/174)...Batted No. 3 in lineup 66 of 92 games and
batted cleanup 12 times...Hit .266 (25/94) and reached base at a .357 clip with RISP...Had 23 multi-hit games,
three 3-hit performances and a 4-hit game on June 25 in Birmingham...Went 5-for-15 with four runs, a home
run and 6 RBI in Spring Training...Hit a go-ahead 3-run HR in the seventh and a tying 3-run triple in the ninth
in a 12-11 win vs. Rangers on March 11.
◆ Split 2018 season between Adv.-A Inland Empire and Double-A Mobile...In 97 combined games, hit .299
(118/395) with 50 runs, 22 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 40 RBI and 13 stolen bases...Established
career bests in several offensive categories including hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, OBP (.357)
and slugging (.413)...His .299 clip ranked tied for fourth among all Halo farmhands...Named 2018 Cal League
Mid-Season All-Star...Hit .400 (12/30) in final week with Inland Empire before promotion to Mobile...In first
11 games at Double-A level, hit .383 (18/47) with eight runs, three doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI...
Logged 16 multi-hit games in 41 contests with BayBears.
◆ Also posted career-best .991 fielding percentage in 83 combined games caught (three errors in 292 total
chances)...Threw out 28 of 96 would-be basestealers on season (29%).
◆ Split 2017 campaign between Single-A Burlington of the Midwest League and Inland Empire...Combined
to bat .240 (97/404) with 55 runs, 17 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 53 RBI in 104 games...
Connected for first professional HR May 13 vs. West Michigan...Named Angels Organizational Defensive
Player of the Month for August...Threw out 32% of would-be base stealers in 2017 (43 of 134).
◆ Played majority of first professional campaign in 2016 with Angels’ Rookie-Level squad Orem of the Pioneer
League...Hit .330 (34/103) across 27 games with an OBP of .366 and slugged .417.
◆ Played junior campaign at Mississippi State University in 2016...Hit .344 (72/209) with 43 runs, 19 doubles,
eight HR and 30 RBI in 54 games . . .Majored in management .
◆ Appeared in 46 games as sophomore in 2015 at Orange Coast College, hitting .310 in 168 at-bats...Earned
tournament MVP honors at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship.
◆ Played true freshman season in 2014 at University of Oregon (28 games/17 starts).
◆ 2013 graduate of Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village (CA)...Earned honorable mention All-
American status by Perfect Game in 2011 and 2012...Named first-team All-CIF Division IV and Ventura
County Player of the Year as a senior in 2013.

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