# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kruk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:50:02.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kruk"
name: "John Kruk"
slug: "john-kruk"
description: "John Martin Kruk is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from 1986 through 1995. During his career, he was a three-time MLB All-Star. After retiring as a player, Kruk became a baseball analyst for ESPN. He is now a color commentator for Phillies' games on NBC Sports Philadelphia."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kruk_1992.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.24
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.1416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JohnKruk"
    handle:    "JohnKruk"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "جون كروك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kruk"
    title: "John Kruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ジョン・クルック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Kruk"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://simple.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Kruk"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6243474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump