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Nelson Cruz
Nelson Ramon Cruz

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 17, 2005
  vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born July 1, 1980 in Monte Cristi, D.R.

Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 24 MIL NL   8    5    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   0  .200  .429  .400  119    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 25 TEX AL  41  130   15   29   3  0   6   22   1  0   7  32  .223  .261  .385   64   50   0   1   0   0   1
 2007 26 TEX AL  96  307   35   72  15  2   9   34   2  4  21  87  .235  .287  .384   76  118   1   1   1   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      145  442   51  102  19  2  15   56   3  4  30 119  .231  .282  .385   73  170   1   2   1   2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        494   57  114  21  2  17   63   3  4  34 133  .231  .282  .385   73  190   1   2   1   2   7
 Career High     96  307   35   72  15  2   9   34   2  4  21  87  .235  .287  .384   76  118   1   1   1   2   5
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 24 MIL NL    7    4    1   6.7   109| .200  .270| .429  .340| .400  .430| .829  .770| 119  .644   0.3   0.0   0%
 2006 25 TEX AL  138  103   13   3.4   112| .223  .276| .261  .341| .385  .440| .646  .781|  64  .309  -7.8  -0.7 100%
 2007 26 TEX AL  332  246   33   3.6   107| .235  .271| .287  .339| .384  .424| .671  .762|  76  .348 -12.2  -1.1  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       477  353   47   3.6   108| .231  .273| .282  .339| .385  .428| .667  .768|  73  .341 -19.6  -1.8  42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 24 MIL NL OF 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.50 1.86 2.00 2.20 1 18.0 RF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.75 2.25 2.08 1 16.0 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2006 25 TEX AL OF 39 69 4 0 1 1.000 .986 1.87 1.99 2.10 2.30 35 313.3 RF 38 69 4 0 1 1.000 .984 1.92 1.85 2.14 2.20 35 307.3 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 2007 26 TEX AL OF 94 167 6 5 1 .972 .987 1.84 2.00 2.16 2.30 79 722.3 RF 82 148 5 5 1 .968 .985 1.87 1.77 2.28 2.08 65 604.3 LF 16 19 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.25 1.71 1.53 2.11 14 118.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 25 TEX AL CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 2005 24 MIL NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2006 25 TEX AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 2007 26 TEX AL LF 16 19 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.25 1.71 1.53 2.11 14 118.0 2005 24 MIL NL OF 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.50 1.86 2.00 2.20 1 18.0 2006 25 TEX AL OF 39 69 4 0 1 1.000 .986 1.87 1.99 2.10 2.30 35 313.3 2007 26 TEX AL OF 94 167 6 5 1 .972 .987 1.84 2.00 2.16 2.30 79 722.3 2005 24 MIL NL RF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.75 2.25 2.08 1 16.0 2006 25 TEX AL RF 38 69 4 0 1 1.000 .984 1.92 1.85 2.14 2.20 35 307.3 2007 26 TEX AL RF 82 148 5 5 1 .968 .985 1.87 1.77 2.28 2.08 65 604.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 141 240 10 5 2 .980 .987 1.77 1.99 2.14 2.30 115 1053.7 19 2 126# RF* 126 221 9 5 2 .979 .985 1.83 1.79 2.23 2.12 101 927.7 LF* 19 19 1 0 0 1.000 .985 1.05 1.69 1.46 2.11 14 123.0 CF* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 141 240 10 5 2 .980 .987 1.77 1.99 2.13 2.30 115 1054
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

February 17, 1998: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

August 30, 2000: Traded by the New York Mets to the Oakland Athletics for Jorge Velandia.

December 16, 2004: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Justin Lehr to the Milwaukee Brewers for Keith Ginter.

July 28, 2006: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Carlos Lee to the Texas Rangers for Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench, Francisco Cordero, and Julian Cordero (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Texas Rangers$382,000
Career (may be incomplete)$382,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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