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Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 13, 1972 in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, D.R.
High School: Puerto Plata (Puerto Plata, DO)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1997
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers/Rockies/WhiteSox 1997-2003

Final Game: July 9, 2003
Relatives: Cousin of Jose Roman
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 24 CHW AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 26 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 27 DET AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 28 HOU NL 66 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 29 HOU NL 43 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2003 30 COL NL 20 15 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .231 .385 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
6 Seasons 204 38 33 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .091 .118 .121 .239 -39 4 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 30 26 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .091 .118 .121 .239 -39 3 0 0 3 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 109 22 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -59 1 0 0 2 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 20 15 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .231 .385 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 129 37 32 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .094 .121 .125 .246 -38 4 0 0 4 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 75 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2000 27 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $250,000 1
2001 28 HOU NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $285,000 1
2002 29 HOU NL 16 -3 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $375,000 1
2003 30 COL NL 15 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $700,000 1
4 Seasons 38 -6 0 1 0 0 4 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $1,610,000
HOU (2 yrs) 22 -4 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $660,000
COL (1 yr) 15 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $700,000
DET (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $250,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2000 27 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .434 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2001 28 HOU NL 6 5 0 0.0 117 .250 .167 .277 .167 .349 .167 .453 .333 .802 -15 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
2002 29 HOU NL 16 15 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .273 .071 .348 .000 .434 .071 .782 -79 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .077 .077 .000
2003 30 COL NL 15 13 1 2.1 122 .182 .154 .285 .154 .360 .231 .458 .385 .818 -7 .168 -2.2 -0.2 .273 .077 .077
6 Seasons 38 34 1 0.8 117 .143 .091 .278 .118 .352 .121 .447 .239 .799 -39 .034 -7.2 -0.7 .167 .061 .030
162 Game Avg. 30 27 1 0.8 117 .143 .091 .278 .118 .352 .121 .447 .239 .799 -39 .034 -7.2 -0.7 .167 .061 .030
HOU (2 yrs) 22 20 0 0.0 114 .111 .053 .274 .100 .348 .053 .440 .153 .788 -59 .000 -4.7 -0.4 .111 .053 .000
COL (1 yr) 15 13 1 2.1 122 .182 .154 .285 .154 .360 .231 .458 .385 .818 -7 .168 -2.2 -0.2 .273 .077 .077
DET (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .434 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 37 33 1 0.8 117 .150 .094 .279 .121 .353 .125 .447 .246 .800 -38 .036 -6.9 -0.7 .172 .063 .031
AL (3 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .434 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 28 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2000 27 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2001 28 HOU NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 0.33 0.00 67% 0% 0.0% 0%
2002 29 HOU NL 16 0.0% 50.0% 6.3% 0.0% 8.00 1.6 13.0 0.33 2.00 31% 14% 0.0% 33%
2003 30 COL NL 15 0.0% 13.3% 0.0% 6.7% 50% 6.5 13.0 1.25 3.50 73% 23% 0.0% 0%
6 Seasons 38 0.0% 31.6% 2.6% 2.6% 33% 12.00 2.8 16.5 0.80 1.71 55% 16% 0.0% 10%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.9% 8.0% 34% 1.88 5.3 31.5 7.5 0.78 1.08 70% 22% 8.3% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 24 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 26 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 27 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.38 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
2001 28 HOU NL -1.1 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .57 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.68 -1.2 0
2002 29 HOU NL -3.6 -0.4 16 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .74 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.80 -2.5 0
2003 30 COL NL -2.2 -0.2 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .58 -0.1 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.9 0
6 Seasons -7.2 -0.7 38 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .69 -0.5 -0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.80 -5.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2000 27 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 HOU NL 2 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 30 COL NL 1 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3 0 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2000 27 DET AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 HOU NL 6 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 HOU NL 16 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2003 30 COL NL 15 20% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 1 13% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
6 Seasons 38 16% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 5 0 0% 6 2 33% 16 2 13% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
MLB Averages 54% 73% 11% 34% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2000 27 DET AL 1 2 2.00 1 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 HOU NL 6 25 4.17 18 72% 17% 44% 17% 22% 83% 0% 60% 47% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 29 HOU NL 16 58 3.63 41 71% 34% 34% 15% 17% 66% 0% 47% 48% 31% 0% 0 0 13% 2 0 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 30 COL NL 15 46 3.07 32 70% 34% 6% 19% 41% 66% 0% 46% 90% 27% 0% 0 0 20% 3 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 38 131 3.45 92 70% 30% 26% 16% 27% 70% 0% 49% 63% 32% 0% 0 0 13% 5 0 3% 1 0 8% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 30% 5% 15% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 27 75 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 28 141 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 184 23 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .050 .095 .050 .145 -61 1 0 0 2 0 0
2003 30 204 38 33 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .091 .118 .121 .239 -39 4 0 0 4 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2000 27 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
2001 28 66 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 66
2002 29 43 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 43
2003 30 20 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20
4 Seasons 156 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 156
162 Game Avg. 162 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 156

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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