Nelson Cruz
Nelson Cruz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 13, 1972 in 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
Final Game: July 9, 2003
Relatives: Cousin of Jose Roman
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Standard Batting

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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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 26 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 27 DET AL 1 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 62 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 40 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 19 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 125 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 49 43 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .091 .118 .121 .239 -39 5 0 0 5 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 102 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) 3 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) 19 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) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 121 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) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 -0.3 .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 -0.6 .167 .061 .030
162 Game Avg. 49 44 1 0.8 117 .143 .091 .278 .118 .352 .121 .447 .239 .799 -39 .034 -7.2 -0.6 .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 -0.6 .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

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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 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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

Cumulative Batting

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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 4 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 66 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 106 23 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .050 .095 .050 .145 -61 1 0 0 2 0 0
2003 30 125 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

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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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2001 28 62 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 62
2002 29 40 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 40
2003 30 19 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
4 Seasons 122 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 122
162 Game Avg. 162 45 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 122

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