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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1997 24 CHW AL 0 2 .000 6.49 19 0 5 0 0 0 26.1 29 19 19 6 9 1 23 0 0 3 116 68 1.443 9.9 2.1 3.1 7.9 2.56
1999 26 DET AL 2 5 .286 5.67 29 6 10 0 0 0 66.2 74 44 42 11 23 1 46 3 0 2 295 87 1.455 10.0 1.5 3.1 6.2 2.00
2000 27 DET AL 5 2 .714 3.07 27 0 12 0 0 0 41.0 39 14 14 4 13 3 34 3 0 2 172 152 1.268 8.6 0.9 2.9 7.5 2.62
2001 28 HOU NL 3 3 .500 4.15 66 0 16 0 0 2 82.1 72 41 38 11 24 4 75 9 1 0 342 111 1.166 7.9 1.2 2.6 8.2 3.13
2002 29 HOU NL 2 6 .250 4.48 43 5 11 0 0 0 78.1 90 44 39 12 29 4 61 6 0 4 360 96 1.519 10.3 1.4 3.3 7.0 2.10
2003 30 COL NL 3 5 .375 7.21 20 7 1 0 0 0 53.2 65 43 43 15 11 2 38 3 0 3 233 69 1.416 10.9 2.5 1.8 6.4 3.45
6 Seasons 15 23 .395 5.04 204 18 55 0 0 2 348.1 369 205 195 59 109 15 277 24 1 14 1518 92 1.372 9.5 1.5 2.8 7.2 2.54
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .395 5.04 62 6 17 0 0 1 107 113 63 60 18 33 5 85 7 0 4 465 92 1.372 9.5 1.5 2.8 7.2 2.54
HOU (2 yrs) 5 9 .357 4.31 109 5 27 0 0 2 160.2 162 85 77 23 53 8 136 15 1 4 702 104 1.338 9.1 1.3 3.0 7.6 2.57
DET (2 yrs) 7 7 .500 4.68 56 6 22 0 0 0 107.2 113 58 56 15 36 4 80 6 0 4 467 103 1.384 9.4 1.3 3.0 6.7 2.22
COL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 7.21 20 7 1 0 0 0 53.2 65 43 43 15 11 2 38 3 0 3 233 69 1.416 10.9 2.5 1.8 6.4 3.45
CHW (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.49 19 0 5 0 0 0 26.1 29 19 19 6 9 1 23 0 0 3 116 68 1.443 9.9 2.1 3.1 7.9 2.56
NL (3 yrs) 8 14 .364 5.04 129 12 28 0 0 2 214.1 227 128 120 38 64 10 174 18 1 7 935 91 1.358 9.5 1.6 2.7 7.3 2.72
AL (3 yrs) 7 9 .438 5.04 75 6 27 0 0 0 134.0 142 77 75 21 45 5 103 6 0 7 583 94 1.396 9.5 1.4 3.0 6.9 2.29

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2001 28 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 24 CHW AL 19 116 106 19 29 7 0 6 2 0 9 23 .274 .330 .509 .840 .299 54 2 0 1 0 1
1999 26 DET AL 29 295 263 44 74 12 1 11 5 2 23 46 .281 .341 .460 .801 .300 121 4 3 2 4 1
2000 27 DET AL 27 172 154 14 39 8 0 4 1 1 13 34 .253 .320 .383 .703 .297 59 3 3 0 2 3
2001 28 HOU NL 66 342 304 41 72 13 3 11 4 6 24 75 .237 .310 .408 .718 .277 124 7 9 3 2 4
2002 29 HOU NL 43 359 316 44 90 25 3 12 5 1 29 61 .285 .353 .497 .850 .317 157 3 6 5 3 4
2003 30 COL NL 20 233 216 43 65 9 2 15 4 3 11 38 .301 .341 .569 .910 .303 123 3 3 1 2 2
6 Seasons 204 1517 1359 205 369 74 9 59 21 13 109 277 .272 .334 .469 .803 .299 638 22 24 12 13 15
162 Game Avg. 62 465 416 63 113 23 3 18 6 4 33 85 .272 .334 .469 .803 .299 195 7 7 4 4 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1999 26 DET AL 29 6 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 1 17% 38 68 23 13 8 1 3 5.0 5.4 5.2 93 1 3 2 0 115
2002 29 HOU NL 43 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 0 2 0 0 1 20% 50 69 29 15 4 1 2 5.8 6.5 3.9 70 3 2 0 0 94
2003 30 COL NL 20 7 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 .571 1 0 0 0 1 14% 42 61 24 5 3 0 5 7.2 7.1 5.2 83 3 2 2 0 107
3 Seasons 92 18 6 7 5 3 0 9 9 .500 1 3 0 0 3 17% 43 69 23 33 15 2 10 6.1 6.4 4.9 82 7 7 4 0 115
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 24 CHW AL 19 19 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 6 12 2 17% 6 0.793 4 9 5 9 1 9 7 12 9 8 10 3 4.2 23
1999 26 DET AL 29 23 10 0 2 0 0 0 4 4 24 12 50% 8 0.795 5 4 13 7 3 13 14 9 13 4 14 3 4.6 26
2000 27 DET AL 27 27 12 5 2 1 0 1 0% 4 2 27 14 52% 8 1.059 12 3 8 11 9 7 16 11 11 8 12 6 4.6 23
2001 28 HOU NL 66 66 16 3 3 4 2 2 50% 14 10 31 11 35% 6 0.766 13 19 34 22 7 37 17 49 26 10 29 8 3.7 20
2002 29 HOU NL 43 38 11 1 5 2 0 2 0% 3 1 26 20 77% 7 0.710 10 4 21 10 4 24 13 25 18 4 18 3 4.6 26
2003 30 COL NL 20 13 1 0 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 16 8 50% 7 0.624 3 3 7 5 1 7 8 5 8 3 9 0 4.0 24
6 Seasons 204 186 55 9 16 8 2 6 25% 35 25 136 67 49% 0.772 47 42 88 64 25 97 75 111 85 37 92 23 4.2 23

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1997 24 CHW AL 116 42% 5.2% 19.8% 7.8% 11.2% 45% 0.67 1.00 66% 25% 14.6% 16% 18 2 11%
1999 26 DET AL 295 46% 3.7% 15.6% 7.8% 8.1% 32% 0.70 0.97 71% 27% 9.6% 10% 59 4 7%
2000 27 DET AL 172 50% 2.3% 19.8% 7.6% 7.0% 31% 0.74 1.02 69% 24% 7.4% 21% 25 3 12%
2001 28 HOU NL 342 43% 3.2% 21.9% 7.0% 7.9% 38% 0.58 0.92 64% 26% 9.4% 15% 69 7 10%
2002 29 HOU NL 360 45% 3.3% 17.0% 8.1% 11.1% 44% 0.62 0.97 69% 26% 9.3% 15% 76 3 4%
2003 30 COL NL 233 49% 6.4% 16.3% 4.7% 11.2% 40% 0.78 1.14 71% 18% 16.5% 10% 36 3 8%
6 Seasons 1518 46% 3.9% 18.3% 7.2% 9.4% 39% 0.67 0.99 68% 24% 10.8% 14% 283 22 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1997 24 CHW AL 112 407 3.63 249 61% 21% 21% 25% 33% 79% 3% 48% 73% 59% 6% 7 1 18% 20 9 2 14% 5 5 4 0 0
1999 26 DET AL 295 1153 3.91 713 62% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 1% 46% 78% 56% 4% 11 5 20% 58 22 4 22% 4 5 0 0 0
2000 27 DET AL 172 634 3.69 410 65% 27% 20% 23% 30% 73% 4% 47% 73% 60% 4% 7 4 27% 46 28 2 24% 9 0 0 0 0
2001 28 HOU NL 342 1315 3.85 838 64% 27% 20% 25% 28% 73% 2% 46% 73% 63% 4% 15 8 20% 70 29 0 19% 15 4 0 0 0
2002 29 HOU NL 360 1345 3.74 843 63% 25% 20% 23% 31% 75% 3% 47% 73% 64% 4% 15 6 18% 65 33 2 18% 15 5 0 0 0
2003 30 COL NL 233 892 3.83 565 63% 27% 18% 22% 32% 73% 2% 46% 75% 57% 3% 8 7 19% 44 24 4 18% 4 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1514 5746 3.80 3618 63% 26% 19% 24% 31% 74% 2% 47% 74% 60% 4% 63 31 20% 303 145 14 19% 52 19 4 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1997 24 CHW AL 116 29 1 0 6 0 2 4 2 1 5 4 3 0 75% 0 3 0 42 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 26 DET AL 295 74 7 0 11 0 5 2 9 5 6 17 10 4 59% 1 2 0 119 5 2 71% 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
2000 27 DET AL 172 39 5 0 4 1 8 2 2 1 3 9 5 2 56% 0 2 0 67 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2001 28 HOU NL 342 72 5 2 11 2 9 6 5 3 8 22 11 6 50% 5 0 1 129 4 6 40% 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0
2002 29 HOU NL 360 90 6 1 12 1 14 7 5 8 4 23 9 2 39% 4 4 0 142 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2003 30 COL NL 233 65 2 0 15 2 6 7 8 10 5 11 9 1 82% 1 3 1 72 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
6 Seasons 1518 369 26 3 59 6 44 28 31 28 31 86 47 15 55% 11 14 2 571 21 13 62% 19 12 2 0 0 1 5 1 43 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1997 24 0 2 .000 6.49 19 0 5 0 0 0 26.1 29 19 19 6 9 1 23 0 0 3 116 68 1.443 9.9 2.1 3.1 7.9 2.56 68
1998 25 0 2 .000 6.49 19 0 5 0 0 0 26.1 29 19 19 6 9 1 23 0 0 3 116 68 1.443 9.9 2.1 3.1 7.9 2.56 68
1999 26 2 7 .222 5.90 48 6 15 0 0 0 93.0 103 63 61 17 32 2 69 3 0 5 411 81 1.452 10.0 1.6 3.1 6.7 2.16 81
2000 27 7 9 .438 5.04 75 6 27 0 0 0 134.0 142 77 75 21 45 5 103 6 0 7 583 94 1.396 9.5 1.4 3.0 6.9 2.29 94
2001 28 10 12 .455 4.70 141 6 43 0 0 2 216.1 214 118 113 32 69 9 178 15 1 7 925 100 1.308 8.9 1.3 2.9 7.4 2.58 100
2002 29 12 18 .400 4.64 184 11 54 0 0 2 294.2 304 162 152 44 98 13 239 21 1 11 1285 99 1.364 9.3 1.3 3.0 7.3 2.44 99
2003 30 15 23 .395 5.04 204 18 55 0 0 2 348.1 369 205 195 59 109 15 277 24 1 14 1518 92 1.372 9.5 1.5 2.8 7.2 2.54 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1997 24 1 1 .500 6.58 26.0 30 21 19 6 9 23 0 1.500 10.4 3.1 8.0 2.56 2.1 19
1999 26 3 4 .429 5.05 66.0 71 41 37 11 22 46 3 1.409 9.7 3.0 6.3 2.09 1.5 29
2000 27 3 1 .750 3.00 39.0 38 14 13 4 13 32 3 1.308 8.8 3.0 7.4 2.46 0.9 27
2001 28 4 4 .500 3.82 80.0 69 38 34 11 23 73 9 1.150 7.8 2.6 8.2 3.17 1.2 66
2002 29 4 4 .500 4.22 79.0 89 41 37 12 29 62 6 1.494 10.1 3.3 7.1 2.14 1.4 43
2003 30 2 3 .400 5.83 54.0 59 39 35 14 10 38 3 1.278 9.8 1.7 6.3 3.80 2.3 20
6 Seasons 17 17 .500 4.58 344.0 356 194 175 58 106 274 24 1.343 9.3 7.2 2.58 1.5 204

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