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Nelson Cruz

Nelson Ramon Cruz

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: July 1, 1980 in Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi, D.R.
High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, DO)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 2005
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Brewers 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.65M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.082, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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All-Star

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
2001	20	OAK-min	Rk	23	93	88	11	22	3	1	3	16	6	3	4	29	.250	.283	.409	.692		36	1	0	1	0	0	ATH · ARIZ
2002	21	OAK-min	A-	63	232	214	23	59	14	0	4	25	12	1	9	58	.276	.316	.397	.713		85	2	4	4	1	0	VAN · NORW
2003	22	OAK-min	A	119	515	470	65	112	26	2	20	85	10	5	29	128	.238	.292	.430	.722		202	7	9	1	6	2	KNC · MIDW
2004	23	OAK-min	AA,A+,AAA	137	593	536	109	175	42	3	26	100	16	7	51	149	.326	.390	.562	.951		301	6	5	0	1	2	MDL,MOD,SAC · TL,CALL,PCL
2005	24	MIL-min	AA,AAA	128	532	456	78	132	32	0	27	81	19	7	61	133	.289	.385	.537	.923		245	11	12	0	3	2	HVL,NVL · SOUL,PCL
2005	24	MIL	NL	8	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.400	.829	119	2	0	0	0	0	0	/
2006	25	MIL-min	AAA	104	423	371	68	112	22	1	20	73	17	6	42	100	.302	.378	.528	.907		196	6	6	0	4	2	NVL · PCL
2006	25	TEX	AL	41	138	130	15	29	3	0	6	22	1	0	7	32	.223	.261	.385	.645	64	50	1	0	0	1	0
2007	26	TEX-min	AAA	44	187	162	32	57	9	1	15	45	1	2	21	34	.352	.428	.698	1.125		113	3	2	0	2	1	OKC · PCL
2007	26	TEX	AL	96	332	307	35	72	15	2	9	34	2	4	21	87	.235	.287	.384	.671	75	118	5	2	1	1	1
2008	27	TEX-min	AAA,Rk	104	454	387	94	132	19	3	37	100	24	8	58	88	.341	.430	.693	1.122		268	10	5	0	4	4	OKC,RGS · PCL,ARIZ
2008	27	TEX	AL	31	133	115	19	38	9	1	7	26	3	1	17	28	.330	.421	.609	1.030	168	70	1	1	0	0	2
2009	28	TEX-min	AAA	3	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091		0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · PCL
2009	28	TEX	AL	128	515	462	75	120	21	1	33	76	20	4	49	118	.260	.332	.524	.856	118	242	9	2	0	2	6	*	AS
2010	29	TEX-min	AAA,AA	8	35	30	2	8	2	0	0	5	1	0	3	5	.267	.314	.333	.648		10	5	0	0	2	0	OKC,FRI · PCL,TL
2010	29	TEX	AL	108	445	399	60	127	31	3	22	78	17	4	38	81	.318	.374	.576	.950	147	230	12	1	1	6	5
2011	30	TEX-min	AA,AAA	6	25	22	4	7	1	0	3	5	0	0	3	1	.318	.400	.773	1.173		17	1	0	0	0	1	FRI,RRK · TL,PCL
2011	30	TEX	AL	124	513	475	64	125	28	1	29	87	9	5	33	116	.263	.312	.509	.821	112	242	8	2	0	3	1	*97/D
7 Seasons				536	2083	1893	269	512	108	8	106	323	52	18	167	462	.270	.330	.504	.834	115	954	36	8	2	13	15
162 Game Avg.				162	630	572	81	155	33	2	32	98	16	5	50	140	.270	.330	.504	.834	115	288	11	2	1	4	5

TEX (6 yrs)				528	2076	1888	268	511	107	8	106	323	52	18	165	462	.271	.330	.504	.834	115	952	36	8	2	13	15
MIL (1 yr)				8	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.400	.829	119	2	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				528	2076	1888	268	511	107	8	106	323	52	18	165	462	.271	.330	.504	.834	115	952	36	8	2	13	15
NL (1 yr)				8	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.400	.829	119	2	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
2005	24	MIL	NL	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/
2006	25	TEX	AL	138	-7	0	2	0	-3	-2	5	-5	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$
2007	26	TEX	AL	333	-12	-2	0	0	-2	-4	12	-8	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$382,000
2008	27	TEX	AL	133	12	-1	-1	0	0	-2	4	12	1.2	12	1.2	0.0	$
2009	28	TEX	AL	515	9	2	-0	-1	19	-6	18	41	3.8	22	2.0	1.8	$408,070	*	AS
2010	29	TEX	AL	445	28	3	1	-2	6	-5	15	46	4.3	40	3.8	0.5	$440,000
2011	30	TEX	AL	513	6	-0	-0	-0	-1	-6	17	15	1.4	16	1.5	-0.1	$3,650,000	*97/D
7 Seasons				2084	36	1	1	-3	19	-25	72	101	9.5	82	7.7	1.8	$4,880,070

TEX (6 yrs)				2077	36	1	1	-3	19	-25	72	100	9.4	82	7.7	1.7	$4,880,070
MIL (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$

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
2005	24	MIL	NL	7	4	1	6.7	109	.200	.200	.270	.429	.340	.400	.430	.829	.770	119	.644	0.3	0.0	1.000	.600	.200
2006	25	TEX	AL	138	103	13	3.4	112	.247	.223	.277	.261	.341	.385	.439	.645	.780	64	.309	-7.7	-0.7	.569	.223	.162	1.7
2007	26	TEX	AL	332	246	33	3.6	108	.297	.235	.272	.287	.340	.384	.425	.671	.765	75	.348	-12.5	-1.2	.570	.212	.150	3.3
2008	27	TEX	AL	133	79	31	10.5	107	.388	.330	.271	.421	.338	.609	.424	1.030	.762	168	.798	11.7	1.1	1.139	.443	.278	4.2
2009	28	TEX	AL	515	357	81	6.0	111	.278	.260	.272	.332	.341	.524	.436	.856	.776	118	.581	9.9	0.9	.870	.405	.264	24.9
2010	29	TEX	AL	445	295	85	7.7	107	.348	.318	.270	.374	.339	.576	.423	.950	.762	147	.714	26.4	2.6	.979	.386	.258	19.2
2011	30	TEX	AL	513	366	74	5.4	108	.288	.263	.270	.312	.337	.509	.428	.821	.765	112	.572	6.0	0.6	.774	.324	.246	13.7
7 Seasons				2083	1450	318	5.9	108	.303	.270	.271	.330	.339	.504	.429	.834	.768	115	.584	34.0	3.3	.810	.340	.233	69.8
162 Game Avg.				630	438	96	5.9	108	.303	.270	.271	.330	.339	.504	.429	.834	.768	115	.584	10	1	.810	.340	.233	21

TEX (6 yrs)				2076	1446	317	5.9	108	.304	.271	.271	.330	.339	.504	.429	.834	.768	115	.584	33.7	3.2	.810	.339	.234	69.8
MIL (1 yr)				7	4	1	6.7	109	.200	.200	.270	.429	.340	.400	.430	.829	.770	119	.643	0.3	0.0	1.000	.600	.200

AL (6 yrs)				2076	1446	317	5.9	108	.304	.271	.271	.330	.339	.504	.429	.834	.768	115	.584	33.7	3.2	.810	.339	.234	69.8
NL (1 yr)				7	4	1	6.7	109	.200	.200	.270	.429	.340	.400	.430	.829	.770	119	.643	0.3	0.0	1.000	.600	.200

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	IBB
2010	29	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	5	20	20	5	8	2	3	3	1	0	0	6	.400	.400	.950	1.350	19	1	0	0
2010	29	TEX	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	6	23	20	6	7	3	2	5	0	0	3	6	.350	.435	.800	1.235	16	0	0	1
2010	29	TEX	AL	WS	SFG	L	5	20	20	2	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.450	.650	9	0	0	0
2011	30	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	4	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	1	0	0
2011	30	TEX	AL	ALCS	DET	W	6	25	22	7	8	2	6	13	0	1	2	4	.364	.440	1.273	1.713	28	1	1	0
2011	30	TEX	AL	WS	STL	L	7	30	25	5	5	0	2	3	0	0	5	5	.200	.333	.440	.773	11	0	0	1
2 Seasons (6 Series)							33	133	122	26	33	9	14	27	1	1	10	31	.270	.331	.689	1.019	84	3	1	2
2 ALDS							9	35	35	6	9	2	3	3	1	0	0	11	.257	.257	.571	.829	20	2	0	0
2 ALCS							12	48	42	13	15	5	8	18	0	1	5	10	.357	.438	1.048	1.485	44	1	1	1
2 WS							12	50	45	7	9	2	3	6	0	0	5	10	.200	.280	.444	.724	20	0	0	1

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	TEX	AL	28		DNP

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
2005	24	MIL	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	100%	0.00				1.50	1.00	71%	0%	0.0%	0%
2006	25	TEX	AL	138	4.4%	23.2%	5.1%	6.5%	31%	4.57	4.1	21.7	5.9	0.87	0.76	67%	9%	13.3%	13%
2007	26	TEX	AL	332	2.7%	26.2%	6.3%	7.8%	36%	4.14	3.5	34.1	9.0	0.63	0.74	64%	16%	8.2%	18%
2008	27	TEX	AL	133	5.3%	21.1%	12.8%	12.8%	45%	1.65	4.1	16.4	4.4	0.67	0.96	60%	22%	15.6%	13%
2009	28	TEX	AL	515	6.4%	22.9%	9.5%	10.7%	46%	2.41	3.9	14.0	6.1	0.64	0.91	61%	18%	18.5%	15%
2010	29	TEX	AL	445	4.9%	18.2%	8.5%	12.6%	44%	2.13	4.9	18.1	5.1	0.59	0.86	68%	18%	12.4%	13%
2011	30	TEX	AL	513	5.7%	22.6%	6.4%	11.3%	46%	3.52	4.1	16.4	5.5	0.72	0.94	65%	17%	16.3%	16%
7 Seasons				2083	5.1%	22.2%	8.0%	10.7%	43%	2.77	4.1	17.9	5.9	0.66	0.87	64%	17%	14.4%	15%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.07	5.1	33.8	7.8	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	24	MIL	NL	0.3	0.0	7	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.60	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.72	0.5		0
2006	25	TEX	AL	-7.8	-0.7	139	-0.8	1.5	-2.3	.85	-0.4	-0.5	1.4	0.1	0.91	-4.9	0.01	3
2007	26	TEX	AL	-12.6	-1.2	344	-0.5	5.1	-5.6	.95	-1.1	0.6	-10.7	-1.0	0.93	-13.9	1.56	5
2008	27	TEX	AL	11.6	1.1	138	0.7	2.6	-1.9	.94	0.7	0.1	13.7	1.3	1.01	11.3		0
2009	28	TEX	AL	9.6	0.9	547	0.7	9.7	-9.0	.96	1.7	-0.9	13.6	1.2	0.95	18.5	2.47	4
2010	29	TEX	AL	28.4	2.7	478	4.3	12.6	-8.4	1.12	3.7	0.1	26.9	2.5	1.01	30.3	3.28	4
2011	30	TEX	AL	6.0	0.6	534	0.3	8.6	-8.2	.88	0.6	-0.3	12.2	1.1	1.00	9.3	0.87	2
7 Seasons				35.6	3.4	2187	4.8	40.3	-35.5	.96	5.1	-0.1	57.8	5.3	0.97	51.1	1.81	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	24	MIL	NL	0	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	TEX	AL	4	0	30%	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	40%	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	4
2007	26	TEX	AL	3	1	30%	125	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	4	36%	13	13	0	5	2	3	7	1	6
2008	27	TEX	AL	0	0	25%	54	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	39%	8	5	3	4	3	1	1	0	1
2009	28	TEX	AL	3	0	30%	142	20	4	83%	13	3	7	1	2	1	2	13	31%	20	16	4	9	6	3	13	6	6
2010	29	TEX	AL	4	0	26%	152	17	4	81%	13	3	4	1	1	1	5	18	38%	16	12	4	5	4	1	11	4	7
2011	30	TEX	AL	4	0	27%	167	9	5	64%	9	4	0	1	0	0	3	12	24%	14	12	2	5	4	1	14	8	5
7 Seasons				18	1	28%	684	52	18	74%	40	15	12	3	5	3	15	50	33%	76	63	13	28	19	9	51	20	29

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
2005	24	MIL	NL	7	43%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2006	25	TEX	AL	138	36%	29	7	0	3	0	0	0	0.01	6	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	0%	22	1	5%	8	1	13%	78	16	21%	10	6	60%	3	2	67%	0
2007	26	TEX	AL	333	32%	72	8	1	5	0	0	1	1.56	9	0	6	7	2	4	5	0	2	1	50%	57	5	9%	35	11	31%	198	27	14%	19	7	37%	13	8	62%	0
2008	27	TEX	AL	133	28%	38	6	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	5	6	1	4	3	0	0	0		26	1	4%	8	1	13%	97	19	20%	9	3	33%	4	2	50%	0
2009	28	TEX	AL	515	29%	120	13	1	4	0	0	0	2.47	33	1	15	26	7	18	15	0	1	0	0%	80	9	11%	44	8	18%	310	44	14%	27	13	48%	22	10	45%	0
2010	29	TEX	AL	445	27%	127	16	0	4	0	0	0	3.28	22	0	12	18	4	13	9	0	2	1	50%	85	12	14%	46	11	24%	319	59	19%	36	16	44%	19	11	58%	0
2011	30	TEX	AL	513	22%	125	12	0	2	0	0	0	0.87	29	0	9	19	10	19	10	0	0	0		94	8	9%	50	8	16%	321	60	19%	24	15	63%	19	10	53%	0
7 Seasons				2084	28%	512	62	2	18	0	0	1	1.81	106	2	49	79	27	61	45	1	6	2	33%	364	36	10%	191	40	21%	1323	225	17%	125	60	48%	80	43	54%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

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
2005	24	MIL	NL	7	28	4.00	12	43%	25%	17%	17%	42%	75%	0%	32%	78%	0%	14%	1	0	29%	2	1	43%	3	2		0	0	0
2006	25	TEX	AL	138	542	3.93	354	65%	23%	19%	30%	28%	77%	0%	50%	75%	38%	4%	6	0	13%	18	10	9%	13	11	25%	0	0	0
2007	26	TEX	AL	333	1309	3.93	847	65%	24%	22%	28%	26%	76%	1%	49%	71%	35%	2%	6	0	13%	43	22	8%	26	19	21%	0	0	0
2008	27	TEX	AL	133	495	3.72	296	60%	24%	18%	29%	29%	76%	4%	45%	77%	32%	11%	14	2	20%	26	7	10%	13	9	29%	0	0	0
2009	28	TEX	AL	515	2002	3.89	1220	61%	21%	26%	24%	28%	79%	3%	48%	67%	38%	6%	29	7	16%	80	43	9%	47	32	20%	0	0	0
2010	29	TEX	AL	445	1709	3.84	1047	61%	21%	21%	27%	31%	79%	3%	48%	73%	38%	5%	22	7	14%	63	32	11%	49	26	21%	0	0	0
2011	30	TEX	AL	513	1997	3.89	1271	64%	21%	23%	27%	28%	79%	1%	50%	71%	34%	6%	31	6	17%	88	42	9%	48	31	11%	0	0	0
7 Seasons				2084	8082	3.88	5047	62%	22%	23%	27%	29%	78%	2%	49%	71%	36%	5%	109	22	15%	320	157	10%	199	130	19%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2005	24	8	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.400	.829	119	2	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	49	145	135	16	30	4	0	6	22	1	0	9	32	.222	.269	.385	.654	67	52	1	0	0	1	0
2007	26	145	477	442	51	102	19	2	15	56	3	4	30	119	.231	.282	.385	.666	72	170	6	2	1	2	1
2008	27	176	610	557	70	140	28	3	22	82	6	5	47	147	.251	.312	.431	.743	92	240	7	3	1	2	3
2009	28	304	1125	1019	145	260	49	4	55	158	26	9	96	265	.255	.321	.473	.794	104	482	16	5	1	4	9
2010	29	412	1570	1418	205	387	80	7	77	236	43	13	134	346	.273	.336	.502	.838	116	712	28	6	2	10	14
2011	30	536	2083	1893	269	512	108	8	106	323	52	18	167	462	.270	.330	.504	.834	115	954	36	8	2	13	15

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	24	8	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.400	.829	1	8
2006	25	41	137	129	14	28	3	0	6	20	1	7	32	.217	.255	.380	.635	12	41
2007	26	96	328	305	33	70	15	2	9	33	2	20	87	.230	.280	.380	.661	32	96
2008	27	31	132	114	18	37	9	1	7	25	3	17	28	.325	.417	.605	1.022	28	31
2009	28	128	508	457	70	115	20	1	32	71	19	47	118	.252	.323	.510	.833	75	128
2010	29	108	440	396	58	124	30	3	21	75	17	37	81	.313	.368	.563	.931	84	108
2011	30	124	509	472	61	122	27	1	28	83	9	32	116	.258	.306	.498	.804	72	124
7 Seasons		536	2061	1878	255	497	105	8	103	307	51	162	462	.265	.324	.494	.817	304	536
162 Game Avg.		162	623	568	77	150	32	2	31	93	15	49	140	.265	.324	.494	.817	92	536

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2009	Awards (yr lg award) 2011 AL ALCS MVP	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2009 AL 2.0 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2009 AL 33 (8th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 2009 AL 24.9 (2nd) 2010 AL 19.2 (6th)	AB per HR s c a p y 2009 AL 14.0 (3rd) 2011 AL 16.4 (8th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 AL 4.3 (4th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2010 AL 3.7 (8th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1323), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1089), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Similar Batters through 30

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Most Similar by Ages

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Matt Mieske (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Josh Willingham (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Ludwick (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Ludwick (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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