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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-Time Rank (among Batters): #935. Leon Wagner… #936. Ben Zobrist… #937. Mike Grady… #938. NELSON CRUZ… #939. Dave Martinez… #940. Harold Reynolds… #941. Royce Clayton…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #935. Leon Wagner… #936. Ben Zobrist… #937. Mike Grady… #938. NELSON CRUZ… #939. Dave Martinez… #940. Harold Reynolds… #941. Royce Clayton…

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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
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	$

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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2005	MIL	NL	24	OF	8				4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	0				0.50	.985		2.16
2005	MIL	NL	24	RF	6	1	1	16.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	0	45	0	2.25	0.67	.980	2.08	2.08
2005	MIL	NL	24	LF	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
2006	TEX	AL	25	OF	39				73	69	4	0	1	1.000	-3	5				1.87	.986		2.27
2006	TEX	AL	25	RF	38	35	31	307.1	73	69	4	0	1	1.000	-3	5	-11	20	2.14	1.92	.984	2.20	2.17
2006	TEX	AL	25	CF	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
2006	TEX	AL	25	LF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.00
2007	TEX	AL	26	OF	94				178	167	6	5	1	.972	-2	5				1.84	.987		2.28
2007	TEX	AL	26	RF	82	65	62	604.1	158	148	5	5	1	.968	-4	4	-7	8	2.28	1.87	.985	2.08	2.06
2007	TEX	AL	26	LF	16	14	9	118.0	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	2	1	17	10	1.53	1.25	.985	2.11	2.09
2008	TEX	AL	27	OF	31				75	72	1	2	1	.973	0	2				2.35	.986		2.28
2008	TEX	AL	27	RF	31	31	31	274.0	75	72	1	2	1	.973	0	2	0	9	2.40	2.35	.985	2.15	2.13
2009	TEX	AL	28	OF	122				316	301	11	4	2	.987	19	11				2.56	.987		2.30	AS
2009	TEX	AL	28	RF	120	117	115	1035.2	308	294	11	3	2	.990	20	11	24	13	2.65	2.54	.982	2.13	2.10	AS
2009	TEX	AL	28	DH	4	4																		AS
2009	TEX	AL	28	LF	2	2	2	17.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	-1	0	-85	0	3.71	3.50	.988	2.12	2.10	AS
2010	TEX	AL	29	OF	101				258	250	3	5	1	.981	6	11				2.50	.986		2.28
2010	TEX	AL	29	RF	94	91	81	799.1	236	228	3	5	1	.979	2	11	4	17	2.60	2.46	.984	2.10	2.08
2010	TEX	AL	29	LF	14	10	7	88.2	22	22	0	0	0	1.000	3	0	41	0	2.23	1.57	.983	2.07	2.05
2010	TEX	AL	29	DH	2	2
2011	TEX	AL	30	OF	115	114	94	998.2	256	244	6	6	1	.977	-1	4	-1	4	2.25	2.17	.986	2.28	2.26
2011	TEX	AL	30	RF	109	98	88	863.2	225	215	5	5	1	.978	0	2	1	3	2.29	2.02	.986	2.09	2.07
2011	TEX	AL	30	LF	18	16	6	135.0	31	29	1	1	0	.968	-2	2	-14	18	2.00	1.67	.982	2.13	2.11
2011	TEX	AL	30	DH	8	8
	7 Seasons			OF	510	114	94	998.2	1160	1107	31	22	7	.981	19	38	23	10	2.25	2.23	.986	2.28	2.28
	7 Seasons			RF	480	438	409	3900.1	1079	1030	29	20	7	.981	17	35	5	10	2.44	2.21	.984	2.11	2.09
	6 Seasons			LF	53	42	24	363.2	81	77	2	2	0	.975	2	3	6	9	1.96	1.49	.984	2.11	2.08
	1 Season			CF	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
	7 Seasons			TOT	510	114	94	998.2	1160	1107	31	22	7	.981	19	76	23	91	2.25	2.23	.986	2.28	2.28
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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)
Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 2009 AL 19 (5th)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 480 (21st)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 1,030 (19th)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 29 (22nd)
Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 20 (12th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 2009 AL 11 (4th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 2011 AL 6 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 18 (21st) Career 18 (73rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2007 AL 2.28 (3rd) 2009 AL 2.65 (1st) 2010 AL 2.60 (1st) 2011 AL 2.29 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2009 AL 2.54 (1st) 2010 AL 2.46 (1st)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2009 AL .990 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 2009 AL 19 (3rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y Career 2.25 (89th)

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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

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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

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 Julian Cordero (minors), Francisco Cordero, Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary
2007	26	Texas Rangers	$382,000

2009	28	Texas Rangers	$408,070
2010	29	Texas Rangers	$440,000
2011	30	Texas Rangers	$3,650,000
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,880,070

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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