Nelson Cruz

Positions: Designated Hitter and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 230lb (188cm, 104kg)

Born: July 1, 1980 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic do

High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic)

Debut: September 17, 2005 (Age 25-078d, 18,795th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 2023 (Age 43-002d)
vs. LAA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: Bryce Dixon • Previously: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Nelson Ramon Cruz

Nicknames: Boomstick

Pronunciation: \CROOZ\

Twitter: @ncboomstick23

Instagram: @ncboomstick23

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7x All-Star
4x Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.1

7501

2053

464

.274

1090

RBI

1325

OBP

.343

SLG

.513

OPS

.856

OPS+

130

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 7	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 8	TEX		CHW	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 9	TEX		SEA	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 10	TEX		SEA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 11	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 12	TEX		SEA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 13	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 14	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 15	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 17	TEX	@	BOS	W,18-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 18	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 19	TEX	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 21 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 21 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	Apr 22	TEX	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	40	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
17	17	Apr 23	TEX		NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	Apr 24	TEX		NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	Apr 25	TEX		NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	Apr 27	TEX		TBR	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	Apr 28	TEX		TBR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	Apr 29	TEX		TBR	L,2-5	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	23	Apr 30	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	TEX	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 5	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 6	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,14-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 8	TEX	@	BAL	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 10 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 10 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	33	May 11	TEX		LAA	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	May 12	TEX		LAA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	35	May 13	TEX		LAA	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	May 14	TEX		KCR	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	38 (1)	May 16	TEX		OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	39	May 17	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	40	May 18	TEX	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	41	May 19	TEX	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	42	May 20	TEX	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	43	May 21	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	44	May 22	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	45	May 23	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	46	May 25	TEX		TOR	W,14-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	47	May 26	TEX		TOR	W,8-7	CG	56	13.0	2	0	1	3	0
47	48	May 27	TEX		TOR	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	49	May 28	TEX		SEA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	50	May 29	TEX		SEA	L,3-10	GS	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
50	51	May 30	TEX		SEA	L,8-21	CG	54	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	52	Jun 1	TEX	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	53	Jun 2	TEX	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	54	Jun 3	TEX	@	LAA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	55	Jun 4	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	56	Jun 5	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	57	Jun 6	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	58	Jun 7	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	59	Jun 8	TEX	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	60	Jun 9	TEX	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	63 (2)	Jun 13	TEX		ARI	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	64	Jun 14	TEX		ARI	L,3-11	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	65	Jun 15	TEX		HOU	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	66	Jun 16	TEX		HOU	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	67	Jun 17	TEX		HOU	W,9-3	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	68	Jun 18	TEX	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	69	Jun 19	TEX	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	70	Jun 20	TEX	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	71	Jun 22	TEX		COL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	72	Jun 23	TEX		COL	L,7-11	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	74 (1)	Jun 25	TEX		DET	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	75	Jun 26	TEX		DET	W,7-5	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	76	Jun 27	TEX		DET	W,13-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	78 (1)	Jun 29	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	79	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	80	Jul 1	TEX		OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	81	Jul 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-19	GS	38	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	83 (1)	Jul 5	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	84	Jul 6	TEX		MIN	L,1-5	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	85	Jul 7	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	86	Jul 8	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	51	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	87	Jul 13	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	89 (1)	Jul 15	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	90	Jul 17	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	91	Jul 18	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	92	Jul 20	TEX	@	LAA	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	93	Jul 21	TEX	@	LAA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	94	Jul 22	TEX	@	LAA	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	95	Jul 23	TEX		BOS	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	97 (1)	Jul 25	TEX		BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	98	Jul 27	TEX		CHW	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	99	Jul 28	TEX		CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	100	Jul 29	TEX		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	101	Jul 30	TEX		LAA	L,8-15	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	102	Jul 31	TEX		LAA	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	103	Aug 1	TEX		LAA	W,11-10	CG	49	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	104	Aug 2	TEX		LAA	W,15-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	105	Aug 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	106	Aug 4	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	107	Aug 5	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	108	Aug 6	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	109	Aug 7	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	110	Aug 8	TEX	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	111	Aug 10	TEX		DET	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
104	112	Aug 11	TEX		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	113	Aug 12	TEX		DET	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	114	Aug 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	115	Aug 14	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	116	Aug 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	117	Aug 16	TEX	@	NYY	W,10-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	118	Aug 17	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	120 (1)	Aug 19	TEX	@	TOR	W,11-2	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	121	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	122	Aug 21	TEX		BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	123	Aug 22	TEX		BAL	W,12-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	124	Aug 23	TEX		MIN	W,10-6	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	125	Aug 24	TEX		MIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	127 (1)	Aug 26	TEX		MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	128	Aug 27	TEX		TBR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	129	Aug 28	TEX		TBR	W,1-0	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	130	Aug 29	TEX		TBR	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	132	Sep 1	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	133	Sep 2	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	134	Sep 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
125	135	Sep 4	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	136	Sep 5	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	137	Sep 6	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	138	Sep 7	TEX	@	TBR	L,1-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	139	Sep 8	TEX	@	TBR	W,4-2	CG	36	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	140	Sep 9	TEX	@	TBR	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	142 (1)	Sep 12	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	143	Sep 13	TEX		CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	144	Sep 14	TEX		SEA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	145	Sep 15	TEX		SEA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	146	Sep 16	TEX		SEA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	147	Sep 18	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-11	GS	35	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	148	Sep 19	TEX	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
138	149	Sep 20	TEX	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	150	Sep 21	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	151	Sep 22	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
141	152	Sep 23	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	153	Sep 24	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	154	Sep 25	TEX		OAK	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	155	Sep 26	TEX		OAK	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	156	Sep 27	TEX		OAK	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	157	Sep 28	TEX		LAA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	158	Sep 30 (1)	TEX		LAA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
148	159	Sep 30 (2)	TEX		LAA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
149	160	Oct 1	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
150	161	Oct 2	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
151	162	Oct 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
							157gm		1307.0	288	9	4	301	2