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.

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 3	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 5	BAL	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	8 (2)	Apr 8	BAL	@	NYY	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	9	Apr 9	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	10	Apr 11	BAL		TOR	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	14 (3)	Apr 16	BAL		TBR	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	16 (1)	Apr 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	18 (1)	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	19	Apr 22	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	23 (3)	Apr 26	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	24	Apr 27	BAL		KCR	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	25	May 1 (1)	BAL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	27 (1)	May 2	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	29 (1)	May 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	30	May 6	BAL	@	TBR	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	31	May 7	BAL	@	TBR	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	32	May 8	BAL	@	TBR	W,3-1	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	33	May 9	BAL		HOU	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	34	May 10	BAL		HOU	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	36 (1)	May 12	BAL		DET	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	37	May 13	BAL		DET	L,1-4	GS	25	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	41 (3)	May 17	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	43 (1)	May 20	BAL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	44	May 21	BAL	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	46 (1)	May 23	BAL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	47	May 24	BAL		CLE	L,0-9	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	49 (1)	May 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	50	May 27	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	51	May 28	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	55 (3)	Jun 1	BAL	@	HOU	W,9-4	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	56	Jun 3	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	60 (3)	Jun 7	BAL		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	61	Jun 8	BAL		OAK	L,1-11	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	62	Jun 9	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	63	Jun 10	BAL		BOS	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	65 (1)	Jun 12	BAL		TOR	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	67 (1)	Jun 14	BAL		TOR	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
39	68	Jun 15	BAL		TOR	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	70 (1)	Jun 17	BAL	@	TBR	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	72 (1)	Jun 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
42	74 (1)	Jun 22	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	75	Jun 23	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	79 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL		TBR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	82 (2)	Jun 30	BAL		TEX	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	87 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	89 (1)	Jul 7	BAL	@	WSN	W,8-2	GS	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	92 (2)	Jul 11	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	101 (8)	Jul 24	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	103 (1)	Jul 26	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	105 (1)	Jul 29	BAL		LAA	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	107 (1)	Jul 31	BAL		LAA	L,0-1	CG	51	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	111 (3)	Aug 4	BAL	@	WSN	W,7-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	112	Aug 5	BAL	@	TOR	W,9-3	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	114 (1)	Aug 7	BAL	@	TOR	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	118 (3)	Aug 11	BAL		NYY	W,11-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	120 (1)	Aug 15	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	123 (2)	Aug 18	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	125 (1)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	126	Aug 22	BAL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	127	Aug 23	BAL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	128	Aug 24	BAL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	131 (2)	Aug 27	BAL		TBR	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	132	Aug 28	BAL		TBR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	134 (1)	Aug 30	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	137 (2)	Sep 2	BAL		CIN	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	138	Sep 3	BAL		CIN	W,6-0	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	141 (2)	Sep 6	BAL	@	TBR	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	147 (5)	Sep 12 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	154 (6)	Sep 20	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
							71gm		580.2	132	2	0	134	0