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.

2015 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2015 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	SEA		LAA	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	3	Apr 8	SEA		LAA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 11	SEA	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	6	Apr 12	SEA	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	7	Apr 13	SEA	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
6	8	Apr 14	SEA	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
7	9	Apr 15	SEA	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
8	10	Apr 17	SEA		TEX	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	12 (1)	Apr 19	SEA		TEX	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	13	Apr 20	SEA		HOU	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	15 (1)	Apr 22	SEA		HOU	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	16	Apr 24	SEA		MIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	18 (1)	Apr 26	SEA		MIN	L,2-4	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	19	Apr 27	SEA	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	24 (4)	May 2	SEA	@	HOU	L,4-11	GS	38	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	26 (1)	May 4	SEA	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
17	27	May 5	SEA	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	28	May 6	SEA	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
19	29	May 8	SEA		OAK	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
20	30	May 9	SEA		OAK	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	31	May 10	SEA		OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	32	May 12	SEA		SDP	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	33	May 13	SEA		SDP	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	35 (1)	May 15	SEA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	36	May 16	SEA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	38 (1)	May 19	SEA	@	BAL	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
27	39	May 20	SEA	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	41 (1)	May 22	SEA	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	43 (1)	May 24	SEA	@	TOR	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	48 (4)	May 29	SEA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	49	May 30	SEA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	51 (1)	Jun 1	SEA		NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	52	Jun 2	SEA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	48	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	55 (2)	Jun 5	SEA		TBR	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	56	Jun 6	SEA		TBR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	57	Jun 7	SEA		TBR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	58	Jun 9	SEA	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	62 (3)	Jun 13	SEA	@	HOU	W,8-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	64 (1)	Jun 15	SEA	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	65	Jun 16	SEA	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	66	Jun 17	SEA		SFG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	69 (2)	Jun 20	SEA		HOU	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	71 (1)	Jun 22	SEA		KCR	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	77 (5)	Jun 30	SEA	@	SDP	W,5-0	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	78	Jul 1	SEA	@	SDP	W,7-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	81 (2)	Jul 4	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	84 (2)	Jul 7	SEA		DET	W,7-6	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	88 (3)	Jul 11	SEA		LAA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	89	Jul 12	SEA		LAA	L,3-10	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	91 (1)	Jul 18	SEA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	92	Jul 19	SEA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	93	Jul 20	SEA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	95 (1)	Jul 22	SEA	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	97 (1)	Jul 24	SEA		TOR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	99 (1)	Jul 26	SEA		TOR	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	100	Jul 27	SEA		ARI	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	102 (1)	Jul 29	SEA		ARI	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	103	Jul 30	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	105 (1)	Aug 1	SEA	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
60	106	Aug 2	SEA	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	39	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	107	Aug 3	SEA	@	COL	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	108	Aug 4	SEA	@	COL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	109	Aug 5	SEA	@	COL	L,5-7	CG	44	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
64	110	Aug 7	SEA		TEX	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	112 (1)	Aug 9	SEA		TEX	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	113	Aug 10	SEA		BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	114	Aug 11	SEA		BAL	W,6-5	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	117 (2)	Aug 15	SEA	@	BOS	L,10-22	CG	57	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	118	Aug 16	SEA	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	54	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	119	Aug 17	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
71	121 (1)	Aug 19	SEA	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	122	Aug 21	SEA		CHW	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	124 (1)	Aug 23	SEA		CHW	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	125	Aug 24	SEA		OAK	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	127 (1)	Aug 26	SEA		OAK	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	128	Aug 27	SEA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	129	Aug 28	SEA	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	130	Aug 29	SEA	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	132 (1)	Aug 31	SEA	@	HOU	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	5	0	1	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	133	Sep 1	SEA	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							80gm		704.0	151	6	4	161	1