Nelson Cruz

Nelson Ramon Cruz MLB 2005-2012 | 2001-2012

Speed
69

Contact
18

Patience
50

Batting
65

Power
91

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Status Texas Rangers Positions OF-701, RF-493, LF-53, DH-15, CF-2 Born Jul 1, 1980 (31) Place Monte Cristi,Dominican Republic Ht/Wt 6-3 / 170 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Unknown College None listed
Drafted Signed as UDFA 1998 by NYMMLB Debut: September 17,2005 box

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Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2001	Azl Athletics	Ariz	Rk	-	oak	20	of	56	23	88	11	22	3	1	3	16	6	3	4	29	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.283	.409	692	-	-	36	93	71	9	3.4	.339	.239	.159	0.14	3.2	31.8	4.3	31.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	35-21	1	2001	Azl Athletics
2002	Vancouver	Nwst	A-		oak	21	of	42	63	214	23	59	14	0	4	25	12	1	9	58	4	0	4	1	2	.276	.316	.397	713	-	-	85	232	163	28	4.6	.359	.215	.121	0.16	1.7	30.5	3.9	25.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	37-39	4	2002	Vancouver
2003	Kane County	Midw	A		oak	22	of	40	104	413	57	95	23	2	17	70	10	4	25	116	8	2	1	6	7	.230	.283	.419	702	-	-	173	453	336	49	3.9	.273	.264	.189	0.22	3.8	44.2	5.5	25.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-50	2	2003	Kane County
2004	Modesto	Calif	A+	-	oak	23	of	76	66	261	54	90	27	1	11	52	8	4	24	73	4	2	0	1	2	.345	.407	.582	989	-	-	152	290	178	62	9.4	.444	.345	.238	0.33	3.8	43.3	8.3	25.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	90-50	1	2004	Modesto
	Midland	Tex	AA	-	oak	23	of	69	67	262	51	82	14	2	14	45	8	3	26	69	1	0	0	0	4	.313	.377	.542	919	-	-	142	289	187	54	7.7	.380	.347	.229	0.38	4.8	36.6	9.0	23.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	72-68	2		Midland
	Sacramento	PCL	AAA		oak	23	of	-	4	13	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.538	824	-	-	7	14	10	2	4.9	.400	.385	.308	0.14	7.1	66.7	7.1	50.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	1		Sacramento
2005	Huntsville	Sou	AA		mil	24	of	68	68	248	45	76	19	0	16	54	10	3	31	71	4	0	0	3	7	.306	.388	.577	965	-	-	143	286	185	56	8.1	.366	.423	.270	0.44	5.6	46.1	10.8	24.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	60-79	4	2005	Huntsville
	Nashville	PCL	AAA	37	mil	24	of	-	60	208	33	56	13	0	11	27	9	4	30	62	8	2	0	0	4	.269	.382	.490	872	-	-	102	246	160	40	6.7	.333	.389	.221	0.48	4.5	42.9	12.2	25.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	75-69	1		Nashville
	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	8	mil	24	rf-lf	-	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.400	829	1	13	2	7	4	1	9.2	.200	.600	.200	--	0.0	100.0	28.6	0.0	1.50	4.0	28	42.9	57.1	7.1	81-81	3		Milwaukee
2006	Nashville	PCL	AAA		mil	25	of	90	104	371	68	112	22	1	20	73	17	6	42	100	6	2	0	4	6	.302	.378	.528	907	-	-	196	423	275	76	7.4	.361	.369	.226	0.42	4.7	38.4	9.9	23.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-68	2	2006	Nashville
	Texas	AL	MLB	17	tex	25	rf	-	41	130	15	29	3	0	6	22	1	0	7	32	0	0	0	1	1	.223	.261	.385	645	35	85	50	138	103	13	3.3	.247	.223	.162	0.22	4.3	31.0	5.1	23.2	0.88	3.9	538	64.9	35.1	11.5	80-82	3		Texas
2007	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	-	tex	26	of	-	44	162	32	57	9	1	15	45	1	2	21	34	2	1	0	2	3	.352	.428	.698	1125	-	-	113	187	112	48	11.5	.365	.469	.346	0.62	8.0	43.9	11.2	18.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-72	3	2007	Oklahoma
	Texas	AL	MLB	17	tex	26	rf	-	96	307	35	72	15	2	9	34	2	4	21	87	2	1	1	1	5	.235	.287	.384	671	79	82	118	332	246	31	3.4	.297	.212	.150	0.24	2.7	36.1	6.3	26.2	0.64	4.0	1324	64.4	35.6	13.7	75-87	4		Texas
2008	Azl Rangers	Ariz	Rk	-	tex	27	of	-	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.500	1000	-	-	2	6	3	1	12.3	.333	.750	.250	2.00	0.0	100.0	33.3	16.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	34-22	3	2008	Azl Rangers
	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA		tex	27	of	5	103	383	93	131	18	3	37	99	24	8	56	87	5	4	0	4	10	.342	.429	.695	1123	-	-	266	448	274	112	11.1	.357	.540	.352	0.64	8.3	44.3	12.5	19.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-68	1		Oklahoma
	Texas	AL	MLB	17	tex	27	rf	-	31	115	19	38	9	1	7	26	3	1	17	28	1	2	0	0	1	.330	.421	.609	1030	31	100	70	133	79	30	10.3	.387	.443	.278	0.61	5.3	44.7	12.8	21.1	0.67	3.7	498	59.4	40.6	10.0	79-83	2		Texas
2009	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	-	tex	28	rf	-	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	91	-	-	0	11	10	-1	-3	.000	.200	.000	0.20	0.0	0.0	9.1	45.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-75	2	2009	Oklahoma City
	Texas	AL	MLB	17	tex	28	rf	52	128	462	75	120	21	1	33	76	20	4	49	118	2	6	0	2	9	.260	.332	.524	856	123	96	242	515	357	83	6.3	.278	.405	.264	0.42	6.4	45.8	9.5	22.9	0.66	3.9	1999	60.5	39.5	15.1	87-75	2		Texas
2010	Frisco	Tex	AA	39	tex	29	rf	-	3	11	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.364	.385	.455	839	-	-	5	13	10	2	5.1	.333	.273	.091	--	0.0	25.0	7.7	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	72-67	1	2010	Frisco
	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	-	tex	29	rf	-	5	19	1	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	1	3	.211	.273	.263	536	-	-	5	22	19	0	0.4	.267	.158	.053	0.40	0.0	25.0	9.1	22.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-70	1		Oklahoma City
	Texas	AL	MLB	17	tex	29	rf	86	108	399	60	127	31	3	22	78	17	4	38	81	1	5	1	6	12	.318	.374	.576	950	103	95	230	445	295	89	8.2	.348	.386	.258	0.47	4.9	44.1	8.5	18.2	0.59	3.9	1724	60.7	39.3	12.2	90-72	1		Texas
2011	Frisco	Tex	AA	-	tex	30	rf	-	3	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.250	.273	523	-	-	3	12	10	1	1.8	.182	.182	.091	--	0.0	50.0	8.3	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-61	2	2011	Frisco
	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	-	tex	30	rf	-	3	11	3	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.455	.538	1.273	1811	-	-	14	13	6	6	29.2	.286	1.000	.818	2.00	23.1	60.0	15.4	7.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	87-57	1		Round Rock
	Texas	AL	MLB	17	tex	30	rf	64	124	475	64	125	28	1	29	87	9	5	33	116	2	1	0	3	8	.263	.312	.509	821	122	98	242	513	366	78	5.7	.288	.324	.246	0.28	5.7	46.4	6.4	22.6	0.72	3.9	1982	62.9	37.1	13.5	96-66	1		Texas
2012	Texas	AL	MLB		tex	31	5/29/2012		49	194	30	53	12	0	7	34	3	4	13	55	2	0	0	0	4	.273	.325	.443	769	-	-	86	209	149	26	4.7	.348	.232	.170	0.24	3.3	35.8	6.2	26.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2012	Texas
MLB Totals (8 years)									585	2087	299	565	120	8	113	357	55	22	180	517	10	15	2	13	40	.271	.330	.498	828	494	84	1040	2292	1599	351	5.9	.307	.330	.228	0.35	4.9	42.7	7.9	22.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	.519	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (11 years)									724	2689	478	799	167	11	152	519	107	38	278	718	42	14	6	23	52	.297	.369	.537	906	--	--	1444	3038	2009	541	7.3	.351	.369	.240	0.39	5.0	41.3	9.2	23.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	.536	--	--	--
AAA Totals (8 years)									326	1177	234	368	64	5	87	254	52	20	155	301	21	10	0	11	26	.313	.399	.597	996	--	--	703	1364	866	282	8.8	.351	.444	.285	0.51	6.4	42.4	11.4	22.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	.527	--	--	--
AA Totals (4 years)									141	532	98	164	35	2	30	101	19	6	59	140	5	0	0	4	14	.308	.380	.551	931	--	--	293	600	392	112	7.7	.366	.378	.242	0.42	5.0	40.9	9.8	23.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.507	--	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)									66	261	54	90	27	1	11	52	8	4	24	73	4	2	0	1	2	.345	.407	.582	989	--	--	152	290	178	62	9.4	.444	.345	.238	0.33	3.8	43.3	8.3	25.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.643	--	--	--
A Totals (1 year)									104	413	57	95	23	2	17	70	10	4	25	116	8	2	1	6	7	.230	.283	.419	702	--	--	173	453	336	49	3.9	.273	.264	.189	0.22	3.8	44.2	5.5	25.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	.583	--	--	--
A- Totals (1 year)									63	214	23	59	14	0	4	25	12	1	9	58	4	0	4	1	2	.276	.316	.397	713	--	--	85	232	163	28	4.6	.359	.215	.121	0.16	1.7	30.5	3.9	25.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.487	--	--	--
Rookie Totals (2 years)									24	92	12	23	4	1	3	17	6	3	6	30	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.296	.413	709	--	--	38	99	74	10	3.7	.339	.261	.163	0.20	3.0	34.8	6.1	30.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.616	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
2001	Azl Athletics	Ariz	Rk	oak	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	30	1	0
2002	Vancouver	Nwst	A-	oak	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.961	96	3	4
2003	Kane County	Midw	A	oak	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	119	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.979	271	8	6
2004	Modesto	Calif	A+	oak	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.982	158	4	3
2004	Midland	Tex	AA	oak	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.972	128	9	4
2004	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	12	0	0
2005	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	mil	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	4	0	0
2005	Huntsville	Sou	AA	mil	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.967	109	8	4
2005	Nashville	PCL	AAA	mil	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.983	107	9	2
2006	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	69	4	0
2006	Nashville	PCL	AAA	mil	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.960	187	4	8
2007	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	82	0	1	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	.968	--	167	6	5
2007	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	tex	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.989	91	3	1
2008	Azl Rangers	Ariz	Rk	tex	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	2	0	0
2008	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	tex	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.978	169	11	4
2008	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.973	--	72	1	2
2009	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	tex	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	6	2	0
2009	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	120	0	4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.875	--	.990	--	301	11	4
2010	Frisco	Tex	AA	tex	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.750	--	3	0	1
2010	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	tex	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	8	0	0
2010	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	94	0	2	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	.979	--	250	3	5
2011	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	109	0	8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.968	--	.978	--	244	6	6
2011	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	tex	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	6	0	0
2011	Frisco	Tex	AA	tex	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	2	0	0
MLB Totals						0	0	0	0	0	0	53	2	480	0	15	--	--	--	--	--	--	.975	--	.981	--	1107	31	22
Minor League Totals						0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	701	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.964	.975	1385	62	37

Transactions

1998-02-17 - Signed as nondrafted free agent by Mets 2000-08-30 - Traded by Mets to Athletics for SS Jorge Velandia 2004-12-15 - Traded by Athletics to Brewers 2006-07-28 - Traded by Brewers with Carlos Lee to Rangers for Francisco Cordero, Kevin Mench, Laynce Nix and Julian Cordero 2008-02-15 - Signed by Rangers (1-year)

Awards

2008 - Pacific Coast League All-Star OF; Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player; 2009 - Played in MLB All-Star Game (AL); 2011 - ALCS Most Valuable Player;

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by MIL to 1-year contract worth $0.3m (1/20/2005) -- Minor League Contract
2006-2006 - Signed by MIL to 1-year contract worth $0.327m (1/31/2006)
2007-2007 - Signed by TEX to 1-year contract worth $0.382m (2/26/2007)
2008-2008 - Signed by TEX to 1-year contract worth $0.39815m (2/15/2008)
2009-2009 - Signed by TEX to 1-year contract worth $0.40807m (2/20/2009)
2010-2010 - Signed by TEX to 1-year contract worth $0.44m (3/4/2010)
2011-2011 - Signed by TEX to 1-year contract worth $3.65m (1/18/2011) -- Avoided arbitration
2012-2013 - Signed by TEX to 2-year contract worth $16m (2/9/2012) -- Avoided Arbitration

Disabled List

2009-08-14 - Disabled (Left ankle sprain); 2009-08-20 - Activated; 2010-04-27 - Disabled (Strained Right Hamstring); 2010-05-14 - Activated; 2010-05-30 - Disabled (Strained Left Hamstring); 2010-06-22 - Activated; 2010-08-16 - Disabled (Strained Left Hamstring); 2010-08-30 - Activated; 2011-05-07 - Disabled (Strained right quad muscle); 2011-05-23 - Activated; 2011-08-30 - Disabled (Left Hamstring Strain); 2011-09-13 - Activated;

Salaries

$300,000

$327,000

$382,000

$408,070

$440,000

$3,650,000

$6,250,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

2004 - Batting Avg Above .330 Calif --- 0.3448
2007 - Batting Avg Above .330 PCL --- 0.3519
2008 - 30 Homers PCL --- 37
2008 - Batting Avg Above .330 PCL --- 0.342
2009 - 30 Homers AL --- 33
2009 - 6 RBIs in Game MLB--- 6

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2009	Dominican Republic	WBC	3	11	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.545	930
2010	Texas Rangers	MLB-ST	23	66	16	24	8	0	5	20	0	0	8	9	1	0	0	1	0	.364	.434	.712	1146
2011	Texas Rangers	MLB-ST	21	62	9	14	6	0	1	13	0	0	7	14	0	0	0	1	2	.226	.300	.371	671
2012	Texas Rangers	MLB-ST	21	55	4	13	4	0	1	9	0	1	4	14	2	0	0	0	1	.236	.311	.364	675

Playoff Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	Texas	AL	Div	5	20	5	8	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.950	1350
2010	Texas	AL	CS	6	20	6	7	3	0	2	5	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	.350	.435	.800	1235
2010	Texas	AL	WS	5	20	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.450	650
2011	Texas	AL	Div	4	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	.067	.067	.067	134
2011	Texas	AL	CS	6	22	7	8	2	0	6	13	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	.364	.440	1.273	1713
2011	Texas	AL	WS	7	25	5	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.333	.440	773
Playoff Totals:				33	122	26	33	9	0	14	27	1	1	10	31	1	2	0	0	3	.270	.331	.689	1020

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	1x		2008-2
SLG	1x		2008-1
OBP	1x		2008-1
OPS	1x		2008-1
R	1x		2008-4
TB	1x		2008-8
HR	3x	2009-8	2003-6 2008-2
RBI	1x		2008-7
SB	1x		2008-3
CS	1x		2008-9
SO	1x		2003-9
IBB	1x		2008-5

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