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Nelson Cruz

DH/1B

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 7/1/1980 (45)
Height, Weight 6'2", 230 lb
Hometown Las Matas de Santa Cruz, DOM

2023 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
PA R HR RBI SB AVG wOBA
152 9 5 23 1 .245 .291
351st 453
PA
351st 56
R
299th 15
HR
338th 54
RBI
261st 9
SB
206th .250
AVG
280th .320
wOBA
K% BB% IPA% HC% xAVG xwOBA
30.3% 3.9% 27.0% 31.1% .248 .299
308th -
K%
341st -
BB%
134th -
IPA%
351st -
HC%
146th -
xAVG
246th -
xwOBA

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Nelson Cruz Overview

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Year Team G PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG wOBA xwOBA Z-Con% K% BB% HR/FB% BABIP Brl% ICR IPA%
2005 MIL 8 7 1 0 0 0 .200 .429 .400 - - - 0.0% 28.6% - - - - -
2006 TEX 41 138 15 7 22 1 .223 .263 .377 - - - 23.2% 5.1% - - - - -
2007 TEX 96 333 35 9 34 2 .235 .284 .384 - - - 26.1% 6.3% - - - - -
2008 TEX 31 133 19 7 26 3 .330 .417 .609 - - - 21.1% 12.8% - - - - -
2009 TEX 128 515 75 34 76 20 .260 .331 .522 - - - 22.9% 9.5% - - - - -
2010 TEX 124 508 73 28 89 18 .318 .374 .597 - - - 19.3% 8.1% - - - - -
2011 TEX 141 583 77 38 103 9 .259 .310 .523 - - - 22.3% 6.9% - - - - -
2012 TEX 160 646 86 26 90 8 .261 .317 .457 - - - 21.7% 7.4% - - - - -
2013 TEX 109 456 49 29 76 5 .266 .324 .501 - - - 23.9% 7.7% - - - - -
2014 BAL 166 708 92 44 115 4 .275 .334 .526 - - - 20.5% 8.1% - - - - -
2015 SEA 152 655 90 44 93 3 .302 .365 .566 - - - 25.0% 9.0% - - - - -
2016 SEA 155 667 96 44 105 2 .287 .355 .553 - - - 23.8% 9.3% - - - - -
2017 SEA 155 645 91 39 119 1 .288 .367 .549 - - - 21.7% 10.9% - - - - -
2018 SEA 144 591 70 37 97 1 .256 .342 .509 .361 - - 20.6% 9.3% - .264 - - -
2019 MIN 120 521 81 41 108 0 .311 .392 .639 .417 - - 25.1% 10.7% - .351 - - -
2020 MIN 53 214 33 16 33 0 .303 .397 .595 .412 .389 77.6% 27.1% 11.7% 64.0% .360 15.1% 43.3% 25.7%
2021 TB/MIN 140 584 79 32 86 3 .265 .334 .497 .346 .351 78.6% 21.6% 8.7% 35.2% .286 13.4% 41.2% 27.9%
2022 WSH 124 507 50 10 64 4 .234 .313 .337 .292 .319 77.0% 23.5% 9.7% 18.9% .295 9.5% 38.9% 25.4%
2023 SD 49 152 9 5 23 1 .245 .283 .399 .291 .299 78.7% 30.3% 3.9% 25.0% .323 9.3% 41.8% 27.0%
MLB Percentile 0 0 0 10 3 14 40 12 40 20 29 19 12 2 71 76 63 73 60
MLB AVG 119 453 56 15 54 9 .250 .321 .418 .320 .319 83.5% 22.6% 8.6% 20.0% .298 8.0% 38.6% 26.0%
Career 2,096 8,563 1,121 490 1,359 85 .273 .345 .501 .362 .318 77.9% 22.1% 9.7% 74.6% .302 11.8% 23.1% 15.1%

Nelson Cruz Game Log

Nelson Cruz Standard

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Year Team 1B 2B 3B HR SB CS K BB HBP H TB HC Brl
2005 MIL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - - -
2006 TEX 19 3 0 7 1 0 32 7 0 29 - - -
2007 TEX 46 15 2 9 2 4 87 21 1 72 - - -
2008 TEX 21 9 1 7 3 1 28 17 2 38 - - -
2009 TEX 64 21 1 34 20 4 118 49 6 120 - - -
2010 TEX 77 38 3 28 18 4 98 41 6 146 - - -
2011 TEX 70 30 1 38 9 6 130 40 2 139 - - -
2012 TEX 83 45 0 26 8 4 140 48 2 154 - - -
2013 TEX 63 18 0 29 5 1 109 35 2 110 - - -
2014 BAL 97 33 2 44 4 5 145 57 8 176 - - -
2015 SEA 111 22 1 44 3 2 164 59 9 178 - - -
2016 SEA 97 27 1 44 2 0 159 62 5 169 - - -
2017 SEA 93 28 0 39 1 1 140 70 7 160 - - -
2018 SEA 77 18 1 37 1 0 122 55 14 133 333 - 0
2019 MIN 74 26 0 41 0 1 131 56 7 141 353 - 0
2020 MIN 34 6 0 16 0 0 58 25 4 56 139 59 19
2021 TB/MIN 82 21 1 32 3 0 126 51 7 136 313 208 53
2022 WSH 79 16 0 10 4 0 119 49 4 105 204 153 31
2023 SD 24 5 1 5 1 0 46 6 2 35 65 47 9
MLB Percentile 2 1 31 10 14 0 95 0 16 0 0 3 13
MLB AVG 65 21 2 15 9 2 100 40 5 103 217 122 24
Career 1,211 382 15 490 85 33 1,952 750 88 2,098 1,407 467 112

Nelson Cruz Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG OBP SLG wOBA ISO BABIP xAVG xSLG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON Max EV FB EV LA
2005 MIL 0.0% 28.6% .200 .429 .400 - .200 - - - - - - - - -
2006 TEX 23.2% 5.1% .223 .263 .377 - .154 - - - - - - - - -
2007 TEX 26.1% 6.3% .235 .284 .384 - .149 - - - - - - - - -
2008 TEX 21.1% 12.8% .330 .417 .609 - .279 - - - - - - - - -
2009 TEX 22.9% 9.5% .260 .331 .522 - .262 - - - - - - - - -
2010 TEX 19.3% 8.1% .318 .374 .597 - .279 - - - - - - - - -
2011 TEX 22.3% 6.9% .259 .310 .523 - .264 - - - - - - - - -
2012 TEX 21.7% 7.4% .261 .317 .457 - .196 - - - - - - - - -
2013 TEX 23.9% 7.7% .266 .324 .501 - .235 - - - - - - - - -
2014 BAL 20.5% 8.1% .275 .334 .526 - .251 - - - - - - - - -
2015 SEA 25.0% 9.0% .302 .365 .566 - .264 - - - - - - - - -
2016 SEA 23.8% 9.3% .287 .355 .553 - .266 - - - - - - - - -
2017 SEA 21.7% 10.9% .288 .367 .549 - .261 - - - - - - - - -
2018 SEA 20.6% 9.3% .256 .342 .509 .361 .253 .264 - - - - - - - -
2019 MIN 25.1% 10.7% .311 .392 .639 .417 .328 .351 - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 27.1% 11.7% .303 .397 .595 .412 .292 .360 .280 .557 .389 .335 .508 147.1 98.5 9.1
2021 TB/MIN 21.6% 8.7% .265 .334 .497 .346 .232 .286 .262 .516 .351 .278 .421 117.5 92.8 11.8
2022 WSH 23.5% 9.7% .234 .313 .337 .292 .103 .295 .245 .402 .319 .299 .376 113.8 93.2 7.4
2023 SD 30.3% 3.9% .245 .283 .399 .291 .154 .323 .248 .416 .299 .325 .412 112.5 93.2 10.6
MLB Percentile 12 2 40 12 40 20 39 76 56 46 29 91 78 69 87 28
MLB AVG 22.6% 8.6% .250 .321 .418 .320 .168 .298 .243 .423 .319 .285 .374 111.1 89.9 12.8
Career 22.1% 9.7% .273 .345 .501 .362 .229 .302 .215 .394 .318 .296 .421 147.1 93.7 9.8

Nelson Cruz Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 SEA - - - - - - - - 14.7% - - - - -
2019 MIN - - - - - - - - 15.7% - - - - -
2020 MIN 46.8% 26.2% 19.8% 7.1% 40.5% 33.1% 39.4% 27.6% 16.3% 56.4% 25.4% 3.2% 15.1% 43.3%
2021 TB/MIN 46.0% 21.2% 23.0% 9.8% 33.3% 38.6% 34.6% 26.8% 17.3% 58.8% 20.5% 7.3% 13.4% 41.2%
2022 WSH 55.8% 20.7% 16.2% 7.3% 29.9% 34.6% 34.3% 31.0% 17.7% 60.6% 25.6% 4.3% 9.5% 38.9%
2023 SD 50.5% 22.7% 20.6% 6.2% 36.1% 41.8% 36.7% 21.4% 16.1% 57.8% 27.8% 5.2% 9.3% 41.8%
MLB Percentile 81 54 18 82 56 50 82 23 19 76 83 28 63 73
MLB AVG 44.2% 22.1% 24.4% 9.3% 35.4% 41.5% 33.4% 25.1% 18.0% 61.3% 24.5% 6.3% 8.0% 38.6%
Career 49.9% 21.9% 20.0% 8.2% 33.4% 36.8% 35.4% 27.8% 16.3% 59.0% 23.7% 5.5% 11.8% 23.1%

Nelson Cruz Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 SEA .256 .361 .264 .333 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 MIN .311 .417 .351 .433 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN .303 .412 .360 .441 .280 .389 .335 .508 92.0 98.5 9.1 64.0% 43.3% 25.7%
2021 TB/MIN .265 .346 .286 .343 .262 .351 .278 .421 92.9 92.8 11.8 35.2% 41.2% 27.9%
2022 WSH .234 .292 .295 .316 .245 .319 .299 .376 90.9 93.2 7.4 18.9% 38.9% 25.4%
2023 SD .245 .291 .323 .357 .248 .299 .325 .412 92.5 93.2 10.6 25.0% 41.8% 27.0%
MLB Percentile 40 20 76 76 56 29 91 78 95 87 28 71 73 60
MLB AVG .250 .320 .298 .333 .243 .319 .285 .374 88.7 89.9 12.8 20.0% 38.6% 26.0%
Career .273 .362 .302 .361 .215 .318 .296 .421 92.0 93.7 9.8 74.6% 23.1% 15.1%

Nelson Cruz Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS%
2018 SEA - 60.8% 46.4% - 30.5% 14.7% 69.5% - - 14.4% 14.2% 28.5% 17.5% 55.0%
2019 MIN - 59.7% 46.1% - 32.5% 15.7% 67.5% - - 13.5% 15.0% 28.5% 15.4% 53.0%
2020 MIN 42.0% 61.9% 47.6% 33.0% 34.2% 16.3% 65.8% 77.6% 48.1% 14.3% 16.3% 30.6% 15.0% 55.3%
2021 TB/MIN 43.8% 63.0% 50.9% 32.4% 30.6% 17.3% 69.4% 78.6% 53.0% 12.1% 15.6% 27.7% 18.0% 56.8%
2022 WSH 43.9% 63.4% 50.7% 32.3% 32.1% 17.7% 67.9% 77.0% 51.5% 12.7% 16.3% 29.0% 16.7% 58.1%
2023 SD 44.0% 69.1% 52.3% 40.1% 36.1% 16.1% 63.9% 78.7% 44.1% 16.8% 18.9% 35.7% 17.3% 62.9%
MLB Percentile 28 96 82 7 4 19 4 19 7 39 3 1 50 96
MLB AVG 45.2% 64.0% 47.7% 30.7% 25.5% 18.0% 74.5% 83.5% 57.9% 16.4% 12.2% 28.6% 17.5% 58.3%
Career 24.4% 62.1% 48.6% 33.2% 31.9% 16.3% 68.1% 77.9% 50.7% 13.5% 15.5% 29.0% 16.8% 56.1%

Nelson Cruz Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% iLoc% x-mLoc% oLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% aLoc% gLoc% mmLoc%
2018 SEA - - - - - - - - - -
2019 MIN - - - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 42.0% 22.5% 21.2% 56.4% 25.7% 23.8% 50.6% 27.3% 51.5% 5.9%
2021 TB/MIN 43.8% 26.3% 23.4% 50.4% 27.8% 25.3% 46.9% 29.5% 47.1% 7.0%
2022 WSH 43.9% 28.2% 22.9% 48.9% 25.5% 23.3% 51.2% 30.4% 46.7% 5.5%
2023 SD 44.0% 32.2% 26.1% 41.7% 22.3% 24.4% 53.4% 33.4% 40.5% 6.9%
MLB Percentile 28 78 49 23 5 56 94 50 47 64
MLB AVG 45.2% 29.7% 26.1% 44.3% 30.5% 24.1% 45.4% 34.6% 39.3% 6.6%
Career 24.4% 27.0% 23.1% 49.9% 26.1% 24.3% 49.6% 29.9% 47.0% 6.3%

Nelson Cruz Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 SEA 59.6% 12.5% 28.1% 13.8% 54.4% 44.7% 19.9% - 19.0%
2019 MIN 57.4% 13.9% 29.1% 11.8% 55.2% 46.9% 17.7% - 21.3%
2020 MIN 57.8% 13.4% 29.6% 11.9% 56.7% 45.7% 19.2% 27.2% 23.2%
2021 TB/MIN 59.2% 12.6% 29.7% 16.2% 62.9% 49.4% 15.6% 26.4% 19.3%
2022 WSH 58.7% 12.0% 29.5% 14.0% 61.3% 50.9% 17.7% 27.9% 20.3%
2023 SD 61.3% 9.9% 29.3% 14.4% 65.1% 57.2% 22.8% 33.1% 27.7%
MLB Percentile 15 17 58 48 83 97 64 9 3
MLB AVG 58.8% 11.9% 29.7% 14.6% 61.4% 50.5% 21.4% 25.8% 19.4%
Career 58.8% 12.7% 29.1% 13.8% 58.7% 48.3% 18.2% 15.8% 20.7%

Nelson Cruz PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL
2018 SEA 2,282 - - - - - - - -
2019 MIN 2,115 - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 846 4.94 43.8% 16.9% 39.2% 4.6% 5.4% 13.6 +12
2021 TB/MIN 2,198 4.97 45.2% 16.7% 38.1% 7.0% 5.0% 17.7 +26
2022 WSH 1,992 4.98 45.3% 18.4% 36.2% 9.1% 5.3% 7.4 +19
2023 SD 566 5.04 45.9% 19.1% 35.0% 11.0% 8.1% 0.9 +8
MLB Percentile 0 72 54 69 22 22 99 22 42
MLB AVG 1,768 5.00 45.6% 18.4% 36.1% 9.5% 5.8% 14.8 +14
Career 9,999 4.97 45.1% 17.6% 37.3% 7.8% 5.5% 39.7 +65
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