Nelson Cruz

Positions: Rightfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Minnesota Twins (majors)

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, 16,404th in MLB history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2020 Contract Status: Signed thru 2020, 2 yrs/$26M (19-20)

Service Time (01/2020): 12.082 • Free Agent: 2021

Agents: Bryce Dixon • Previously: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Nelson Ramon Cruz

Nicknames: Boomstick

Pronunciation: \CROOZ\

Twitter: @ncboomstick23

6x All-Star
3x Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP

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SUMMARY

2020

Career

WAR

0.7

38.5

AB

6276

H

1743

HR

405

BA

.344

.278

R

931

RBI

1135

SB

OBP

.391

.346

SLG

.578

.528

OPS

.969

.874

OPS+

172

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2001	20	0.8	Athletics	ARIZ	Rk	OAK	23	93	88	11	22	3	1	3	16	6	3	4	29	.250	.283	.409	.692	36	1	0	1	0	0
2002	21	-0.1	Vancouver	NORW	A-	OAK	63	232	214	23	59	14	0	4	25	12	1	9	58	.276	.316	.397	.713	85	2	4	4	1	0
2003	22	0.3	Kane County	MIDW	A	OAK	119	515	470	65	112	26	2	20	85	10	5	29	128	.238	.292	.430	.722	202	7	9	1	6	2
2004	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	OAK	137	593	536	109	175	42	3	26	100	16	7	51	149	.326	.390	.562	.951	301	6	5	0	1	2
2004	23	-4.2	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	4	14	13	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.231	.286	.538	.824	7	0	0	0	0	0
2004	23	-1.3	Midland	TL	AA	OAK	67	289	262	51	82	14	2	14	46	8	3	26	69	.313	.377	.542	.919	142	4	1	0	0	0
2004	23	0.1	Modesto	CALL	A+	OAK	66	290	261	54	90	27	1	11	52	8	4	24	73	.345	.407	.582	.989	152	2	4	0	1	2
2005	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	MIL	128	532	456	78	132	32	0	27	81	19	7	61	133	.289	.385	.537	.923	245	11	12	0	3	2
2005	24	-5.4	MIL	NL	MLB	MIL	8	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.400	.829	2	0	0	0	0	0
2005	24	-3.0	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	60	246	208	33	56	13	0	11	27	9	4	30	62	.269	.382	.490	.872	102	4	8	0	0	2
2005	24	0.0	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	MIL	68	286	248	45	76	19	0	16	54	10	3	31	71	.306	.388	.577	.965	143	7	4	0	3	0
2006	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		19	84	69	12	18	2	0	4	14	2	0	12	20	.261	.393	.464	.857	32	1	3	0	0	0
2006	25	-4.1	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	41	138	130	15	29	3	0	6	22	1	0	7	32	.223	.261	.385	.645	50	1	0	0	1	0
2006	25	-1.8	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	104	423	371	68	112	22	1	20	73	17	6	42	100	.302	.378	.528	.907	196	6	6	0	4	2
2006-07	25	-1.7	Gigantes	DOWL	FgW		13	55	46	8	13	2	0	3	9	1	0	6	16	.283	.400	.522	.922	24	0	3	0	0	0
2006-07	25	-4.1	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		6	29	23	4	5	0	0	1	5	1	0	6	4	.217	.379	.348	.727	8	1	0	0	0	0
2007	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		35	148	132	22	44	9	0	5	20	2	0	11	21	.333	.392	.515	.907	68	4	3	0	2	3
2007	26	-3.2	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	96	332	307	35	72	15	2	9	34	2	4	21	87	.235	.287	.384	.671	118	5	2	1	1	1
2007	26	-0.8	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	44	187	162	32	57	9	1	15	45	1	2	21	34	.352	.428	.698	1.125	113	3	2	0	2	1
2007-08	26	-1.0	Gigantes	DOWL	FgW		29	120	105	18	33	5	0	4	17	1	0	10	18	.314	.383	.476	.860	50	3	3	0	2	2
2007-08	26	-2.2	Dominican Republic 2	CARS	FgW		6	28	27	4	11	4	0	1	3	1	0	1	3	.407	.429	.667	1.095	18	1	0	0	0	1
2008	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	TEX	104	454	387	94	132	19	3	37	100	24	8	58	88	.341	.430	.693	1.122	268	10	5	0	4	4
2008	27	-1.9	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	31	133	115	19	38	9	1	7	26	3	1	17	28	.330	.421	.609	1.030	70	1	1	0	0	2
2008	27	0.1	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	103	448	383	93	131	18	3	37	99	24	8	56	87	.342	.429	.695	1.123	266	10	5	0	4	4
2008	27	7.0	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	1	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09	27	-0.3	Gigantes	DOWL	FgW		27	120	105	19	38	5	0	8	30	5	1	11	22	.362	.417	.638	1.055	67	1	1	0	3	3
2009	28	-1.0	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	128	515	462	75	120	21	1	33	76	20	4	49	118	.260	.332	.524	.856	242	9	2	0	2	6
2009	28	1.3	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	3	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-10	28	0.7	Gigantes	DOWL	FgW		6	26	24	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.208	.269	.333	.603	8	2	0	0	0	0
2010	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TEX	8	35	30	2	8	2	0	0	5	1	0	3	5	.267	.314	.333	.648	10	5	0	0	2	0
2010	29	0.0	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	108	445	399	60	127	31	3	22	78	17	4	38	81	.318	.374	.576	.950	230	12	1	1	6	5
2010	29	2.2	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	5	22	19	1	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	.211	.273	.263	.536	5	3	0	0	1	0
2010	29	4.8	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	3	13	11	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.364	.385	.455	.839	5	2	0	0	1	0
2011	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TEX	6	25	22	4	7	1	0	3	5	0	0	3	1	.318	.400	.773	1.173	17	1	0	0	0	1
2011	30	1.3	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	124	513	475	64	125	28	1	29	87	9	5	33	116	.263	.312	.509	.821	242	8	2	0	3	1
2011	30	3.1	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	3	13	11	3	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	1	.455	.538	1.273	1.811	14	0	0	0	0	1
2011	30	6.0	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	3	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	3	1	0	0	0	0
2012	31	2.3	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	159	642	585	86	152	45	0	24	90	8	4	48	140	.260	.319	.460	.779	269	7	5	0	4	2
2012-13	31	4.4	Gigantes	DOWL	FgW		11	48	42	5	12	2	0	1	4	1	0	6	8	.286	.375	.405	.780	17	0	0	0	0	1
2013	32	3.3	TEX	AL	MLB	TEX	109	456	413	49	110	18	0	27	76	5	1	35	109	.266	.327	.506	.833	209	14	4	0	4	2
2014	33	4.3	BAL	AL	MLB	BAL	159	678	613	87	166	32	2	40	108	4	5	55	140	.271	.333	.525	.859	322	17	5	0	5	8
2015	34	5.5	SEA	AL	MLB	SEA	152	655	590	90	178	22	1	44	93	3	2	59	164	.302	.369	.566	.936	334	6	5	0	1	9
2016	35	6.3	SEA	AL	MLB	SEA	155	667	589	96	169	27	1	43	105	2	0	62	159	.287	.360	.555	.915	327	15	9	0	7	5
2017	36	7.4	SEA	AL	MLB	SEA	155	645	556	91	160	28	0	39	119	1	1	70	140	.288	.375	.549	.924	305	15	12	0	7	7
2018	37	8.8	SEA	AL	MLB	SEA	144	591	519	70	133	18	1	37	97	1	0	55	122	.256	.342	.509	.850	264	15	14	0	3	5
2019	38	10.2	MIN	AL	MLB	MIN	120	520	454	81	141	26	0	41	108	0	1	56	131	.311	.392	.639	1.031	290	14	7	0	3	8
2019	38	15.6	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	2	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
2020	39	11.1	MIN	AL	MLB	MIN	17	69	64	12	22	3	0	4	16	0	0	3	19	.344	.391	.578	.969	37	0	2	0	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
MLB (16 seasons)					MLB		1706	7006	6276	931	1743	327	13	405	1135	76	32	610	1586	.278	.346	.528	.874	3311	139	71	2	47	61
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		741	3107	2753	486	818	170	11	155	535	107	39	282	733	.297	.369	.536	.904	1475	52	43	6	23	14
Foreign (5 seasons)					Foreign		98	426	372	63	117	21	0	18	68	10	1	42	77	.315	.390	.516	.906	192	8	7	0	5	7
All Levels (20 Seasons)							2545	10539	9401	1480	2678	518	24	578	1738	193	72	934	2396	.285	.354	.530	.884	4978	199	121	8	75	82

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		326	1364	1177	234	368	64	5	87	254	52	20	155	301	.313	.399	.597	.996	703	26	21	0	11	10
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		141	600	532	98	164	35	2	30	102	19	6	59	140	.308	.380	.551	.931	293	14	5	0	4	0
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		68	297	268	54	92	27	1	11	52	8	4	24	76	.343	.404	.575	.979	154	2	4	0	1	2
A (1 season)					Minors		119	515	470	65	112	26	2	20	85	10	5	29	128	.238	.292	.430	.722	202	7	9	1	6	2
A- (1 season)					Minors		63	232	214	23	59	14	0	4	25	12	1	9	58	.276	.316	.397	.713	85	2	4	4	1	0
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		24	99	92	12	23	4	1	3	17	6	3	6	30	.250	.296	.413	.709	38	1	0	1	0	0

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