Nelson Cruz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: September 13, 1972 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic do

High School: Liceo Jose Castellanos (Dominican Republic)

Debut: August 1, 1997 (Age 24-322d, 17,115th in major league history)
vs. ANA 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 9, 2003 (Age 30-299d)
vs. SFG 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Nelson Cruz

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Relatives: Cousin of José Román

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

ERA

5.04

204

348.1

277

WHIP

1.372

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-10 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 8

2003 Pitching Game Log

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2003 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	185	3	Apr 3	COL	@	HOU	W,10-5	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.60	5.83	18	68	43	12	5	11	5	1	1	0	55			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.000	.58	0.00%	0.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out a6
2	186	8	Apr 9	COL		STL	W,9-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	3.27	6.03	24	82	51	16	5	10	12	4	3	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.144	.42	0.09%	2.17	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a8
3	187	13	Apr 14	COL	@	ARI	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	5.2	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.16	5.19	23	107	59	17	7	9	8	2	1	0	61			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.346	1.09	0.23%	3.01	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a1
4	188	18	Apr 19	COL		SDP	W,10-9	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	0	2	2	0	2.91	5.71	20	61	43	11	6	5	13	1	3	0	45			0	1	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.50	0.087	.59	0.06%	-0.02	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
5	189	23	Apr 25	COL		CHC	L,7-11	GS-6	L(3-1)	5	5.2	9	7	7	2	3	2	0	4.61	6.10	27	102	60	14	11	14	8	2	2	0	24			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.70	-0.263	.74	-0.17%	-3.79	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	190	28	May 1	COL		CIN	L,2-7	GS-5	L(3-2)	5	5.0	9	7	7	1	9	3	0	5.85	6.37	24	92	63	25	13	5	9	5	0	0	29			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.318	.53	-0.21%	-4.02	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
7	191	33	May 8(1)	COL	@	ATL	L,6-12	GS-4	L(3-3)	6	4.0	6	7	7	1	5	2	1	6.94	6.61	20	68	42	13	9	2	11	2	0	0	26			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	.64	-0.361	.66	-0.22%	-4.91	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
8	192	39	May 13	COL		NYM	W,9-8	6-7		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.57	6.37	7	35	23	6	5	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.008	.05	0.00%	1.19	6t --- 0 out d7	7t 3 out d7
9	193	42	May 16	COL		MON	L,1-4	8-GF	L(3-4)	2	2.0	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	6.92	6.60	12	41	29	6	6	3	8	4	2	0		0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.330	1.53	-0.18%	-1.81	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	194	62	Jun 7(1)	COL		KCR	L,11-13	4-5		21	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.70	6.51	6	30	16	6	0	3	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.008	.03	0.00%	-0.74	4t -23 2 out d9	5t 3 out d11
11	195	66	Jun 11	COL	@	MIN	L,4-7	5-6		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	6.60	6.21	8	41	26	6	8	1	4	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.007	.17	0.00%	0.95	5b 123 0 out d4	6b 3 out d6
12	196	71	Jun 16	COL		SDP	L,5-7	7-8		4	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.55	6.01	8	28	21	5	5	2	4	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.019	.54	0.01%	0.60	7t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d3
13	197	74	Jun 19	COL		SDP	W,10-5	7-8	H(1)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.36	5.88	4	19	13	3	1	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.046	.29	0.02%	0.96	7t -2- 2 out a3	8t 3 out a5
14	198	78	Jun 23	COL	@	SDP	W,5-1	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.23	5.82	3	7	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.025	.37	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
15	199	83	Jun 29	COL	@	PIT	L,0-9	5-7		5	2.1	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	6.48	5.61	11	44	29	6	4	5	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	.05	0.002	.04	0.00%	-1.12	5b --- 0 out d6	7b -2- 1 out d8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	200	85	Jul 1	COL		ARI	W,7-4	5-6		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.31	5.47	4	13	9	1	5	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.108	.62	0.04%	1.43	5t 123 2 out d3	6t 3 out d1
17	201	87	Jul 3	COL		ARI	L,4-8	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.19	5.38	3	15	10	1	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.60	8t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d7
18	202	89	Jul 5	COL	@	MIL	W,9-8	7-7	H(2)	1	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	6.28	5.52	3	15	10	4	3	0	1	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.153	1.01	-0.06%	-2.42	7b 123 1 out a5	7b 3 out a1
19	203	91	Jul 7	COL	@	ARI	L,6-14	6-7	BL(3-5)	1	0.2	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	6.88	5.79	6	19	12	3	2	2	3	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.514	.85	-0.26%	-4.18	6b 1-- 2 out a1	7b --3 1 out d3
20	204	93	Jul 9	COL		SFG	W,11-7	7-7		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	7.21	6.03	2	7	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.123	.43	-0.04%	-2.57	7t -2- 1 out a5	7t --- 1 out a2
							10-10		W-L:3-5,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.2	53.2	65	43	43	11	38	15	3	7.21	6.03	233	894	63%	17%	11%	0.79		18%	8%	0	42	16	50%	4	3	0	216	9	2	2	3	2	1	.64	-1.277	.61	-0.70%	-13.52

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