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.

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	TEX	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
2	2	Apr 2	TEX	@	HOU	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 3	TEX	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 5	TEX		LAA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 6	TEX		LAA	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 7	TEX		LAA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 8	TEX		TBR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 9	TEX		TBR	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 11	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	11	Apr 12	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	12	Apr 13	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	13	Apr 14	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	14	Apr 16	TEX	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	15	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	16	Apr 19	TEX		SEA	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	17	Apr 20	TEX		SEA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	18	Apr 21	TEX		SEA	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	19	Apr 22	TEX	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	20	Apr 23	TEX	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	42	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
20	21	Apr 24	TEX	@	LAA	W,11-3	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	22	Apr 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	23	Apr 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	24	Apr 27	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	25	Apr 28	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	26	Apr 30	TEX		CHW	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	27	May 1	TEX		CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	28	May 2	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	29	May 3	TEX		BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	30	May 4	TEX		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	31	May 5	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	32	May 6	TEX	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	33	May 7	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	34	May 8	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	35	May 10	TEX	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	36	May 11	TEX	@	HOU	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	38 (1)	May 13	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	39	May 14	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	40	May 15	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	41	May 16	TEX		DET	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	42	May 17	TEX		DET	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	43	May 18	TEX		DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	44	May 19	TEX		DET	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	45	May 20	TEX		OAK	L,2-9	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	46	May 21	TEX		OAK	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	47	May 22	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	48	May 24	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	49	May 25	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	50	May 26	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	51	12.2	2	0	0	2	0
49	51	May 27 (1)	TEX	@	ARI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	53 (1)	May 30	TEX		ARI	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	54	May 31	TEX		KCR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	55	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	L,1-4	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	56	Jun 2	TEX		KCR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	57	Jun 4	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-17	GS	39	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	58	Jun 5	TEX	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	59	Jun 6	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	61 (1)	Jun 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	73	17.2	4	0	0	4	0
58	62	Jun 9	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	63	Jun 10	TEX		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	64	Jun 11	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	65	Jun 12	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	66	Jun 13	TEX		TOR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	67	Jun 14	TEX		TOR	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	68	Jun 15	TEX		TOR	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	69	Jun 16	TEX		TOR	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	70	Jun 17	TEX		OAK	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	72 (1)	Jun 19	TEX		OAK	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	73	Jun 20	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	74	Jun 21	TEX	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	75	Jun 22	TEX	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	76	Jun 23	TEX	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	77	Jun 25	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
73	78	Jun 26	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	79	Jun 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	80	Jun 28	TEX		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	81	Jun 29	TEX		CIN	L,4-6	CG	48	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	83 (1)	Jul 2	TEX		SEA	L,2-9	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	84	Jul 3	TEX		SEA	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	85	Jul 4	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	86	Jul 5	TEX		HOU	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	87	Jul 6	TEX		HOU	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	88	Jul 7	TEX		HOU	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	90 (1)	Jul 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	91	Jul 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	92	Jul 11	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	93	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	94	Jul 13	TEX	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	95	Jul 14	TEX	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	97 (1)	Jul 20	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	99 (1)	Jul 22	TEX		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	100	Jul 23	TEX		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	101	Jul 24	TEX		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	102	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	103	Jul 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	51	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
95	104	Jul 27	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	105	Jul 28	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	106	Jul 29	TEX		LAA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	107	Jul 30	TEX		LAA	W,14-11	GS	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	108	Jul 31	TEX		LAA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	109	Aug 1	TEX		ARI	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	110	Aug 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-3	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	111	Aug 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
							102gm		906.1	195	1	3	199	0