Nelson Cruz Stats

Nelson Cruz was born on Wednesday, September 13, 1972, in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Cruz was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 1, 1997, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Nelson Cruz baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	Nelson Cruz
Nickname:	None
Born On:	09-13-1972 (Virgo)
Born In:	Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Died On:	Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Puerto Plata Escuela (Puerto Plata, DR)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-01	Weight:	160
First Game:	08-01-1997 (Age 24)
Last Game:	07-09-2003
Draft:	Undrafted Free Agent

Nelson Cruz Nelson Cruz Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1997	25	White Sox	19	0	5	0	2	.000	6.49	0	0	0	26.1	116	29	19	19	6	9	1	23	3	0	0	-
1999	27	Tigers	29	6	10	2	5	.286	5.67	0	0	0	66.2	295	74	42	44	11	23	1	46	2	3	0	4
2000	28	Tigers	27	0	12	5	2	.714	3.07	0	0	0	41.0	172	39	14	14	4	13	3	34	2	3	0	2
2001	29	Astros	66	0	16	3	3	.500	4.15	0	0	2	82.1	342	72	38	41	11	24	4	75	0	9	1	9
2002	30	Astros	43	5	11	2	6	.250	4.48	0	0	0	78.1	360	90	39	44	12	29	4	61	4	6	0	1
2003	31	Rockies	20	7	1	3	5	.375	7.21	0	0	0	53.2	233	65	43	43	15	11	2	38	3	3	0	2
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
6 Years			204	18	55	15	23	.395	5.04	0	0	2	348.1	1,518	369	195	205	59	109	15	277	14	24	1	18

Nelson Cruz Nelson Cruz Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1997	25	White Sox	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1999	27	Tigers	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2000	28	Tigers	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2001	29	Astros	66	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167
2002	30	Astros	43	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	2	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000
2003	31	Rockies	20	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
6 Years			204	33	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	12	4	0	0	0	.091	.118	.121

Nelson Cruz Nelson Cruz Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1997 White Sox	P	19	0	79	4	0.2	4	3	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.37
1999 Tigers	P	29	6	200	27	0.9	25	8	17	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.926	3.38
2000 Tigers	P	27	0	123	7	0.3	7	1	6	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.54
2001 Astros	P	66	0	247	23	0.3	22	8	14	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	2.40
2002 Astros	P	43	5	235	17	0.4	17	5	12	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.95
2003 Rockies	P	20	7	161	12	0.6	12	6	6	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.01
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		204	18	1,045	90	0.4	87	31	56	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	2.25
6 Years		204	18	1,045	90	0.4	87	31	56	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	2.25

Nelson Cruz Nelson Cruz Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1997 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.56	7.86	3.08
1999 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.00	6.21	3.10
2000 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.62	7.46	2.85
2001 Astros	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	3.0	0.0	3.13	8.20	2.62
2002 Astros	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	13.0	2.10	7.01	3.33
2003 Rockies	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	6.5	13.0	3.45	6.37	1.84
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
6 Years	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.8	16.5	2.54	7.16	2.82

Nelson Cruz Nelson Cruz Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1997 Chicago White Sox	60	$150,000.00	-	-
1999 Detroit Tigers	40	$210,000.00	-	-
2000 Detroit Tigers	40	Undetermined	-	-
2001 Houston Astros	41	$285,000.00	-	-
2002 Houston Astros	41	$375,000.00	-	-
2003 Colorado Rockies	36, 35	$700,000.00	-	-
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