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.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	TEX		CLE	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 8	TEX		CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 9	TEX		CLE	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
4	4	Apr 10	TEX	@	DET	L,2-15	CG	48	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
5	5	Apr 11	TEX	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
6	6	Apr 12	TEX	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	7	Apr 13	TEX		BAL	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
8	8	Apr 14	TEX		BAL	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	9	Apr 15	TEX		BAL	W,19-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
10	10	Apr 17	TEX		KCR	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	11	Apr 18	TEX		KCR	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
12	12	Apr 19	TEX		KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
13	13	Apr 21	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF
14	14	Apr 22	TEX	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	52	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	15	Apr 23	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
16	16	Apr 24	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	17	Apr 25	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	18	Apr 26	TEX	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
19	19	Apr 27	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	20	Apr 28	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
21	21	Apr 30	TEX		OAK	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	23	May 2	TEX		CHW	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	24	May 3	TEX		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	25	May 4	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	26	May 5	TEX	@	SEA	W,7-2	CG	36	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	27	May 6	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
28	28	May 7	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	29	May 8	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	30	May 9	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	31	May 10	TEX	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	32	May 12	TEX		SEA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	34 (1)	May 14	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
34	36 (1)	May 16	TEX		LAA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
35	37	May 17	TEX		LAA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	38	May 19	TEX	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
37	39	May 20	TEX	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	40	May 21	TEX	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	41	May 22	TEX	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	42	May 23	TEX	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	43	May 24	TEX	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	44	May 25	TEX		NYY	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	45	May 26	TEX		NYY	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	46	May 27	TEX		NYY	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
45	47	May 29 (1)	TEX		OAK	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	48	May 29 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	49	May 30	TEX		OAK	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	50	May 31	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	51	Jun 2	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
50	52	Jun 3	TEX	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	53	Jun 4	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
52	54	Jun 5	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	55	Jun 6	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	56	Jun 7	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	57	Jun 8	TEX		TOR	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	58	Jun 9	TEX		TOR	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	59	Jun 11	TEX		TOR	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
58	60	Jun 12	TEX		LAD	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
59	61	Jun 13	TEX		LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	62	Jun 14	TEX		LAD	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
61	63	Jun 16	TEX		HOU	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	64	Jun 17	TEX		HOU	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	65	Jun 18	TEX		HOU	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
64	66	Jun 19	TEX	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	67	Jun 20	TEX	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	39	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
66	68	Jun 21	TEX	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	69	Jun 23	TEX	@	ARI	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	71 (1)	Jun 25	TEX	@	ARI	W,9-8	CG	52	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
69	72	Jun 26	TEX		SDP	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	75 (2)	Jun 29	TEX		LAA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	76	Jun 30	TEX		LAA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	77	Jul 1	TEX		LAA	W,9-7	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	78	Jul 3	TEX		TBR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	79	Jul 4	TEX		TBR	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	80	Jul 5	TEX		TBR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	81	Jul 6	TEX	@	LAA	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
77	85 (3)	Jul 10	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	86	Jul 11	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	87	Jul 12	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	88	Jul 17	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	93 (4)	Jul 22	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	94	Jul 24	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
83	95	Jul 25	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	96	Jul 26	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	98 (1)	Jul 28	TEX		DET	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	100 (1)	Jul 30	TEX		SEA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
87	101	Jul 31	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	103 (1)	Aug 2	TEX		SEA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	104	Aug 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	120 (15)	Aug 20	TEX		MIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
91	121	Aug 21	TEX	@	TBR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	122	Aug 22	TEX	@	TBR	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
93	123	Aug 23	TEX	@	TBR	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	124	Aug 25	TEX	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	125	Aug 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	126	Aug 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	127	Aug 28	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
98	129 (1)	Aug 30	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	131 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	TEX		TOR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	132	Sep 1 (2)	TEX		TOR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
101	133	Sep 2	TEX		TOR	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
102	134	Sep 4	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
103	135	Sep 5	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
104	136	Sep 6	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
105	137	Sep 8 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
106	138	Sep 8 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
107	139	Sep 9	TEX	@	CLE	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	140	Sep 12	TEX		SEA	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	141	Sep 13 (1)	TEX		SEA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	142	Sep 13 (2)	TEX		SEA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
111	143	Sep 14	TEX		OAK	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
112	145 (1)	Sep 16	TEX		OAK	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
113	146	Sep 18	TEX		LAA	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
114	147	Sep 19	TEX		LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
115	148	Sep 20	TEX		LAA	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
116	149	Sep 21	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
117	150	Sep 22	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
118	151	Sep 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	RF
119	152	Sep 24	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-12	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
120	155 (2)	Sep 27	TEX		TBR	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
121	157 (1)	Sep 29	TEX	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
122	158	Sep 30	TEX	@	LAA	L,0-5	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
							122gm		1052.2	301	11	4	316	2