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

Summary of 59 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 14 go ahead

4 Tms
HOU	23
COL	15
DET	15
CHW	6

Platoon
vs LHB	31
vs RHB	28

Home/Road
Away	31
Home	28

Outs
1	24
0	19
2	16

25 Opps
CHC	5
MIL	5
TOR	5
STL	4
ATL	4
LAD	4
OAK	3
SDP	3
CIN	3
SEA	3
MIN	2
TEX	2
KCR	2
PIT	2
PHI	2
ARI	1
TBD	1
COL	1
SFG	1
ANA	1
NYY	1
BOS	1
MON	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

56 Batters
Matt Stairs	2
Shawn Green	2
Ryan Klesko	2
Luis López	1
Mark Prior	1
Corey Patterson	1
José Cruz	1
Terry Shumpert	1
Robert Pérez	1
Jason Giambi	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Richie Sexson	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Benito Santiago	1
Eli Marrero	1
Brent Mayne	1
Mark Grudzielanek	1
José Guillén	1
Todd Hundley	1
Aaron Boone	1
Robert Fick	1
Felipe López	1
José Hernández	1
Scott Spiezio	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Scott Rolen	1
Trot Nixon	1
Fred McGriff	1
Barry Bonds	1
Mark Bellhorn	1
Ricky Ledée	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Marquis Grissom	1
Jacque Jones	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Rafael Furcal	1
Michael Barrett	1
Craig Biggio	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
Frank Thomas	1
Mike Difelice	1
Mark Kotsay	1
Mike Lieberthal	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Carlos Febles	1
Brian Hunter	1
David Justice	1
Mike Cameron	1
Brian Giles	1
Moisés Alou	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Geoff Jenkins	1
Fernando Tatís	1
Doug Mientkiewicz	1
Marcus Giles	1

22 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	12
Coors Fld (DEN)	10
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	4
Turner Fld (ATL)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1

Where Hit
9	23
7	20
8	9
89	6
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	17
1	10
5	10
4	7
3	6
6	5
7+	3
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	8
123	6
-2-	6
12-	4
--3	2
1-3	2

105 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	31
1 on	16
2 on	6
3 on	6
Any on	28

Inning
1	6
2	3
3	3
4	7
5	3
6	9
7	14
8	8
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	12
4-6	19
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	14
+3	4
+2	6
+1	7
Tied	10
-1	3
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	10

Ahead	31
Tied	10
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	10
1-0	9
0-1	8
3-2	7
2-1	6
2-2	6
1-2	3
1-1	3
3-1	3
0-2	2
Unk	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
CF	8
C	7
RF	7
LF	7
3B	7
2B	5
SS	4
DH	3
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
4th	10
5th	9
3rd	8
6th	8
1st	6
8th	6
2nd	5
9th	4
7th	3

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1997-08-08	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		CHW	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
2	2	2	1	1997-08-20	Robert Pérez	TOR	@	CHW	behind 5-12	t 9	1	---		1	4	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	1997-08-23	Fernando Tatís	TEX		CHW	ahead 4-3	b 6	2	---	7,(3-2) FCBFBBX	1	6	5	12%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); F. Tatís Scores/Team unER
4	4	4	2	1997-08-23	Iván Rodríguez	TEX		CHW	behind 5-6	b 7	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	2	2	40%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Gil Scores; T. Goodwin Scores
5	5	5	1	1997-08-27	Carlos Delgado	TOR		CHW	ahead 9-0	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	6	2	1997-08-27	Benito Santiago	TOR		CHW	ahead 10-0	b 7	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Sprague Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1999-06-14	Brian Hunter	SEA	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCSBX	1	1	7	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	1999-06-19	Matt Stairs	OAK	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	6,(3-2) CCBBBX	2	4	9	16%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Phillips Scores
9	9	3	2	1999-06-19	Jason Giambi	OAK	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	8%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
10	10	4	1	1999-06-24	Carlos Febles	KCR		DET	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	4	7%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	5	1	1999-07-03	Jacque Jones	MIN		DET	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	9%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
12	12	6	1	1999-07-09	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL	@	DET	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	DH	16%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Cirillo Scores
13	13	7	1	1999-07-31	Shawn Green	TOR		DET	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	10%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
14	14	8	2	1999-07-31	José Cruz	TOR		DET	ahead 6-4	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	8	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
15	15	9	1	1999-08-16	Fred McGriff	TBD	@	DET	ahead 8-1	t 6	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
16	16	10	1	1999-09-03	Matt Stairs	OAK		DET	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	6	9	16%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
17	17	11	1	1999-09-19	Trot Nixon	BOS		DET	ahead 6-3	b 7	2	---	6,(3-2) SBBCBX	1	9	9	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2000-07-19	David Justice	NYY		DET	ahead 7-1	b 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	7	3%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Williams Scores
19	19	2	1	2000-08-01	Scott Spiezio	ANA		DET	behind 2-6	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	5	5%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	3	1	2000-08-23	Mike Cameron	SEA	@	DET	behind 4-6	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	8	9%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	2000-09-11	Frank Thomas	CHW		DET	ahead 6-3	b 8	1	123	4,(2-1) BCBX	4	3	DH	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Johnson Scores; R. Durham Scores; T. Graffanino Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2001-04-08	Aramis Ramírez	PIT	@	HOU	ahead 7-2	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	5	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	2001-04-12	José Hernández	MIL		HOU	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	123	3,(1-1) BSX	4	7	6	16%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Jenkins Scores; R. Sexson Scores; J. Burnitz Scores
24	24	3	2	2001-04-12	Luis López	MIL		HOU	ahead 7-3	b 6	0	-2-	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	2	4	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. White Scores
25	25	4	1	2001-05-26	Adrián Beltré	LAD		HOU	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	5	2	2001-05-26	Marquis Grissom	LAD		HOU	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBSX	2	7	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Hansen Scores
27	27	6	1	2001-06-01	Mark Grudzielanek	LAD	@	HOU	behind 4-7	t 7	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	4	41%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Bogar Scores/unER; P. Lo Duca Scores; T. Goodwin Scores
28	28	7	1	2001-06-03	Shawn Green	LAD	@	HOU	behind 5-8	t 7	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	4	9	14%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Goodwin Scores
29	29	8	1	2001-06-12	Doug Mientkiewicz	MIN		HOU	ahead 4-0	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	3	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lawton Scores; C. Koskie Scores
30	30	9	1	2001-07-08	Brent Mayne	KCR		HOU	behind 1-10	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
31	31	10	1	2001-08-07	Marcus Giles	ATL		HOU	behind 3-5	b 6	2	12-	4,(2-1) FBBX	3	1	4	44%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sánchez Scores; P. Bako Scores
32	32	11	1	2001-08-25	Brian Giles	PIT		HOU	ahead 6-0	b 7	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Wilson Scores/unER
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2002-04-06	Mike Difelice	STL	@	HOU	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	13%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	2	2	2002-04-06	Eli Marrero	STL	@	HOU	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	3	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	2002-04-14	Jim Edmonds	STL		HOU	behind 2-5	b 7	1	-2-	5,(2-2) CBFBX	2	5	8	17%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Pujols Scores
36	36	4	1	2002-05-08	Ricky Ledée	PHI		HOU	tied 3-3	b 9	2	1--	5,(1-2) CSBFX	2	9	PH	44%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lieberthal Scores
37	37	5	1	2002-05-13	Mike Lieberthal	PHI	@	HOU	behind 1-17	t 9	1	-2-	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	6	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Michaels Scores
38	38	6	1	2002-06-02	Mark Bellhorn	CHC		HOU	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	6,(3-2) BFSBBX	1	2	6	8%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	7	1	2002-07-19	Moisés Alou	CHC		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	8	1	2002-07-24	Richie Sexson	MIL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	5,(1-2) FBFFX	3	4	3	18%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Sánchez Scores; M. Loretta Scores
41	41	9	1	2002-08-09	Gary Sheffield	ATL	@	HOU	tied 5-5	t 13	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBSBX	1	3	9	33%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	10	1	2002-08-20	Todd Hundley	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 12-7	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	2	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	11	1	2002-08-27	Ryan Klesko	SDP	@	HOU	ahead 7-4	t 7	1	123	8,(3-2) FBBCFFBX	4	4	3	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Kingsale Scores; J. Matos Scores; P. Nevin Scores
44	44	12	1	2002-09-10	Terry Shumpert	COL	@	HOU	behind 2-11	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2003-04-03	Craig Biggio	HOU		COL	tied 1-1	b 3	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	1	8	12%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	2	1	2003-04-09	Scott Rolen	STL	@	COL	behind 0-9	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	5	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	3	1	2003-04-19	Mark Kotsay	SDP	@	COL	behind 0-7	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	4%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Lockhart Scores
48	48	4	2	2003-04-19	Ryan Klesko	SDP	@	COL	behind 2-7	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	5%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
49	49	5	1	2003-04-25	Corey Patterson	CHC	@	COL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	8	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Choi Scores
50	50	6	2	2003-04-25	Mark Prior	CHC	@	COL	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	7,(2-2) FBCFBFX	1	9	1	8%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
51	51	7	1	2003-05-01	Aaron Boone	CIN	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	3,(0-2) CS1X	2	5	5	16%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Kearns Scores
52	52	8	2	2003-05-01	José Guillén	CIN	@	COL	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	8%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Boone Scores
53	53	9	3	2003-05-01	Felipe López	CIN	@	COL	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	6	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	10	1	2003-05-08 (1)	Robert Fick	ATL		COL	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	6	3	17%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. DeRosa Scores; C. Jones Scores; A. Jones Scores
55	55	11	2	2003-05-08 (1)	Rafael Furcal	ATL		COL	ahead 6-1	b 4	2	---	5,(2-2) CBCBX	1	1	6	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
56	56	12	1	2003-05-16	Michael Barrett	MON	@	COL	tied 1-1	t 9	1	1--	5,(2-2) 11S1BP1S1>X	2	8	2	41%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Carroll Scores
57	57	13	1	2003-07-05	Geoff Jenkins	MIL		COL	behind 3-8	b 7	1	123	4,(1-2) .FBSX	4	3	7	21%	31%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Clayton Scores; E. Young Scores; S. Podsednik Scores
58	58	14	1	2003-07-07	Shea Hillenbrand	ARI		COL	behind 5-6	b 6	2	12-	3,(1-1) *BFX	3	4	5	42%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Kata Scores; L. Gonzalez Scores
59	59	15	1	2003-07-09	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	COL	behind 4-9	t 7	1	1-3	5,(2-2) BFBFX	3	4	7	10%	17%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Snow Scores; M. Grissom Scores