1B Nelson 'Boomstick' Cruz #13
Tampa Bay Rays MLB
Age: 39 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
10/28/2019
 OA: 50 POT: 50
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1B NELSON 'BOOMSTICK' CRUZ #13 - AGE: 39 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
161 609 135 16 0 34 95 71 202 .222 .308 .415 0 0.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 60 50 55
Gap 40 40 40 40
Power 65 70 65 65
Eye 55 60 50 55
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 25 40
Errors: - 35 45
Arm: - 35 50
Turn DP: - 20 -
Ability: - - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 30 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 25
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 40
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/29/2019 @ TOR Loss, 1-6 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
09/28/2019 @ TOR Loss, 4-6 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/27/2019 @ TOR Loss, 4-5 6 2 3 2 1 0 2 0
09/25/2019 NYY Win, 3-2 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
09/24/2019 NYY Win, 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
09/23/2019 BOS Loss, 1-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/2019 BOS Win, 7-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
09/21/2019 BOS Win, 4-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/20/2019 BOS Win, 7-4 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 0
09/18/2019 @ LAD Loss, 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/01/1980
Born in:Las Matas de Santa Cruz, MON
Nationality:Dominican
Height:6' 2"
Weight:230 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$23,000,000
Signed Through:2021 Season
Major Service:12 Years, 81 Days
Service This Yr:195 Days
40-Man Service:12 Years, 81 Days
Pro Service:21 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2019 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 161 609 135 16 0 34 95 85 71 202 .222 .308 .415 .723 .313 .194 101
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 157 699 9 0 0 21 0 10 253 50 0 2 0.0 76.6 4.08 .4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   166 31 6 0 4 15 13 26 52 2 0 2 .187 .301 .295 .596
Versus Right   443 104 10 0 30 80 72 45 150 8 0 7 .235 .310 .460 .771
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
March   16 5 0 0 2 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 .313 .353 .688 1.040
April   99 22 3 0 3 8 12 13 34 0 0 2 .222 .325 .343 .668
May   108 27 1 0 11 29 15 8 38 1 0 3 .250 .317 .565 .881
June   118 28 3 0 10 22 22 9 42 2 0 0 .237 .287 .517 .804
July   92 19 6 0 2 10 13 14 31 3 0 0 .207 .303 .337 .640
August   90 15 2 0 1 9 8 15 29 2 0 1 .167 .287 .222 .509
September   86 19 1 0 5 13 13 11 24 2 0 3 .221 .324 .407 .731
Spring Training   44 11 2 0 1 1 4 5 15 0 0 1 .250 .340 .364 .704
Last Year   504 143 18 0 19 74 75 68 130 5 0 9 .284 .375 .433 .808
2 Years Ago   556 160 28 0 39 119 91 70 140 7 0 12 .288 .375 .549 .924
Career   6352 1725 314 12 376 1083 928 635 1646 56 2 66 .272 .341 .502 .844
Home   308 66 8 0 17 48 48 34 91 4 0 6 .214 .301 .406 .707
Road   301 69 8 0 17 47 37 37 111 6 0 3 .229 .314 .425 .739
Grass   264 57 8 0 14 42 32 32 100 6 0 3 .216 .302 .405 .707
Turf   345 78 8 0 20 53 53 39 102 4 0 6 .226 .312 .423 .735
Day   241 52 7 0 13 41 29 24 78 3 0 1 .216 .286 .407 .693
Night   368 83 9 0 21 54 56 47 124 7 0 8 .226 .321 .421 .742
As Starter   606 134 16 0 34 95 85 70 202 10 0 9 .221 .306 .416 .722
As Reliever / Substitution   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Pinch Hitting   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Close/Late   150 33 1 0 8 20 21 19 61 1 0 1 .220 .310 .387 .697
Inning 1-3   217 53 9 0 13 38 31 24 67 4 0 5 .244 .328 .465 .793
Inning 4-6   198 43 6 0 10 32 26 20 57 5 0 1 .217 .286 .399 .685
Inning 7-9   179 36 1 0 9 22 25 27 71 1 0 3 .201 .314 .358 .672
Extra Innings   15 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800
0 Outs   197 51 7 0 12 26 35 26 62 1 0 0 .259 .344 .477 .821
1 Outs   181 34 6 0 8 37 27 23 73 9 0 1 .188 .271 .354 .625
2 Outs   231 50 3 0 14 32 23 22 67 0 0 8 .216 .307 .411 .718
Scoring Position   176 37 6 0 11 66 25 19 64 10 0 3 .210 .284 .432 .715
Bases Empty   300 77 8 0 17 17 49 38 96 0 0 4 .257 .348 .453 .801
Runner on 1st   133 21 2 0 6 12 11 14 42 0 0 2 .158 .248 .308 .557
Runner on 2nd   47 11 2 0 4 12 7 4 15 0 0 0 .234 .294 .532 .826
Runner on 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
Runner on 1st & 2nd   60 11 1 0 5 17 10 8 25 0 0 1 .183 .290 .450 .740
Runner on 1st & 3rd   26 3 1 0 1 10 2 1 11 5 0 1 .115 .152 .269 .421
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   15 6 1 0 1 11 3 4 6 2 0 0 .400 .476 .667 1.143
Bases Loaded   17 4 1 0 0 13 3 2 5 3 0 1 .235 .304 .294 .598
Two Strikes   334 49 6 0 14 33 38 37 202 4 0 5 .147 .239 .290 .530
First Pitch   86 24 3 0 6 16 10 0 0 2 0 1 .279 .281 .523 .804
Count 0-1   41 15 2 0 6 17 10 0 0 1 0 2 .366 .386 .854 1.240
Count 0-2   54 3 0 0 3 5 4 0 42 0 0 3 .056 .105 .222 .327
Count 1-0   47 21 1 0 3 11 9 0 0 2 0 0 .447 .429 .660 1.088
Count 1-1   42 9 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .233 .333 .566
Count 1-2   123 16 2 0 3 11 7 0 80 2 0 0 .130 .128 .220 .348
Count 2-0   15 7 1 0 1 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 .467 .438 .733 1.171
Count 2-1   24 6 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .417 .667
Count 2-2   97 19 3 0 4 10 9 0 50 2 0 1 .196 .200 .351 .551
Count 3-0   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 .000 .688 .000 .688
Count 3-1   15 4 0 0 2 5 7 23 0 0 0 0 .267 .711 .667 1.377
Full Count   60 11 1 0 4 7 18 37 30 0 0 1 .183 .500 .400 .900
Behind in Count   218 34 4 0 12 33 21 0 122 3 0 5 .156 .173 .339 .512
Ahead in Count   106 38 3 0 7 25 23 34 0 3 0 0 .358 .503 .585 1.088
Batting 2nd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Batting 3rd   105 26 1 0 8 18 16 8 42 2 0 2 .248 .308 .486 .793
Batting 4th   470 102 14 0 25 70 63 58 155 6 0 5 .217 .306 .406 .713
Batting 5th   7 3 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .556 .857 1.413
Batting 6th   18 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 2 0 0 .111 .217 .111 .329
Batting 7th   5 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Low Leverage   219 50 4 0 13 19 33 27 70 1 0 5 .228 .325 .425 .750
Medium Leverage   255 60 7 0 14 43 35 28 83 2 0 3 .235 .316 .427 .743
High Leverage   134 25 5 0 7 33 17 16 48 7 0 1 .187 .266 .381 .646
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2005 Milwaukee - MLB 24 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .400 .829 125 137 0.0
2006 Texas - MLB 25 41 130 29 3 0 6 22 15 7 0 1 32 1 0 .223 .261 .385 .645 63 60 -0.4
2007 Texas - MLB 26 96 307 72 15 2 9 34 35 21 2 1 87 2 4 .235 .287 .384 .671 74 71 -0.7
2008 Texas - MLB 27 31 115 38 9 1 7 26 19 17 1 0 28 3 1 .330 .421 .609 1.030 167 163 1.4
2009 Texas - MLB 28 128 462 120 21 1 33 76 75 49 2 2 118 20 4 .260 .332 .524 .856 119 114 2.3
2010 Texas - MLB 29 108 399 127 31 3 22 78 60 38 1 6 81 17 4 .318 .374 .576 .950 153 148 3.9
2011 Texas - MLB 30 124 475 125 28 1 29 87 64 33 2 3 116 9 5 .263 .312 .509 .821 119 119 2.5
2012 Texas - MLB 31 159 585 152 45 0 24 90 86 48 5 4 140 8 4 .260 .319 .460 .779 109 109 2.2
2013 Texas - MLB 32 109 413 110 18 0 27 76 49 35 4 4 109 5 1 .266 .327 .506 .833 125 124 2.6
2014 Baltimore - MLB 33 159 613 166 32 2 40 108 87 55 5 5 140 4 5 .271 .333 .525 .859 141 135 5.3
2015 Seattle - MLB 34 152 590 178 22 1 44 93 90 59 5 1 164 3 2 .302 .369 .566 .936 157 150 6.0
2016 Seattle - MLB 35 155 589 169 27 1 43 105 96 62 9 7 159 2 0 .287 .360 .555 .915 146 141 4.5
2017 Seattle - MLB 36 155 556 160 28 0 39 119 91 70 12 7 140 1 1 .288 .375 .549 .924 147 140 5.3
2018 San Francisco - MLB 37 157 504 143 18 0 19 74 75 68 9 5 130 2 1 .284 .375 .433 .808 123 125 2.4
2019 Tampa Bay - MLB 38 161 609 135 16 0 34 95 85 71 9 10 202 0 2 .222 .308 .415 .723 98 101 0.4
Total MLB 1743 6352 1725 314 12 376 1083 928 635 66 56 1646 77 34 .272 .341 .502 .844 127 124 37.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2005 Milwaukee - MLB LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2005 Milwaukee - MLB RF 6 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 16.0 2.25 0.0 .000
2006 Texas - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2006 Texas - MLB CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2006 Texas - MLB RF 38 35 69 4 1 73 0 1.000 307.1 2.14 0.0 .000
2007 Texas - MLB LF 16 14 19 1 0 20 0 1.000 118.0 1.53 0.0 .000
2007 Texas - MLB RF 82 65 148 5 1 158 5 .968 604.1 2.28 0.0 .000
2008 Texas - MLB RF 31 31 72 1 1 75 2 .973 274.0 2.40 0.0 .000
2009 Texas - MLB LF 2 2 7 0 0 8 1 .875 17.0 3.71 0.0 .000
2009 Texas - MLB RF 120 117 294 11 2 308 3 .990 1035.2 2.65 0.0 .000
2009 Texas - MLB DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2010 Texas - MLB LF 14 10 22 0 0 22 0 1.000 88.2 2.23 0.0 .000
2010 Texas - MLB RF 94 91 228 3 1 236 5 .979 799.1 2.60 0.0 .000
2010 Texas - MLB DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 16.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2011 Texas - MLB LF 18 16 29 1 0 31 1 .968 135.0 2.00 0.0 .000
2011 Texas - MLB RF 109 98 215 5 1 225 5 .978 863.2 2.29 0.0 .000
2012 Texas - MLB LF 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 21.0 0.86 0.0 .000
2012 Texas - MLB RF 151 146 286 9 2 299 4 .987 1286.0 2.06 0.0 .000
2013 Texas - MLB RF 102 102 195 1 0 199 3 .985 906.1 1.95 0.0 .000
2014 Baltimore - MLB LF 60 60 113 2 0 115 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 Baltimore - MLB RF 11 10 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 Seattle - MLB RF 80 80 151 6 1 161 4 .975 704.0 2.01 0.0 .000
2016 Seattle - MLB RF 48 48 76 2 1 79 1 .987 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2017 Seattle - MLB RF 5 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 28.0 2.25 0.0 .000
2018 San Francisco - MLB P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
2018 San Francisco - MLB 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
2018 San Francisco - MLB LF 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 16.0 1.13 -0.2 .978
2018 San Francisco - MLB RF 130 127 258 7 0 267 2 .993 1144.1 2.08 -6.4 .939
2019 Tampa Bay - MLB 1B 8 8 64 3 8 70 3 .957 67.0 9.00 -2.4 .570
TOTAL P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 8 8 64 3 8 70 3 .957 67.0 9.00 -2.4 .570
TOTAL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 122 105 194 4 0 200 2 .990 400.2 4.45 -0.2 .978
TOTAL CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL RF 1007 956 2022 54 11 2110 34 .984 7969.0 2.34 -6.4 .939
TOTAL DH 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 48.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
02/17/1998 Signed as an international free agent with the New York Mets.
08/30/2000 Traded by the New York Mets to the Oakland Athletics for IF Jorge Velandia.
12/16/2004 Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers with P Justin Lehr for IF Keith Ginter.
07/28/2006 Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Texas Rangers with OF Carlos Lee for OF Kevin Mench, OF Laynce Nix, P Julian Cordero, and P Francisco Cordero.
07/10/2009 Selected to the 2009 MLB All-Star Game.
10/15/2011 Wins the 2011 ALCS MVP Award.
07/16/2013 Selected to the 2013 MLB All-Star Game.
10/31/2013 Became a free agent.
02/24/2014 Signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
07/15/2014 Selected to the 2014 MLB All-Star Game.
10/30/2014 Became a free agent.
12/04/2014 Signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
07/14/2015 Selected to the 2015 MLB All-Star Game.
11/12/2015 Voted the 2015 MLB AL Silver Slugger (OF).
07/07/2017 Was selected to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
11/09/2017 Wins the 2017 MLB AL Silver Slugger Award at DH.
06/06/2018 Injured (Mild oblique strain), day-to-day for 6 days.
11/25/2018 Rejected the San Francisco Giants qualifying offer.
11/27/2018 Became a free agent.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 65 (65); Eye: 55 (55).
01/06/2019 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $57,000,000 with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.
04/24/2019 Collects his 1000th career Major League Baseball RBI!
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year AB Rank
2014 613 10
Year H Rank
2015 178 8
Year K Rank
2015 164 3
2016 159 10
2019 202 9
Year TB Rank
2014 322 3
2015 334 3
2016 327 9
2017 305 8
Year 2B Rank
2012 45 4
Year HR Rank
2009 33 8
2014 40 1
2015 44 2
2016 43 2
2017 39 4
Year RBI Rank
2014 108 3
2016 105 8
2017 119 1
Year IBB Rank
2015 9 8
2017 7 7
Year HP Rank
2016 9 9
2017 12 6
Year SF Rank
2016 7 5
2017 7 8
2019 10 2
Year EBH Rank
2012 69 9
2014 74 3
2015 67 10
2016 71 10
Year AVG Rank
2015 .302 8
Year OBP Rank
2015 .369 10
2017 .375 9
2018 .375 10
Year SLG Rank
2014 .525 5
2015 .566 3
2016 .555 3
2017 .549 5
Year RC Rank
2014 102.36 9
2015 125.17 3
2016 117.67 7
2017 115.16 6
Year RC/27 Rank
2015 8.03 3
2016 7.19 7
2017 7.42 6
Year ISO Rank
2009 .264 5
2011 .246 6
2014 .254 6
2015 .264 7
2016 .268 5
2017 .261 8
Year WOBA Rank
2014 .356 10
2015 .392 4
2016 .381 7
2017 .382 5
Year OPS Rank
2014 .859 10
2015 .936 4
2016 .915 6
2017 .924 5
Year WAR Rank
2014 3.8 10
2015 6.0 3
2016 4.5 9
2017 5.3 5
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