RF Nelson 'Boomstick' Cruz #23
Minnesota Twins MLB
Age: 40 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
07/15/2020
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RF NELSON 'BOOMSTICK' CRUZ #23 - AGE: 40 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
79 305 74 13 0 22 53 25 93 .243 .318 .502 1 0.9
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 60 50 55
Gap 40 40 40 40
Power 70 75 70 70
Eye 50 60 50 50
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 40
Errors: - 35 45
Arm: 20 35 50
Turn DP: - 20 -
Ability: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 25
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 30
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
07/12/2020 TOR Loss, 2-6 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
07/11/2020 TOR Win, 6-3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
07/10/2020 TOR Win, 5-1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
07/08/2020 KC Loss, 6-11 4 2 3 2 1 0 1 0
07/07/2020 KC Win, 6-5 3 2 2 3 2 1 0 0
07/06/2020 KC Loss, 3-7 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
07/04/2020 @ CLE Loss, 6-7 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
07/03/2020 @ CLE Win, 6-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/02/2020 @ DET Win, 9-4 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 0
07/01/2020 @ DET Loss, 0-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/01/1980
Born in:Las Matas de Santa Cruz, MON
Nationality:Dominican
Height:6' 2"
Weight:230 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$12,000,000
Signed Through:2020 Season
Major Service:13 Years, 21 Days
Service This Yr:111 Days
40-Man Service:13 Years, 21 Days
Pro Service:22 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2020 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 79 305 74 13 0 22 53 44 25 93 .243 .318 .502 .820 .344 .259 117
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 79 346 11 1 0 6 0 5 153 35 1 2 33.3 48.7 5.39 .9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   80 14 5 0 2 9 9 7 21 1 0 0 .175 .239 .313 .551
Versus Right   225 60 8 0 20 44 35 18 72 4 0 11 .267 .345 .569 .914
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 8 0 0 4 7 6 4 3 1 0 0 .400 .480 1.000 1.480
March   23 5 2 0 2 5 3 1 9 1 0 1 .217 .269 .565 .834
April   42 9 1 0 3 5 3 2 9 0 0 3 .214 .298 .452 .750
May   108 30 5 0 8 21 21 10 32 2 0 3 .278 .350 .546 .896
June   94 17 5 0 4 13 9 7 32 1 0 4 .181 .264 .362 .626
July   38 13 0 0 5 9 8 5 11 1 0 0 .342 .409 .737 1.146
Last Year   454 141 26 0 41 108 81 56 131 3 0 7 .311 .392 .639 1.031
2 Years Ago   519 133 18 1 37 97 70 55 122 3 0 14 .256 .342 .509 .850
Career   6517 1795 337 13 423 1172 963 632 1660 52 2 80 .275 .344 .526 .870
Home   151 38 6 0 11 29 26 18 42 3 0 6 .252 .348 .510 .858
Road   154 36 7 0 11 24 18 7 51 2 0 5 .234 .286 .494 .779
Grass   305 74 13 0 22 53 44 25 93 5 0 10 .243 .316 .502 .818
Turf   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Day   135 30 5 0 10 22 17 13 39 0 0 5 .222 .314 .481 .795
Night   170 44 8 0 12 31 27 12 54 5 0 6 .259 .321 .518 .839
As Starter   305 74 13 0 22 53 44 25 93 5 0 11 .243 .318 .502 .820
Close/Late   63 17 2 0 5 11 8 6 22 0 0 1 .270 .343 .540 .883
Inning 1-3   116 30 8 0 8 24 18 10 29 3 0 4 .259 .331 .534 .865
Inning 4-6   96 23 3 0 9 16 16 8 30 1 0 2 .240 .308 .552 .860
Inning 7-9   88 21 2 0 5 13 10 7 29 1 0 4 .239 .320 .432 .752
Extra Innings   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
0 Outs   85 25 5 0 10 19 16 9 28 4 0 1 .294 .354 .706 1.059
1 Outs   104 29 4 0 7 24 20 6 34 1 0 6 .279 .350 .519 .870
2 Outs   116 20 4 0 5 10 8 10 31 0 0 4 .172 .262 .336 .598
Scoring Position   86 22 5 0 6 33 13 8 27 5 0 4 .256 .330 .523 .853
Bases Empty   160 43 6 0 13 13 24 14 48 0 0 5 .269 .346 .550 .896
Runner on 1st   59 9 2 0 3 7 7 3 18 0 0 2 .153 .219 .339 .558
Runner on 2nd   38 12 3 0 5 15 6 3 8 0 0 2 .316 .395 .789 1.185
Runner on 3rd   9 3 0 0 1 6 2 0 3 1 0 0 .333 .300 .667 .967
Runner on 1st & 2nd   26 4 1 0 0 2 3 1 10 0 0 1 .154 .214 .192 .407
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 .250 .500 .250 .750
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 .250 .167 .250 .417
Bases Loaded   5 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 .200 .375 .400 .775
Two Strikes   171 28 2 0 8 19 16 12 93 0 0 5 .164 .239 .316 .555
First Pitch   26 8 2 0 3 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 .308 .357 .731 1.088
Count 0-1   21 9 2 0 2 7 6 0 0 1 0 3 .429 .480 .810 1.290
Count 0-2   27 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 1 .111 .143 .111 .254
Count 1-0   32 11 3 0 4 12 6 0 0 2 0 1 .344 .343 .813 1.155
Count 1-1   33 11 1 0 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .353 .636 .989
Count 1-2   56 10 1 0 2 5 4 0 35 0 0 2 .179 .207 .304 .510
Count 2-0   8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
Count 2-1   10 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .167 .400 .567
Count 2-2   59 10 0 0 5 9 5 0 29 0 0 1 .169 .183 .424 .607
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   4 2 0 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 .500 .778 2.000 2.778
Full Count   29 5 1 0 1 5 6 12 16 0 0 1 .172 .429 .310 .739
Behind in Count   104 22 3 0 4 12 11 0 48 1 0 6 .212 .252 .356 .608
Ahead in Count   54 18 6 0 6 17 12 12 0 4 0 1 .333 .437 .778 1.214
Batting 3rd   301 74 13 0 22 53 44 25 92 5 0 11 .246 .322 .508 .830
Batting 4th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   140 33 3 0 12 19 19 12 41 2 0 5 .236 .314 .514 .829
Medium Leverage   106 26 6 0 7 21 19 10 31 3 0 3 .245 .320 .500 .820
High Leverage   56 13 4 0 3 13 5 3 21 0 0 3 .232 .306 .464 .771
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 .829 128 138 0.0
2006 Texas - MLB 25 41 130 29 3 0 6 22 15 7 0 1 32 1 0 .223 .261 .385 .645 65 61 -0.4
2007 Texas - MLB 26 96 307 72 15 2 9 34 35 21 2 1 87 2 4 .235 .287 .384 .671 76 71 -0.6
2008 Texas - MLB 27 31 115 38 9 1 7 26 19 17 1 0 28 3 1 .330 .421 .609 1.030 170 164 1.4
2009 Texas - MLB 28 128 462 120 21 1 33 76 75 49 2 2 118 20 4 .260 .332 .524 .856 121 115 2.3
2010 Texas - MLB 29 108 399 127 31 3 22 78 60 38 1 6 81 17 4 .318 .374 .576 .950 155 149 3.9
2011 Texas - MLB 30 124 475 125 28 1 29 87 64 33 2 3 116 9 5 .263 .312 .509 .821 121 120 2.5
2012 Texas - MLB 31 159 585 152 45 0 24 90 86 48 5 4 140 8 4 .260 .319 .460 .779 111 110 2.2
2013 Texas - MLB 32 109 413 110 18 0 27 76 49 35 4 4 109 5 1 .266 .327 .506 .833 127 125 2.6
2014 Baltimore - MLB 33 159 613 166 32 2 40 108 87 55 5 5 140 4 5 .271 .333 .525 .859 137 134 5.1
2015 Seattle - MLB 34 152 590 178 22 1 44 93 90 59 5 1 164 3 2 .302 .369 .566 .936 160 151 6.1
2016 Seattle - MLB 35 155 589 169 27 1 43 105 96 62 9 7 159 2 0 .287 .360 .555 .915 150 143 4.6
2017 Seattle - MLB 36 155 556 160 28 0 39 119 91 70 12 7 140 1 1 .288 .375 .549 .924 150 141 5.3
2018 Seattle - MLB 37 144 519 133 18 1 37 97 70 55 14 3 122 1 0 .256 .342 .509 .850 136 129 2.6
2019 Minnesota - MLB 38 120 454 141 26 0 41 108 81 56 7 3 131 0 1 .311 .392 .639 1.031 164 158 4.2
2020 Minnesota - MLB 39 79 305 74 13 0 22 53 44 25 11 5 93 1 2 .243 .318 .502 .820 111 117 0.9
Total MLB 1768 6517 1795 337 13 423 1172 963 632 80 52 1660 77 34 .275 .344 .526 .870 135 129 42.8
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
2009 Dominican Republic - TRN 28 3 11 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .273 .385 .545 .930 100 158 0.1
2013 Dominican Republic - TRN 32 8 33 10 4 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 .303 .324 .424 .748 100 106 0.1
2017 Dominican Republic - TRN 36 6 20 6 2 0 3 5 4 3 1 0 5 0 1 .300 .417 .850 1.267 100 236 0.4
2019 Fort Myers - A+ 38 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 62 59 -0.0
Total FSL 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 62 59
CAREER POSTSEASON 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
2010 Texas - MLB 29 5 60 19 7 0 6 11 13 3 0 0 17 1 0 .317 .349 .733 1.083 186 181 0.4
2011 Texas - MLB 30 7 62 14 2 0 8 16 13 7 0 0 14 0 1 .226 .304 .645 .950 152 151 0.1
2012 Texas - MLB 31 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 178 182 -0.6
2014 Baltimore - MLB 33 3 28 10 1 0 2 7 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 .357 .400 .607 1.007 179 184 0.4
2019 Minnesota - MLB 38 3 10 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .429 .500 .929 144 150 -1.1
Total MLB 19 164 47 10 0 17 35 33 16 0 0 39 1 1 .287 .350 .659 1.009 168 167
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 Seattle - MLB RF 4 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 26.1 2.05 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 119 104 192 4 0 198 2 .990 384.2 4.59 0.0 .000
TOTAL CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL RF 881 833 1770 47 11 1849 32 .983 6851.0 2.39 0.0 .000
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.
07/08/2018 Was selected to the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
10/29/2018 Became a free agent.
01/02/2019 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $14,300,000 with the Minnesota Twins organization.
11/01/2019 Contract option exercised by the Minnesota Twins.
11/07/2019 Wins the 2019 MLB AL Silver Slugger Award at DH.
04/17/2020 Injured on 04/13/2020, diagnosed with a fractured foot, will miss 2-3 weeks.
06/02/2020 Injured (Sore back), day-to-day for 4 days.
06/14/2020 Injured on 06/13/2020, diagnosed with calf cramps, will not miss additional time.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year AB Rank
2014 613 10
Year H Rank
2015 178 8
Year K Rank
2015 164 3
2016 159 10
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
2018 37 8
2019 41 3
Year RBI Rank
2014 108 3
2016 105 8
2017 119 1
2018 97 9
2019 108 7
Year IBB Rank
2015 9 8
2017 7 7
2018 5 10
2019 8 5
Year HP Rank
2016 9 9
2017 12 6
2018 14 4
Year SF Rank
2016 7 5
2017 7 8
Year EBH Rank
2012 69 9
2014 74 3
2015 67 10
2016 71 10
Year AVG Rank
2015 .302 8
2019 .311 6
Year OBP Rank
2015 .369 10
2017 .375 9
2019 .392 4
Year SLG Rank
2014 .525 5
2015 .566 3
2016 .555 3
2017 .549 5
2019 .639 2
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
2019 9.07 3
Year ISO Rank
2009 .264 5
2011 .246 6
2014 .254 6
2015 .264 7
2016 .268 5
2017 .261 8
2018 .252 7
2019 .328 2
Year WOBA Rank
2014 .356 10
2015 .392 4
2016 .381 7
2017 .382 5
2019 .414 3
Year OPS Rank
2014 .859 10
2015 .936 4
2016 .915 6
2017 .924 5
2019 1.031 2
Year WAR Rank
2014 3.8 10
2015 6.0 3
2016 4.5 9
2017 5.3 5
2019 3.9 10
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