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Nelson Cruz | Major Leaguer 1997-2003

Full Name: Nelson Cruz
Born: September 13,1972 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Liceo Jose Castellanos (Puerto Plata,DR)
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Debut: August 1,1997

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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos in 1989

Transactions: [Jul 5,1989] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Expos. [Mar 27,1992] - Released by Expos. [Dec 10,1994] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Oct 15,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Oct 16,1998] - Granted free agency [Nov 19,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Nov 24,1998] - Signed by Tigers [Dec 11,2000] - Traded by Tigers with Doug Brocail and Brad Ausmus to Astros for Mitch Meluskey, Chris Holt and Roger Cedeno. [Dec 16,2002] - Traded by Astros to Rockies for Victor Hall. [Oct 9,2003] - Granted free agency [Feb 14,2004] - Signed by Marlins [Mar 11,2004] - Released by Marlins

Disabled List: [Apr 19,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [May 23,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (shoulder soreness) [Jun 5,2003] - Activated [Jul 13,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (shoulder stiffness)

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1991	GCL Expos	GCL	18	Mtl	Rk	2	4	2.40	12	8	1	1	0	0	48.2	40	18	13	1	19	34	2		7.40	0.18	3.51	6.29	1.21	--
1995	Bristol	App	22	Chw	Rk	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	--
	Hickory	SAL	22	Chw	A	2	7	2.70	44	0	0	0	29	9	66.2	65	31	20	6	15	68	5	0	8.78	0.81	2.03	9.18	1.20	--
	Pr William	Caro	22	Chw	A+	2	1	0.47	9	0	0	0	7	1	19.1	12	1	1	1	6	18	0	0	5.59	0.47	2.79	8.38	0.93	--
1996	Birmingham	Sou	23	Chw	AA	6	6	3.20	37	18	2	1	8	1	149.0	150	65	53	10	41	142	3	1	9.06	0.60	2.48	8.58	1.28	--
1997	Nashville	Amer	24	Chw	AAA	11	7	5.11	21	20	1	0	0	0	123.1	139	75	70	20	31	93	1	2	10.14	1.46	2.26	6.79	1.38	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	0	2	6.49	19	0	0	0	5	0	26.1	29	19	19	6	9	23	3	0	9.91	2.05	3.08	7.86	1.44	--
1998	Calgary	PCL	25	Chw	AAA	10	6	5.33	35	18	2	1	4	0	126.2	159	85	75	18	40	101	5	1	11.30	1.28	2.84	7.18	1.57	--
1999	Toledo	IL	26	Det	AAA	7	1	2.73	10	10	4	2	0	0	62.2	47	20	19	5	21	41	1	0	6.75	0.72	3.02	5.89	1.09	--
	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	2	5	5.67	29	6	0	0	10	0	66.2	74	44	42	11	23	46	2	0	9.99	1.49	3.11	6.21	1.46	--
2000	Toledo	IL	27	Det	AAA	2	4	4.82	11	10	0	0	1	0	52.1	54	37	28	9	17	39	1	0	9.29	1.55	2.92	6.71	1.36	--
	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	5	2	3.07	27	0	0	0	12	0	41.0	39	14	14	4	13	34	2	0	8.56	0.88	2.85	7.46	1.27	33%
2001	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	3	3	4.15	66	0	0	0	16	2	82.1	72	41	38	11	24	75	0	1	7.87	1.20	2.62	8.20	1.17	44%
2002	NewOrleans	PCL	29	Hou	AAA	0	1	4.50	6	0	0	0	2	1	8.0	4	4	4	2	4	8	0	0	4.50	2.25	4.50	9.00	1.00	--
	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	2	6	4.48	43	5	0	0	11	0	78.1	90	44	39	12	29	61	4	0	10.34	1.38	3.33	7.01	1.52	47%
2003	Colo Spr	PCL	30	Col	AAA	1	2	7.20	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	24	18	12	3	3	10	0		14.40	1.80	1.80	6.00	1.80	--
	Colorado	NL	30	Col	MLB	3	5	7.21	20	7	0	0	1	0	53.2	65	43	43	15	11	38	3	0	10.90	2.52	1.84	6.37	1.42	44%
2005	Toledo	IL	32	Det	AAA	5	4	4.20	14	11	0	0		0	64.1	69	31	30	8	17	55	1	1	9.65	1.12	2.38	7.69	1.34	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						15	23	5.04	204	18	0	0	55	2	348.1	369	205	195	59	109	277	14	1	9.53	1.52	2.82	7.16	1.37	43%
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)						48	43	3.98	204	99	10	5		12	737.0	765	386	326	83	214	609	19		9.34	1.01	2.61	7.44	1.33	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1997	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	p		29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	p	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2001	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	p	9	62	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	0%
2002	NewOrleans	PCL	29	Hou	AAA	p		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	p	9	40	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.071	.000	071	37%
2003	Colo Spr	PCL	30	Col	AAA	p		4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
	Colorado	NL	30	Col	MLB	p	9	19	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.154	.154	.231	385	67%

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)								170	33	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	4	0	0	.091	.118	.121	239	50%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2001	Houston	NL	28		Div	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	2.2	1		0		1	1			3.38	---	3.38	3.38	0.75	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	0.00	2		0			0	2.2	1		0		1	1			3.37	---	3.37	3.37	0.75	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2001	Houston	NL	28	Hou	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1991	GCL Expos	GCL	18	Mtl	Rk	P	12			2	22	3	27	0	-	-	-	.889	--

1995	Hickory	SAL	22	Chw	A	P	44			1	9	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	--
1995	Pr William	Caro	22	Chw	A+	P	9			1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1996	Birmingham	Sou	23	Chw	AA	P	37			11	15	4	30	0	-	-	-	.867	--

1997	Nashville	Amer	24	Chw	AAA	P	21			6	19	0	25	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	19		26.1	3	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.37

1998	Calgary	PCL	25	Chw	AAA	P	35			6	27	3	36	1	-	-	-	.917	--

1999	Toledo	IL	26	Det	AAA	P	10			8	13	0	21	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	P	29		66.2	8	17	2	27	0	-	-	-	.926	3.37

2000	Toledo	IL	27	Det	AAA	P	11			3	5	4	12	1	-	-	-	.667	--
2000	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	P	27		41	1	6	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.54

2001	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	P	66		82.1	8	14	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	2.40

2002	NewOrleans	PCL	29	Hou	AAA	P	6			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	P	43		78.1	5	12	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.95

2003	Colo Spr	PCL	30	Col	AAA	P	4			0	2	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	--
2003	Colorado	NL	30	Col	MLB	P	20	7	53.2	6	6	0	12	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.01

2005	Toledo	IL	32	Det	AAA	P	14			5	8	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1997	*150,000		996,990	80
1999	210,000		1,222,537	65
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	285,000		1,609,512	52
2002	375,000		1,654,088	46
2003	700,000		1,773,364	37

Career:	$1,895,000	estimate

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