Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2005
- AL Silver Slugger
- 4x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2005
- AL Silver Slugger
- 4x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,063
- AB
- 7,501
- R
- 1,090
- H
- 2,053
- HR
- 464
- RBI
- 1,325
- SB
- 84
- AVG
- .274
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | MIL | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 2006 | TEX | 41 | 130 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 1 | .223 |
| 2007 | TEX | 96 | 307 | 35 | 72 | 9 | 34 | 2 | .235 |
| 2008 | TEX | 31 | 115 | 19 | 38 | 7 | 26 | 3 | .330 |
| 2009 | TEX | 128 | 462 | 75 | 120 | 33 | 76 | 20 | .260 |
| 2010 | TEX | 108 | 399 | 60 | 127 | 22 | 78 | 17 | .318 |
| 2011 | TEX | 124 | 475 | 64 | 125 | 29 | 87 | 9 | .263 |
| 2012 | TEX | 159 | 585 | 86 | 152 | 24 | 90 | 8 | .260 |
| 2013 | TEX | 109 | 413 | 49 | 110 | 27 | 76 | 5 | .266 |
| 2014 | BAL | 159 | 613 | 87 | 166 | 40 | 108 | 4 | .271 |
| 2015 | SEA | 152 | 590 | 90 | 178 | 44 | 93 | 3 | .302 |
| 2016 | SEA | 155 | 589 | 96 | 169 | 43 | 105 | 2 | .287 |
| 2017 | SEA | 155 | 556 | 91 | 160 | 39 | 119 | 1 | .288 |
| 2018 | SEA | 144 | 519 | 70 | 133 | 37 | 97 | 1 | .256 |
| 2019 | MIN | 120 | 454 | 81 | 141 | 41 | 108 | 0 | .311 |
| 2020 | MIN | 55 | 185 | 33 | 56 | 16 | 33 | 0 | .303 |
| 2021 |  MIN/TB | 146 | 513 | 79 | 136 | 32 | 86 | 3 | .265 |
| 2022 | WSH | 124 | 448 | 50 | 105 | 10 | 64 | 4 | .234 |
| 2023 | SD | 49 | 143 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 23 | 1 | .245 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 50
- AB
- 187
- R
- 35
- H
- 52
- HR
- 18
- RBI
- 38
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .278
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,396
- TB
- 3,847
- XBH
- 851
- HBP
- 86
- IBB
- 78
- GIDP
- 179
- P/PA
- 3.90
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | MIL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | TEX | 138 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | TEX | 333 | 118 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | TEX | 133 | 70 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2009 | TEX | 515 | 242 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3.9 |
| 2010 | TEX | 445 | 230 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3.8 |
| 2011 | TEX | 513 | 242 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3.9 |
| 2012 | TEX | 642 | 269 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | TEX | 456 | 209 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | BAL | 678 | 322 | 74 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | SEA | 655 | 334 | 67 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | SEA | 667 | 327 | 71 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | SEA | 645 | 305 | 67 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | SEA | 591 | 264 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | MIN | 521 | 290 | 67 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4.1 |
| 2020 | MIN | 214 | 110 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | MIN/TB | 584 | 255 | 54 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | WSH | 507 | 151 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | SD | 152 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.7 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 39.9
- RC
- 1285.2
- RC/27
- 6.10
- ISOP
- .239
- SECA
- .344
- BB/K
- 0.39
- AB/HR
- 16.2
- GO/FO
- 0.80
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | MIL | 0.0 | 1.1 | 7.4 | .200 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | TEX | 0.2 | 13.2 | 3.5 | .162 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 21.7 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | TEX | -0.6 | 32 | 3.5 | .150 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 34.1 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | TEX | 1.4 | 28.3 | 9.7 | .278 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | TEX | 2.0 | 81 | 6.1 | .264 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.7 |
| 2010 | TEX | 3.8 | 82.2 | 7.5 | .258 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 18.1 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | TEX | 1.1 | 73.8 | 5.4 | .246 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 16.4 | 0.7 |
| 2012 | TEX | 0.1 | 86.3 | 5.2 | .200 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 24.4 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | TEX | 2.0 | 65.3 | 5.5 | .240 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 15.3 | 0.8 |
| 2014 | BAL | 4.7 | 101.8 | 5.8 | .254 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 15.3 | 0.7 |
| 2015 | SEA | 5.2 | 119.2 | 7.6 | .264 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.4 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | SEA | 4.7 | 113.4 | 6.9 | .268 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | SEA | 4.1 | 110.6 | 7.1 | .261 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | SEA | 2.9 | 87.9 | 5.9 | .252 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 14 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | MIN | 4.3 | 104.4 | 8.5 | .328 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 11.1 | 0.7 |
| 2020 | MIN | 1.6 | 39.8 | 7.8 | .292 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | MIN/TB | 2.5 | 84.2 | 5.7 | .232 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 16 | 0 |
| 2022 | WSH | 0.2 | 46.2 | 3.4 | .103 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 44.8 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | SD | -0.3 | 15.9 | 3.9 | .154 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 28.6 | 0.9 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Latest performance
Nelson Cruz
Jul 03 · vs LAA · W 10-3
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 1
- AVG
- .245
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jul 03 | vs LAAW 10-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jul 02 | at CINL 4-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Jul 01 | atCINW 12-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Jun 30 | atCINL 7-5 F/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Jun 27 | at PITL 9-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun, Jun 25 | vs WSHL 8-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What were Nelson Cruz's career stats?
Nelson Cruz played 19 seasons for the Brewers, the Rangers, the Orioles, the Mariners, the Twins, the Nationals and the Padres. He was a career .274 hitter with 2,053 hits, 464 home runs and 1,325 RBI. His best season was 2008: a .330 batting average, 7 home runs and 26 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
19 seasons, 7 postseasons, 2005 to 2023
Nelson Cruz led MLB in home runs (2014); finished top 10 in a stat 12 times.
Awards
- AL Silver Slugger ×4: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
All-time career rank
- 37th in home runs (464)
- 262nd in hits (2,053)
- 89th in rbi (1,325)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 2010 (9th)
- Home Runs: 2014 (1st), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (2nd), 2017 (6th), 2018 (9th), 2019 (7th)
- RBI: 2014 (4th), 2017 (5th)
- OPS: 2010 (9th), 2015 (7th), 2019 (5th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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Nelson Cruz against each club
- vs New York Mets (14)
- vs Atlanta Braves (13)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (12)
- vs Miami Marlins (12)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (11)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (11)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (10)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (10)
- vs San Francisco Giants (10)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (8)
- vs Colorado Rockies (7)
- vs San Diego Padres (6)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (6)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (4)
- vs Seattle Mariners (4)
- vs Washington Nationals (4)
- vs Athletics (3)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (3)
- vs Houston Astros (3)
- vs Texas Rangers (3)
- vs Boston Red Sox (2)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (2)
- vs Kansas City Royals (2)
- vs Minnesota Twins (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (2)
- vs New York Yankees (1)
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