Nelson Cruz Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Nelson Cruz made their MLB debut in 2005 and appeared in 2,055 games over 19 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.274, OPS of 0.856, hit 464 HRs, and recorded 42.1 WAR. They rank 37th all-time in HRs and 324th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Nelson Cruz made their MLB debut in 2005 and played in 2,055 games over 19 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G2,055 (MLB Rank: 221)
AB7,501 (MLB Rank: 219)
H2,053 (MLB Rank: 268)
BA0.274 (MLB Rank: 3,012)
2B372 (MLB Rank: 264)
3B15 (MLB Rank: 2,665)
HR464 (MLB Rank: 37)
RBI1325 (MLB Rank: 101)
R1090 (MLB Rank: 276)
BB738 (MLB Rank: 334)
OBP0.343 (MLB Rank: 2,958)
SLG0.513 (MLB Rank: 510)
OPS0.856 (MLB Rank: 867)
SB84 (MLB Rank: 1,094)
SO1,916 (MLB Rank: 14)
GIDP179 (MLB Rank: 187)
CS32 (MLB Rank: 1,114)
Rbat+130 (MLB Rank: 1,135)
WAR42.1 (MLB Rank: 324)
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Nelson Cruz Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Nelson Cruz's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (2023)

In 2023, Nelson Cruz played in 49 games and posted the following stats:

G49
AB143
H35
BA0.245
2B5
3B1
HR5
RBI23
R9
BB6
OBP0.283
SLG0.399
OPS0.681
SB1
SO46
GIDP2
Rbat+81
WAR−0.4

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Nelson Cruz's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 2015, 44 HR
  • Most H in a season: 2015, 178 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 2017, 119 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 2009, 20 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 2008, 0.330 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 2005, 0.429 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 2019, 0.639 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 2019, 1.031 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 2015, 5.1 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Nelson Cruz appeared in 46 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.288, OBP of 0.360, SLG of 0.659, and OPS of 1.019. They also tallied 17 HR, 49 H, 37 RBI, and 1 SB.

Nelson Cruz Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
2005
1
0
0
0.2
1
0.829
0
0.429
0.4
7
2
0
1
0
2
0.382
129
120
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
2006
29
6
22
0.223
15
0.645
0.2
0.261
0.385
138
7
32
3
0
50
0.303
68
64
41
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
130
2007
72
9
34
0.235
35
0.671
-0.4
0.287
0.384
333
21
87
15
2
118
0.298
70
75
96
5
2
1
2
4
1
1
307
2008
38
7
26
0.33
19
1.03
1.5
0.421
0.609
133
17
28
9
1
70
0.437
168
169
31
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
115
2009
120
33
76
0.26
75
0.856
2.3
0.332
0.524
515
49
118
21
1
242
0.37
113
117
128
9
2
6
20
4
2
0
462
2010
127
22
78
0.318
60
0.95
4.1
0.374
0.576
445
38
81
31
3
230
0.415
148
146
108
12
1
5
17
4
6
1
399
2011
125
29
87
0.263
64
0.821
1.5
0.312
0.509
513
33
116
28
1
242
0.356
113
113
124
8
2
1
9
5
3
0
475
2012
152
24
90
0.26
86
0.779
0.8
0.319
0.46
642
48
140
45
0
269
0.352
111
104
159
7
5
2
8
4
4
0
585
2013
110
27
76
0.266
49
0.833
2.1
0.327
0.506
456
35
109
18
0
209
0.364
125
124
109
14
4
2
5
1
4
0
413
2014
166
40
108
0.271
87
0.859
4.5
0.333
0.525
678
55
140
32
2
322
0.377
141
137
159
17
5
8
4
5
5
0
613
2015
178
44
93
0.302
90
0.936
5.1
0.369
0.566
655
59
164
22
1
334
0.399
161
159
152
6
5
9
3
2
1
0
590
2016
169
43
105
0.287
96
0.915
4.9
0.36
0.555
667
62
159
27
1
327
0.392
152
147
155
15
9
5
2
0
7
0
589
2017
160
39
119
0.288
91
0.924
4.2
0.375
0.549
645
70
140
28
0
305
0.388
148
149
155
15
12
7
1
1
7
0
556
2018
133
37
97
0.256
70
0.85
2.9
0.342
0.509
591
55
122
18
1
264
0.36
132
135
144
15
14
5
1
0
3
0
519
2019
141
41
108
0.311
81
1.031
4.4
0.392
0.639
521
56
131
26
0
290
0.418
165
168
120
14
7
8
0
1
3
0
454
2020
56
16
33
0.303
33
0.992
1.8
0.397
0.595
214
25
58
6
0
110
0.416
168
171
53
8
4
5
0
0
0
0
185
2021
136
32
86
0.265
79
0.832
2.5
0.334
0.497
584
51
126
21
1
255
0.353
127
129
140
14
7
10
3
0
9
0
513
2022
105
10
64
0.234
50
0.651
0.1
0.313
0.337
507
49
119
16
0
151
0.301
92
89
124
16
4
1
4
0
3
0
448
2023
35
5
23
0.245
9
0.681
-0.4
0.283
0.399
152
6
46
5
1
57
0.297
81
86
49
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
143