Nelson Cruz
DH | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 230LBS | Age: 44
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 584 513 79 136 32 3 .265 .334 .497 .831
2022 507 448 50 105 10 4 .234 .313 .337 .650
2023 152 143 9 35 5 1 .245 .283 .399 .682
19 Seasons 8,396 7,501 1,090 2,053 464 84 .274 .343 .513 .856
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .265 32 3 .831
2022 .234 10 4 .650
2023 .245 5 1 .682
19 Seasons .274 464 84 .856
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 34 2632 427 60 14.1 9.2 92.6 119.0 9.2 35.4 .285 .546 .396 .385 .497 47.8 25.0 9.0
2016 35 2732 437 72 16.5 10.8 94.6 116.3 11.2 34.8 .279 .595 .383 .397 .499 52.4 23.8 9.3
2017 36 2474 423 60 14.2 9.3 93.2 117.7 12.4 34.5 .288 .597 .385 .405 .487 48.3 21.7 10.9
2018 37 2282 400 55 13.8 9.3 93.9 117.0 12.8 31.3 .281 .565 .361 .396 .469 51.7 20.6 9.3
2019 38 2115 326 65 19.9 12.5 93.7 117.0 13.1 38.3 .290 .637 .417 .415 .535 51.5 25.1 10.7
2020 39 846 127 19 15.0 8.9 91.6 114.4 9.4 39.4 .269 .545 .411 .383 .500 47.2 27.1 11.7
2021 40 2198 396 54 13.6 9.2 92.9 117.5 11.8 31.8 .264 .512 .346 .363 .439 52.5 21.6 8.7
2022 41 1992 332 31 9.3 6.1 90.9 113.8 7.2 28.0 .241 .399 .292 .320 .377 46.1 23.5 9.7
2023 42 566 98 9 9.2 5.9 92.4 112.5 10.2 33.7 .242 .417 .291 .297 .407 48.0 30.3 3.9
Player 17837 2966 425 14.3 9.4 93.1 119.0 11.1 33.7 .275 .548 .369 .381 .472 49.9 23.5 9.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 45.7 20.6 28.1 5.6 34.2 40.0 25.3 3.0 33.3 15.0 24.4 7.7 14.1 9.2
2016 44.6 23.6 24.5 7.3 35.2 40.0 24.7 1.1 34.6 20.1 16.9 8.5 16.5 10.8
2017 41.1 27.9 25.1 5.9 34.5 42.6 22.7 2.6 30.0 23.4 19.9 9.7 14.2 9.3
2018 44.8 27.0 20.3 8.0 38.0 39.5 22.3 1.8 31.3 22.8 23.5 7.0 13.8 9.3
2019 40.5 24.8 27.0 7.7 38.3 36.2 25.5 2.1 28.8 20.2 20.6 8.3 19.9 12.5
2020 47.2 21.3 26.0 5.5 29.1 43.3 27.6 3.1 34.6 18.1 23.6 3.9 15.0 8.9
2021 43.4 25.5 22.0 9.1 36.6 36.4 27.0 3.0 31.1 24.5 19.7 8.1 13.6 9.2
2022 53.0 19.3 22.9 4.8 32.8 37.3 29.8 2.4 39.8 17.2 25.6 4.5 9.3 6.1
2023 46.9 22.4 25.5 5.1 39.8 37.8 22.4 3.1 30.6 23.5 26.5 7.1 9.2 5.9
Player 44.8 24.0 24.4 6.8 35.5 39.2 25.2 2.4 32.6 20.5 21.6 7.6 14.3 9.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 3 171 30.2 38 .314 .543 .392 23.2 18.4 17.9 .367 .703 .467 57.1
2023 Slider 3.1 3 108 19.1 36 .286 .514 .400 50.0 36.1 35.1 .217 .367 .258 45.5
2023 Changeup -3.1 -3 83 14.7 21 .100 .100 .119 59.6 52.4 39.3 .126 .175 .157 22.2
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 75 13.3 23 .286 .476 .328 5.6 17.4 23.5 .235 .443 .293 55.6
2023 Cutter -3.7 -2 50 8.8 14 .214 .214 .193 37.9 35.7 41.7 .271 .295 .250 44.4
2023 Curveball -4.0 -2 48 8.5 11 .182 .182 .164 35.5 36.4 22.2 .146 .174 .139 28.6
2023 Sweeper -6.0 -1 17 3.0 5 .000 .000 .140 33.3 40.0 28.6 .043 .074 .179 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 8.9 1 9 1.6 1 1.000 3.000 1.600 33.3 0.0 0.0 .866 2.485 1.368 100.0
2023 Slurve -12.0 -1 5 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .162 .269 .185 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -1 679 34.1 169 .241 .338 .318 23.8 18.3 16.4 .268 .468 .370 50.9
2022 Slider -0.1 0 413 20.7 94 .195 .293 .268 48.0 38.3 25.9 .198 .290 .270 39.6
2022 Sinker 1.5 5 321 16.1 101 .292 .427 .383 23.0 14.9 22.1 .263 .431 .347 51.4
2022 Changeup -1.3 -3 211 10.6 49 .149 .298 .228 42.0 30.6 25.0 .173 .316 .228 43.8
2022 Curveball -1.8 -3 186 9.3 42 .184 .184 .227 31.4 26.2 15.9 .232 .373 .301 32.1
2022 Cutter -1.6 -2 101 5.1 30 .222 .333 .287 34.5 20.0 18.2 .265 .423 .339 47.6
2022 Sweeper 3.4 2 62 3.1 13 .333 .417 .427 29.6 23.1 13.6 .278 .386 .321 33.3
2022 Split-Finger 2.8 0 12 0.6 5 .400 .400 .360 42.9 40.0 50.0 .142 .142 .130 33.3
2022 Slurve 12.8 1 7 0.4 3 .667 1.000 .717 25.0 0.0 0.0 .540 .975 .646 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 116 430 5 4 2 3 13
2009 497 1,951 -5 0 11 7 13
2010 501 1,932 11 3 13 7 35
2011 578 2,254 0 8 10 8 26
2012 644 2,471 0 -7 20 9 21
2013 453 1,781 16 -10 6 7 19
2014 700 2,607 15 -2 15 9 37
2015 646 2,596 14 3 13 9 38
2016 662 2,714 8 -5 15 13 31
2017 637 2,473 34 -23 19 13 44
2018 584 2,277 5 -8 15 13 25
2019 526 2,171 18 6 14 10 47
2020 217 875 13 -8 4 4 13
2021 592 2,259 4 -18 14 12 12
2022 506 1,992 -7 -17 15 8 -1
2023 151 566 4 -5 -2 2 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,632 44.4 69.6 76.3 30.8 56.7 42.0 28.7 48.1 30.8 5.7 72.8
2016 2,732 47.8 68.7 79.6 28.0 51.4 42.1 28.0 47.4 29.1 6.7 75.8
2017 2,474 45.6 70.2 78.5 27.8 50.3 42.1 32.7 47.2 30.5 7.0 81.0
2018 2,282 45.0 68.7 82.1 28.4 44.5 40.9 26.7 46.5 30.6 7.3 76.5
2019 2,115 44.5 69.9 78.0 27.3 45.6 40.3 29.1 46.2 32.6 7.2 83.0
2020 846 44.7 68.5 78.0 30.8 43.8 41.1 27.0 47.6 34.2 6.4 75.9
2021 2,198 46.8 73.8 77.3 31.0 52.6 40.8 40.5 51.0 30.7 7.7 89.3
2022 1,992 47.8 72.4 76.8 31.1 49.2 44.3 33.9 50.8 32.0 6.0 80.8
2023 566 48.4 66.1 78.5 39.4 40.9 41.7 34.9 52.3 36.1 7.8 72.7
Player 17,837 46.0 70.1 78.4 29.5 49.7 41.7 31.2 48.2 31.1 6.8 79.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 95 90 97 96 88 98 98 99 100 98 14 69 10 40 35
2016 97 83 99 99 83 100 99 100 99 100 24 67 16 57 36
2017 98 90 99 98 93 98 95 99 99 98 40 74 12 46 22
2018 98 90 98 98 88 95 94 99 99 98 50 60 11 50 16
2019 98 92 100 100 92 98 99 99 99 99 27 74 8 61 20
2020 89 74 92 93 84 89 93 87 95 86 25 76 10 31 14
2021 83 68 86 87 65 89 85 93 99 94 48 47 14 23 29
2022 54 40 50 57 56 60 60 84 93 81 35 67 11 34 13
2023 81 5
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 25.6 43 41.6 1 16 19 27 62.8
2017 26.6 39 39.0 0 13 29 16 41.0
2018 26.5 37 35.5 2 17 22 18 48.6
2019 26.9 42 44.3 -2 10 29 19 45.2
2020 27.4 16 15.6 0 1 5 12 75.0
2021 27.7 33 33.7 -1 7 22 17 51.5
2022 27.3 10 9.4 1 5 8 3 30.0
2023 26.9 5 3.7 1 4 2 2 40.0
Player 26.7 225 222.7 2 73 136 114 50.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 43 41 37 49 37 36 43 43 32 35 37 41 45 42 42 45 33 37 46 42 46 36 54 50 44 41 37 55 47 42 33
2017 39 41 34 38 39 38 47 36 25 32 35 45 40 42 37 41 36 33 46 38 44 39 47 45 36 36 37 48 45 39 31
2018 37 44 31 35 33 33 36 34 26 27 32 42 42 32 33 38 35 33 36 37 39 38 45 42 32 30 30 38 43 37 31
2019 42 50 32 46 46 47 48 47 36 35 39 46 48 42 48 44 42 44 44 50 46 48 52 49 39 44 38 48 47 44 40
2020 16 16 14 15 16 16 17 14 14 14 15 17 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 17 16 16 17 15 16 14 16 17 16 16 12
2021 33 39 31 30 37 32 37 35 23 27 29 38 36 32 33 39 32 35 33 36 35 31 42 35 31 31 35 35 36 32 34
2022 10 7 6 11 9 9 10 8 7 8 9 8 12 9 10 12 9 8 10 9 10 12 14 11 8 9 11 10 10 8 8
2023 5 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 2 5 4 3 5 6 6 2 2 4 5 4 4 3
Player 225 240 189 226 221 214 242 220 167 180 200 242 243 218 223 239 206 207 236 233 239 225 277 253 208 207 208 256 248 222 192
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.6 94.6 2.0 93.2 -1.4 93.9 0.7 93.7 -0.2 91.6 -2.1 92.9 1.3 90.9 -2.0 92.4 1.5
Launch Angle 9.2 11.2 2.0 12.4 1.2 12.8 0.4 13.1 0.3 9.4 -3.7 11.8 2.4 7.2 -4.6 10.2 3.0
Barrel % 14.1 16.5 2.4 14.2 -2.3 13.8 -0.4 19.9 6.1 15.0 -4.9 13.6 -1.4 9.3 -4.3 9.2 -0.1
Hard Hit % 47.8 52.4 4.6 48.3 -4.1 51.7 3.4 51.5 -0.2 47.2 -4.3 52.5 5.3 46.1 -6.4 48.0 1.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.4 34.8 -0.6 34.5 -0.3 31.3 -3.2 38.3 7.0 39.4 1.1 31.8 -7.6 28.0 -3.8 33.7 5.7
xBA .285 .279 -0.006 .288 0.009 .281 -0.007 .290 0.009 .269 -0.021 .264 -0.005 .241 -0.023 .242 0.001
BA .302 .287 -0.015 .288 0.001 .256 -0.032 .311 0.055 .303 -0.008 .265 -0.038 .234 -0.031 .245 0.011
xwOBA .385 .397 0.012 .405 0.008 .396 -0.009 .415 0.019 .383 -0.032 .363 -0.020 .320 -0.043 .297 -0.023
wOBA .396 .383 -0.013 .385 0.002 .361 -0.024 .417 0.056 .411 -0.006 .346 -0.065 .292 -0.054 .291 -0.001
xSLG .546 .595 0.049 .597 0.002 .565 -0.032 .637 0.072 .545 -0.092 .512 -0.033 .399 -0.113 .417 0.018
SLG .566 .555 -0.011 .549 -0.006 .509 -0.040 .639 0.130 .595 -0.044 .497 -0.098 .337 -0.160 .399 0.062
K% 25.0 23.8 -1.2 21.7 -2.1 20.6 -1.1 25.1 4.5 27.1 2.0 21.6 -5.5 23.5 1.9 30.3 6.8
BB% 9.0 9.3 0.3 10.9 1.6 9.3 -1.6 10.7 1.4 11.7 1.0 8.7 -3.0 9.7 1.0 3.9 -5.8
Swing % 48.1 47.4 -0.7 47.2 -0.2 46.5 -0.7 46.2 -0.3 47.6 1.4 51.0 3.4 50.8 -0.2 52.3 1.5
Whiff% 30.8 29.1 -1.7 30.5 1.4 30.6 0.1 32.6 2.0 34.2 1.6 30.7 -3.5 32.0 1.3 36.1 4.1
In Zone % 44.4 47.8 3.4 45.6 -2.2 45.0 -0.6 44.5 -0.5 44.7 0.2 46.8 2.1 47.8 1.0 48.4 0.6
Out of Zone % 55.6 52.2 -3.4 54.4 2.2 55.0 0.6 55.5 0.5 55.3 -0.2 53.2 -2.1 52.2 -1.0 51.6 -0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 28.0 -2.8 27.8 -0.2 28.4 0.6 27.3 -1.1 30.8 3.5 31.0 0.2 31.1 0.1 39.4 8.3
First Pitch Swing % 28.7 28.0 -0.7 32.7 4.7 26.7 -6.0 29.1 2.4 27.0 -2.1 40.5 13.5 33.9 -6.6 34.9 1.0
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 57.7 -1.5 59.9 2.2 54.6 -5.3 55.2 0.6 56.4 1.2 63.4 7.0 61.5 -1.9 65.1 3.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 644 84 13.0 .380 .382
2017 Shifts R 636 46 7.2 .382 .436
2018 Shifts R 586 113 19.3 .379 .285
2019 Shifts R 512 118 23.0 .407 .455
2020 Shifts R 209 110 52.6 .384 .436
2021 Shifts R 570 62 10.9 .352 .312
2022 Shifts R 502 86 17.1 .293 .299
2023 Shades R 141 13 9.2 .285 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 424 15.0 50.5% 3.8% 317 20.0 4.7% 10.1%
2011 488 14.4 57.0% 1.2% 358 20.3 4.7% 11.7%
2012 712 15.5 45.8% 1.0% 415 21.6 3.4% 10.4%
2013 538 15.6 44.4% 1.3% 268 21.6 4.9% 9.0%
2014 684 16.6 33.6% 2.0% 392 21.6 4.3% 10.7%
2015 711 17.3 31.5% 3.7% 430 22.6 7.0% 16.5%
2016 739 17.4 31.7% 5.7% 485 23.2 8.0% 16.5%
2017 688 16.9 29.1% 2.9% 411 21.9 1.2% 10.2%
2018 564 16.2 36.3% 1.6% 457 22.3 0.4% 10.3%
2019 586 17.0 29.2% 1.4% 370 22.6 0.8% 11.1%
2020 248 16.4 36.3% 3.6% 131 22.6 0.8% 8.4%
2021 548 17.0 26.6% 2.2% 344 22.5 1.2% 12.2%
2022 490 16.9 31.2% 2.0% 352 21.6 1.1% 6.8%
2023 145 14.8 52.4% 2.1% 87 17.8 11.5% 2.3%
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Statcast Rankings