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Nelson Cruz
DH | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 230LBS | Age: 41
Poor Avg Great

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 360 308 47 89 21 52 3 .289 .367 .542 .909
17 Seasons 7513 6705 999 1866 438 1204 79 .278 .348 .530 .878
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .289 21 52 3 .909
17 Seasons .278 438 1204 79 .878

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 35 2632 427 60 14.1 92.6 119 9.2 35.4 .280 .535 .396 .379 .484 48.9 25 9
2016 36 2732 437 72 16.5 94.6 116.3 11.2 34.8 .274 .583 .383 .390 .486 53.5 23.8 9.3
2017 37 2474 423 60 14.2 93.2 117.7 12.4 34.5 .287 .590 .385 .402 .483 48.3 21.7 10.9
2018 38 2282 400 55 13.8 93.9 117 12.8 31.3 .281 .559 .361 .394 .466 51.7 20.6 9.3
2019 39 2114 326 65 19.9 93.7 117 13.1 38.3 .290 .638 .418 .416 .535 51.5 25 10.8
2020 40 846 127 19 15 91.6 114.4 9.4 39.4 .266 .540 .411 .380 .492 47.2 27.1 11.7
2021 41 1315 249 36 14.5 93.6 116.6 10.9 32.1 .280 .534 .379 .388 .446 55 18.3 10.3
14395 2389 367 15.4 93.5 119 11.5 34.7 .281 .572 .388 .394 .485 51 23 10
6.5 88.3 122.2 12 32.8 .243 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.4 22 8.4




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # % PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Fastballs 727 55.3 191 160 53 31 7 0 15 23 141 .331 .306 .656 .610 .442 .437 95.7 11 22.0 12.5
2021 Breaking 423 32.2 115 105 26 15 4 1 6 32 75 .248 .243 .476 .465 .326 .332 90.5 10 41.8 22.2
2021 Offspeed 164 12.5 47 43 10 8 2 0 0 11 33 .233 .271 .279 .417 .247 .320 91.6 13 34.0 18.3
2020 Fastballs 458 54.1 110 95 33 19 2 0 12 25 70 .347 .321 .747 .687 .487 .459 93.1 11 26.9 19.1
2020 Breaking 301 35.6 64 59 13 7 3 0 3 25 34 .220 .188 .424 .377 .302 .273 88.7 14 48.9 28.7
2020 Offspeed 87 10.3 35 31 10 8 1 0 1 8 23 .323 .248 .452 .396 .374 .327 91.1 -2 28.6 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2015 45.7 20.6 28.1 5.6 34.4 40 25.5 3 33.3 15 24.4 7.7 14.1
2016 44.6 23.6 24.5 7.3 35.2 40 24.7 1.1 34.6 20.1 16.9 8.5 16.5
2017 41.1 27.9 25.1 5.9 34.5 42.6 22.7 2.6 30 23.4 19.9 9.7 14.2
2018 44.8 27 20.3 8 37.8 39.8 22.5 1.8 31.3 22.8 23.5 7 13.8
2019 40.5 24.8 27 7.7 38.3 36.2 25.5 2.1 28.8 20.2 20.6 8.3 19.9
2020 47.2 16.5 30.7 5.5 29.1 43.3 27.6 3.1 34.6 18.1 23.6 3.9 15
2021 44.6 26.1 22.1 7.2 37.3 38.6 24.1 3.2 30.1 24.1 20.5 7.6 14.5
43.8 24.4 24.9 6.8 35.7 39.9 24.3 2.3 31.7 20.6 21.1 8 15.4
45.2 22.3 25.5 7.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.7 33.3 24.3 24.5 5.6 6.5

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 %
2021 N/A -12 0 2 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .51 2.076 1.071 100
2021 Splitter 1.2 0 11 0.8 1 0 0 0 20 0 0 .117 .143 .105 0
2021 Cutter -2.1 -2 106 8.1 25 .176 .353 .264 22.2 12 10.3 .206 .417 .422 38.9
2021 Curveball 3.6 4 99 7.5 25 .318 .591 .422 36.1 20 13.9 .272 .464 .363 29.4
2021 Changeup -1.9 -3 151 11.5 45 .244 .293 .282 35.2 24.4 19.3 .268 .383 .308 45.2
2021 Sinker 2.5 5 211 16 62 .315 .519 .402 16.1 12.9 20 .29 .477 .379 60.9
2021 Slider 0.8 3 325 24.7 91 .229 .446 .306 43 29.7 25 .235 .465 .327 53.4
2021 4-Seamer 2.1 9 410 31.2 104 .371 .798 .52 24.4 11.5 10.4 .334 .728 .483 66.2
2020 Curveball 1.1 1 87 10.3 15 .267 .667 .387 38.7 40 23.1 .194 .598 .323 33.3
2020 Cutter -5.6 -3 49 5.8 15 .154 .154 .213 37.9 26.7 50 .142 .19 .222 44.4
2020 Changeup -0.9 -1 81 9.6 35 .323 .452 .404 30.4 22.9 27.6 .248 .396 .327 39.1
2020 Sinker 8.5 12 138 16.3 43 .5 .941 .63 13.6 9.3 10.3 .417 .837 .562 60
2020 Slider -0.6 -1 214 25.3 49 .205 .341 .281 52 38.8 31.1 .185 .302 .257 36
2020 4-Seamer 1.4 4 271 32 52 .292 .771 .458 30.4 32.7 20.2 .301 .716 .441 54.8
2020 Splitter 0.7 0 6 0.7 0 0
2019 Splitter -3.1 -1 26 1.2 5 0 0 0 27.3 40 16.7 .44 .597 .437 66.7
2019 Curveball 6 9 156 7.4 38 .351 .757 .471 42.9 36.8 24.6 .302 .625 .39 60.9
2019 Changeup 3.5 7 195 9.2 52 .277 .83 .462 38 25 22 .298 .853 .486 48.6
2019 Cutter 0.9 2 176 8.3 54 .229 .458 .335 29.8 24.1 26 .288 .596 .402 40
2019 Sinker 2.4 8 349 16.5 93 .446 .747 .523 24 15.1 19.4 .376 .662 .463 61.4
2019 Slider 0.6 3 560 26.5 106 .221 .419 .352 50.9 37.7 21.4 .146 .319 .294 29.8
2019 4-Seamer 2.9 19 653 30.9 165 .324 .696 .466 21.2 21.2 19.7 .314 .756 .461 56.6
2018 Knuckleball 19.3 4 19 0.8 5 .6 1.2 .76 41.7 20 25 .595 1.343 .805 75
2018 Splitter -5.3 -1 22 1 9 .111 .111 .1 38.5 33.3 20 .17 .203 .168 16.7
2018 Cutter 3.8 5 127 5.6 29 .36 .72 .466 30.4 10.3 11.5 .353 .752 .527 43.5
2018 Curveball 0.9 2 253 11.1 51 .159 .364 .284 44.8 31.4 20.5 .254 .48 .365 57.1
2018 Changeup 6.3 12 189 8.3 60 .362 .872 .553 37.4 18.3 16.4 .367 .815 .541 52.8
2018 Slider 0.2 1 522 22.9 134 .23 .349 .277 41.8 30.6 22 .212 .349 .269 40
2018 Sinker 0.7 3 477 20.9 136 .248 .562 .378 20.1 12.5 17.2 .311 .631 .432 58.7
2018 4-Seamer 0 0 666 29.2 160 .262 .496 .357 21.3 18.1 17.7 .282 .59 .398 55.3
2018 N/A 1.1 0 1 0
2017 Splitter 4.5 3 58 2.3 16 .125 .375 .259 53.8 62.5 41.7 .147 .358 .206 33.3
2017 Cutter -0.4 -1 151 6.1 44 .275 .35 .334 22.5 18.2 19 .272 .431 .335 34.4
2017 Changeup 2.3 6 256 10.3 65 .255 .473 .368 43.9 23.1 19.5 .283 .617 .423 40
2017 Curveball 0.2 1 280 11.3 86 .244 .474 .315 36.6 33.7 26.9 .217 .438 .3 42.3
2017 Slider 0.7 3 484 19.6 123 .245 .415 .329 41.8 21.1 17.2 .265 .475 .358 41.5
2017 Sinker 3.6 17 464 18.8 125 .365 .692 .49 21 12 14.9 .342 .692 .475 55.1
2017 4-Seamer 2.2 17 779 31.5 178 .321 .679 .451 21.5 20.8 17.5 .32 .736 .461 57.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 116 430 5 4 2 2 13
2009 497 1951 -6 0 11 7 12
2010 501 1932 11 3 12 7 33
2011 578 2254 -1 8 10 8 25
2012 644 2471 -2 -7 20 9 20
2013 453 1781 17 -13 6 7 18
2014 700 2607 15 -4 15 9 36
2015 633 2545 15 4 12 9 41
2016 650 2679 8 -5 14 13 29
2017 637 2473 35 -22 20 13 46
2018 584 2277 5 -7 15 12 26
2019 526 2171 18 5 14 10 48
2020 217 875 13 -8 5 4 14
2021 354 1315 5 -8 12 6 15
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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 2632 44.5 69.6 75.9 31.2 56.7 42.1 28.7 48.1 30.8 5.7 73.5
2016 2732 47.7 68.6 79.7 28.2 50.9 42.1 28 47.4 29.1 6.6 76
2017 2474 45.6 70.2 78.6 27.9 50.1 42.1 32.4 47.2 30.5 7 81
2018 2282 45.1 68.7 82 28.3 44.6 40.8 26.6 46.5 30.6 7.3 76.6
2019 2114 44.5 69.8 78.2 27.3 45.5 40.3 28.8 46.2 32.5 7.2 83
2020 846 44.8 68.3 78 30.8 43.8 41.3 26.6 47.6 34.2 6.4 75.9
2021 1315 46.5 73.2 78.7 30.8 53 40.2 42.5 50.5 29.7 7.9 89.4
14395 45.6 69.6 78.8 29 49.9 41.4 30.1 47.5 30.7 6.8 79.1
48.5 66.7 82.1 28.3 58.6 42.6 29.1 46.9 24.5 7.2 75.9

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% Speed OAA
2015 95 92 96 96 88 98 98 99 98 14 69 10 34
2016 97 81 99 99 84 100 99 100 100 24 67 15 35
2017 98 91 99 98 93 99 95 99 98 40 74 12 23
2018 98 90 98 98 90 95 94 99 98 50 60 10 16
2019 98 94 100 100 94 98 100 99 99 27 74 8 20
2020 89 71 92 93 83 89 93 87 86 25 76 10 15
2021 93 88 92 90 86 94 89 96 97 70 66 21 30
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 26.9 42 41.9 0 10 28 20 47.6
2020 27.4 16 15.6 0 2 6 11 68.8
2021 28 21 19.7 1 8 9 13 61.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 42 41 45 42 49 38 42 47 43 37 47 46 31 37 39 48 32 40 42 45 29 43 41 46 42 49 45 41 42 39 49
2020 16 16 17 16 17 16 15 16 15 16 16 16 13 14 16 17 14 16 15 17 11 16 16 16 16 17 16 14 16 16 17
2021 21 23 24 19 24 18 20 23 20 18 23 20 14 18 19 21 15 21 20 22 15 17 19 19 19 21 19 18 20 18 23
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.6 94.6 2 ↑ 93.2 -1.4 ↓ 93.9 0.7 ↑ 93.7 -0.2 ↓ 91.6 -2.1 ↓ 93.6 2 ↑
Launch Angle 9.2 11.2 2 ↑ 12.4 1.2 ↑ 12.8 0.4 ↑ 13.1 0.3 ↑ 9.4 -3.7 ↓ 10.9 1.5 ↑
Barrel % 14.1 16.5 2.4 ↑ 14.2 -2.3 ↓ 13.8 -0.4 ↓ 19.9 6.1 ↑ 15 -4.9 ↓ 14.5 -0.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 48.9 53.5 4.6 ↑ 48.3 -5.2 ↓ 51.7 3.4 ↑ 51.5 -0.2 ↓ 47.2 -4.3 ↓ 55 7.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 35.4 34.8 -0.6 ↓ 34.5 -0.3 ↓ 31.3 -3.2 ↓ 38.3 7 ↑ 39.4 1.1 ↑ 32.1 -7.3 ↓
xBA .28 .274 -0.006 ↓ .287 0.013 ↑ .281 -0.006 ↓ .29 0.009 ↑ .266 -0.024 ↓ .28 0.014 ↑
BA .302 .287 -0.015 ↓ .288 0.001 ↑ .256 -0.032 ↓ .311 0.055 ↑ .303 -0.008 ↓ .289 -0.014 ↓
xwOBA .379 .39 0.011 ↑ .402 0.012 ↑ .394 -0.008 ↓ .415 0.021 ↑ .38 -0.035 ↓ .388 0.008 ↑
wOBA .396 .383 -0.013 ↓ .385 0.002 ↑ .361 -0.024 ↓ .417 0.056 ↑ .411 -0.006 ↓ .379 -0.032 ↓
xSLG .535 .583 0.048 ↑ .59 0.007 ↑ .559 -0.031 ↓ .637 0.078 ↑ .54 -0.097 ↓ .534 -0.006 ↓
SLG .566 .555 -0.011 ↓ .549 -0.006 ↓ .509 -0.04 ↓ .639 0.13 ↑ .595 -0.044 ↓ .542 -0.053 ↓
K% 25 23.8 -1.2 ↓ 21.7 -2.1 ↓ 20.6 -1.1 ↓ 25.1 4.5 ↑ 27.1 2 ↑ 18.3 -8.8