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Nelson Cruz
	Nelson Ramon Cruz


	Born: July 1, 1980 in Monte Cristi, D.R.
	32 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'2"	Wt: 240

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Signed by the New York Mets as an Amateur Free Agent in 1998
- High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, DO)

Defensive Regression Analysis

Right Field

							Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm	Runs	Range	Arm
2005	MIL	NL	25.0	RF	6	16.0	0.1	5.0	0.1	0.0	-0.0	0.1	-0.1
2006	TEX	AL	26.0	RF	38	307.3	2.8	9.2	2.6	0.2	0.1	-0.9	1.1
2007	TEX	AL	27.0	RF	82	604.3	5.7	9.4	5.2	0.5	6.3	6.1	0.2
2008	TEX	AL	28.0	RF	31	274.0	4.8	17.6	4.6	0.3	0.3	0.9	-0.6
2009	TEX	AL	29.0	RF	120	1035.7	21.5	20.8	21.6	-0.1	27.1	24.9	2.2
2010	TEX	AL	30.0	RF	94	799.3	16.3	20.3	16.5	-0.2	16.4	18.3	-1.9
2011	TEX	AL	31.0	RF	109	863.7	9.3	10.8	10.3	-1.0	11.4	12.5	-1.1
2012	TEX	AL	32.0	RF	151	1286.0	5.1	4.0	6.9	-1.8	4.0	4.3	-0.3
2013	TEX	AL	33.0	RF	44	387.3	-0.3	-0.8	0.3	-0.6	-5.3	-3.2	-2.1
9	2			RF	675	5573.7	65.3	11.7	68.0	-2.7	60.3	62.9	-2.6

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Left Field

							Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm	Runs	Range	Arm
2005	MIL	NL	25.0	LF	2	2.0	-0.0	-9.6	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0
2006	TEX	AL	26.0	LF	1	3.0	-0.0	-6.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0
2007	TEX	AL	27.0	LF	16	118.0	-0.4	-3.5	-0.3	-0.1	-4.0	-4.1	0.1
2009	TEX	AL	29.0	LF	2	17.0	-0.1	-4.0	-0.1	-0.0	1.6	1.6	-0.1
2010	TEX	AL	30.0	LF	14	88.7	-0.3	-3.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.8	1.2	-0.4
2011	TEX	AL	31.0	LF	18	135.0	0.2	1.8	0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
2012	TEX	AL	32.0	LF	6	21.0	0.0	1.8	0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-1.2	-0.1
7	2			LF	59	384.7	-0.6	-1.4	-0.4	-0.2	-3.4	-3.1	-0.3

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Designated Hitter

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G
2009	TEX	AL	29.0	DH	4
2010	TEX	AL	30.0	DH	2
2011	TEX	AL	31.0	DH	8
2012	TEX	AL	32.0	DH	7
2013	TEX	AL	33.0	DH	1
5	1			DH	22

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Center Field

							Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm	Runs	Range	Arm
2006	TEX	AL	26.0	CF	2	3.0	-0.0	-4.4	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.0
1	1			CF	2	3.0	-0.0	-4.4	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.0

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James