Nelson Cruz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: September 13, 1972 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic do

High School: Liceo Jose Castellanos (Dominican Republic)

Debut: August 1, 1997 (Age 24-322d, 17,115th in major league history)
vs. ANA 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 9, 2003 (Age 30-299d)
vs. SFG 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Nelson Cruz

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Relatives: Cousin of José Román

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

ERA

5.04

204

348.1

277

WHIP

1.372

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-19 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 14

1999 Pitching Game Log

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1999 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	20	29	May 6	DET		ANA	W,4-2	6-7	H(1)	99	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.63	5	20	14	2	3	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.126	1.12	0.07%	0.78	6t --- 1 out a1	7t --- 2 out a1
2	21	30	May 7	DET		BAL	L,4-9	4-7		0	3.1	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.86	4.42	17	75	40	15	6	5	6	3	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.033	.09	-0.02%	-0.98	4t 1-- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d6
3	22	32	May 9	DET		BAL	L,0-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	4.19	3	6	5	0	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.59	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	23	58	Jun 8	DET		PIT	W,11-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	29	7.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.13	4.00	26	115	69	17	7	6	15	5	2	0	68			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.266	.27	0.06%	3.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
5	24	63	Jun 14	DET		SEA	W,8-7	GS-5		5	4.1	9	7	5	3	5	1	0	4.24	4.49	26	110	62	13	12	10	8	4	2	0	23			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.368	.45	-0.09%	-4.08	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d2
6	25	68	Jun 19	DET		OAK	L,1-13	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	2.0	4	6	6	2	1	2	0	6.63	5.92	12	52	27	9	2	4	5	4	0	0	23			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.294	.25	-0.06%	-4.18	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d4
7	26	73	Jun 24	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	11	4	4	0	4	1	2	6.48	5.69	30	93	64	15	10	11	13	9	2	0	38			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.017	.16	0.00%	-0.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
8	27	77	Jun 29	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.31	5.63	2	7	5	2	1	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.013	.03	0.00%	0.99	8b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
9	28	78	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	6-6	H(2)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.15	5.56	2	11	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.18	0.102	.21	0.01%	0.67	6b 1-3 0 out a3	6b 1-- 2 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	29	81	Jul 3	DET	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	2	6.0	9	6	6	1	3	1	1	6.68	5.52	27	87	60	14	9	12	10	4	1	0	32			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.146	.08	-0.01%	-1.38	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out d2
11	30	86	Jul 9	DET		MIL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	6.57	5.35	25	99	66	14	9	12	8	5	0	0	45			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	.93	-0.128	.04	0.00%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
12	31	91	Jul 17	DET	@	HOU	L,2-3	8-9		7	1.1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	6.35	5.20	6	26	16	3	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.144	.04	0.00%	0.59	8b --- 1 out tie	9b 1-- 2 out tie
13	32	93	Jul 19	DET	@	CIN	W,7-6	8-8	H(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.20	5.05	3	11	8	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.181	.05	0.00%	0.97	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
14	33	95	Jul 21	DET		KCR	W,10-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.05	5.01	4	25	16	4	2	0	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.59	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
15	34	97	Jul 23	DET		BOS	W,14-5	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.98	4.92	7	19	12	2	0	1	6	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.43	8t 1-- 0 out a11	9t end a 9
16	35	100	Jul 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	7-8		2	1.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.80	4.93	7	22	11	4	0	1	5	2	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.023	.02	0.00%	0.95	7b 1-- 1 out d3	8b 1-- 2 out d3
17	36	104	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	5.94	5.37	8	26	17	3	2	3	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.82	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	37	106	Aug 2	DET		CHW	L,2-6	6-7		1	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.73	5.25	8	34	22	2	5	4	3	2	1	0		1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.59	6t --3 1 out d2	7t 3 out d3
19	38	112	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	11-GF(12)	L(2-4)	7	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.76	5.25	6	28	18	2	4	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-0.39	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
20	39	113	Aug 11	DET	@	TEX	L,2-8	6-6		0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.94	5.25	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.50	6b 12- 1 out d4	6b -23 1 out d5
21	40	116	Aug 14	DET		ANA	L,4-7	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.71	5.10	6	21	13	3	4	1	3	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.17	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
22	41	118	Aug 16	DET		TBD	L,1-9	5-8		1	4.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	5.63	5.13	16	66	42	13	6	5	7	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.16	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.64	5t 12- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d8
23	42	129	Aug 29	DET		BAL	L,4-11	7-8		12	1.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	6.00	5.20	9	33	15	7	1	1	6	5	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-3.07	7t 123 2 out d5	8t 12- 2 out d7
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	43	134	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	L,4-7	5-7	L(2-5)	4	2.1	3	3	3	1	4	1	0	6.22	5.26	11	48	32	7	8	2	4	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.56	5b 12- 0 out tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
25	44	144	Sep 14	DET	@	CHW	W,7-0	9-GF		10	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.12	5.21	5	23	12	5	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.60	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
26	45	146	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,3-14	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.02	5.14	4	12	8	3	1	0	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	8b -23 0 out d9	8b end d11
27	46	148	Sep 19	DET	@	BOS	L,3-7	5-7		1	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	5.88	5.19	11	44	29	12	2	3	6	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.84	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
28	47	153	Sep 24	DET		KCR	L,3-7	9-GF		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	5.16	2	11	7	1	3	0	2	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t -23 1 out d4	9t end d 5
29	48	161	Oct 2	DET	@	KCR	W,4-3	6-7	H(4)	7	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.67	5.07	6	28	16	2	7	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.278	.00	0.00%	1.86	6b 12- 0 out a1	7b -2- 2 out a2
							10-19		W-L:2-5,Hld:4	2.8	66.2	74	44	42	23	46	11	3	5.67	5.07	295	1153	62%	15%	10%	0.74		27%	7%	0	38	24	50%	5	2	0	263	12	1	1	4	4	1	.80	-0.317	.13	-0.04%	-4.08

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