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  NAME     : Nelson Cruz
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 9/13/1972
  AGE      : 32
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 185
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Middle Reliever
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $1,500,000 through 2006
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Loyal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : GREAT
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : D (Fielding Pct. : .957)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : * Duration as Reliever : C Holding Runners : B Groundball Pct. : 54 Avoiding Runs : 6 Avoiding Hits : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Avoiding Doubles : 6 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Average) Avoiding Homeruns : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Avoiding BB's : 6 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good) Getting Strikeouts : 8 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good) Throwing Velocity : 7 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 5.79 5 10 4 97 7 152.1 183 108 98 63 134 At Home 6.94 3 5 3 50 3 72.2 93 57 56 38 69 Away 4.74 2 5 1 47 4 79.2 90 51 42 25 65 Last Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr/Mar 4.67 0 1 0 13 0 17.1 29 12 9 2 20 May 6.49 0 1 2 19 0 26.1 32 20 19 13 23 June 5.68 2 4 0 16 5 44.1 49 31 28 25 37 July 11.21 0 1 2 15 0 17.2 28 22 22 4 15 August 5.40 1 0 0 20 1 21.2 21 13 13 11 22 Sep/Oct 2.52 2 3 0 14 1 25.0 24 10 7 8 17
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 1997 6.58 0 2 0 19 0 0 26.0 19 9 23 CHA 1999 5.64 2 5 0 29 0 0 67.0 42 23 46 DET 2000 3.07 5 2 0 27 0 0 41.0 14 13 34 DET 2001 4.17 3 3 2 66 0 0 82.0 38 24 75 HOU 2002 4.50 2 6 0 43 0 0 78.0 39 29 61 HOU 2003 4.06 3 1 4 101 0 0 115.1 52 47 94 COL Total ERA : 4.84 Total Wins : 20 Total Losses: 29 Total Saves : 10 Total SHO : 0 Total CG : 0 Total K's : 467 Total BB's : 208
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 4/18/2004 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Hit first career homerun on 8/17/2004, off Kip Wells (PIT)...