NAME     : Nelson Cruz
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 9/13/1972
  AGE      : 30
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 185
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Middle Reliever
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $2,250,000 through 2005
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Loyal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  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 : 7 Avoiding Hits : 8 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good) Avoiding Doubles : 8 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Average) Avoiding Homeruns : 6 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Avoiding BB's : 5 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average) Getting Strikeouts : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Average) Throwing Velocity : 7 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 3.75 3 2 16 49 0 62.1 49 26 26 24 37 At Home 5.40 2 1 6 25 0 28.1 25 17 17 11 14 Away 2.38 1 1 10 24 0 34.0 24 9 9 13 23 Last Week 2.25 0 0 2 3 0 4.0 4 1 1 1 2 This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr/Mar 4.22 1 0 0 10 0 10.2 7 5 5 5 9 May 1.15 0 0 2 12 0 15.2 6 2 2 9 9 June 5.00 1 1 10 14 0 18.0 18 10 10 6 9 July 4.15 1 1 2 9 0 13.0 12 6 6 3 8 August 5.40 0 0 2 4 0 5.0 6 3 3 1 2
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 5.73 2 5 0 29 0 0 66.0 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 5.54 2 9 6 72 0 0 91.0 56 44 52 HOU,TEX Total ERA : 4.77 Total Wins : 15 Total Losses: 23 Total Saves : 24 Total SHO : 0 Total CG : 0 Total K's : 267 Total BB's : 137
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Houston to Texas on 6/24/2002... Traded from Texas to Milwaukee on 1/25/2003 (Going to MIL: P N. Cruz. Going to TEX: P B. Diggins)... Traded from Milwaukee to Texas on 5/20/2003...