Nelson Cruz
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Cruz with the Seattle Mariners in 2015
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| Seattle Mariners – No. 23 | |||
| Right fielder / Designated hitter | |||
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Born: July 1, 1980 Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 19, 2005, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .275 | ||
| Hits | 1,287 | ||
| Home runs | 284 | ||
| Runs batted in | 795 | ||
| Stolen bases | 74 | ||
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| Representing Dominican Republic | ||
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2013 San Francisco | Team |
MLB records
Nelson Ramón Cruz Martínez (born July 1, 1980) is a Dominican professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, and Baltimore Orioles. Cruz has also filled in as a left fielder throughout his career.
Cruz is a four-time MLB All-Star. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2011 American League Championship Series, in which he hit six home runs and recorded 13 runs batted in, both MLB records for a single postseason series. On August 5, 2013, Cruz was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for his involvement in the Biogenesis baseball scandal. In 2014, he led the American League in home runs.
Cruz was born on July 1, 1980 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic. His father, Nelson Cruz, Sr., also played professional baseball in the Dominican Republic. Both his parents are successful professors and raised Cruz and their two daughters, Nelsy and Olga, in a well-to-do Dominican neighborhood. Growing up, Cruz's passion was for basketball, not baseball. His idol was Michael Jordan and as a teenager Cruz played for the Dominican Republic Junior National Basketball Team. He attended the high school where his father taught history. In addition to playing sports, Cruz worked as a mechanics helper with his uncle at a tractor factory. He also shined shoes and learned how to repair them. In September 2012, he donated $20,000 to help buy a firetruck for Las Matas de Santa Cruz, enlisting AMR's help in also donating two ambulances.
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