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The big number is this season's NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. Below that are his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Nelson Cruz 2026 Season · SEA

Career: .274/.343/.513, 464 HR, 2053 H in 2055 games.

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Year by Year


2005	24	MIL	—	8	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.400	.200	.829	.200
2006	25	TEX	-0.6	41	138	130	15	29	3	0	6	22	7	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	1	.223	.261	.385	.162	.646	.247
2007	26	TEX	-1.1	96	332	307	35	72	15	2	9	34	21	2	1	87	2	4	1	1	5	.235	.287	.384	.149	.671	.297
2008	27	TEX	+1.1	31	133	115	19	38	9	1	7	26	17	1	2	28	3	1	0	0	1	.330	.421	.609	.279	1.030	.388
2009	28	TEX	+1.3	128	515	462	75	120	21	1	33	76	49	2	6	118	20	4	2	0	9	.260	.332	.524	.264	.856	.278
2010	29	TEX	+2.8	108	445	399	60	127	31	3	22	78	38	1	5	81	17	4	6	1	12	.318	.374	.576	.258	.950	.348
2011	30	TEX	+1.6	124	513	475	64	125	28	1	29	87	33	2	1	116	9	5	3	0	8	.263	.312	.509	.246	.821	.288
2012	31	TEX	+1.1	159	642	585	86	152	45	0	24	90	48	5	2	140	8	4	4	0	7	.260	.319	.460	.200	.779	.301
2013	32	TEX	+1.7	109	456	413	49	110	18	0	27	76	35	4	2	109	5	1	4	0	14	.266	.327	.506	.240	.833	.295
2014	33	BAL	+3.2	159	678	613	87	166	32	2	40	108	55	5	8	140	4	5	5	0	17	.271	.333	.525	.254	.858	.288
2015	34	SEA	+4.3	152	655	590	90	178	22	1	44	93	59	5	9	164	3	2	1	0	6	.302	.369	.566	.264	.935	.350
2016	35	SEA	+3.5	155	667	589	96	169	27	1	43	105	62	9	5	159	2	0	7	0	15	.287	.360	.555	.268	.915	.320
2017	36	SEA	+3.2	155	645	556	91	160	28	0	39	119	70	12	7	140	1	1	7	0	15	.288	.375	.549	.261	.924	.315
2018	37	SEA	+2.1	144	591	519	70	133	18	1	37	97	55	14	5	122	1	0	3	0	15	.256	.342	.509	.253	.851	.264
2019	38	MIN	+4.0	120	520	454	81	141	26	0	41	108	56	7	8	131	0	1	3	0	14	.311	.392	.639	.328	1.031	.351
2020	39	MIN	+1.4	53	214	185	33	56	6	0	16	33	25	4	5	58	0	0	0	0	8	.303	.397	.595	.292	.992	.360
2021	40	MIN	+1.6	85	343	296	44	87	13	1	19	50	35	5	6	63	3	0	7	0	10	.294	.370	.537	.243	.907	.308
2021	40	TB	-0.3	55	237	217	35	49	8	0	13	36	16	2	4	63	0	0	2	0	4	.226	.283	.442	.216	.725	.252
2021	40	TOT	+1.3	140	580	513	79	136	21	1	32	86	51	7	10	126	3	0	9	0	14	.265	.334	.497	.232	.831	.286
2022	41	WSH	-0.8	124	504	448	50	105	16	0	10	64	49	4	1	119	4	0	3	0	16	.234	.313	.337	.103	.650	.295
2023	42	SD	-0.4	49	152	143	9	35	5	1	5	23	6	2	1	46	1	0	1	0	2	.245	.283	.399	.154	.682	.323
Career	—	19 yrs	+29.7	2055	8387	7501	1090	2053	372	15	464	1325	738	86	78	1916	84	32	60	2	179	.274	.343	.513	.239	.856	.307

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Awards

2005Futures Game Selection · PCL League Championship Most Valuable Player

2006PCL Mid-Season All-Star

2007Caribbean Series All-Star

2008PCL Mid-Season All-Star · PCL Player of the Week · PCL Post-Season All-Star · PCL Most Valuable Player · MiLB.com Triple-A Offensive Player of the Year

2009AL All-Star · Home Run Derby Participant

2010AL Player of the Week · Rangers Harold McKinney Good Guy Award

2011ALCS MVP

2013AL All-Star · WBC All-Tournament Team

2014AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star · Orioles Most Valuable Award

2015AL Player of the Month · AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star · AL Silver Slugger · Mariners MVP

2016MLBPAA Mariners Heart and Hustle Award · Mariners Unsung Hero Award

2017AL All-Star · AL Silver Slugger · Mariners MVP · MLBPAA Mariners Heart and Hustle Award · Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH of the Year

2018AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star

2019AL Player of the Week · AL Silver Slugger · Twins Bob Allison Leadership Award · Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH of the Year · Twins Calvin R. Griffith MVP Award · Twins Carl R. Pohlad Community Service Award · All-MLB First Team

2020AL Player of the Week · AL Silver Slugger · Twins Bob Allison Leadership Award · Twins Calvin R. Griffith MVP Award · MLB Players Choice Man of the Year · All-MLB Second Team

2021AL All-Star · Twins Bob Allison Leadership Award · Roberto Clemente Award

2025Twins Kirby Puckett Alumni Community Service Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
2003	22	A	119	515	470	65	112	26	2	20	85	29	9	2	128	10	5	6	1	7	.238	.292	.430	.192	.722	.280
2004	23	A+	66	290	261	54	90	27	1	11	52	24	4	2	73	8	4	1	0	2	.345	.407	.582	.237	.989	.444
2004	23	AA	67	289	262	51	82	14	2	14	45	26	1	0	69	8	3	0	0	4	.313	.377	.542	.229	.919	.380
2004	23	AAA	4	14	13	4	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.538	.307	.824	.400
2005	24	AA	68	286	248	45	76	19	0	16	54	31	4	0	71	10	3	3	0	7	.306	.388	.577	.271	.965	.366
2005	24	AAA	60	246	208	33	56	13	0	11	27	30	8	2	62	9	4	0	0	4	.269	.382	.490	.221	.872	.333
2006	25	AAA	104	423	371	68	112	22	1	20	73	42	6	2	100	17	6	4	0	6	.302	.378	.528	.226	.906	.361
2007	26	AAA	44	188	162	32	57	9	1	15	45	21	2	1	34	1	2	2	0	3	.352	.428	.698	.346	1.126	.365
2008	27	AAA	103	448	383	93	131	18	3	37	99	56	5	4	87	24	8	4	0	10	.342	.429	.695	.353	1.124	.357
2009	28	AAA	3	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.000	.091	.000
2010	29	AA	3	13	11	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.364	.385	.455	.091	.840	.333
2010	29	AAA	5	22	19	1	4	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	3	.211	.273	.263	.052	.536	.267
2011	30	AA	3	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.250	.273	.091	.523	.182
2011	30	AAA	3	13	11	3	5	0	0	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.538	1.273	.818	1.811	.286
2019	38	A+	2	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.000	.572	.500
2023	42	AAA	4	17	16	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	.313	.353	.563	.250	.916	.333

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Nelson Cruz 2026 Season · SEA

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Nelson Cruz 2026 Season · SEA

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