Nelson "Boomstick" Cruz
2012-2022 (Dugenske 2012-15; O'Connor 2016; Falzone 2017-2022) 2023-2024 (Dickendesher)
2012 - Drafted by the Minnesota Twins with the 12th pick in the 4th round (84th overall) of the 2012 draft 2022 - Released by Minnesota at the end of the 2022 season 2023 - Drafted by the LA-Anaheim Angels with the 1st pick of the 12th round (265th overall) of the 2023 draft 2024 - Retired at the end of the 2024 season
REGULAR SEASON Team Year G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB R RBI BB K Hb SH SF SB CS Avg OB Slg OPS MIN 2012 124 523 481 123 29 2 28 240 62 86 35 123 1 0 6 7 4 .256 .304 .499 .803 MIN 2013 128 471 425 132 39 2 17 226 69 85 38 109 1 0 7 5 4 .311 .363 .532 .895 MIN 2014 116 452 405 87 12 1 16 149 53 56 41 102 4 0 2 1 4 .215 .292 .368 .660 MIN 2015 160 680 612 157 30 1 26 267 85 90 57 145 4 0 7 1 3 .257 .321 .436 .757 MIN 2016 158 646 581 187 22 0 45 344 100 130 54 159 6 0 5 2 5 .322 .382 .592 .974 MIN 2017 151 654 579 164 34 2 32 298 86 108 60 154 8 0 7 1 2 .283 .355 .515 .870 MIN 2018 148 606 522 145 29 0 37 285 79 119 64 147 11 0 9 3 3 .278 .363 .546 .909 MIN 2019 147 578 510 115 17 0 34 234 68 87 48 124 14 0 6 1 0 .225 .306 .459 .765 MIN 2020 141 518 453 130 25 0 38 269 78 109 51 128 9 0 5 1 1 .287 .367 .594 .961 MIN 2021 139 530 465 135 25 1 33 261 73 80 52 125 8 0 5 0 2 .290 .368 .561 .929 MIN 2022 148 546 503 140 27 1 28 253 82 102 30 99 6 0 7 4 2 .278 .322 .503 .825 LAA 2023 96 347 310 63 13 0 2 82 28 30 33 85 2 0 2 4 0 .203 .282 .265 .547 LAA 2024 4 4 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 TOT 1660 6555 5850 1579 302 10 337 2912 864 1083 563 1501 74 0 68 30 30 .270 .338 .498 .836	REGULAR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS -1st batter to hit 300 HRs -1st batter to drive in 1000 runs -2nd all time in HRs with 337 -2nd all time in RBI with 1083 -5th all time in slugging pct. at .498 -batted .300 or better twice -drove in 100 or more runs 5 times -led AL in HRs (45) and RBI (130) in 2016 -had an OPS over .900 5 times -hit 25 or more HRs 9 times -1st team All Star 2016 -2nd team All Star 2017
PLAYOFFS Team Year Games AB H 2B 3B HR TB R RBI BB K HP SH SF SB CS AVG OBP SLUG OPS MIN 2013 16 59 13 3 0 4 28 12 12 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 .220 .258 .475 .733 MIN 2014 6 21 4 1 0 1 8 3 6 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .227 .381 .608 MIN 2015 7 27 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 .148 .179 .148 .327 MIN 2016 11 40 12 3 0 1 18 4 4 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .333 .450 .783 MIN 2018 21 78 24 6 0 4 42 16 14 9 15 1 0 0 0 1 .308 .386 .538 .925 MIN 2020 10 35 10 2 0 3 21 6 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .342 .600 .942 MIN 2021 6 24 7 3 0 2 16 4 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .320 .667 .987 MIN 2022 18 60 17 3 1 5 37 8 17 4 10 0 0 1 0 0 .283 .323 .617 .940 LAA 2023 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 97 349 91 21 1 20 174 53 69 24 84 1 0 2 1 1 .261 .309 .499 .807	PLAYOFFS HIGHLIGHTS -2 time World Champion (2013 and 2022) -9th all time in playoff games with 97 -10th all time playoff at bats with 349 -8th all time in playoff hit with 91 -5th all time in playoff Doubles with 21 -2th all time in playoff HRs with 20 -2th all time in playoff total bases with 174 -2th all time in playoff RBI with 69 -led playoffs in RBI in 2022 with 17