How Nelson Cruz's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Nelson Cruz posted a career Equivalent Average of .862, above the league average of .748 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Equivalent Average season came in 2008, posting 1.02, well above the league average of .774 that year. The lowest point came in 2006 at .661, below the league average of .802 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .843 in 2021 to .678 in 2022 and .696 in 2023. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 18 seasons.

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Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average Per Season

Nelson Cruz's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, DH, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average per season line chart

Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average by Team

Nelson Cruz's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Nelson Cruz career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Nelson Cruz's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Nelson Cruz's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Nelson Cruz's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Nelson Cruz Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table