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Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker

Regular Season: 1 PA , .000/.000/.000, 0 HR, 1 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Year-by-Year Totals

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2022	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Plate Appearances

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Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2022	2022-08-16	WSN	CHC	tied 4-4	b9	---	2	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Batting Comparison

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Nelson Cruz	24-42	2005	2023	2055	8396	7501	1090	2053	372	15	464	1325	84	32	738	1916	.274	.343	.513	.856	130	3847	179	86	2	60	78
2	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Nelson Cruz	29-40	2010	2021	50	207	187	35	52	12	0	18	38	1	1	19	45	.278	.348	.631	.979	118	5	1	0	0	2

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Value

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nelson Cruz	24-42	2005	2023	2055	8396	42.1	13.0	43.7	-14.6	294	-13	-16	-18
2	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	21	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Sabermetric

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Nelson Cruz	24-42	2005	2023	2055	8396	851	2877	2947	5721	1322	.307	1951	303	29.4	.239	3.9	72.4	116
2	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	21	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0.0	.000	1.0		0

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Nelson Cruz	29-40	2010	2021	50	207	30	72	75	141	44	.274	55			.353	4.2	50.0	2

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Win Probability

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nelson Cruz	24-42	2005	2023	2055	8396	23.7	29.0	-5.1	329.79	31.6	341.29	0.99
2	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	21	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.16	0.0	-0.27	0.06

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Pitching Comparison

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	5	2	.714	4.96	96	0	27	0	0	1	123.1	121	72	68	19	50	0	120	5	0	5	531	179	86	4.57	1.386	8.8	1.4	3.6	8.8

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Value

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	96	0	123.1	-0.3	-1.2

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals Against

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	96	0	123.1	179	471	81	18	3	5	1	83.33	0	16	0	5	.257	.331	.429	.760	110	.172	.303	67	202	40	176	179

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Starting & Relieving

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	0			60	15	25	1	50.0	27	96

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Ratios

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Cruz	24-42	2005	2023
2	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	96	0	123.1	22.6	9.4	13.2

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Cruz	29-40	2010	2021

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Pitch Summary

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Michael Rucker	27-29	2021	2023	96	0	123.1	1993		1223	61.36

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Head-to-Head Batting

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Michael Rucker	4
2	Nelson Cruz	4	14	13	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.385	.357	.385	.742	5	0	0	0	1	0

Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Game Logs

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Nelson Cruz vs. Michael Rucker: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Nelson Cruz	SDP	2023-04-26	*	9	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.103	1.07	-0.06%	-0.73	5.00	6.20	DH
2	Michael Rucker	CHC	2023-04-26																																	P
3	Nelson Cruz	WSN	2022-08-16	*	10	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.200	.250	.450	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.54	-0.111	0.00	0.00%	-0.24			DH
4	Michael Rucker	CHC	2022-08-16																																	P
5	Nelson Cruz	WSN	2022-08-10		1	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.035	0.00	0.00%	0.21			PH
6	Michael Rucker	CHC	2022-08-10																																	P
7	Nelson Cruz	WSN	2022-08-08	*	9	4	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			DH
8	Michael Rucker	CHC	2022-08-08																																	P

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