(ISN) – SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle Mariners designated hitter/outfielder Nelson Cruz has been named the American League Player of the Week for April 13-19. It is the first Player of the Week honor of the season for Cruz, and the fourth of his career.
Cruz hit .500 (12×24) with 7 runs, 6 home runs, 10 RBI and a 1.806 OPS in 6 games vs. the Dodgers and Rangers. He recorded a hit in each of the 6 games and reached base via hit or walk 15 times during that span.
In six games last week, Cruz paced the Majors with 6 home runs, 10 RBI, a 1.250 slugging percentage and a 1.806 OPS and 30 total bases. The right-handed-hitting slugger also was T2nd in the Majors with 7 runs, and T3rd in the Majors with 12 hits, while his .500 batting average was the 3rd highest among qualifying A.L. hitters. He also ranked third in on-base percentage (.556) and collected hits in every game last week including four multi-hit games.
This is Cruz’s fourth career Player of the Week honor, having won the award twice last year with Baltimore (June 2 & Sept. 8, 2014) and once with Texas (May 24, 2010).
On the season, he is hitting .354 (17×48) with 9 runs, 8 home runs, 14 RBI, a .404 on-base percentage, an .854 slugging percentage and a 1.258 OPS in 12 games. He also carries an active 8-game hitting streak that has included all 8 of his home runs this season.
| Nelson Cruz – Game-by-Game (April 13-19) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | HBP | BB | SO | SB | CS | GIDP | E | PLOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 04/13/2015 | @LAD | L 6-5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | |
| 04/14/2015 | @LAD | L 6-5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .556 | 1.714 | |
| 04/15/2015 | @LAD | L 5-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .615 | 1.700 | |
| 04/17/2015 | Tex | L 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .571 | .647 | 1.429 | |
| 04/18/2015 | Tex | W 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .571 | 1.167 | |
| 04/19/2015 | Tex | W 11-10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .500 | .556 | 1.250 | |
| AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | HBP | BB | SO | SB | CS | GIDP | E | PLOB | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||||
| Totals | 24 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .500 | .556 | 1.250 | |||
| Team Rec | G | PA | SH | SF | IBB | GB | FB | GB% | GA RBI | GW RBI | BABIP | OPS | |||||||||
| Totals | 2-4 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 27.8 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 1.806 | ||||||||
