For Immediate Release

Sunday, July 2, 2017

NELSON CRUZ NAMED TO AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAM
Cruz is batting .287 with 17 doubles, 14 home runs, 59 RBI and a .502 slugging percentage
SEATTLE, Wash. Nelson Cruz of the Seattle Mariners has been selected by the players to play for the American League in the 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game
on Tuesday, July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami. Cruz is making his 5th career All-Star Game appearance, his 4th in the last 5 years.

The 2017 American League and National League All-Star starters were unveiled earlier this evening during the Esurance All-Star Selection Show on ESPN.

Cruz, 37, is batting .287 (79x275) with 39 runs, 17 doubles, 14 home runs, 59 RBI, 36 walks, a .370 on-base percentage and a .502 slugging percentage in 78 games with the
Mariners this season. Among American League leaders (entering play today), he ranks 2nd in RBI (59), 11th in on-base percentage (.370), 15th in OPS (.872), 21st in batting
(.287) and slugging (.502), T23rd in doubles (17) and T24th in extra-base hits (31). Cruz was also selected to the All-Star Game in 2009 and 2013-15.

The 2017 All-Star Game will be played at Marlins Park on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT. The 88th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in Canada
by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and worldwide by partners in more than 160 countries. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage of the
All-Star Game. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
CRUZs PLAYING RECORD
YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP
1998 DSL Mets .271 30 70 10 19 22 0 0 1 13 0 0 3 7 21 6 0 .314 .363
1999 DSL Mets .200 35 90 7 18 24 4 1 0 11 0 1 1 6 21 6 1 .267 .255
DSL Mets-2 .278 36 115 20 32 41 4 1 1 21 0 2 1 16 27 14 0 .357 .366
2000 DSL Mets .351 69 259 60 91 158 14 4 15 80 4 4 8 33 56 17 4 .610 .434
2001 AZL Athletics .250 23 88 11 22 36 3 1 3 16 1 0 0 4 29 6 3 .409 .283
2002 Vancouver .276 63 214 23 59 85 14 0 4 25 4 1 4 9 58 12 1 .397 .316
2003 Kane County .238 119 470 65 112 202 26 2 20 85 1 6 9 29 128 10 5 .430 .292
2004 Modesto .345 66 261 54 90 152 27 1 11 52 0 1 4 24 73 8 4 .582 .407
Midland .313 67 262 51 82 142 14 2 14 45 0 0 1 26 69 8 3 .542 .377
Sacramento .231 4 13 4 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 .538 .286
2005 Huntsville .306 68 248 45 76 143 19 0 16 54 0 3 4 31 71 10 3 .577 .388
Nashville .269 60 208 33 56 102 13 0 11 27 0 0 8 30 62 9 4 .490 .382
MILWAUKEE .200 8 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .429
2006 Nashville .302 104 371 68 112 196 22 1 20 73 0 4 6 42 100 17 6 .528 .378
TEXAS .223 41 130 15 29 50 3 0 6 22 0 1 0 7 32 1 0 .385 .261
2007 TEXAS .235 96 307 35 72 118 15 2 9 34 1 1 2 21 87 2 4 .384 .287
Oklahoma .352 44 162 32 57 113 9 1 15 45 0 2 2 21 34 1 2 .698 .428
2008 Oklahoma .342 103 383 93 131 266 18 3 37 99 0 4 5 56 87 24 8 .695 .429
AZL Rangers .250 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .500 .500
TEXAS .330 31 115 19 38 70 9 1 7 26 0 0 1 17 28 3 1 .609 .421
2009 TEXAS .260 128 462 75 120 242 21 1 33 76 0 2 2 49 118 20 4 .524 .332
Oklahoma City # .000 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 .000 .091
2010 TEXAS .318 108 399 60 127 230 31 3 22 78 1 6 1 38 81 17 4 .576 .374
Oklahoma City # .211 5 19 1 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 .263 .273
Frisco # .364 3 11 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 .455 .385
2011 TEXAS .263 124 475 64 125 242 28 1 29 87 0 3 2 33 116 9 5 .509 .312
Frisco # .182 3 11 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .250
Round Rock # .455 3 11 3 5 14 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1.273 .538
2012 TEXAS .260 159 585 86 152 269 45 0 24 90 0 4 5 48 140 8 4 .460 .319
2013 TEXAS .266 109 413 49 110 209 18 0 27 76 0 4 4 35 109 5 1 .506 .327
2014 BALTIMORE .271 159 613 87 166 322 32 2 40 108 0 5 5 55 140 4 5 .525 .333
2015 SEATTLE .302 152 590 90 178 334 22 1 44 93 0 1 5 59 164 3 2 .566 .369
2016 SEATTLE .287 155 589 96 169 327 27 1 43 105 0 7 9 62 159 2 0 .555 .360
2017 SEATTLE .287 78 275 39 79 138 17 0 14 59 0 5 3 36 62 1 0 .502 .370
Minor Lg Totals .298 909 3280 583 976 1718 192 17 172 659 10 30 56 344 855 150 44 .524 .371
ML Totals .276 1348 4958 716 1366 2553 269 12 298 854 2 39 39 462 1236 75 30 .515 .340
ALL-STAR GAME
YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP
2009 AL, St. Louis Did Not Play
2013 AL, New York (NL) .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500
2014 AL, Minnesota .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
2015 AL, Cincinnati .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
ASG Totals .000 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .167
 MARINERS ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
1977 1 Ruppert Jones, OF
1978 1 Craig Reynolds, SS
1979 1 Bruce Bochte, 1B
1980 1 Rick Honeycutt, LHP
1981 1 Tom Paciorek, OF
1982 1 Floyd Bannister, LHP
1983 1 Matt Young, LHP
1984 1 Alvin Davis, 1B
1985 1 Phil Bradley, OF
1986 1 Jim Presley, 3B
1987 2 Mark Langston, LHP; Harold Reynolds, 2B
1988 1 Harold Reynolds, 2B
1989 1 Jeffrey Leonard, OF
1990 2 Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF; Randy Johnson, LHP
1991 2 Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF
1992 2 Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF (MVP); Edgar Martinez, 3B
1993 2 Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF; Randy Johnson, LHP
1994 2 Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF; Randy Johnson, LHP
1995 4 Ken Griffey Jr., OF; Randy Johnson*, LHP; Edgar Martinez*, DH; Tino Martinez, 1B
1996 5 Jay Buhner, OF; Ken Griffey Jr., OF; Edgar Martinez, DH; Alex Rodriguez, SS; Dan Wilson, C
1997 5 Joey Cora, 2B; Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF; Randy Johnson*, LHP; Edgar Martinez*, DH; Alex Rodriguez*, SS
1998 2 Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF; Alex Rodriguez*, SS
1999 1 Ken Griffey Jr.*, OF
2000 3 Edgar Martinez, DH; Alex Rodriguez, SS; Aaron Sele, RHP (Lou Piniella, coach)
2001 8 Bret Boone*, 2B; Mike Cameron, OF; John Olerud*, 1B; Edgar Martinez*, DH; Ichiro Suzuki*, OF; Freddy Garcia, RHP; Jeff Nelson, RHP;
Kazuhiro Sasaki, RHP (Lou Piniella, coach)
2002 3 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF; Freddy Garcia, RHP; Kazuhiro Sasaki, RHP
2003 5 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF; Edgar Martinez*, DH; Jamie Moyer, LHP; Shigetoshi Hasegawa, RHP; Bret Boone, 2B
2004 1 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF
2005 1 Ichiro Suzuki, OF
2006 2 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF; Jose Lopez, 2B
2007 2 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF (MVP); J.J. Putz, RHP
2008 1 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF
2009 2 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF; Felix Hernandez, RHP
2010 1 Ichiro Suzuki*, OF
2011 3 Felix Hernandez, RHP; Michael Pineda, RHP; Brandon League, RHP
2012 1 Felix Hernandez, RHP
2013 2 Felix Hernandez, RHP; Hisashi Iwakuma, RHP
2014 2 Felix Hernandez, RHP; Robinson Can, 2B
2015 1 Nelson Cruz*, OF
2016 1 Robinson Can, 2B
2017 1 Nelson Cruz, DH
* Starter

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