Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Cruz te whitu-wā MLB All-Star, e wha-wā Silver Slugger Award winner, me te rua-wā Edgar Martinez Award winner. I whakaingoatia ia ko te kaitakaro tino nui (LCS MVP) o te 2011 American League Championship Series
, i whiua ai e ia e ono nga home home me te tuhi i nga oma 13 i whiua (RBI), nga rekoata MLB e rua mo te raupapa pou kotahi. I te Akuhata 5, 2013, i whakamutua a Cruz mo nga keemu 50 e te MLB mo tana whakauru ki te taupatupatu petipeti Biogenesis.