Cruz was born in the Dominican Republic’s Las Matas de Santa Cruz on July 1, 1980.
Nelson Cruz Sr., his father, was a professional baseball player in the Dominican Republic.
Cruz and his two sisters, Nelsy and Olga, were raised in a well-to-do Dominican neighborhood by his parents, both successful professors. Cruz’s first love was basketball, not baseball, when he was a kid.
Cruz was a member of the Dominican Republic Junior National Basketball Team as a youth, and his idol was Michael Jordan.
He went to the high school where his father was a history teacher. Cruz worked at a tractor factory alongside his uncle as a mechanic’s helper in addition to practicing sports.
He also learned how to shine shoes and repair them.
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Cruz has three sons and one daughter. During the offseason, he lives at Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic.
The children are frequently seen at their father’s sporting events.
Who is their mother?
He married Solani Genao in 2009.
