Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2011, Cruz ya buga.263 tare da gidaje 29. Ya jagoranci AL dama fielders a cikin kewayon factor na uku a jere shekara (2.29). A ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 2011, Cruz ya buga babban wasa a wasa na 2 na ALCS
da Detroit Tigers. Ya zama dan wasa na farko a tarihin kwallon kwando da ya buga wasan Grand Slam a wasan bayan kakar wasa.