Jorge Fabregas

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Jorge Fabregas

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Miami
Debut April 24, 1994
Final Game September 27, 2002
Born March 13, 1970 in Miami, FL USA

[edit] Biographical Information

On June 3, 1991 Jorge Fabregas was drafted by the California Angels in the first round (34th) pick of the 1991 amateur draft. He signed to play on September 12.

Fabregas made his MLB debut with the California Angels on April 24, 1994. He played his final MLB game, at the age of 32, on September 27, 2002 with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Fabregas played for the California Angels in 1994 through 1996. In 1997 he was with both the Anaheim Angels and the Chicago White Sox. In 1998 he was with both the National League Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Mets. In 1999 it was the Florida Marlins and Atlanta Braves. In 2000 he was back in the American League with the Kansas City Royals but in 2001 he was again with the Anaheim Angels, finishing up his major league run in 2002 with the Angels and the National League Milwaukee Brewers.

During all this changing of the guard, Jorge was fortunate enough to hook up with the Atlanta Braves late in 1999 and get in two games of the NLCS against the New York Mets, going 0 for 2, but the Braves played well and won the Championship Series 4 games to 2. They played the New York Yankees in the World Series, Jorge appeared in one game, but the Yankees won the Series, 4 games to 0.

To keep things straight the minor league part of Jorge's career must be accounted for. Jorge played in parts of these eight minor league seasons. In 1992 he was with the Palm Springs Angels and in 1993 he was with both the Vancouver Canadians and the Midland Angels. He was with the Vancouver Canadians in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and was in a few games for the Tucson Sidewinders in 1998, the Omaha Golden Spikes in 2000 and finished out in 2003, with the Durham Bulls.

With the exception of two seasons during his major league nine-year career, Fabregas was a back-up catcher. The young man who had started this trip in 1992 was now 33 years of age.

He was now a former Professional Baseball League catcher who played for 15 teams during a 12 year professional career.

It took him 181 at-bats before he hit his first Major League home run.

Career Batting Statistics

League	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	AVG
Minors	369	1,290	350	65	5	14	.263
Majors	646	1,827	441	56	5	23	.241
Total	1,015	3,117	791	121	10	37	.252

[edit] Notable Achievements

Jorge Fabregas was a walk-on for Team USA in 1990 yet still almost led the team in average, as his .444 was .001 behind David McCarty. In the 1990 Baseball World Cup, he hit .500/.487/.583 with 8 RBI in 9 games as the main third baseman for Team USA.