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Melky Cabrera
Melky Cabrera

Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 11, 1984 in Santo Domingo, D.R.
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 2005
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2005	20	NYY	AL	6	19	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	/8
2006	21	NYY	AL	130	524	460	75	129	26	2	7	50	12	5	56	59	.280	.360	.391	.752	95	180	9	2	5	1	3	*7/98
2007	22	NYY	AL	150	612	545	66	149	24	8	8	73	13	5	43	68	.273	.327	.391	.718	88	213	14	5	10	9	0	*87/9
2008	23	NYY	AL	129	453	414	42	103	12	1	8	37	9	2	29	58	.249	.301	.341	.641	68	141	11	3	4	3	5	*8/79
2009	24	NYY	AL	154	540	485	66	133	28	1	13	68	10	2	43	59	.274	.336	.416	.752	99	202	15	4	4	4	4	*897
5 Seasons				569	2148	1923	250	518	90	12	36	228	44	14	171	246	.269	.331	.385	.716	88	740	49	14	23	17	12
162 Game Avg.				162	612	547	71	147	26	3	10	65	13	4	49	70	.269	.331	.385	.716	88	211	14	4	7	5	3

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	15	1	1.8	103	.235	.211	.266	.211	.328	.211	.421	.421	.750	14	.136	-2.4	-0.2	.267	.000	.000
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	351	67	5.1	112	.309	.280	.276	.360	.341	.391	.440	.752	.781	95	.488	-2.6	-0.2	.710	.248	.111	8.8
2007	22	NYY	AL	612	434	70	4.3	108	.295	.273	.272	.327	.340	.391	.426	.718	.765	88	.427	-9.8	-0.9	.648	.211	.117	9.9
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	331	42	3.4	108	.271	.249	.272	.301	.340	.341	.426	.641	.767	68	.333	-20.3	-1.9	.556	.179	.092	8.5
2009	24	NYY	AL	540	377	67	4.7	105	.288	.274	.264	.336	.332	.416	.423	.752	.756	99	.470	0.2	0.0	.696	.247	.142	11.3
5 Seasons				2148	1508	247	4.4	108	.291	.269	.271	.331	.338	.385	.429	.716	.767	88	.432	-34.9	-3.2	.651	.220	.115	39.6
162 Game Avg.				612	429	70	4.4	108	.291	.269	.271	.331	.338	.385	.429	.716	.767	88	.432	-34.9	-3.2	.651	.220	.115	11

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2006	21	NYY	AL	ALDS	DET	L	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	22	NYY	AL	ALDS	CLE	L	4	16	16	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.188	.188	.375	.563	6	0	0	0	0	0

2009	24	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIN	W	3	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	LAA	W	6	28	23	3	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.391	.462	.478	.940	11	0	0	2	0	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	4	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (5 Series)							19	72	67	7	16	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	15	.239	.271	.313	.585	21	0	0	2	0	0
3 ALDS							9	31	31	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.161	.161	.258	.419	8	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							6	28	23	3	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.391	.462	.478	.940	11	0	0	2	0	0
1 WS							4	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	0.0%	10.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.5			0.60	0.71	89%	18%	0.0%	20%
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	1.3%	11.3%	10.7%	6.7%	27%	1.05	7.8	65.7	9.2	1.02	1.30	75%	16%	4.1%	13%
2007	22	NYY	AL	612	1.3%	11.1%	7.0%	6.5%	27%	1.58	8.0	68.1	7.5	1.03	1.50	78%	19%	4.0%	14%
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	1.8%	12.8%	6.4%	4.6%	20%	2.00	7.1	51.8	11.2	0.85	0.96	77%	19%	5.2%	19%
2009	24	NYY	AL	540	2.4%	10.9%	8.0%	7.8%	32%	1.37	8.2	37.3	7.1	1.01	1.39	77%	21%	7.0%	12%
5 Seasons				2148	1.7%	11.5%	8.0%	6.4%	27%	1.44	7.8	53.4	8.4	0.98	1.28	77%	19%	5.0%	15%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	20	NYY	AL	1	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2006	21	NYY	AL	8	0	38%	212	12	5	71%	12	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	21	51%	26	17	9	10	4	6	17	3	12
2007	22	NYY	AL	5	0	31%	215	13	5	72%	10	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	6	10	43%	33	22	11	8	5	3	19	7	12
2008	23	NYY	AL	5	0	27%	153	9	2	82%	7	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	12	33%	21	14	7	5	5	0	10	5	5
2009	24	NYY	AL	6	0	32%	209	10	2	83%	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	49%	26	16	10	7	5	2	16	4	12
5 Seasons				25	0	32%	795	44	14	76%	39	13	5	1	0	0	6	3	22	51	45%	106	69	37	31	20	11	62	19	41
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	100%	129	15	2	5	0	0	0	0.88	7	1	21	6	1	3	4	0	7	5	71%	100	9	9%	42	11	26%	336	45	13%	22	12	55%	29	13	45%	0
2007	22	NYY	AL	612	100%	149	26	2	3	0	0	1	0.67	8	0	20	7	1	4	4	0	12	10	83%	110	14	13%	64	32	50%	410	70	17%	46	29	63%	46	25	54%	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	100%	103	13	2	3	1	0	0	1.42	8	0	14	6	2	4	4	0	6	4	67%	90	11	12%	43	12	28%	306	30	10%	27	14	52%	26	11	42%	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	540	100%	133	20	1	6	0	0	0	0.69	13	0	23	8	5	9	4	0	5	4	80%	107	15	14%	47	19	40%	370	57	15%	40	21	53%	29	15	52%	0
5 Seasons				2148	100%	518	74	7	17	1	0	1	0.87	36	1	78	27	9	20	16	0	30	23	77%	408	49	12%	197	74	38%	1433	202	14%	135	76	56%	132	64	48%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	20	NYY	AL	19	49	2.58	39	80%	23%	8%	26%	44%	77%	0%	61%	90%	53%	0%	0	0	11%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2006	21	NYY	AL	524	1913	3.65	1167	61%	29%	10%	27%	35%	71%	2%	43%	87%	23%	6%	33	1	15%	78	19	9%	48	23	17%	0	0	0
2007	22	NYY	AL	612	2235	3.65	1434	64%	25%	9%	31%	35%	75%	0%	48%	87%	28%	4%	26	0	13%	81	21	8%	50	23	26%	0	0	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	453	1659	3.66	1061	64%	28%	10%	28%	34%	72%	3%	46%	86%	29%	5%	22	0	16%	73	22	8%	35	20	21%	0	0	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	540	2088	3.87	1288	62%	30%	8%	28%	34%	70%	2%	43%	88%	24%	6%	30	1	16%	88	20	11%	60	33	32%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				2148	7944	3.70	4989	63%	28%	9%	28%	34%	72%	1%	45%	87%	26%	5%	111	2	15%	322	83	9%	193	99	24%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	20	6	19	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	14	4	0	0	0	0	0
2006	21	136	543	479	76	133	26	2	7	50	12	5	56	61	.278	.355	.384	.739	92	184	9	2	5	1	3
2007	22	286	1155	1024	142	282	50	10	15	123	25	10	99	129	.275	.340	.388	.728	90	397	23	7	15	10	3
2008	23	415	1608	1438	184	385	62	11	23	160	34	12	128	187	.268	.329	.374	.703	84	538	34	10	19	13	8
2009	24	569	2148	1923	250	518	90	12	36	228	44	14	171	246	.269	.331	.385	.716	88	740	49	14	23	17	12

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	20	6	19	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	6
2006	21	130	516	458	70	127	26	2	7	47	12	55	59	.277	.357	.389	.745	63	130
2007	22	150	598	542	63	146	24	8	8	69	13	42	68	.269	.323	.387	.710	67	150
2008	23	129	445	411	40	100	12	1	8	35	9	28	58	.243	.294	.336	.630	40	129
2009	24	154	531	481	63	129	27	1	13	65	10	42	59	.268	.330	.410	.739	64	154
5 Seasons		569	2109	1911	237	502	89	12	36	216	44	167	246	.263	.324	.378	.702	235	569
162 Game Avg.		162	600	544	67	143	25	3	10	61	13	48	70	.263	.324	.378	.702	67	569

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2007 AL--8--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2007 AL--10--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2007 AL--9--4th

Youngest s c a p y
2005 AL--born 1984-08-11--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Jimmy Ripple (965)
Timo Perez (963)
Charlie Duffee (963)
Maurice Van Robays (962)
Mike Kingery (962)

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Paul Blair (951)
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Sixto Lezcano (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50