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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 NYY AL 20 CF 6 6 49.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -5.5 -134.7 -5.5 -2.4 -3.1 0 1.65 1.50 .989 2.68 2.38
2005 NYY AL 20 OF 6 6 49.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -5.5 -134.7 -5.5 -2.4 -3.1 0 1.65 1.50 .989 2.30 2.05
2006 NYY AL 21 OF 127 121 1091.1 259 245 12 2 1 .992 -6.5 -7.1 -10.5 -5.2 -5.3 4 2.12 2.02 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 NYY AL 21 LF 116 112 998.2 230 217 12 1 1 .996 -5.2 -6.2 -8.2 -3.5 -4.7 3 2.06 1.97 .986 2.06 1.69
2006 NYY AL 21 RF 8 8 69.2 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -0.4 -6.9 -1.4 -1.8 0.4 1 2.58 2.50 .986 2.20 1.85
2006 NYY AL 21 CF 4 1 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -47.0 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 0 3.13 2.00 .988 2.66 2.30
2007 NYY AL 22 OF 147 137 1249.2 405 385 16 4 1 .990 11.1 10.7 6.1 0.0 6.1 5 2.89 2.73 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 NYY AL 22 CF 131 117 1072.2 364 346 14 4 1 .989 11.6 13.0 8.6 0.0 8.6 3 3.02 2.75 .989 2.71 2.42
2007 NYY AL 22 LF 18 16 142.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -17.7 -3.1 -0.9 -2.2 1 2.28 2.00 .986 2.11 1.71
2007 NYY AL 22 RF 5 4 35.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 54.9 0.6 0.9 -0.3 1 1.29 1.00 .980 2.08 1.76
2008 NYY AL 23 OF 128 112 1015.1 295 284 7 4 1 .986 16.0 18.9 15.0 2.1 12.9 1 2.58 2.27 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 NYY AL 23 CF 117 109 973.2 283 272 7 4 1 .986 16.2 20.0 15.2 2.4 12.8 1 2.58 2.38 .989 2.71 2.35
2008 NYY AL 23 LF 8 1 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -40.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.00 0.50 .975 2.05 1.66
2008 NYY AL 23 RF 5 2 23.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 20.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 3.04 1.60 .988 2.17 1.84
2009 NYY AL 24 OF 151 130 1187.2 306 300 3 3 1 .990 2.30 2.01 .987 2.33 2.04
2009 NYY AL 24 CF 103 97 806.1 228 226 2 0 1 1.000 2.54 2.21 .992 2.73 2.38
2009 NYY AL 24 RF 48 13 177.0 39 36 1 2 0 .949 1.88 0.77 .982 2.13 1.75
2009 NYY AL 24 LF 40 20 204.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1.67 0.95 .987 2.12 1.80
5 Seasons OF 559 506 4593.0 1274 1223 38 13 4 .990 15.1 3.9 5.1 -5.5 10.6 10 2.47 2.26 .987 2.31 2.01
5 Seasons CF 361 330 2924.2 892 861 23 8 3 .991 21.4 8.8 17.4 0.1 17.3 4 2.72 2.45 .990 2.71 2.38
4 Seasons LF 182 149 1363.0 309 293 14 2 1 .994 -7.9 -7.0 -11.9 -5.0 -6.9 4 2.03 1.69 .986 2.07 1.71
4 Seasons RF 66 27 305.1 73 69 1 3 0 .959 1.6 6.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 2 2.06 1.06 .984 2.14 1.77
5 Seasons TOT 609 506 4593.0 1274 1223 38 13 4 .990 15.1 3.9 5.1 -5.5 10.6 10 2.47 2.07 .978 2.49 2.12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2005 NYY AL 20 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 21 130 121 130 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 4 8 127 0 6 0
2007 NYY AL 22 150 137 150 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 131 5 147 0 6 1
2008 NYY AL 23 129 112 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 117 5 128 0 4 4
2009 NYY AL 24 154 130 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 103 48 151 1 7 2
5 Seasons 569 506 569 559 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 361 66 559 1 23 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 NYY AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 230 50% 72% 40% 28 32%
2006 NYY AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 103 51% 83% 48% 19 42%
2007 NYY AL 22 4 0 3 1 0 14 0 4 2 5 54 38 0 55 10 4 23 7 1 21 2 0 31 19 0 184 76 41.3% 103 5 2.7% 9 4850 54% 74% 39% 681 53%
2008 NYY AL 23 4 0 2 2 1 7 1 4 2 0 36 28 0 39 10 0 10 2 0 12 1 0 23 18 0 120 59 49.2% 61 0 0.0% 7 4313 50% 74% 37% 515 54%
2009 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 27 18 1 25 3 0 10 4 0 10 0 0 25 18 0 97 43 44.3% 53 1 1.0% 1 3604 55% 70% 37% 425 54%
5 Seasons 8 0 5 3 1 23 2 9 4 5 120 85 1 123 24 4 47 15 1 43 3 0 79 55 0 412 182 44.2% 224 6 1.5% 17 13100 53% 73% 38% 1668 53%
MLB Averages 43.7% 1.7% 56% 74% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 NYY AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 12 0 3 3 4 51 42 0 41 14 3 30 18 1 7 1 0 15 15 0 144 90 62.5% 50 4 2.8% 8 4420 59% 75% 40% 502 45%
2007 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 5 2 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 17 10 58.8% 6 1 5.9% 1 633 59% 77% 42% 72 50%
2008 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 80 48% 75% 31% 9 44%
2009 NYY AL 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 7 4 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 23 14 60.9% 9 0 0.0% 0 909 54% 69% 37% 79 48%
4 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 14 0 4 3 5 61 51 0 55 21 4 38 23 1 13 1 0 20 20 0 187 116 62.0% 66 5 2.7% 9 6042 58% 74% 39% 662 46%
MLB Averages 62.6% 2.1% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 NYY AL 21 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 339 57% 75% 40% 39 51%
2007 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 159 65% 78% 44% 11 45%
2008 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 107 47% 66% 36% 11 73%
2009 NYY AL 24 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 9 1 6 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 24 17 70.8% 6 1 4.2% 0 800 56% 71% 37% 69 54%
4 Seasons 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 14 1 12 8 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 4 4 0 39 28 71.8% 10 1 2.6% 0 1405 57% 72% 39% 130 54%
MLB Averages 49.3% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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