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Melky Cabrera

Melky Cabrera (Melk Man or Leche)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 11, 1984 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 2005
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Royals/Braves/Giants 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$6M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.148, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Dominic Torres [*]
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 NYY AL 20 CF 6 6 4 49.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -4 -135 -98 1.65 1.50 .989 2.68 2.67
2005 NYY AL 20 OF 6 6 4 49.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -4 -135 -97 1.65 1.50 .986 2.30 2.28
2006 NYY AL 21 OF 127 121 116 1091.1 259 245 12 2 1 .992 -6 10 -7 10 2.12 2.02 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 NYY AL 21 LF 116 112 108 998.2 230 217 12 1 1 .996 -5 13 -6 16 2.06 1.97 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 NYY AL 21 RF 8 8 7 69.2 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -0 -1 -7 -17 2.58 2.50 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 NYY AL 21 CF 4 1 1 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -47 -104 3.13 2.00 .989 2.66 2.60
2007 NYY AL 22 OF 147 137 129 1249.2 405 385 16 4 1 .990 11 2 11 1 2.89 2.73 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 NYY AL 22 CF 131 117 114 1072.2 364 346 14 4 1 .989 12 -4 13 -4 3.02 2.75 .989 2.71 2.68
2007 NYY AL 22 LF 18 16 13 142.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 -2 7 -18 59 2.28 2.00 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 NYY AL 22 RF 5 4 2 35.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2 -1 55 -34 1.29 1.00 .984 2.08 2.06
2008 NYY AL 23 OF 128 112 110 1015.1 295 284 7 4 1 .986 16 5 19 5 2.58 2.27 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 NYY AL 23 CF 117 109 107 973.2 283 272 7 4 1 .986 16 4 20 5 2.58 2.38 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 NYY AL 23 LF 8 1 1 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -40 67 2.00 0.50 .985 2.05 2.02
2008 NYY AL 23 RF 5 2 2 23.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 20 0 3.04 1.60 .985 2.17 2.12
2009 NYY AL 24 OF 151 130 89 1187.2 306 300 3 3 1 .990 -1 -4 -1 -4 2.30 2.01 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 NYY AL 24 CF 103 97 61 806.1 228 226 2 0 1 1.000 -8 -7 -12 -10 2.54 2.21 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 NYY AL 24 RF 48 13 12 177.0 39 36 1 2 0 .949 4 2 28 14 1.88 0.77 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 NYY AL 24 LF 40 20 16 204.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 3 1 18 6 1.67 0.95 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 NYY AL 24 DH 1 0
2010 ATL NL 25 OF 136 115 85 1064.0 225 213 8 4 2 .982 -5 -3 -5 -3 1.87 1.63 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 ATL NL 25 LF 84 45 42 481.1 86 82 3 1 1 .988 -5 -3 -12 -7 1.59 1.01 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 ATL NL 25 CF 55 49 26 385.0 102 95 4 3 1 .971 3 0 8 0 2.31 1.80 .989 2.59 2.56
2010 ATL NL 25 RF 25 21 17 197.2 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -3 0 -16 0 1.68 1.48 .986 2.10 2.07
2011 KCR AL 26 OF 153 151 142 1339.2 347 331 13 3 7 .991 -20 -5 -18 -4 2.31 2.25 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 KCR AL 26 CF 144 143 135 1265.2 332 316 13 3 7 .991 -21 -6 -20 -6 2.34 2.28 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 KCR AL 26 LF 12 7 6 63.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 8 19 2.14 1.25 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 KCR AL 26 DH 2 2
2011 KCR AL 26 RF 2 1 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -11 0 0.00 0.00 2.13 2.05
2012 SFG NL 27 OF 50 50 40 438.2 92 85 5 2 2 .978 7 1 19 2 1.85 1.80 .983 2.09 2.07
2012 SFG NL 27 LF 44 39 34 357.0 78 72 4 2 2 .974 9 0 31 0 1.92 1.73 .983 1.85 1.83
2012 SFG NL 27 RF 11 11 6 81.2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -2 1 -35 15 1.54 1.27 .979 1.96 1.95
8 Seasons OF 898 822 715 7435.1 1938 1852 64 22 15 .989 -3 2 -1 0 2.32 2.13 .986 2.27 2.25
7 Seasons CF 560 522 448 4575.1 1326 1272 40 14 11 .989 -5 -19 -1 -4 2.58 2.34 .990 2.68 2.65
7 Seasons LF 322 240 220 2264.1 488 462 21 5 4 .990 0 20 0 10 1.92 1.50 .985 1.99 1.96
7 Seasons RF 104 60 47 595.2 124 118 3 3 0 .976 1 1 1 2 1.83 1.16 .983 2.10 2.08
8 Seasons TOT 898 822 715 7435.1 1938 1852 64 22 15 .989 -3 4 -1 0 2.32 2.13 .986 2.27 2.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2005 NYY AL 20 CF -6 -135 -6 -3 -2 0 -4 -98 -4 0
2006 NYY AL 21 LF -5 -6 -8 -5 -4 3 13 16 7 3
2006 NYY AL 21 RF -0 -7 -1 0 -2 1 -1 -17 -1 0
2006 NYY AL 21 CF -1 -47 -1 -1 0 0 -2 -104 -2 0
2007 NYY AL 22 CF 12 13 9 9 0 3 -4 -4 -12 7
2007 NYY AL 22 LF -2 -18 -3 -2 -1 1 7 59 3 2
2007 NYY AL 22 RF 2 55 1 -0 1 1 -1 -34 -1 0
2008 NYY AL 23 CF 16 20 15 13 2 1 4 5 2 1
2008 NYY AL 23 LF -1 -40 -1 0 -1 0 1 67 1 0
2008 NYY AL 23 RF 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 NYY AL 24 CF -8 -12 -6 -0 -6 -2 -7 -10 -5 -1
2009 NYY AL 24 RF 4 28 3 1 2 1 2 14 1 1
2009 NYY AL 24 LF 3 18 3 -0 3 0 1 6 1 0
2010 ATL NL 25 LF -5 -12 -6 -3 -2 1 -3 -7 -5 2
2010 ATL NL 25 CF 3 8 2 2 -0 1 0 0 -2 1
2010 ATL NL 25 RF -3 -16 -5 -2 -2 2 0 0 -1 1
2011 KCR AL 26 CF -21 -20 -19 -7 -12 -2 -6 -6 -7 -1
2011 KCR AL 26 LF 0 8 -1 0 -1 1 1 19 0 1
2011 KCR AL 26 RF -0 -11 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 SFG NL 27 LF 9 31 8 3 6 1 0 0 -3 2
2012 SFG NL 27 RF -2 -35 -3 -3 1 0 1 15 0 0
7 Seasons CF -5 -1 -6 12 -18 1 -19 -4 -30 7
7 Seasons LF 0 0 -7 -7 1 7 20 10 4 10
7 Seasons RF 1 1 -5 -5 -0 5 1 2 -2 2
8 Seasons TOT -3 -1 -18 -0 -18 14 4 0 -28 19
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 8 128 0 6 0
2007 NYY AL 22 150 137 150 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 131 5 154 0 6 1
2008 NYY AL 23 129 112 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 117 5 130 0 4 4
2009 NYY AL 24 154 130 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 103 48 191 1 7 2
2010 ATL NL 25 147 115 147 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 55 25 164 0 15 0
2011 KCR AL 26 155 153 155 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 144 2 153 2 1 0
2012 SFG NL 27 51 50 51 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 11 50 0 1 0
8 Seasons 922 824 922 898 0 0 0 0 0 0 322 560 104 976 3 40 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 226 50% 73% 41% 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 99 54% 86% 49% 19 42%
2007 NYY AL 22 4 0 3 1 0 14 0 4 2 5 77 49 3 55 10 4 23 7 1 21 2 0 42 26 1 218 94 43.1% 115 9 4.1% 5 4658 56% 77% 41% 681 53%
2008 NYY AL 23 4 0 2 2 1 7 1 4 2 0 55 39 1 39 10 0 10 2 0 12 1 0 25 20 0 141 72 51.1% 68 1 0.7% 6 4146 52% 77% 38% 515 54%
2009 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 39 24 1 26 4 0 10 4 0 10 0 0 31 20 0 116 52 44.8% 63 1 0.9% 1 3458 57% 73% 39% 426 54%
2010 ATL NL 25 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 2 32 21 1 19 4 2 5 2 0 7 0 0 11 10 0 74 37 50.0% 34 3 4.1% 1 1641 54% 74% 34% 216 45%
2011 KCR AL 26 3 0 0 3 0 13 2 3 1 5 78 45 0 59 9 1 24 3 1 20 0 3 33 26 1 214 83 38.8% 124 6 2.8% 7 5478 58% 77% 39% 654 49%
7 Seasons 14 0 5 9 1 40 4 12 6 12 285 180 6 202 38 7 76 20 2 70 3 3 142 102 2 775 343 44.3% 411 20 2.6% 20 19706 56% 76% 39% 2539 51%
MLB Averages 45.2% 1.8% 58% 76% 40% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 71 59 0 41 14 3 30 18 1 7 1 0 18 18 0 167 110 65.9% 53 4 2.4% 8 4275 61% 78% 41% 502 45%
2007 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 5 2 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 18 10 55.6% 7 1 5.6% 1 612 61% 80% 43% 72 50%
2008 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 79 48% 76% 32% 9 44%
2009 NYY AL 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 7 4 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 26 16 61.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 881 55% 71% 38% 79 48%
2010 ATL NL 25 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 27 23 0 15 7 1 11 6 0 5 1 1 13 12 0 71 49 69.0% 20 2 2.8% 1 2014 59% 73% 35% 219 38%
2011 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 16 14 87.5% 2 0 0.0% 0 269 50% 74% 38% 31 48%
2012 SFG NL 27 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 12 11 0 4 1 0 5 3 0 4 0 1 9 9 0 34 24 70.6% 9 1 2.9% 3 1509 61% 73% 36% 151 49%
7 Seasons 5 0 2 3 0 21 1 6 4 8 128 107 0 77 32 5 57 34 1 24 3 2 50 49 0 336 225 67.0% 103 8 2.4% 13 9639 60% 75% 39% 1063 45%
MLB Averages 63.9% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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% 0 324 60% 78% 42% 39 51%
2007 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 157 66% 79% 45% 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% 0 106 47% 67% 36% 11 73%
2009 NYY AL 24 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 9 1 6 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 28 17 60.7% 10 1 3.6% 0 760 59% 75% 39% 69 54%
2010 ATL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 8 0 6 2 1 7 6 0 4 0 0 5 4 0 33 20 60.6% 12 1 3.0% 0 819 59% 76% 35% 83 45%
2011 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 49 33% 61% 29% 5 0%
2012 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 3 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14 7 50.0% 6 1 7.1% 0 357 62% 78% 39% 36 39%
7 Seasons 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 35 26 2 21 11 1 14 9 0 9 2 0 13 9 0 92 57 62.0% 32 3 3.3% 0 2572 59% 76% 38% 254 48%
MLB Averages 47.1% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  44 (5th)
Active  322 (24th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  217 (4th)
2012 NL  72 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  12 (1st)
2012 NL  4 (2nd)
Active  21 (18th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  2 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  560 (19th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,272 (20th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  14 (1st)
2008 AL  7 (4th)
2011 AL  13 (2nd)
Active  40 (10th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  4 (3rd)
2008 AL  4 (4th)
2011 AL  3 (4th)
Active  14 (24th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2012 NL  50 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  12 (2nd)
2007 AL  16 (3rd)
2012 NL  5 (2nd)
Active  64 (19th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  9 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.06 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  1.97 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  .996 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  12 (2nd)
2008 AL  16 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.02 (3rd)
Active  2.58 (14th)
Career  2.58 (85th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  2.75 (4th)
Active  2.34 (14th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .989 (13th)
Career  .989 (37th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  11 (4th)
2008 AL  16 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.89 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  2.73 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Career  .989 (70th)

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

             

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