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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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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 Awards
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

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

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 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Al Woods (973)
  2. Bob Seeds (968)
  3. Brady Clark (967)
  4. Bernie Neis (967)
  5. Buster Adams (965)
  6. Jimmy Ripple (965)
  7. Timo Perez (963)
  8. Charlie Duffee (963)
  9. Maurice Van Robays (962)
  10. Mike Kingery (962)
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  1. Curt Flood (964)
  2. Lee Mazzilli (963)
  3. Johnny Damon (961)
  4. Les Mann (955)
  5. Jose Guillen (954)
  6. Junior Felix (954)
  7. Roy Howell (953)
  8. Jose Cardenal (952)
  9. Paul Blair (951)
  10. Max West (951)
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  1. Sixto Lezcano (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Curt Flood (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Curt Flood (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 13, 2001: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2007New York Yankees$432,400
2008New York Yankees$461,200
2009New York Yankees$1,400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,293,600
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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