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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 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$1.25M (11), 1 yr/$6M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.148, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Dominic Torres [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 5:02PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1303. Glenn Wilson… #1304. Candy Nelson… #1305. Daryl Spencer… #1306. MELKY CABRERA… #1307. Ken Landreaux… #1308. Mike Devereaux… #1309. Walt Dropo… 

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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 /
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 *
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 *
2008 23 NYY AL 129 453 414 42 103 12 1 8 37 9 2 29 58 .249 .301 .341 .641 69 141 11 3 4 3 5 *
2009 24 NYY AL 154 540 485 66 133 28 1 13 68 10 2 43 59 .274 .336 .416 .752 93 202 15 4 4 4 4 *
2010 25 ATL NL 147 509 458 50 117 27 3 4 42 7 1 42 64 .255 .317 .354 .671 83 162 8 1 5 3 11 *
2011 26 KCR AL 155 706 658 102 201 44 5 18 87 20 10 35 94 .305 .339 .470 .809 121 309 12 1 7 5 3 *87/D9
7 Seasons 871 3363 3039 402 836 161 20 58 357 71 25 248 404 .275 .331 .398 .729 93 1211 69 16 35 25 26
162 Game Avg. 162 625 565 75 155 30 4 11 66 13 5 46 75 .275 .331 .398 .729 93 225 13 3 7 5 5
NYY (5 yrs) 569 2148 1923 250 518 90 12 36 228 44 14 171 246 .269 .331 .385 .716 86 740 49 14 23 17 12
KCR (1 yr) 155 706 658 102 201 44 5 18 87 20 10 35 94 .305 .339 .470 .809 121 309 12 1 7 5 3
ATL (1 yr) 147 509 458 50 117 27 3 4 42 7 1 42 64 .255 .317 .354 .671 83 162 8 1 5 3 11
AL (6 yrs) 724 2854 2581 352 719 134 17 54 315 64 24 206 340 .279 .333 .406 .739 95 1049 61 15 30 22 15
NL (1 yr) 147 509 458 50 117 27 3 4 42 7 1 42 64 .255 .317 .354 .671 83 162 8 1 5 3 11

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 20 NYY AL 19 -2 0 0 0 -6 0 1 -7 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $ /
2006 21 NYY AL 524 -4 3 1 2 -6 -6 18 8 0.8 14 1.4 -0.6 $ *
2007 22 NYY AL 612 -9 -1 -3 0 11 1 21 21 2.1 9 0.9 1.2 $432,400 *
2008 23 NYY AL 453 -20 0 1 0 16 2 16 14 1.4 -1 -0.1 1.5 $461,200 *
2009 24 NYY AL 540 -3 2 -0 1 -1 -1 19 16 1.5 18 1.6 -0.1 $1,400,000 *
2010 25 ATL NL 509 -11 0 1 1 -5 -3 14 -2 -0.3 2 0.2 -0.5 $3,100,000 *
2011 26 KCR AL 706 18 2 2 1 -18 2 23 29 2.9 48 4.8 -1.9 $1,250,000 *87/D9
7 Seasons 3363 -31 6 2 5 -9 -5 112 79 7.7 88 8.7 -1.0 $6,643,600
NYY (5 yrs) 2148 -38 4 -1 3 14 -4 75 52 5.1 38 3.7 1.4 $2,293,600
KCR (1 yr) 706 18 2 2 1 -18 2 23 29 2.9 48 4.8 -1.9 $1,250,000
ATL (1 yr) 509 -11 0 1 1 -5 -3 14 -2 -0.3 2 0.2 -0.5 $3,100,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 25 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 3 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (6 Series) 22 80 75 8 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 16 .213 .244 .280 .524 21 0 0 2 0 0
1 NLDS 3 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 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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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 OF 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -4 1.50 .986 2.28
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
2006 NYY AL 21 OF 127 259 245 12 2 1 .992 -6 11 2.02 .986 2.27
2006 NYY AL 21 LF 116 112 108 998.2 230 217 12 1 1 .996 -5 14 -6 17 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 147 405 385 16 4 1 .990 11 4 2.73 .987 2.28
2007 NYY AL 22 CF 131 117 114 1072.2 364 346 14 4 1 .989 12 -3 13 -3 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 0 55 0 1.29 1.00 .984 2.08 2.06
2008 NYY AL 23 OF 128 295 284 7 4 1 .986 16 6 2.27 .986 2.28
2008 NYY AL 23 CF 117 109 107 973.2 283 272 7 4 1 .986 16 5 20 6 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 151 306 300 3 3 1 .990 -1 -2 2.01 .987 2.30
2009 NYY AL 24 CF 103 97 61 806.1 228 226 2 0 1 1.000 -8 -5 -12 -7 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 4 28 27 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
2010 ATL NL 25 OF 136 225 213 8 4 2 .982 -5 -9 1.63 .987 2.15
2010 ATL NL 25 LF 84 45 42 481.1 86 82 3 1 1 .988 -5 -5 -12 -12 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 -4 8 -12 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 -18 -1 -17 0 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 -19 -3 -18 -3 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 1 2 18 38 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 2 0 0.00 0.00 2.13 2.05
7 Seasons OF 848 151 142 1339.2 1846 1767 59 20 13 .989 -9 5 -8 0 2.31 2.15 .987 2.28 2.26
7 Seasons CF 560 522 448 4575.1 1326 1272 40 14 11 .989 -4 -16 -1 -4 2.58 2.34 .990 2.68 2.65
6 Seasons LF 278 201 186 1907.1 410 390 17 3 2 .993 -9 18 -5 11 1.92 1.46 .986 2.01 1.98
6 Seasons RF 93 49 41 514.0 110 105 2 3 0 .973 3 3 7 7 1.87 1.15 .984 2.13 2.10
7 Seasons TOT 848 151 142 1339.2 1846 1767 59 20 13 .989 -9 10 -8 8 2.31 2.15 .987 2.28 2.26
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 AL  1.2 (10th)
2008 AL  1.5 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 AL  .305 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
2011 AL  658 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2011 AL  706 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 AL  102 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  201 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2011 AL  309 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 AL  44 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
2011 AL  134 (6th)

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

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

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  11 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2011 AL  10 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2011 AL  18.9 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  7.5 (34th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 AL  491 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  560 (22nd)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,272 (23rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  40 (12th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  12 (2nd)
2007 AL  16 (3rd)

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)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.02 (3rd)
Active  2.58 (17th)
Career  2.58 (85th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  2.75 (4th)
Active  2.34 (17th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .989 (14th)
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)
Active  2.31 (21st)
Career  2.31 (78th)

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

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Active  .989 (24th)
Career  .989 (59th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (925), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Barry Bonnell (972)
  2. Terrence Long (971)
  3. Marvin Benard (957)
  4. Reed Johnson (956)
  5. Mark Teahen (952)
  6. Beals Becker (952)
  7. Mike Lamb (951)
  8. Irv Noren (949)
  9. Dick Williams (948) *
  10. Denny Walling (947)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jose Cardenal (947)
  2. Carlos May (946)
  3. Paul Blair (944)
  4. Claudell Washington (943)
  5. Lee Mazzilli (943)
  6. Mark Kotsay (941)
  7. Willie Davis (941)
  8. Terry Puhl (941)
  9. Curt Flood (939)
  10. Bobby Tolan (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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
  4. Paul Blair (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jose Cardenal (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200722New York Yankees$432,400
200823New York Yankees$461,200
200924New York Yankees$1,400,000
201025Atlanta Braves$3,100,000 $500k paid by New York Yankees
201126Kansas City Royals$1,250,000
201227San Francisco Giants$6,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,643,600Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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