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Jake Cave

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Team: Minnesota Twins (majors)

Born: December 4, 1992 in Hampton, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 6th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kecoughtan HS (Hampton, VA).

High School: Kecoughtan HS (Hampton, VA)

Debut: May 19, 2018 (Age 25-166d, 21,650th in major league history)
vs. MIL 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2022 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2022): 3.072 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Ballengee Group

Full Name: Andrew Jacob Cave

Nicknames: Caveman

Twitter: @JakeCave8

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

0.5

2.2

157

915

216

.217

.236

129

RBI

117

OBP

.262

.298

SLG

.389

.412

OPS

.650

.710

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
2011	18	NYY-min	Rk	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	0	0	0	0		YNK · GULF
2013	20	NYY-min	A	115	520	464	69	131	37	6	2	31	18	9	40	110	.282	.347	.401	.748		186	10	8	4	4	0		CHS · SALL
2014	21	NYY-min	A+,AA	132	613	561	74	165	28	9	7	42	12	6	46	124	.294	.351	.414	.764		232	9	3	3	0	0		TAM,TRE · FLOR,EL
2015	22	NYY-min	AA,AAA	132	592	529	72	147	25	6	2	39	17	3	46	106	.278	.339	.359	.698		190	4	6	5	6	0		TRE,SWB · EL,IL
2016	23	NYY-min	AAA,AA	116	470	426	59	114	26	9	8	55	6	7	36	106	.268	.330	.427	.758		182	12	5	1	2	2		SWB,TRE · IL,EL
2017	24	NYY-min	AAA,AA	103	437	406	66	124	26	5	20	56	2	3	28	115	.305	.351	.542	.893		220	5	1	1	1	1		SWB,TRE · IL,EL
2018	25	MIN-min	AAA	59	250	216	26	58	9	1	6	28	4	2	26	55	.269	.352	.403	.755		87	3	4	0	4	1		ROC · IL
2018	25	MIN	AL	91	309	283	54	75	16	2	13	45	2	1	18	102	.265	.313	.473	.786	111	134	2	3	2	3	2	89H/7D
2019	26	MIN-min	AAA	48	214	196	37	69	18	4	7	39	5	0	15	50	.352	.393	.592	.984		116	5	0	0	3	0		ROC · IL
2019	26	MIN	AL	72	228	198	28	51	11	2	8	25	0	0	21	71	.258	.351	.455	.805	113	90	5	8	0	1	0	987/HD
2020	27	MIN	AL	42	123	113	17	25	3	2	4	15	0	2	5	44	.221	.285	.389	.674	85	44	0	5	0	0	0	89H/7D
2021	28	MIN-min	AAA	8	36	30	6	11	1	0	1	5	0	1	5	10	.367	.472	.500	.972		15	2	1	0	0	0		STP · AAAE
2021	28	MIN	AL	76	178	164	14	31	6	1	3	13	1	1	10	62	.189	.249	.293	.541	50	48	0	3	1	0	0	78H9/D
2022	29	MIN-min	AAA	85	373	322	63	88	20	7	14	57	10	0	43	93	.273	.370	.509	.879		164	10	7	0	1	3		STP · IL
2022	29	MIN	AL	52	168	157	16	34	6	3	5	19	2	0	10	46	.217	.262	.389	.650	85	61	2	0	0	1	0	79/H8
5 Yrs				333	1006	915	129	216	42	10	33	117	5	4	64	325	.236	.298	.412	.710	93	377	9	19	3	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	489	445	63	105	20	5	16	57	2	2	31	158	.236	.298	.412	.710	93	183	4	9	1	2	1

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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