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Melky Cabrera
Melky Cabrera

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut July 7, 2005

Born August 11, 1984 in Santo Domingo, D.R.

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 20 NYY AL   6   19    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .211  .211  .211   14    4   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 21 NYY AL 130  460   75  129  26  2   7   50  12  5  56  59  .280  .360  .391   95  180   5   1   3   2   9
 2007 22 NYY AL 150  545   66  149  24  8   8   73  13  5  43  68  .273  .327  .391   89  213  10   9   0   5  14
 2008 23 NYY AL 129  414   42  103  12  1   8   37   9  2  29  58  .249  .301  .341   68  141   4   3   5   3  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      415 1438  184  385  62 11  23  160  34 12 128 187  .268  .329  .374   84  538  19  13   8  10  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        561   72  150  24  4   9   62  13  5  50  73  .268  .329  .374   84  210   7   5   3   4  13
 Career High    150  545   75  149  26  8   8   73  13  5  56  68  .280  .360  .391   95  213  10   9   5   5  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 20 NYY AL   19   15    1   1.8   103| .211  .266| .211  .328| .211  .421| .422  .750|  14  .136  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 2006 21 NYY AL  524  351   67   5.1   112| .280  .276| .360  .341| .391  .440| .751  .781|  95  .488  -2.6  -0.2  70%
 2007 22 NYY AL  612  434   70   4.3   107| .273  .271| .327  .338| .391  .424| .718  .762|  89  .427  -9.0  -0.9  72%
 2008 23 NYY AL  453  331   42   3.4   108| .249  .272| .301  .340| .341  .426| .642  .767|  68  .333 -20.3  -1.9  81%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1608 1131  180   4.2   109| .268  .273| .329  .340| .374  .430| .703  .769|  84  .419 -34.4  -3.2  73%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 20 NYY AL CF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.50 2.38 1.65 2.68 6 49.0 2006 21 NYY AL OF 127 245 12 2 1 .992 .986 2.02 1.99 2.12 2.30 121 1091.3 LF 116 217 12 1 1 .996 .986 1.97 1.69 2.06 2.06 112 998.7 RF 8 20 0 1 0 .952 .985 2.50 1.85 2.58 2.20 8 69.7 CF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.30 3.13 2.66 1 23.0 2007 22 NYY AL OF 147 385 16 4 1 .990 .987 2.73 2.00 2.89 2.30 137 1249.7 CF 131 346 14 4 1 .989 .989 2.75 2.42 3.02 2.71 117 1072.7 LF 18 34 2 0 0 1.000 .986 2.00 1.71 2.28 2.11 16 142.0 RF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.76 1.29 2.08 4 35.0 2008 23 NYY AL CF 117 272 7 4 1 .986 .989 2.38 2.35 2.58 2.71 109 973.7 LF 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.50 1.66 2.00 2.05 1 18.0 RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.60 1.84 3.04 2.16 2 23.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 20 NYY AL CF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.50 2.38 1.65 2.68 6 49.0 2006 21 NYY AL CF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.30 3.13 2.66 1 23.0 2007 22 NYY AL CF 131 346 14 4 1 .989 .989 2.75 2.42 3.02 2.71 117 1072.7 2008 23 NYY AL CF 117 272 7 4 1 .986 .989 2.38 2.35 2.58 2.71 109 973.7 2006 21 NYY AL LF 116 217 12 1 1 .996 .986 1.97 1.69 2.06 2.06 112 998.7 2007 22 NYY AL LF 18 34 2 0 0 1.000 .986 2.00 1.71 2.28 2.11 16 142.0 2008 23 NYY AL LF 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.50 1.66 2.00 2.05 1 18.0 2005 20 NYY AL OF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.50 2.05 1.65 2.30 6 49.0 2006 21 NYY AL OF 127 245 12 2 1 .992 .986 2.02 1.99 2.12 2.30 121 1091.3 2007 22 NYY AL OF 147 385 16 4 1 .990 .987 2.73 2.00 2.89 2.30 137 1249.7 2006 21 NYY AL RF 8 20 0 1 0 .952 .985 2.50 1.85 2.58 2.20 8 69.7 2007 22 NYY AL RF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.76 1.29 2.08 4 35.0 2008 23 NYY AL RF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.60 1.84 3.04 2.16 2 23.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 280 639 28 6 2 .991 .987 2.38 2.00 2.51 2.30 264 2390.0 142 258 18# CF* 258 635 21 8 2 .988 .989 2.54 2.39 2.79 2.71 233 2118.3 LF* 142 255 14 1 1 .996 .986 1.89 1.69 2.09 2.07 129 1158.7 RF* 18 33 0 1 0 .971 .985 1.83 1.82 2.31 2.16 14 128.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 280 639 28 6 2 .991 .987 2.38 2.00 2.51 2.30 264 2390
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   ALDS  NYY DET     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
 2007   ALDS  NYY CLE     L   4  16   2   3  0  0  1   2   0   1  .188  .188  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   6  19   2   3  0  0  1   2   0   1  .158  .158  .316   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
2007 AL-8-6

Sac. Hits
2007 AL-10-5

Sac. Flies
2007 AL-9-4

Youngest Player
2005 AL-20-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  7. Sixto Lezcano (959)
  8. Johnny Damon (958)
  9. Harry Heilmann (958) *
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  1. Sixto Lezcano (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Curt Flood (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

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


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007New York Yankees$432,400
2008New York Yankees$461,200
Career (may be incomplete)$893,600

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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