Orlando Cabrera

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Orlando Cabrera
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — No. 18
Shortstop
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 3, 1997 for the Montréal Expos
Selected MLB statistics
(through October 1, 2006)
Batting Average     .269
OPS     .720
Home runs     89
RBI's     541
Awards
Teams

    Orlando Luis Cabrera (born November 2, 1974 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a Major League Baseball shortstop who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right-handed.

    Cabrera is the younger brother of Jolbert Cabrera, a former major league outfielder who currently plays with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League.

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    [edit] Baseball Career

    As a batter, Cabrera is a good fastball line-drive hitter that uses all fields with occasional power. He is a consistent basestealing threat, and he also has the aggressiveness to hustle out numerous doubles and triples.

    Cabrera is regarded as a one of the best shortstops in the game. He has an excellent range to both sides, soft hands and a strong arm. He won the Gold Glove Award in 2001. In 2003, he finished second among the league shortstops in batting average (.297), slugging percentage (.415), runs batted in (80), and in stolen base percentage (24-to-26). Beside this, he is one of four Montreal players to have ever played all 162 games in a season, and the first to do it twice. Also, his 17 home runs in that season were the most ever by a shortstop in the Expos history.

    Cabrera was traded by Montreal to the Boston Red Sox in the summer of 2004, on the last day of the July trading deadline. Cabrera made Boston fans forget their anger over the Garciaparra four-team deal, batting .294 with six home runs and 31 RBI in 58 games. He also brought stability to the shortstop position, which delighted the Red Sox pitchers. The trade, which also netted first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz from the Twins, shored up Boston's infield defense and energized the team, which went 42-19 after the deal to win the American League's wild card (56-45 before the trade). "He is a game-changer in the field for me," Curt Schilling said.

    Following his 2004 World Series victory with the Red Sox, Cabrera signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Angels organization. Orlando replaced fan favorite David Eckstein at the shortstop position. While it took Angels fans a while to warm up to Cabrera, he eventually became a fan favorite himself after an excellent defensive season in 2005.

    Cabrera is a career .267 hitter with 84 home runs and 500 RBI in 1151 games. As a shortstop, he has compiled 1769 putouts, 3204 assists, and 113 errors in 5086 total chances, for a .978 fielding percentage.

    In his first game back to Fenway Park as an Anaheim Angel in June of 2005, Cabrera was greeted with a standing ovation which lasted 30 seconds before he walked to the plate.

    [edit] Current Contract

    4 years, $32 million (2005-2008)

      -$4 million signing bonus (paid over the life of the contract)
  -2005: $5 million
  -2006: $6.5 million
  -2007: $7.5 million
  -2008: $9 million

    [edit] Highlights

    • Gold Glove (2001)
    • Twice led league in games played (2001, 2003)
    • Hit a home run on his first at-bat as a Red Sox, becoming the eighth Boston player to accomplish this feat (August 1, 2004)
    • Won the World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2004. It was the franchise's first World Series since 1918.
    • Had a straight steal of home plate on July 2, 2006, the first such time it had happened by an Angels player since 1997.
    • Had a 63-game on-base streak in early-through-mid 2006, which was among the top five streaks of all time. Ted Williams holds the major league record with 84 straight games reaching base by a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch.

    [edit] Nicknames

    Cabrera has been given several nicknames by teammates, fans and media.

    • O-Cab
    • OC
    • O-Dawg (commonly used by Rex Hudler)
    • The Wizard of O.C. (bestowed on him by Angel broadcaster Steve Physioc)
    • Cabfare
    The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
    Coaching Staff


    Rotation
    Bullpen

    Catchers
    Infielders

    Outfielders

    Disabled List:    		 Manager: Mike Scioscia • Bench: Ron Roenicke • Pitching: Mike Butcher
    Hitting: Mickey Hatcher • Bullpen: Orlando Mercado • First Base: Alfredo Griffin
    Third Base: Dino Ebel
    John Lackey • Ervin Santana • Joe Saunders • Kelvim Escobar • Jered Weaver
    Chris Bootcheck • Héctor Carrasco • Brendan Donnelly • Greg Jones
    Dustin Moseley • Chris Resop • Francisco Rodríguez • Scot Shields • Justin Speier
    Jeff Mathis • José Molina • Mike Napoli
    Erick Aybar • Orlando Cabrera • Chone Figgins • Maicer Izturis • Howie Kendrick
    Dallas McPherson • Kendry Morales • Robb Quinlan
    Garret Anderson • Darin Erstad • Vladimir Guerrero • Gary Matthews, Jr. • Tommy Murphy
    Juan Rivera • Reggie Willits
    Bartolo Colón • Casey Kotchman

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