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Miguel Cabrera
Jose Miguel Torres Cabrera

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut June 20, 2003

Born April 18, 1983 in Maracay, Venezuela

Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1999. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 20 FLA NL  87  314   39   84  21  3  12   62   0  2  25  84  .268  .325  .468  106  147   4   1   3   2  12 MVP-27,RoY-5
 2004 21 FLA NL 160  603  101  177  31  1  33  112   5  2  68 148  .294  .366  .512  130  309   0   8   5   6  20 MVP-22,AS
 2005 22 FLA NL 158  613  106  198  43  2  33  116   1  0  64 125  .323  .385  .561  151  344   0   6  12   2  20 SS,MVP-5,AS
 2006 23 FLA NL 158  576  112  195  50  2  26  114   9  6  86 108  .339  .430  .568  159  327   0   4  27  10  18 SS,MVP-5,AS
 2007 24 FLA NL 157  588   91  188  38  2  34  119   2  1  79 127  .320  .401  .565  150  332   1   7  23   5  17 MVP-15,AS
 2008 25 DET AL 160  616   85  180  36  2  37  127   1  0  56 126  .292  .349  .537  130  331   0   9   6   3  16 MVP-13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      880 3310  534 1022 219 12 175  650  18 11 378 718  .309  .381  .541  140 1790   5  35  76  28 103
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        609   98  188  40  2  32  120   3  2  70 132  .309  .381  .541  140  330   1   6  14   5  19
 Career High    160  616  112  198  50  3  37  127   9  6  86 148  .339  .430  .568  159  344   4   9  27  10  20
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 20 FLA NL  346  249   44   4.7   108| .268  .266| .325  .338| .468  .427| .793  .765| 106  .481   1.8   0.2   0%
 2004 21 FLA NL  685  456  112   6.6   107| .294  .263| .366  .334| .512  .427| .878  .762| 130  .620  27.5   2.6  71%
 2005 22 FLA NL  685  441  129   7.8   103| .323  .261| .385  .331| .561  .416| .946  .747| 151  .707  46.3   4.4 100%
 2006 23 FLA NL  676  409  139   9.1   108| .339  .266| .430  .336| .568  .432| .998  .768| 159  .743  56.6   5.2  60%
 2007 24 FLA NL  680  426  132   8.3   108| .320  .269| .401  .338| .565  .430| .966  .768| 150  .712  45.7   4.2  66%
 2008 25 DET AL  684  461  114   6.6   107| .292  .270| .349  .339| .537  .425| .886  .763| 130  .628  25.1   2.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      3756 2442  670   7.4   107| .309  .266| .381  .336| .541  .426| .922  .762| 140  .670 203.1  19.0  62%

* 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 ------+
2003 20 FLA NL LF 55 99 5 3 1 .972 .979 1.89 1.54 1.95 1.91 55 481.0 3B 34 17 53 1 2 .986 .955 2.06 2.36 2.29 2.74 30 275.0 2004 21 FLA NL OF 158 262 13 9 1 .968 .982 1.74 1.85 1.82 2.16 158 1360.0 AS RF 100 170 7 7 1 .962 .980 1.77 1.71 1.86 2.09 100 856.0 AS LF 59 92 6 2 0 .980 .980 1.66 1.48 1.75 1.85 58 504.0 AS DH 1 AS 2005 22 FLA NL LF 134 188 12 5 3 .976 .984 1.49 1.52 1.63 1.94 128 1105.7 AS 3B 30 21 46 2 5 .971 .959 2.23 2.39 2.53 2.77 29 238.0 AS 2006 23 FLA NL 3B 157 114 266 17 31 .957 .954 2.42 2.37 2.56 2.69 157 1334.0 AS DH 1 AS 2007 24 FLA NL 3B 154 100 266 23 33 .941 .954 2.38 2.25 2.51 2.68 153 1310.7 AS DH 3 AS 2008 25 DET AL 1B 143 1117 73 9 116 .992 .994 8.32 6.99 8.90 7.47 139 1204.0 3B 14 15 30 5 4 .900 .957 3.21 2.37 3.49 2.74 14 116.0 DH 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2008 25 DET AL 1B 143 1117 73 9 116 .992 .994 8.32 6.99 8.90 7.47 139 1204.0 2003 20 FLA NL 3B 34 17 53 1 2 .986 .955 2.06 2.36 2.29 2.74 30 275.0 2005 22 FLA NL 3B 30 21 46 2 5 .971 .959 2.23 2.39 2.53 2.77 29 238.0 2006 23 FLA NL 3B 157 114 266 17 31 .957 .954 2.42 2.37 2.56 2.69 157 1334.0 2007 24 FLA NL 3B 154 100 266 23 33 .941 .954 2.38 2.25 2.51 2.68 153 1310.7 2008 25 DET AL 3B 14 15 30 5 4 .900 .957 3.21 2.37 3.49 2.74 14 116.0 2004 21 FLA NL DH 1 2006 23 FLA NL DH 1 2007 24 FLA NL DH 3 2008 25 DET AL DH 6 2003 20 FLA NL LF 55 99 5 3 1 .972 .979 1.89 1.54 1.95 1.91 55 481.0 2004 21 FLA NL LF 59 92 6 2 0 .980 .980 1.66 1.48 1.75 1.85 58 504.0 2005 22 FLA NL LF 134 188 12 5 3 .976 .984 1.49 1.52 1.63 1.94 128 1105.7 2003 20 FLA NL OF 55 99 5 3 1 .972 .984 1.89 1.85 1.95 2.17 55 481.0 2004 21 FLA NL OF 158 262 13 9 1 .968 .982 1.74 1.85 1.82 2.16 158 1360.0 2005 22 FLA NL OF 134 188 12 5 3 .976 .984 1.49 1.86 1.63 2.19 128 1105.7 2004 21 FLA NL RF 100 170 7 7 1 .962 .980 1.77 1.71 1.86 2.09 100 856.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 389 267 661 48 75 .951 .955 2.39 2.32 2.55 2.70 383 3273.7 OF* 347 549 30 17 5 .971 .983 1.67 1.85 1.77 2.17 341 2946.7 248 0 100# LF* 248 379 23 10 4 .976 .982 1.62 1.51 1.73 1.91 241 2090.7 1B* 143 1117 73 9 116 .992 .994 8.32 6.99 8.90 7.47 139 1204.0 RF* 100 170 7 7 1 .962 .980 1.77 1.71 1.86 2.09 100 856.0 DH 11 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 879 1933 764 74 196 .973 .978 3.07 2.90 3.27 3.26 863 7424
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  FLA SFG     W   4  14   1   4  2  0  0   3   1   6  .286  .333  .429   0  0   1   0   0 
        NLCS  FLA CHC     W   7  30   9  10  0  0  3   6   2   6  .333  .394  .633   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    FLA NYY     W   6  24   1   4  0  0  1   3   1   7  .167  .200  .292   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   3-0  17  68  11  18  2  0  4  12   4  19  .265  .315  .471   0  0   1   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2004   FLA NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 2005   FLA NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2006   FLA NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   FLA NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      0   5   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
2004 *
2005 *
2006 *
2007 *

Silver Sluggers
2005-NL--OF
2006-NL--3B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-27-0.01
2004-NL-22-0.01
2005-NL-5-0.33
2006-NL-5-0.38
2007-NL-15-0.04
2008-AL-13-0.04
Car-286-0.81 shares

Batting Average
2005 NL-.323-3
2006 NL-.339-2
2007 NL-.320-8
Act-.309-11

On-base %
2006 NL-.430-3
2007 NL-.401-8
Act-.381-22

Slugging %
2005 NL-.561-7
2006 NL-.568-6
2007 NL-.565-8
2008 AL-.537-7
Act-.541-16
Car-.541-35

OPS
2005 NL-.947-6
2006 NL-.998-4
2007 NL-.965-9
2008 AL-.887-9
Act-.921-16
Car-.921-47

Games
2004 NL-160-5
2006 NL-158-10
2008 AL-160-5

At Bats
2005 NL-613-7

Runs
2005 NL-106-6

Hits
2005 NL-198-2
2006 NL-195-7
2007 NL-188-9

Total Bases
2004 NL-309-10
2005 NL-344-3
2006 NL-327-10
2007 NL-332-5
2008 AL-331-1

Doubles
2005 NL-43-5
2006 NL-50-3

Home Runs
2005 NL-33-9
2007 NL-34-5
2008 AL-37-1

RBI
2004 NL-112-5
2005 NL-116-4
2006 NL-114-9
2007 NL-119-3
2008 AL-127-3

Strikeouts
2004 NL-148-7
2005 NL-125-10

Singles
2005 NL-120-9

Adjusted OPS+
2005 NL-151-4
2006 NL-159-4
2007 NL-150-5
Act-140-15
Car-140-75

Runs Created
2005 NL-129-4
2006 NL-139-4
2007 NL-132-6
2008 AL-114-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
2005 NL-46-5
2006 NL-57-3
2007 NL-46-7
Act-203-29

Batting Wins
2005 NL-4.4-5
2006 NL-5.2-3
2007 NL-4.2-7
Act-19.0-29

Extra-Base Hits
2005 NL-78-4
2006 NL-78-8
2008 AL-75-5

Times on Base
2005 NL-264-7
2006 NL-291-2
2007 NL-272-5

Offensive Win%
2005 NL-.707-8
2006 NL-.743-4
2007 NL-.712-8
Act-.670-23

Sac. Flies
2004 NL-8-7
2008 AL-9-3

Intentional Walks
2005 NL-12-10
2006 NL-27-4
2007 NL-23-3

Grounded into Double Plays
2004 NL-20-9
2005 NL-20-4
2006 NL-18-9

At Bats per Home Run
2007 NL-17.3-9
2008 AL-16.6-8
Act-18.9-30
Car-18.9-86

Youngest Player
2003 NL-20-3
2004 NL-21-3

 

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 76 (310) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.0 (337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 68.5 (267) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 2, 1999: Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent.

December 5, 2007: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Dontrelle Willis to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Rabelo, Andrew Miller, Eulogio De La Cruz, Cameron Maybin, Burke Badenhop, and Dallas Trahern (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Florida Marlins$165,574
2004Florida Marlins$320,000
2005Florida Marlins$370,000
2006Florida Marlins$472,000
2007Florida Marlins$7,400,000
2008Detroit Tigers$11,300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$20,027,574

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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