Try picked away from AA Carolina to the parece on 3rd feet

2004

Appeared in 160 games, including 100 (100 begins) from inside the right profession, 59 (58 starts) when you look at the left career and another video game since DH. named on Federal Category The-Celebrity people, to get Florida’s very first outfield solutions on Midsummer Vintage as Cliff Floyd within the 2001. was also entitled new Marlins Most valuable Player by Southern area Florida Section of your Baseball Writers Relationship out-of America. turned the new eighth Major leaguer that have a thirty-Hours, 100-RBI, 100-works get season through to the period of twenty-two. he meets Alex Rodriguez (1996) and you may Albert Pujols (2001) given that merely effective players on the listing. is the latest fifthyoungest member for the MLB background to possess a good 100-RBI season, about Mel Ott (1929), Al Kaline (1955), Ted Williams (1939) and you can Alex Rodriguez (1996). coordinated brand new Pub checklist of the homering from inside the four successive online game, as he struck four regarding April ten-fourteen, up against Philadelphia and you will Montreal; inserted Kurt Abbott () and you can Preston Wilson (). hit a couple homers on April thirteen compared to. the Expos inside San Juan, Puerto Rico (from Claudio Vargas), their next community several-homer game (including on the seven/1/03 compared to. Atlanta). plus additional home works into the about three straight online game for the Tx, age struck move of July sixteen-28, as he strike .415 (17×41, a dozen RBI). got employment-ideal 18-video game highway striking streak, out of July 16-August 18 (.385), complimentary the latest longest road strike streak for the 12 months having Houston’s Jeff Kent (18, Can get 9-June 11). hit 9 house operates and you will drove during the twenty-two from the few days of April; fastened for second from the Majors within the April house works (that have Choi and you may Arizona’s Richie Sexson), behind merely San Francisco’s Barry Ties (10); twenty two RBI from the few days including Hjemmeside tied up to have next regarding the Majors (that have Bonds, Richard Hidalgo, Reggie Sanders, Sexson and you may Rondell White), four behind St. Louis’s Scott Rolen (27). returned in the The-Superstar Crack and you will hit-in 11 upright games (.415, 17×41) and batted a national League-best .408 over 1st 21 games, elevating their season batting mediocre from .205 in order to .316. struck a season-greatest .352 within the es (twelfth on the NL) and .337 within the twenty six August competitions (22nd throughout the NL).

2003

the new Marlins ran 54-29 inside Cabrera’s 85 starts, 20-ten during the 3B and 34-21 when you look at the LF. ranked among NL’s novice leadership in home runs (2nd), RBI (2nd), slugging commission (.468, 1st), extra-foot attacks (thirty six, T-4th), batting average (7th) and multiple-struck online game (T-9th). generated his ML introduction with the e-conclude Time towards the bottom of your own 11th inning, the newest 11th Marlin so you’re able to homer within his introduction into the Bar and you may fifth Florida novice to achieve this, joining Alex Gonzalez (8/), Mike Redmond (5/), Charles Johnson (5/6/94) and you will Mitch Lyden (6/).. turned into the third member from inside the basketball given that 1900 to hit good walk-regarding homer within his Major-league debut, signing up for California’s Bill Parker (9/9/71 vs. MIL) and Cleveland’s Josh Bard (8/ vs. Seattle). brand new Hour of the Cabrera and you can Parker had been its earliest Major-league attacks and you can came in additional innings (Parker’s into the 12th inning).. premiered on twenty years, 63 months old, next- youngest Marlin to help you first in the operation history, trailing LHP Felix Heredia (20 years, 52 days). considering David Vincent within SABR, Cabrera became the new sixth-youngest athlete so you’re able to homer within his very first online game, at the rear of LOU’s (American Association) Scott Stratton ( on the 4/), NYG’s Whitey Lockman ( with the eight/5/1945), DET’s Denny McLain ( to your 9/), CIN’s Ted Tappe ( on the nine/) and you can KC’s Clint Hurdle ( with the nine/). and is the third Venezuelan player to homer in his earliest game and second Marlin, joining ARI’s Alex Cabrera (, eighth inning into the six/) and you can FLA’s Alex Gonzalez (, eighth inning for the 8/). began their Major-league field from the hitting within the five out-of their very first half dozen game (.261, 6×22, Hours, six RBI). observed that have a 0x15 slip more four game (June twenty seven-30) ahead of send a job-higher four attacks on e next record to publish five extra-legs strikes in a-game (having Sheffield into elizabeth listing because of the scoring four operates (tenth time in team records). homered double in this video game, off-mike Hampton and you may Roberto Hernandez. entitled the brand new Pepsi Rookie of your Day to own companion Dontrelle Willis, exactly who made the fresh prize in the ed Pepsi Rookie of Times getting Sep, as he struck .311 with three homers and you may 20 RBI. hit-in several of his latest 16 games of the year (.364, 20×55). was tied getting seventh in the NL having 20 September RBI. drove into the forty eight runs adopting the All-Star Split, tied up to own 11th on NL. hit .365, ten Hour, 59 RBI and you can nine SB for the 69 games within AA Carolina. kept this new Southern Group ranks next during the batting, first in moves, RBI, doubles, extra-base strikes and you may slugging (.609). are double called new BC Dust Southern area Group Hitter of one’s Week: April 18- 24 (.517, 15×29) and you may age striking move, . starred inside fifteen typical year game to own Aragua (Venezuela) within the offseason, striking .327 which have five homers and you can eleven RBI. extra a great .2es because their group acquired the fresh new Venezuelan Category name.