Recommitting himself to the game, Cabrera had a strong year with the Royals, and was traded to the Giants for the season. One month later, Cabrera received a game suspension after testing positive for high levels of testosterone. Cabrera was slotted as fourth outfielder at the beginning of the season. He struggled, batting only. He was batting. After this, he hit.
He also had a game hitting streak from July 1 to Cabrera had a career-high hitting streak of 19 games, while continued to get his share of walks. In games to finish , Cabrera batted.
Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Dominican Republic. Melky Cabrera celebrates birthday on August 11 of every year. Cabrera saw a lot of time in spring training of with starting outfielders Johnny Damon and Bernie Williams playing in the World Baseball Classic. He impressed the Yankees by hitting. After the season, the Yankees came close to trading Cabrera to the Milwaukee Brewers for veteran outfielder, Mike Cameron.
Remaining with the Yankees, Cabrera competed with Brett Gardner for the starting center field job which Gardner won, relegating Cabrera to a backup role by manager Girardi once again. On April 22, however, Cabrera hit the first walk-off hit in the New Yankee Stadium, a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 14th, for a 9—7 Yankee win. Cabrera was a less-than-adequate hitter for the Yankees in His fielding and strong throwing arm in center field could not make up for his poor batting average.
In early August, Yankee manager Joe Girardi demoted him to fourth outfielder, making Damon the everyday center fielder again. Playing games in , Cabrera finished with a. Cabrera was involved in a bench-clearing brawl against the Tampa Bay Rays in a spring training game. MLB claimed to have seen video showing Cabrera punching superstar Tampa third baseman Evan Longoria during the brawl, and suspended him for two games along with teammate Shelley Duncan.
Third base coach Bobby Meacham and hitting coach Kevin Long were also fined an undisclosed amount for their actions in the brawl. Went Ranked fourth in the majors with a. Washington in his return to the lineup. Toronto, going with a RBI. Detroit, a single off Bruce Rondon in the ninth inning. Philadelphia with the Yankees.
Philadelphia, his fifth career game with three or more walks. His 13 outfield assists tied for the third-most in baseball and were the most by a Blue Jays left fielder since Candy Maldonado in also Posted a. Recorded a hit in 25 of his first 26 games of the season.
His game hitting streak. Missed a combined 72 games this season over two DL stints, both were left knee injuries Missed 18 games from June July 20 and was shut down for the rest of the season on Aug. Had a benign tumour removed from his spine in August, resulting in his persistent back and leg pain throughout season. In 28 games in May, hit. Hit his 1st career leadoff home run May 24, vs.
Played in his th career game April 18 vs. Appeared in fewer games 88 than any season since his debut Appeared in a career-high games in his first season with the White Sox. Led the White Sox in games and doubles and ranked third in hits, total bases , extra-base hits 50 and OPS. Ranked fourth in the AL with a.
Ranked among the AL second-half leaders in doubles T1st , runs scored T9th, 85 and extra-base hits T9th, Cleveland, his 11th career walkoff hit. Detroit, including a game-tying, three-run home run in the eighth inning off Joba Chamberlain. During that stretch, ranked among the major-league leaders in doubles 2nd , total bases 2nd, 91 , extra-base hits 2nd, 23 , average 3rd , RBI T3rd , slugging percentage 4th,. Toronto … the hit helped Chris Sale earn the win in a complete game, six-hit effort.
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