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Melky Cabrera

Yankees Career team 2005–2009
Number #53
Position Right Fielder
Bats Both
Throws Left
Age 42
Height 5' 10"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic
Born Aug 11, 1984

Key Insights

2019
This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Cabrera trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 22nd percentile barrel rate, 99th percentile strikeout rate.

392 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Cabrera is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a 1.071 OPS there against .706 overall.

33 plate appearances in that situation.
He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Cabrera should be hitting .276, 90th percentile in the league.

392 plate appearances in 2019. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 65th in MLB.
He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Cabrera strikes out in only 10.2% of his trips, 99th percentile.

392 plate appearances in 2019. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 8th in MLB.
Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Cabrera's 7 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

7 tracked home runs in 2019.
There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Cabrera does his damage against breaking balls: a .793 OPS against them, against .596 on offspeed pitches.

102 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 66 on offspeed pitches.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 11, 1984
Birth Place Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic
Height 5' 10"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Both/Left