Fernando Cabrera (baseball player)
Fernando Cabrera | |
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Fernando Cabrera in a game for the Cleveland Indians
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Boston Red Sox - No. 53 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: November 16, 1981 Toa Baja , Puerto Rico |
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Strikes: Right | Throws: Right |
Debut in Major League Baseball | |
August 20, 2004 with the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics (until 2008) |
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Win-loss | 8-7 |
Earned Run Average | 5.02 |
Strikeouts | 185 |
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Last update: August 11th, 2009 |
Fernando José Cabrera (born November 16, 1981 in Toa Baja , Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican baseball player who has been under contract with the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball since 2009 .
Career
Cabrera was selected in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians in the tenth round, where he was awarded a contract in August of the same year. For the Indians he made his debut in the MLB on April 20, 2004, for which he was active in the following four years. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons he played for the Baltimore Orioles , which did not extend his contract and released him on September 5, 2008.
On January 27, 2009, he signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox .
International
For Puerto Rico, Cabrera took part in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cabrera, Fernando |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cabrera, Fernando José |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Puerto Rican baseball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toa Bajo , Puerto Rico |