Fernando Cabrera (baseball)
| Fernando Cabrera | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Cabrera with the Cleveland Indians in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Relief pitcher | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: November 16, 1981 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | ||||||||||||||||||||
| August 20, 2004, for the Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | ||||||||||||||||||||
| July 16, 2010, for the Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 8–7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 5.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 193 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Fernando José Cabrera (born November 16, 1981) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Boston Red Sox.
Career[]
Cleveland Indians[]
Cabrera was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft and signed in August 1999. He was selected to participate in the 2005 All-Star Futures Game. He was designated for assignment by Cleveland on August 1, 2007, and was subsequently released on August 9.
Baltimore Orioles[]
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays claimed him off release waivers on August 13 and had 5 days to sign him or let Cabrera become a free agent. Cabrera decided to become a free agent and signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles on August 21, 2007. The Orioles recalled Cabrera in September 2007. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Orioles at the beginning of the 2008 season. On September 5, 2008, Cabrera was released by the Orioles.
Boston Red Sox[]
On January 27, 2009, he signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. He was called up to the Red Sox on August 9, 2009.
Oakland Athletics[]
He played with the Sacramento River Cats in the Oakland Athletics system in 2011.
New York Mets[]
\On January 10, 2012 Fernando signed with the New York Mets to a minor league deal.[1]
Los Angeles Angels[]
On January 11, 2013, Fernando signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He was assigned to the Salt Lake Bees, and he played a season for them before retiring.
International play[]
Cabrera played for Puerto Rico in the 2006, 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classic. In 2009, he gave up the 9th-inning single to David Wright to allow Team USA to come back from a 5–4 deficit to win the game, eliminating Puerto Rico from the competition.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Cerrone, Matthew. "Mets sign Miguel Batista, Fernando Cabrera & Sean Kazmar". MetsBlog.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
- Baseball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
- Leones de Ponce players
- Indios de Mayagüez players
- Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball) players
- Burlington Indians players (1986–2006)
- Columbus RedStixx players
- Kinston Indians players
- Akron Aeros players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Norfolk Tides players
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Salt Lake Bees players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Boston Red Sox players
- 2006 World Baseball Classic players
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente pitchers