2004
Starred in 160 games, and 100 (100 begins) within the right job, 59 (58 initiate) in leftover community and something online game because DH. named to the National Category All of the-Star party, becoming Florida’s first outfield selection towards Midsummer Antique given that Cliff Floyd inside 2001. was also titled this new Marlins Best Member by Southern Florida Chapter of one’s Baseball Editors Connection out of The usa. turned the fresh 8th Major leaguer having a 30-Hour, 100-RBI, 100-operates score 12 months till the age of twenty-two. the guy matches Alex Rodriguez (1996) and you can Albert Pujols (2001) while the merely productive participants towards checklist. was this new fifthyoungest athlete in the MLB record getting good 100-RBI seasons, trailing Mel Ott (1929), Al Kaline (1955), Ted Williams (1939) and you will Alex Rodriguez (1996). paired the newest Club checklist by the homering into the four straight online game, as he strike four out of April 10-fourteen, facing Philadelphia and Montreal; entered Kurt Abbott () and you will Preston Wilson (). strike several homers towards April thirteen vs. the fresh new Expos into the San Juan, Puerto Rico (away from Claudio Vargas), their second profession several-homer game (as well as to your eight/1/03 brud Malaysisk versus. Atlanta). and additional domestic operates into the about three upright games within the Colorado, elizabeth hit streak from July sixteen-28, when he hit .415 (17×41, 12 RBI). got a career-most readily useful 18-game path hitting move, away from July 16-August 18 (.385), coordinating the fresh longest roadway struck move with the 12 months which have Houston’s Jeff Kent (18, Will get nine-Summer 11). hit nine home operates and you can drove inside 22 about week off April; tied up to have next about Discipline inside April home operates (that have Choi and Arizona’s Richie Sexson), about just San Francisco’s Barry Bonds (10); 22 RBI on the day along with fastened getting 2nd on the Majors (which have Ties, Richard Hidalgo, Reggie Sanders, Sexson and you may Rondell White), five at the rear of St. Louis’s Scott Rolen (27). returned on the Every-Superstar Crack and hit-in 11 straight games (.415, 17×41) and you can batted a nationwide Group-most useful .408 more 1st 21 games, elevating his seasons batting average of .205 so you can .316. hit a month-ideal .352 in es (12th from the NL) and you will .337 during the twenty six August tournaments (22nd regarding the NL).
2003
the new Marlins went 54-29 inside the Cabrera’s 85 starts, 20-ten in the 3B and 34-21 inside LF. rated among NL’s newbie leaders home based operates (2nd), RBI (2nd), slugging percentage (.468, 1st), extra-foot hits (thirty-six, T-4th), batting average (7th) and you may multi-struck online game (T-9th). produced his ML debut to the elizabeth-finish Hours towards the bottom of your 11th inning, the fresh 11th Marlin so you’re able to homer inside the introduction into Bar and you may 5th Florida novice to achieve this, signing up for Alex Gonzalez (8/), Mike Redmond (5/), Charles Johnson (5/6/94) and Mitch Lyden (6/).. turned the next player into the baseball just like the 1900 hitting a beneficial walk-regarding homer in his Major league debut, signing up for California’s Statement Parker (9/9/71 versus. MIL) and you can Cleveland’s Josh Bard (8/ vs. Seattle). new Time by the Cabrera and you may Parker was indeed the basic Major league strikes and you will was available in even more innings (Parker’s inside the twelfth inning).. premiered from the twenty years, 63 days dated, the second- youngest Marlin in order to debut into the business history, at the rear of LHP Felix Heredia (2 decades, 52 months). according to David Vincent on SABR, Cabrera became the latest 6th-youngest member so you can homer in his basic online game, trailing LOU’s (Western Organization) Scott Stratton ( with the cuatro/), NYG’s Whitey Lockman ( into the eight/5/1945), DET’s Denny McLain ( on the nine/), CIN’s Ted Tappe ( on 9/) and KC’s Clint Hurdle ( to the nine/). along with are the 3rd Venezuelan player in order to homer within his very first games and you will next Marlin, joining ARI’s Alex Cabrera (, 8th inning to your six/) and you will FLA’s Alex Gonzalez (, 8th inning toward 8/). first started his Major league job from the hitting in five regarding their basic half dozen game (.261, 6×22, Hr, six RBI). adopted with an effective 0x15 slide more than five online game (Summer twenty seven-30) before post a career-higher five attacks towards e next records to publish five extra-base moves into the a casino game (having Sheffield into age checklist from the rating five runs (tenth amount of time in class records). homered twice where video game, off mike Hampton and you will Roberto Hernandez. called this new Pepsi Newbie of one’s Few days to have spouse Dontrelle Willis, just who acquired the fresh award in the ed Pepsi Newbie of your own Day to have Sep, when he strike .311 which have about three homers and you may 20 RBI. hit in several of their final sixteen video game of the year (.364, 20×55). are tied to possess seventh from the NL which have 20 September RBI. drove inside the forty-eight operates following All of the-Celebrity Break, tied for 11th in the NL. hit .365, 10 Time, 59 RBI and you may 9 SB inside the 69 video game at the AA Carolina. remaining the newest Southern area Group positions next into the batting, first-in attacks, RBI, increases, extra-feet hits and you will slugging (.609). is actually twice named the fresh BC Dust Southern area Group Hitter of your Week: April 18- 24 (.517, 15×29) and age striking streak, . played within the fifteen regular season online game having Aragua (Venezuela) in offseason, striking .327 with five homers and you will eleven RBI. extra an effective .2es given that his party won the Venezuelan Category identity.