Was chosen out of AA Carolina towards parece at the 3rd feet

2004

Appeared in 160 game, as well as 100 (100 starts) within the proper profession, 59 (58 starts) when you look at the kept occupation and something game just like the DH. named into the National Category All of the-Celebrity party, to-be Florida’s earliest outfield choice for the Midsummer Vintage due to the fact Cliff Floyd in 2001. was also named this new Marlins Best User of the Southern area Fl Section of one’s Baseball Publishers Relationship regarding America. turned the new eighth Major-leaguer having a 30-Hours, 100-RBI, 100-works score season before sites period of twenty two. he matches Alex Rodriguez (1996) and Albert Pujols (2001) as the just productive members for the list. was the brand new fifthyoungest user when you look at the MLB background getting a great 100-RBI season, behind Mel Ott (1929), Al Kaline (1955), Ted Williams (1939) and Alex Rodriguez (1996). coordinated brand new Club checklist because of the homering inside four successive video game, as he strike four regarding April ten-fourteen, up against Philadelphia and you can Montreal; joined Kurt Abbott () and Preston Wilson (). hit two homers for the April thirteen versus. the brand new Expos from inside the San Juan, Puerto Rico (of Claudio Vargas), their 2nd field one or two-homer online game (including towards eight/1/03 versus. Atlanta). as well as additional house works during the around three straight game for the Texas, e struck streak out of July sixteen-twenty-eight, as he struck .415 (17×41, twelve RBI). got a job-best 18-video game path striking move, off July sixteen-August 18 (.385), matching the brand new longest road hit streak into year having Houston’s Jeff Kent (18, Get 9-Summer 11). hit nine house runs and you will drove for the 22 from the week out-of April; fastened getting next regarding the Discipline when you look at the April domestic operates (having Choi and you may Arizona’s Richie Sexson), about just San Francisco’s Barry Securities (10); twenty-two RBI on the week together with fastened getting next in the Discipline (that have Securities, Richard Hidalgo, Reggie Sanders, Sexson and you will Rondell Light), five at the rear of St. Louis’s Scott Rolen (27). came back from the Every-Star Split and you will hit-in eleven upright games (.415, 17×41) and batted a national Group-better .408 over his first 21 games, raising their 12 months batting mediocre of .205 so you can .316. strike a period-best .352 from inside the parece (12th throughout the NL) and .337 inside 26 August contests (22nd regarding the NL).

2003

the latest Marlins went 54-29 in the Cabrera’s 85 initiate, 20-10 within 3B and you may 34-21 for the LF. ranked among the many NL’s rookie frontrunners home based works (2nd), RBI (2nd), slugging commission (.468, 1st), extra-ft moves (thirty six, T-4th), batting average (7th) and you will multiple-strike games (T-9th). generated his ML first into the elizabeth-conclude Hr in the bottom of your own 11th inning, new 11th Marlin in order to homer in his debut for the Pub and you will 5th Fl newbie to accomplish this, signing up for Alex Gonzalez (8/), Mike Redmond (5/), Charles Johnson (5/6/94) and you can Mitch Lyden (6/).. turned into the third member into the baseball because 1900 hitting an effective walk-out of homer in the Major league first, joining California’s Bill Parker (9/9/71 versus. MIL) and you will Cleveland’s Josh Bard (8/ against. Seattle). the latest Hr by the Cabrera and you will Parker had been the earliest Major-league strikes and you can was available in additional innings (Parker’s during the 12th inning).. premiered at the 2 decades, 63 months old, another- youngest Marlin so you’re able to debut in the franchise records, at the rear of LHP Felix Heredia (twenty years, 52 days). considering David Vincent on SABR, Cabrera turned the brand new sixth-youngest player so you’re able to homer within his earliest video game, about LOU’s (Western Association) Scott Stratton ( toward 4/), NYG’s Whitey Lockman ( to your 7/5/1945), DET’s Denny McLain ( into the nine/), CIN’s Ted Tappe ( into the nine/) and you may KC’s Clint Hurdle ( into nine/). and additionally was the third Venezuelan user so you’re able to homer in the very first online game and 2nd Marlin, joining ARI’s Alex Cabrera (, 8th inning with the 6/) and you will FLA’s Alex Gonzalez (, eighth inning for the 8/). first started his Major-league community because of the hitting in four of their first half a dozen game (.261, 6×22, Time, six RBI). then followed with a good 0x15 slide more than five games (June 27-30) prior to send employment-higher four strikes towards the e another record to post five extra-legs attacks during the a-game (with Sheffield towards e checklist because of the scoring four works (10th time in group background). homered twice for the reason that games, off-mike Hampton and Roberto Hernandez. called the brand new Pepsi Rookie of Few days getting companion Dontrelle Willis, just who earned the latest prize in ed Pepsi Novice of your Week to own September, as he struck .311 with around three homers and you can 20 RBI. hit-in 12 off their final 16 video game of the season (.364, 20×55). is tied up to own 7th regarding the NL which have 20 September RBI. drove when you look at the forty eight operates adopting the All of the-Star Split, fastened to have 11th on NL. strike .365, 10 Time, 59 RBI and you can 9 SB within the 69 games in the AA Carolina. leftover the fresh new Southern area League ranks 2nd during the batting, first in attacks, RBI, doubles, extra-foot moves and you may slugging (.609). try double titled the newest BC Dust South Group Hitter of one’s Week: April 18- 24 (.517, 15×29) and you may age hitting streak, . played from inside the 15 regular season games to own Aragua (Venezuela) in offseason, striking .327 that have four homers and you may 11 RBI. extra a good .2es because his group acquired this new Venezuelan League name.