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2013 TIGERS
• Hit .352 (32x91) with 12 runs scored, six doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI in 25 games during July -- finished 10th
in the National League with a .433 on-base percentage during the month, while he tied for 11th with 21 RBI and
finished 12th with a .352 batting average.
• Batted .337 (32x95) in 26 games during August, scoring 21 runs and collecting six doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI.
• Batted .302 (144x477) against righthanded pitchers...hit .262 (33x126) with lefties on the mound.
• Hit .303 (93x307) in 81 games on the road...batted .284 (84x296) in 79 games at home.
• Tied for third among all National League outfielders with 13 assists.
• Named to Baseball America’s winter all-star squad following the season after hitting .398 (49x123) with 12 home runs
and 42 RBI for Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League.
Joined the Marlins for his first major league action after having his contract purchased from Double A Carolina on June
20, 2003...led all National League rookies with a .468 slugging percentage, while he finished second with 12 home runs
and 62 RBI and tied for fourth with 36 extra-base hits.
• Batted .365 with 10 home runs and 59 RBI in 69 games with Carolina before having his contract purchased by the
Marlins on June 20...was leading the Southern League with 97 hits, 29 doubles, 42 extra-base hits, 59 RBI and a .609
slugging percentage at the time of his promotion, while he was second with a .365 batting average.
• Tabbed the most exciting player, best batting prospect and best defensive third baseman and rated as possessing the
best strike-zone judgement and best infield arm in the Southern League by Baseball America...named the top prospect
in the Southern League following the season by Baseball America.
• Earned Southern League Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks, April 18-24 and April 25-May 1...in seven
games April 18-24, he hit .517 (15x29) with seven runs scored, seven doubles, a triple and 11 RBI...in six games April
25-May 1, he batted .500 (12x24) with six runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and seven RBI.
• Posted a 15-game hitting streak April 22-May 8, batting .491 (28x57) with 14 runs scored, nine doubles, three home
runs and 15 RBI.
• Made his major league debut on June 20 versus Tampa Bay -- belted a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the
11th inning against Al Levine for his first major league hit...became just the third player since 1900 to hit a walk-off home
run in his major league debut, joining California’s Billy Parker (September 9, 1971 versus Milwaukee) and Cleveland’s
Josh Bard (August 23, 2002 versus Seattle)...according to David Vincent, Cabrera (20 years, 63 days old) became the
sixth-youngest player to homer in his debut: Louisville’s (American Association) Scott Stratton (18 years, 21 days on
April 21, 1888), Whitey Lockman of the New York Giants (18 years, 345 days on July 5, 1945), Detroit’s Denny McLain
(19 years, 176 days on September 21, 1963), Cincinnati’s Ted Tappe (19 years, 224 days on September 14, 1950) and
Kansas City’s Clint Hurdle (20 years, 50 days on September 18, 1977) were the five younger players.
• Established a career high with two home runs on July 1 versus Atlanta -- finished with four extra-base hits in the game
to become the second Marlins player in franchise history to accomplish the feat, joining Gary Sheffield (April 10, 1994
at San Diego).
• Selected the National League Rookie of the Month for July after hitting .318 (27x85) with 16 runs scored, eight
doubles, five home runs and 21 RBI in 24 games.
• Earned National League Rookie of the Month honors for a second time in September -- batted .308 (28x91) with 12
runs scored, nine doubles, three home runs and 20 RBI in 26 games during the month...tied for fourth in the National
League with nine doubles during the month, while he tied for seventh with 20 RBI.
• Fared better against lefthanded pitchers, hitting .364 (20x55)...batted .247 (64x259) with righties on the mound.
• Hit .375 (36x96) with runners in scoring position.
• Collected four hits in Game Four of the National League Division Series on October 4 versus San Francisco -- matched
a major league post-season record for hits in a single game by a rookie, joining Freddie Lindstrom of the New York
Giants (Game Five of the 1924 World Series), Joe Garagiola of St. Louis (Game Four of the 1946 World Series), Chad
Fonville of the Los Angeles Dodgers (Game Two of the 1995 National League Division Series) and Derek Jeter of the
New York Yankees (Game One of the 1996 American League Championship Series).
• Belted his first career post-season home run in Game One of the National League Championship Series on October 7
at Chicago’s Wrigley Field against the Cubs, a solo shot in the third inning off Carlos Zambrano -- at 20 years, 182 days
old, he became the second-youngest player in major league history to homer during the post-season (Andruw Jones
on October 17, 1996 in Game Seven of the National League Championship Series versus St. Louis at 19 years, 178
days old).
• Hit .327 with four home runs and 11 RBI in 15 games with Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League following the
season...saw action with Aragua during the league’s playoffs, batting .288 with seven home runs and 15 RBI in 20
games...hit .333 (8x24) with three doubles, a triple and two RBI for Venezuela during the Caribbean Series.
Led the Florida State League with 43 doubles for Single A Jupiter during the 2002 season, while he finished third with 53
extra-base hits.
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