StatManDu Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) Attached are a few facts I dug up on Orlando Cabrera using various internet sites ... I pasted it on here or you can click on the attachment and enjoy StatManDu www.whitesoxalmanac.com HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY! Here are a few notes and nuggets about newly-acquired shortstop Orlando Cabrera: *He’s Golden: Cabrera is the first player in 34 years the White Sox obtained fresh off a Gold Glove Award. During the 1973 season, the Sox acquired pitcher Jim Kaat, who was in the midst of winning 16 consecutive Gold Gloves, off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. ... Other reigning Gold Glove winners acquired by the White Sox were second baseman Bobby Knoop in 1969 and outfielder Minnie Minoso in 1960. *It takes a thief: Juan Uribe is one of the worst basestealers in the game as his historically-bad 1-for-10 stolen base “success rate” of 2007 demonstrated. Cabrera, the man that will most likely be replacing Uribe, is just the opposite. Cabrera owns an 81 percent stolen base success rate in his career. That figure read 83 percent (20-of-24) for 2007. Cabrera has had tremendous success stealing against left-handers (90 percent) and on the road (83 percent). Cabrera has never been caught stealing against Boston (8-for-8), Cleveland (3-for-3), Detroit (9-for-9), Oakland (4-for-4) and Texas (7-for-7). Against Toronto, he is 11-for-12. *Not scared: Cabrera has thrived against some of the best pitchers of his era. Cabrera has hit Tom Glavine at a .333 clip (20 hits) while torching Curt Schilling (10 hits) for a .341 average with a homer and five doubles. Against Greg Maddux, Cabrera is batting .356 with two homers while that number reads .500 (3-for-6 with a homer) against Andy Pettitte. He has also been excellent against Randy Johnson (.300, two homers), Roy Halladay (.321), Jonathon Paplebon (.429, double), Mariano Rivera (.375, double), Billy Wagner (.333, double), Jamie Moyer (.400, 10 hits, homer), Josh Beckett (.281, homer, four RBIs, Kevin Millwood (.291, 23 hits) and Carlos Zambrano (.500, double, two RBIs). *In the clutch: Cabrera hit .348 with runners on base last year. … With runners in scoring position, that number read .311. … With runners in scoring position and two outs, Cabrera hit .346. … With a runner on and two outs, Cabrera batted .330 and with a man on third and less than two outs, Cabrera hit .406 with a homer and 36 RBIs. Nice. For his career, Cabrera is hitting 20 points higher with men on than with the bases empty (.284 to .264). His lifetime numbers with runners in scoring position (.270) and runners in scoring position and two outs (.252) aren’t thrilling. *Sa-wing! The 2007 stats say Cabrera wasn’t one to work the count. And that wasn’t a bad thing. He hit .414 when swinging at the first pitch, .426 with the count 0-1 and .311 with the count 1-0. Outside of those situations (the count not 0-0, 0-1 or 1-0), Cabrera hit a pedestrian .245. In his career, Cabrera is hitting .311 on the first pitch, .284 at 0-1 and .336 at 1-0. Swing early, my new friend. *Mr. Consistency: Cabrera’s career average is .273 both before the All-Star Game and after All-Star Game. There isn’t much discrepancy in many of the man’s lifetime “split” stats. He is hitting .281 vs. lefties and .270 vs righties; .274 in home games and .271 in road games; .276 in day games and .272 in night games; and .272 indoors and .273 outdoors. The same is true for his monthly splits. His monthly averages range from a high of .281 in September or a low of .259 in July. *Central issues: Save for the Washington Nationals, Cabrera has hit better against the Minnesota than against any other club. Cabrera’s owns a .374 lifetime average against the Twinkies. He hit .439 against Minnesota in 2007. Cabrera is hitting .256 all-time against Cleveland, .261 against Detroit and .286 vs. Kansas City. While his overall numbers against Detroit aren’t spectacular, Cabrera has logged some big stats vs. some of the Tigers’ pitching stalwarts. Cabrera is hitting an eye-popping .667 (6-for-9) with a double and three RBIs against Nate Robertson. In addition, he is batting .348 with two doubles and three RBIs against Jeremy Bonderman and .375 with an RBI vs. Jason Grilli *Central yikes: Cabrera is 0-for-6 against Justin Verlander, 0-for-5 vs. Joel Zumaya, 1-for-7 against Todd Jones, 1-for-9 vs. Kenny Rogers, 4-for-19 against Jake Westbrook, 3-for-27 against Paul Byrd, 1-for-12 vs. Joe Nathan and 0-for-5 against Joe Borowski. *Here’s hoping: If Mark Prior surfaces in the big leagues next year, let’s hope it’s against a team the Sox face. Cabrera is hitting .571 with three doubles and a triple against Prior. *More Cubs: Cabrera should be a pretty good matchup against the Cubs, against whom he has a 315 lifetime average. In addition to his wild success against Prior and Zambrano, Cabrera has fared well against current Cub hurlers Ryan Dempster (.321, nine hits, eight RBIs), Ted Lilly (.313, .450 on-base percentage) and Jason Marquis (.400, .500 slugging percentage). It would be nice if the stupid Cubs would bring back Steve Traschsel because Cabrera has abused him to the tune of a .405 average (15 hits) over the years. *He’ll play: Cabrera has played at least 140 games at shortstop in each season since 2001. … Aside from 2005 when he played in 140 games, Cabrera has manned shortstop for at least 152 games in each season since 2001. *Welcome aboard: Bet Mark Buehrle is glad to have Cabrera on his side. Cabrera hit .324 with a home run, seven RBIs and two doubles against Buehrle with the Expos, Red Sox and Angels. Bobby Jenks and Matt Thornton are probably also happy to call Cabrera a teammate. Cabrera is a combined 4-for-6 against the Sox top two bullpen men (2-for-4 vs. Jenks, 2-for-2 vs. Thornton). *Still a nemesis: Cabrera should be glad hestill gets the opportunity to face Jon Garland, the player for which he was traded. Cabrera is hitting .433 (13-for-30) with two homers off Garland. *Stay on TV: Cabrera hit safely in all three of his at bats against Dan Plesac, who is currently a studio commentator on Cubs’ broadcast for Comcast Sportsnet in Chicago. *King who? Cabrera has done his best to dethrone “King Felix” Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners. Cabrera is batting .519 (14-for-27) with two doubles and three RBIs against the promising right-hander. *More pain for Carlos: What do you think Twins’ pitcher Carlos Silva’s reaction was to Cabrera’s joining the White Sox? He will fit in with the Sox when it comes to punishing the right-hander. Cabrera is hitting .500 (12-for-24) with four doubles, a home run and a .792 slugging percentage against Silva. He’s right in line with new teammates (as of now) Brian Anderson (.500, homer), Joe Crede (.355, three homers), Jermaine Dye (.350, two homers), Josh Fields (.333), Jerry Owens (.333), Pablo Ozuna (.667), A.J. Pierzynski (.292, two homers), Ryan Sweeney (.400, RBI), Jim Thome (.368, three homers) and Juan Uribe (.514, five homers, .946 slugging percentage). *Hail Colombia: Cabrera is from Cartagena, Colombia. He will become the first native of Colombia to play for the Sox. *If you can’t beat ’em: Cabrera finished 2007 hitting .296 with three home runs and 20 RBIs in his career against the White Sox. Cabrera should be comfortable in his new home. Through ’07, Cabrera was hitting .302 with one home run and 11 RBIs at US Cellular Field. Take that with a grain of salt, however. Remember, the Sox acquired Darin Erstad and his .353 average at the Cell prior to last season. Erstad hit .269 at home for the ’07 Sox. Cabrera’s best year at US Cellular Field came in 2004 when hit .429 (6-for-14) with two doubles, a homer and four RBIs in three games there for the Red Sox. Here_are_a_few_notes_and_nuggets_about_newly.doc Edited November 22, 2007 by StatManDu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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South Side Fireworks Man Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 QUOTE(StatManDu @ Nov 22, 2007 -> 01:30 AM) Attached are a few facts I dug up on Orlando Cabrera using various internet sites ... I pasted it on here or you can click on the attachment and enjoy StatManDu www.whitesoxalmanac.com HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY! Great post! Happy Thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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