Alex
Cabezas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 14, 1980 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2004    2005    2006    2014   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 21 NY FF   4 3 3 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3
2002 22 NY FF   5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 3 3
2003 23 NY FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 3 3
2004 24 NY FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 4 4
2005 25 NY FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 4 4
2006 26 NY FF $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 2 3 3
2007 27 NY FF $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 2 3 2
2008 28 NY FF $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 10 6 6 6 2 3 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 3 3 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 29 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 4 4
2010 30 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4
2011 31 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 4 4
2012 32 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
2013 33 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
2014 34 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
2015 35 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
2016 36 NY FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
2017 37 NY FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 21 AAA   52 193 31 39 11 3 5 22 8 1 20 39 .202 .277 .368 .645 21.4  
    AA   100 415 44 92 18 3 14 50 15 5 28 95 .222 .271 .381 .652 44.4  
    A   8 17 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .235 .316 .471 .786 2.6  
2002 22 AAA   138 521 84 144 28 5 21 89 24 15 37 127 .276 .324 .470 .795 76.5  
2003 23 NY FF 146 454 49 112 12 7 6 41 48 13 30 100 .247 .301 .344 .644 51.7 9.5
2004 24 NY FF 156 566 104 171 26 14 20 85 85 17 39 117 .302 .357 .504 .860 103.8 22.3
2005 25 NY FF 149 558 122 181 35 13 23 106 69 13 48 115 .324 .379 .557 .937 114.4 23.9
2006 26 NY FF 146 495 83 146 29 7 22 100 47 18 53 130 .295 .366 .515 .881 94.9 18.7
2007 27 NY FF 126 454 94 126 31 3 20 85 49 16 53 122 .278 .355 .491 .846 84.0 16.2
2008 28 NY FF 147 537 124 158 24 16 29 85 54 6 53 127 .294 .363 .561 .924 110.1 23.4
2009 29 NY FF 104 375 104 113 25 5 22 77 49 7 47 78 .301 .379 .571 .950 81.7 20.2
2010 30 NY FF 154 562 104 144 33 11 32 104 51 9 55 124 .256 .329 .525 .854 99.5 24.6
2011 31 NY FF 154 537 92 121 23 4 31 71 40 6 50 104 .225 .290 .456 .746 78.1 16.0
2012 32 NY FF 156 554 84 114 25 7 33 93 40 3 49 124 .206 .278 .455 .733 78.4 14.5
2013 33 NY FF 93 332 51 72 14 4 12 56 26 8 27 75 .217 .283 .392 .675 40.3 7.5
2014 34 NY FF 155 539 103 130 30 5 32 101 60 6 54 119 .241 .325 .494 .819 95.5 23.5
2015 35 NY FF 135 453 58 96 20 7 23 76 34 8 39 106 .212 .284 .439 .723 61.1 10.0
2016 36 NY FF 157 578 74 132 24 8 29 78 41 9 41 119 .228 .286 .448 .734 77.0 18.9
14 Years Sim 1978 6994 1246 1816 351 111 334 1158 693 139 638 1560 .260 .327 .485 .812 1170.5 249.2
2 Years AAA 190 714 115 183 39 8 26 111 32 16 57 166 .256 .319 .443 .762 97.9  
1 Years AA 100 415 44 92 18 3 14 50 15 5 28 95 .222 .278 .381 .659 44.4  
1 Years A 8 17 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .235 .316 .471 .786 2.6  
4 Years Minors 298 1146 162 279 58 11 41 164 47 21 87 265 .243 .304 .421 .725 144.8  
162 Game Average 572 102 148 28 9 27 94 56 11 52 127 .260 .327 .485 .812 95.9  
Career Highs 157 578 124 181 35 16 33 106 85 18 55 130 .324 .379 .571 .950 114.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5144 888 1305 237 76 243 813 495 105 462 1113 .254 .321 .471 .792 818.1
vs LH   1850 358 511 114 35 91 345 198 34 176 447 .276 .344 .523 .868 341.1
Home 978 3347 615 884 187 47 157 543 346 59 294 746 .264 .329 .489 .818 563.0
Away 1000 3647 631 932 164 64 177 615 347 80 344 814 .256 .326 .481 .807 596.2
RISP   1862 0 495 93 30 99 782 0 0 214 421 .266 .340 .508 .847 318.7
Pinch Hitting   83 18 21 2 1 7 24 6 5 11 24 .253 .344 .554 .898 15.3
Close/Late   787 153 198 34 8 44 123 0 0 93 167 .252 .336 .483 .819 127.2
Mar/Apr 287 1056 179 282 51 18 40 172 99 18 85 253 .267 .327 .463 .790 166.2
May 361 1314 249 363 66 20 62 215 154 31 140 288 .276 .354 .498 .852 239.2
June 364 1280 210 298 63 17 54 191 131 29 117 301 .233 .302 .435 .738 182.6
July 314 1094 213 290 46 17 65 224 106 28 109 240 .265 .334 .516 .850 195.4
August 311 1075 182 273 61 14 49 168 93 18 86 250 .254 .316 .473 .790 166.8
Sep/Oct 341 1175 213 310 64 25 64 188 110 15 101 228 .264 .328 .524 .853 209.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2003 23 NY FF RF 145 135 1167.0 256 4 3 1 .989 2.01   4.4
2004 24 NY FF RF 147 139 1256.0 237 4 9 1 .964 1.73   2.9
    CF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2005 25 NY FF RF 139 129 1170.0 229 6 7 0 .971 1.81   2.1
    CF 7 0 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
2006 26 NY FF RF 142 127 1135.3 243 4 13 2 .950 1.96   2.9
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2007 27 NY FF RF 119 113 1011.0 194 5 3 0 .985 1.77   3.0
    CF 6 2 31.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.56    
2008 28 NY FF RF 141 137 1177.7 243 7 10 1 .962 1.91   3.4
    CF 5 1 20.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
2009 29 NY FF RF 97 94 833.7 194 3 7 2 .966 2.13   1.4
    CF 3 0 17.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71    
2010 30 NY FF RF 144 143 1262.3 288 4 8 0 .973 2.08   3.2
    CF 9 0 18.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50    
2011 31 NY FF RF 150 146 1284.3 298 7 13 2 .959 2.14   3.1
    CF 5 0 16.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.41    
2012 32 NY FF RF 151 148 1283.3 309 3 13 1 .960 2.19   1.8
    CF 9 0 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
2013 33 NY FF RF 87 87 775.7 215 4 6 2 .973 2.54   2.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2014 34 NY FF RF 143 140 1249.3 289 7 10 1 .967 2.13   1.8
    CF 11 0 35.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.52    
2015 35 NY FF RF 124 119 1070.3 249 4 7 0 .973 2.13   1.7
    CF 4 0 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
2016 36 NY FF RF 145 144 1301.7 264 11 12 3 .958 1.90   2.3
    CF 9 0 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
  RF 1874 1801 15977.6 3508 73 121 16 .967 2.02   36.0
  CF 75 3 213.3 61 2 0 1 1.000 2.66    
  2B 2 1 11.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 6.55   0.1
  LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
Career Totals   1953 1805 16205.9 3572 81 121 19 .968 2.03   36.1
Career Highs   160 148 1320.7 313 13 13 4 .989 2.53    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 23 NY FF 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364
2004 24 NY FF 11 44 4 7 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 16 .159 .229 .227 .456
2005 25 NY FF 3 11 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .545 .879
2006 26 NY FF 4 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .176 .211 .235 .446
2007 27 NY FF 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .071 .188 .071 .259
2008 28 NY FF 12 46 10 11 3 0 4 12 4 1 6 12 .239 .327 .565 .892
2009 29 NY FF 9 34 3 7 3 0 3 6 2 0 3 7 .206 .270 .559 .829
2010 30 NY FF 10 32 5 8 2 1 1 3 3 1 5 9 .250 .368 .469 .837
2011 31 NY FF 9 34 3 7 1 0 2 5 4 0 1 6 .206 .229 .412 .640
2013 33 NY FF 6 22 1 5 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 5 .227 .250 .364 .614
Career Post-Season Batting 71 265 29 54 15 3 10 30 20 3 23 71 .204 .271 .396 .667
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2005-5-.324
On-Base Pct
2005-8-.379
Slugging Pct
2004-6-.504
2005-4-.557
2006-7-.515
2008-3-.561
2010-6-.525
2016-10-.448
CAR-36-.485
OPS
2004-8-.860
2005-4-.937
2006-9-.881
2008-4-.924
XR
2004-5-103.8
2005-4-114.4
2008-7-110.1
CAR-48-1170.5
Runs
2004-3-104
2005-2-122
2008-3-124
2009-4-104
2010-4-104
2011-8-92
2014-4-103
CAR-31-1246
Hits
2005-9-181
Total Bases
2004-6-285
2005-6-311
2008-5-301
2010-6-295
2016-7-259
CAR-43-3391
Doubles
2014-10-30
Triples
2004-1-14
2005-1-13
2008-1-16
2009-7-5
2010-1-11
2012-4-7
2014-8-5
2015-3-7
2016-2-8
CAR-3-111
Homeruns
2008-3-29
2010-5-32
2011-6-31
2012-6-33
2014-7-32
2016-4-29
CAR-30-334
RBIs
2005-4-106
2006-8-100
2010-5-104
2012-8-93
2014-5-101
CAR-33-1158
Stolen Bases
2003-7-48
2004-1-85
2005-4-69
2006-7-47
2007-5-49
2008-5-54
2009-6-49
2010-6-51
2011-6-40
2012-6-40
2014-3-60
2015-9-34
2016-6-41
CAR-10-693
Caught Stealing
2003-8-13
2004-4-17
2006-9-18
CAR-42-139
Strikeouts
2010-2-124
2011-6-104
2012-2-124
2014-5-119
2016-4-119
CAR-9-1560
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 127    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by New York in 2001
Had first career hit on 4/8/2003, off George Harmon (Lou)
Hit first career homerun on 7/9/2003, off Miguel Cordova (Mas)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2004, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Massachusetts on 5/8/2004
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/9/2005, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2005, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against D.C. on 6/17/2005
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2005, hitting .381 with 5 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/2005, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against D.C. on 8/3/2007
Injured on 8/21/2007 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/15/2008 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 6/24/2008
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2008, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won National Cup with New York in 2008
Won Player of the Week award on 5/18/2009, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 8/10/2009 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2010, hitting .341 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/13/2010
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2010, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/2010, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2010, hitting .355 with 10 HR, 31 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2011, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Maine on 4/11/2012
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Massachusetts on 4/13/2012
Injured on 7/8/2013 with a Fractured Hip, out for 11 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 4/27/2014
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Injured on 4/15/2015 with a Fractured Hip, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 3/25/2017 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season