- Francisco Cabrera
Infobox MLB retired
name=Francisco Cabrera
position=First Baseman /Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1966|10|10
debutdate=July 24
debutyear=by|1989
debutteam=Toronto Blue Jays
finaldate=September 24
finalyear=by|1993
finalteam=Atlanta Braves
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.254
stat2label=HR
stat2value=17
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=262
teams=
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|1989)
*Atlanta Braves (by|1989–by|1993)
*Orix BlueWave (by|1994)
highlights=
*Hit walk-off pinch hit in the 9th inning of the 7th game of 1992 National League Championship Series gameFrancisco Cabrera (born
October 10 ,1966 inSanto Domingo ) is a formerMajor League Baseball catcher /first baseman who played five seasons with two different teams, theToronto Blue Jays and theAtlanta Braves , from by|1989 to by|1993. He also played in Japan with theOrix Blue Wave in by|1994.Cabrera started his career with the Blue Jays, playing three games with them before being traded to the Braves for
Jim Acker in the middle of the 1989 season. Cabrera was a reserve for most of his career and had his best season in by|1990 in which he played sixty-three games and had 137 at-bats, getting 38 hits, with sevenhome run s.Career highlights
August 21, 1991
Cabrera is credited with hitting the home run that marked the turning point in the history of the
Atlanta Braves . On Wednesday,August 21 , by|1991, the Braves played the Reds and entered the ninth inning trailing, 9-6. Reds ace relieverRob Dibble was on the mound with two outs. Cabrera had started the game to give Braves starter Greg Olson a much-needed rest. With two outs,David Justice doubled, and Brian Hunter walked to bring Cabrera to the plate with the tying run. He responded with a three-run homer off Dibble to tie a game the Braves eventually won in 13 innings. The game kept them 2.5 games behind the Dodgers in a race they eventually won by one game. The Braves went 29-12 after Cabrera's homer and eventually reached the World Series before losing to the Twins in seven games.1992 National League Championship Series
Cabrera is best known for his two out game-winning pinch hit off of
Stan Belinda in the 9th inning of the 7th and deciding game of the1992 National League Championship Series that put the Braves into the World Series. Cabrera hit a seeing-eye bouncer over short on a 2-1 pitch to left field that scoredDavid Justice and a slow footedSid Bream , who beat a left-field throw fromBarry Bonds to win the pennant for the Braves. Amazingly, before this pinch hit, Cabrera had batted only ten times during the 1992 season.External links
*baseball-reference|id=c/cabrefr01
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