15 Facts About Orlando Cabrera

Orlando Luis Cabrera Ramirez, nicknamed "O-Cab" and "The OC", was born on November 2,1974 and is a Colombian-American former baseball infielder.

Orlando Cabrera won a World Series championship in 2004 with the Boston Red Sox.

Orlando Cabrera has played for the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants.

Orlando Cabrera was traded by Montreal to the Boston Red Sox in the summer of 2004, on the last day of the July trading deadline.

Orlando Cabrera had a 63-game on-base streak in early-through-mid-2006, which was the sixth-longest streak of all time.

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Orlando Cabrera had a straight steal of home plate on July 2,2006, the first such time it had been accomplished by an Angels player since 1997.

On March 6,2009, Orlando Cabrera signed a one-year deal and played middle infield with the Oakland Athletics.

On July 31,2009, Orlando Cabrera was traded to the Minnesota Twins with cash considerations for SS Tyler Ladendorf.

Orlando Cabrera had a solid offensive year, finishing the season batting.

On February 10,2011, Orlando Cabrera signed a one-year contract for $1 million with the Cleveland Indians.

On June 12,2011, Orlando Cabrera got his 2,000th hit in Yankee Stadium off of pitcher Freddy Garcia.

On July 30,2011, Orlando Cabrera was traded to the San Francisco Giants for minor league outfielder Thomas Neal.

On January 18,2012, Orlando Cabrera announced his retirement on a radio show in his native home country of Colombia.

In November of the same year, his brother Jolbert said Orlando Cabrera could have come out of retirement and played for the Colombia national baseball team if they had advanced to the final round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

Orlando Cabrera became a naturalized US citizen on May 19,2011, in South Carolina.