Everth Cabrera is a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 infielder

Infielder

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 for the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...

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Minor leagues

He began his professional career in 2006, playing in the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...

 organization for the Casper Rockies

Casper Rockies

The Grand Junction Rockies are a minor league baseball team in the Pioneer League based in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, where they play at Suplizio Field...

. In 54 games, he hit .254 with 18 stolen base

Stolen base

In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the pitcher is delivering the ball to home plate...

s. In 2007, he played for the Tri-City Dust Devils

Tri-City Dust Devils

The Tri-City Dust Devils are a minor league baseball team in Pasco, Washington, United States. The Dust Devils are a Short-Season A classification team in the Northwest League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since their inception in 2001. The Devils play home games at Gesa...

 and Modesto Nuts

Modesto Nuts

The Modesto Nuts are a minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the California League and a farm team of the Colorado Rockies. The Modesto Nuts play home games at John Thurman Field. Opened in 1955 and renovated in 1997, the park seats 4,000 fans...

, hitting .300 with 12 stolen bases in 150 at bats for the former and .267 in 15 at bats for the latter.

While with the Asheville Tourists

Asheville Tourists

The Asheville Tourists are a minor league baseball team based in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. They play in the Class A South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since 1994....

 in 2008, in 121 games he hit .284 with 73 stolen bases—more than any other minor leaguer. He was selected by the Padres from the Rockies in the Rule 5 Draft

Rule 5 draft

The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to...

 on January 16, 2009.http://minors.baseball-reference.com/bat_leaders.cgi?yid=2008&lvl=&lid=&sort=SB

San Diego Padres

Cabrera stole 9 bases in spring training 2009 for the Padres, and made the opening day roster as a backup infielder.

He got his first hit in the major leagues on April 8, a double, off of Cory Wade

Cory Wade

Corey Nathaniel Wade is an American professional baseball relief pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:Wade attended Broad Ripple High School....

 of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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, in the 7th inning, at Petco Park

PETCO Park

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 in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

 where he and his fiance Connie Aguilar reside.

On August 7, Cabrera hit a walk-off grand-slam off the Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez in the
bottom of the 9th, capping a Padres win 6 - 2. The game was tied earlier with a Will Venable

Will Venable

William Dion Venable is a Major League baseball right fielder for the San Diego Padres. In the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, he was selected by the Padres in the seventh round. Venable made his Major League debut on August 29, , against the Colorado Rockies...

 RBI double.

Helping to extend the Padres success that began in late July, Cabrera defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...

 on September 16 (F/10, 6-5) with a game-winning, walk-off RBI that scored another fast rookie, Luis Durango

Luis Durango

Luis A. Durango is a Panamanian professional baseball outfielder in the Atlanta Braves organization. He has also been a member of the Panama national baseball team....

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In November, was named Nicaragua's 2009 Professional Sports Athlete of the Year.

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