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Miguel Cairo

Birthdate:

5/4/1974

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 160 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Anaco, , Venezuela

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A young high school baseball star in Venezuela, Miguel Cairo signed with the Chicago Cubs at age 16 in 1990. Traded to Toronto in 1996 he played 9 games in the majors and the rest in the minors with Syracuse. Traded back to the Cubs he excelled defensively at second base and hit .279 with 35 doubles at Iowa AAA, and was voted by his Iowa teammates as the MVP of thye team.

Miguel Cairo played 29 games with the Cubs in 1997 and then was chosen by Tampa Bay as their first infield pick in the winter 1997 expansion draft. The Devil Rays selected him because they were looking for someone with high speed on the bases, good defensive second baseman and because they felt he would be able to hit major league pitching. Had three real fine season with Tampa Bay and then traded back to Cubs. baseballhistorian.com

1998 TOPPS BB Card

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
12 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1996	TOR (AL)	9	27	5	6	2	0	0	1	2	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.300	SLG
1997	CHC (NL)	16	29	7	7	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.313	SLG
1998	TBD (AL)	150	515	49	138	26	5	5	46	24	44	19	8	0	6	11	2	.268	.307	SLG
1999	TBD (AL)	120	465	61	137	15	5	3	36	24	46	22	7	0	7	7	5	.295	.335	SLG
2000	TBD (AL)	119	375	49	98	18	2	1	34	29	34	28	7	0	2	6	5	.261	.314	SLG
2001	CHC (NL)	66	123	20	35	3	1	2	9	16	21	2	1	1	0	7	1	.285	.364	SLG
2001	STL (NL)	27	33	5	11	5	0	1	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.371	SLG
2002	STL (NL)	108	184	28	46	9	2	2	23	13	36	1	1	2	3	6	2	.250	.307	SLG
2003	STL (NL)	92	261	41	64	15	2	5	32	13	30	4	1	1	6	3	7	.245	.289	SLG
2004	NYY (AL)	122	360	48	105	17	5	6	42	18	49	11	3	1	14	12	4	.292	.346	SLG
2005	NYM (NL)	100	327	31	82	18	0	2	19	19	31	13	3	2	4	12	5	.251	.296	SLG
2006	NYY (AL)	81	222	28	53	12	3	0	30	13	31	13	1	0	1	5	3	.239	.280	SLG
12 years		1010	2921	372	782	141	25	27	280	175	336	113	32	7	45	69	34	.268	.316	.SLG

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