Miguel Cairo

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**Miguel Cairo**

Seattle Mariners — No. 13
Infielder
Born: May 4, 1974 (1974-05-04) (age 34)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
1996 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Batting average	.267
Home runs	27
Runs batted in	295
Teams
Toronto Blue Jays (1996) Chicago Cubs (1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-2000) Chicago Cubs (2001) St. Louis Cardinals (2001-2003) New York Yankees (2004) New York Mets (2005) New York Yankees (2006-2007) St. Louis Cardinals (2007) Seattle Mariners (2008-present)

Miguel Jesús Cairo ˈkaiɾo (born May 4, 1974 in Anzoátegui State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Seattle Mariners. He has mostly played second base during his career.

1 Playing career
2 Career statistics
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

In 2004, Cairo won the second base job with the New York Yankees after starting the year in a platoon with Enrique Wilson. He finished the season hitting .292 (19 points over his lifetime average) with six home runs and 42 RBI in 122 games, prompting the comment from his manager: "He knows how to play", Joe Torre said^[1]. However, the Yankees declined to offer him a contract for 2005 and signed Tony Womack as their new second baseman.

Cairo was signed by the New York Mets as a free agent before the 2005 season, only to return to the Yankees as a free agent in the 2006 season.

Cairo’s led the league in percentage of productive outs that year for players with a minimum of 40 at bats. Cairo recorded 17 productive outs in 32 productive out situations, for a PO% of 0.531. Given the potent nature of the Yankee lineup, the importance of these stats can not be overstated.

In fact, Miguel Cairo has the highest winning percentage of team wins when he plays in a game of any player in the majors this year (for players with over 100 games played).

Before the 2007 season started, Cairo changed his number from 14 to 41.

On August 7, 2007, the Yankees designated Cairo for assignment in order to make room on the 40-man roster for Jason Giambi. He was released on August 15.

On August 19, 2007, the St. Louis Cardinals signed Cairo to a minor league contract, with him reporting to Triple-A Memphis on August 22.

On September 1, 2007, the Cardinals activated him and brought him up to start at second base in a game against the Cincinnati Reds. He became a free agent after the season.

On January 8, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners.