2020 Baseball
Cole Cabrera
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, HI
- High School:
- Punahou School
Listed on preseason depth chart No. 1 in center field as a redshirt junior at Cal Poly.
2020 -- A .274 hitter in third season with Cal Poly, starting all 16 games in left field ... 17 hits, including two doubles and a pair of home runs ... hit solo home runs versus BYU and Michigan ... both doubles were in season-opening MLB4 Tournament at Scottsdale, Ariz., against Connecticut and Vanderbilt ... knocked in eight runs for the season, including two in a 3-for-5 game versus Vanderbilt ... drew team-leading 10 walks and was hit by pitch four times for a .397 on-base percentage, best among regulars ... stole three bases, two versus Michigan ... did not play summer ball.
2019 -- Started 43 games -- 41 in left field and two in center field -- and played in 12 other contests as a sophomore ... hit .229 with 35 hits, including six doubles, and drove in 13 runs ... stole three of three bases ... one of the conference leaders with six sacrifice bunts ... eight multiple-hit games, including three-hit contest at Pepperdine on March 12 ... drove in three runs versus UC Riverside on May 17 ... made pair of home run-robbing catches at UC Santa Barbara on May 23 ... hit walk-off RBI single in ninth inning of 3-2 win over Columbia on March 8 ... produced seven-game hitting streak from March 2012, going 10-for-32 (.313) with two doubles and four RBIs ... no errors in 93 chances ... shared team lead with Elijah Greene in outfield assists with five ... hit .262 in home games and .254 in night games ... played summer ball for Eau Claire Express in Northwoods League, posting league-leading .514 on-base percentage ... fourth in the league in steals with 30 in 32 attempts ... hit .294 with eight doubles, two triples, four home runs and 30 RBIs ... drew 59 walks in 43 games, scoring 42 runs.
2018 -- A .279 hitter in first season as a Mustang with three doubles and six RBI ... played in 30 games with seven starts -- four in left field and three as designated hitter ... trio of two-hit games ... one of them was in his first game back home, a single and double with one RBI against Hawai'i on May 4 ... RBI single in 10th inning in final game of season lifted Cal Poly to 6-5 win at UC Riverside ... hit .357 in Big West games, .357 in road games and .333 in games won ... a .344 hitter against right-handed pitchers and hit .360 with runners on base, .400 with runners in scoring position and .385 with two outs ... played summer ball for Corvallis Knights, playing a key role in the club's run to the West Coast League championship ... delivered pinch-hit two-run single to break up 3-1 game in championship final ... hit .238 in regular season with seven doubles and 13 RBI.
High School -- A four-year varsity letter winner under head coach Keenan Sue at Punahou School in Honolulu ... scored 15 runs en route to second-team All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu honors ... Buff 'n Blue finished third in ILH and was 13-7 overall ... as a junior Cabrera hit .356 with three doubles, two triples and seven RBI with four stolen bases ... a leadoff hitter for the Buff 'n Blue, Cabrera produced a .456 on-base percentage and .452 slugging percentage en route to first-team All-Interscholastic League and second-team all-state honors ... Punahou was 15-12 in 2016, placed second in the ILH and lost in the first round of the state Division I playoffs after capturing the Wally Yonamine Foundation championship ... also played football, soccer and golf and maintained a 3.6 grade-point average, graduating with honors ... tried out for the Reds Area Code Team in Las Vegas ... drafted in 37th round by Tampa Bay Rays in 2017 MLB Draft ... also recruited by Northern Colorado, Oregon and San Francisco, Cabrera chose Cal Poly because "I loved the campus, educational opportunities and the coaching staff's drive and vision for me and the program. It's a big school, it's in California, I get to play Hawai'i every year ... everything about Cal Poly is just great. I think it's a great fit for me" ... played summer ball for Utah Marshalls, hitting .303 with 24 RBI.
Personal -- Son of Tim and Pamela Cabrera ... no siblings ... wants to play in the Major Leagues and be a sports broadcaster ... enjoys watching Suits, Forensic Files and The Office ... claims to be "one of the best golfers on the team and can shoot in the mid-80s ... favorite foods are Loco Mocos and Poke Bowls ... worked part time in summer of 2020 delivering meals to the elderly in Hawai'i ... also learned to surf ... born in Honolulu, Hawai'i ... majoring in recreation, parks and tourism administration with a concentration in recreation and sport management.
