As someone who was perhaps the perfect age for the Yankees' 2009 World Series win, it's difficult to come up with many players more fondly remembered from those days than Melky Cabrera. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementMelky CabreraBorn: August 11, 1984 (Santo Domingo, DR)Yankees Tenure: 2005-09Born in the Dominican Republic in 1984, Melky Cabrera originally signed with the Yankees as a 17-year-old in the fall of 2001. After an impressive spring training and some timely injuries on the Yankees' roster, Cabrera earned another call-up in May of that season. UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 05: New York Yankees' Melky Cabrera celebrates in clubhouse with Robinson Cano (r.) after Yankees win World Series, four games to two, vs. Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium. Melky Cabrera played his final game in 2019 with the Pirates, putting a cap on a nice 15-year-career in the Major Leagues.