1)   Orlando Cabrera made his first major league start for the Montreal Expos on September 22,1997 against Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves.  Cabrera went 2 for 5 in the game.

2)   Cabrera became the everyday shortstop for the Expos when Mark Grudzielanek was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 31, 1998.  The second baseman for the Expos during that time was Wilton Guerrero, brother of Vladimir Guerrero.

3)   His first major league home run came on August 24, 1998.  It was an inside-the-park home run off of Pete Harnisch.

4)   During the 1999 season, Cabrera had an errorless streak that lasted for 42 games (April 28 - June 14).

5)   July 3, 2000, he and teammate Jose Vidro became the first pair of middle infielders to homer twice in the same game since 1993.

6)   In 2001, Cabrera became the first Expo since 1980 to play in all 162 games of a season.  He also won his first gold glove that year.

7)   In 2002, Cabrera broke the Expos team record for most consecutive stolen bases with 21, breaking the record held by Tim Raines in 1981 (20).

8)   On July 4, 2002, he took a day off and ended his streak of 248 consecutive games played.

9)   Became the first Expo to play in all 162 games in a season more than once after he accomplished the feat again in 2003.

10)  After he was traded to the Red Sox during the 2004 season, Cabrera homered in his first at bat as a Red Sox (first player to do so since Curtis Pride in 1997).  He hit the homer off the eventual Cy Young award winner, Johan Santana.

11)  During the World Championship run the Red Sox made in 2004, Cabrera hit .288 with 11 RBI's in 14 playoff games.

12)  Orlando Cabrera's father, Jolbert Cabrera, signed Edgar Renteria while working as a scout for the Florida Marlins.  Renteria would go on to take Orlando's job as the shortstop of the Red Sox following the 2004 season.

13)  Orlando Cabrera's brother, Jolbert Cabrera Jr, has played with the Indians, Dodgers, and Mariners.  He is now playing baseball in Japan.  

14)  Played with current team mate Vladimir Guerrero for nine seasons in Montreal.

15)  Orlando Cabrera has never been selected to an All-Star game.