2023-10-02 21:55:35
We are all very fortunate to have witnessed the Venezuelan’s Hall of Fame career. Miguel Cabrera. From a 20-year-old boy in the World Series to a 40-year-old veteran who batted on Wednesday his 511th career home runwe have enjoyed their joy, their smiles and their exploits on the field of play.
There is no way to list all the notes that summarize such a prolific career. There are so many fun facts and curiosities that the list would be too long. But we can choose some of our favorites. Here are 12 statistics and data on everything Cabrera has achieved.
• Lets start by the beginning. Cabrera debuted in the Major Leagues at the age of 20, on June 20, 2003, with the Marlins once morest the then Devil Rays. The rookie, who batted 8th that day, was 0 for 4 when he went to bat in the eleventh inning with the score tied. Cabrera hit a two-run homer. Now that’s a good start. He became the third player since 1900 with a golden home run in his MLB debut, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He joined Josh Bard (8/23/2002) and Billy Parker (9/9/1971). Only one more player has done so since then: also Venezuelan Carlos Pérez (May 5, 2015).
• Cabrera, whose 511 home runs have him tied with Mel Ott for 25th place, hit 18 of them at age 20 and four at age 40. He is one of 16 players since 1900 who has homered at age 20 or younger and at age 40. years or more. He shares the roster with Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Henry Aaron, Rickey Henderson, Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, George Brett, Gary Sheffield, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Frank Robinson, Ron Fairly, Rusty Staub, Rogers Hornsby and Elmer Valo. Good company.
• A key part of his contribution as a 20-year-old player came in October, when Cabrera and the Marlins won the World Series. He went scoreless in his first three postseason games, but changed the tone in Game 4 of the 2003 NLDS with a four-hit day. At 20 years and 169 days, he became the second-youngest player in postseason history with a four-hit game, surpassed only by 18-year-old Freddie Lindstrom in Game 5 of the 1924 World Series.
• The Marlins advanced to the NLCS with a win in that game and Miggy didn’t slow down from there, hitting .333 with a 1.027 OPS and three home runs in the seven-game AL pennant series. At the time, the only youngest player with a postseason home run was Andruw Jones, at age 19, in 1996. Since then, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado have homered at younger ages, once each in Division Series games. from 2012.
• Cabrera homered in Game 4 of the World Series, and remains the second-youngest to homer in the Fall Classic, behind Jones. That gave him four homers in the 2003 postseason, all at age 20. It is the most home runs in a single postseason at age 20 or younger.
• Cabrera finished tied for fifth in NL Rookie of the Year voting, an award won by teammate Dontrelle Willis. He also received MVP votes, the first time in what ended up being 14 consecutive years. This is the fifth-longest streak of appearances in MVP voting since the BBWAA began voting for the award in 1931. Only Aaron (19 in a row), Musial (16 straight seasons in which he played, skipping a year due to World War II), Barry Bonds (15) and Yogi Berra (15) had longer streaks. And Cabrera’s is the longest that begins with a player’s debut season.
• Another distinctive feature of that consistency is evident in the selections for the All-Star Game. Cabrera was selected to the All-Star Game 11 times between 2004 and 16. That was the most selections to the Summer Classic in that period, one ahead of Dominican David Ortiz’s 10.
• From 2005 to 2016, Cabrera had at least 180 hits in all but one campaign, when he played 119 games in 2015. He is one of 10 players in all of history who has reached the 180 hit mark at least 11 times.
• We can’t talk regarding Cabrera without talking regarding 2012, when he hit .330 with 44 home runs and 139 RBIs. He won the first Triple Crown in either league since 1967, as well as the first of two consecutive American League MVP awards. Cabrera is one of 10 players to have won a Triple Crown since runs batted in became an official statistic in 1920. Between them, only he and Carl Yastrzemski surpassed 3,000 career hits.
• Last year, Cabrera became the 33rd member of the 3,000 hits club. He began this year with 3,088 hits, which ranked 24th all time. Throughout the season, he reached 16th place on the list. He has 3,170 hits, and whatever he ultimately achieves will set the bar for future generations at No. 16, behind Cal Ripken Jr.’s 3,184 hits.
• Cabrera is one of seven players who have hit 500 home runs and 3,000 hits. The others are Aaron, Mays, Eddie Murray, Cuban Rafael Palmeiro, Dominican Albert Pujols and A-Rod. If we add his .306 lifetime average, he joins a list of only three with 500 home runs, 3,000 hits and a .300 career batting average, along with Aaron (.305) and Mays (.301). ).
• Cabrera became the seventh member of the 3,000 hits club born outside the United States, joining Adrián Beltré and Pujols (Dominican Republic), Ichiro Suzuki (Japan), Palmeiro (Cuba), Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rico) and Rod Carew (Panama).
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