Miggy Makes History

The hardest singular skill in all of the sports world is to hit a baseball. If you are able to do that, then you have a golden ticket. Being able to do that 3,000 or more times at the Major League level is quite a big deal. In fact, there were only 32 men in that club, at the start of the regular season. That club has now expanded to 33. The newest member of the 3,000 Club? Miguel Cabrera.

For the last twenty seasons, the man they call Miggy has been steady. He came up to the Majors in 2003 with the Florida Marlins, where he played through the 2007 season. After that he signed in Detroit and has been there ever since. He won the AL MVP in 2012 completing the offensive triple crown. He's got two MVP titles, driven in over 100 runs or more 12 times in his career, something he hasn't done since 2016. he's hit 30 or more home runs 10 times in his career. He's also an 11 time all star. Pretty impressive numbers indeed.

Miggy also joins some pretty elite club too. He becomes only the 7th man in history to collect 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. He joins Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Albert Pujols, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez.

Yes the offensive production isn't what it once was from Cabrera. But there's no denying the legacy and production that Miggy has had throughout his entire career. He was a steady hand in the middle of whatever lineup he was in. He's been there when his teams have needed him and he's been able to put up the productive numbers in his career. He could do a little bit of everything.

Now that 3,000 hits is out of the way, the next stop is the hall of fame once his brilliant career wraps up