At the rate at which he has played in his nineteenth season as a bigleaguer, everything suggests Miguel Cabrera will end 2021 very close to becoming the thirty-third member of the exclusive group of hitters who have achieved at least three thousand hits in the history of the major leagues. .
With the double he fired on Thursday, in the first inning of the game that the Tigers beat the Mariners 8 runs for 3, Cabrera reached 2,900 hits in 2502 games since starting his June 2003 career with the Marlins.
The Tigers have 19 games left to complete the first half of the schedule. Cabrera has participated in 45 challenges and has 34 hits in 168 at-bats with the stick. At that frequency, he would have to experience an impressive onslaught in the remainder of June and perform notably in the second half of the calendar, to reach the hundred hits that separate him from Puerto Rican Roberto Clemente, who occupies step number 32 on the historical list of best hitters.
In his first seventeen seasons, including 2011, 2012 and 2013, in which he won a Triple Crown, three batting titles and two AL Most Valuable Player trophies, Cabrera has never managed to dispense a hundred hits in the second half. of the calendar.
Will keep climbing
Accustomed to taking on all kinds of challenges, the Aragüeño will continue to insist on scoring his name in the records. With 492 home runs, he is very close to joining another unique club: the 500 home run club, which so far has only 27 members.
With one more home run, the maracayero will catch up with Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff in the 28th box, while he needs a double to reach 585 and tie Cuban Rafael Palmeiro in the 20th place of all time.
