By Danny Bolivar
Venezuelan Miguel Cabrera enjoys a prestigious career of more than 20 years on the Major League Baseball diamond, remaining healthy for much of it.
During his stay in the Major Leagues, “El Tigre Mayor” has received just over 400 million dollars for wearing the jersey of both the Florida Marlins (2003-2007) and the Detroit Tigers (2008-2023).
After 21 years, it could be said that his career in MLB has been quite healthy if you compare the 2,739 games played, with just 172 duels that he was on the disabled list.
Now, let’s compare the salary he’s earned while active and out of the lineup. In total, Miguel Cabrera has earned $408,862,000 million for his three contracts in the Major Leagues, according to data from Spotrac.com, while on the disabled list he earned $27,988,958, figures obtained through Twitter por @OfficialStatsSC.
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The math is simple, in 2,567 games played he received $380,873,042. If we compare both figures, amount of play and salary obtained, we can say that Miguel Cabrera’s career in MLB has been quite healthy and leaving his organization in the green with a more than profitable contract.
Miguel Cabrera has enjoyed a formidable career
Let’s go a little further, of those 172 games that he watched from the bench are divided into four visits to the disabled list, all in 2018. First, due to a hamstring injury, he missed 29 games and earned $4.7 million, then he returned to being absent for another 111 games on the schedule which translates to $17.9 million.
Later, due to a relapse in this last injury, he was out for 15 and 17 games, where he earned $2.4 and $2.9 million.
While is true that Miguel Cabrera He hasn’t played a full season (162 games), only those four times were due to an injury that forced him to go on the disabled list. The rest of the time he enjoyed rest days or being day to day.
2023-06-24 14:58:30
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