▲ Cabrera hit 3,000 hits and 500 hits in his career
Major League Baseball Detroit Tigers star Cabrera became the 33rd member of the 3,000 hits club today, and is also the seventh person in the history of the major leagues to reach 3,000 hits and 500 hits. Hitters, Hall of Fame tickets are almost guaranteed.
Miguel Cabrera played the Tigers at home against the Colorado Rockies. In the bottom of the inning, he reverse-attacked from right-hander Antonio Senzatela, also from Venezuela, and hit a grounder that passed through the first and second base defenses. The ground hit was the 3,000th career hit.
The 39-year-old Cabrera quickly raised his right hand after hitting the ball. The audience suddenly burst into thunderous applause and cheers. Fireworks were then released from the center field scoreboard. Teammates and opponents paid tribute to Cabrera, who was smiling after he stepped onto first base. Congratulations.
Cabrera's pursuit of 3,000 career goals this week can be said to be hard work.
He had 3 hits in a single game against the New York Yankees at home on the 20th, accumulating 2,999 hits in his career. The next day against the Yankees, he gave up three at-bats. He was deliberately walked in his last out of the 8th inning. The Yankees did not give him a chance to challenge for 3,000 hits. Tiger fans in the audience booed in response.
The Tigers' first game of the series against the Rockies originally scheduled for the 22nd was postponed due to rain and was changed to a doubleheader today. Cabrera no longer let the opportunity slip away, reaching the 3,000-career milestone in the first game of the matinee game.
On August 22 last year, Cabrera started a home run against the Blue Jays in Toronto, becoming the 28th member of the Major League Baseball 500 Home Club.
Today, he follows Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez Rodriguez), becoming the seventh player in major league history to have 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, and he was able to celebrate with his family and friends at home.
Cabrera is the first Venezuelan player in the history of the major leagues to accumulate 3,000 hits, and is also the seventh Latin American hitter to achieve this achievement.
What's even more rare is that his career batting average is higher than 30%. If he maintains it until he retires, he will become the third player in the major leagues after Mays and Hank Aaron to have 3,000 hits, 500 home runs, and a batting average of over 30% in his career. Hitters.
This year is Cabrera's 20th major league season. He has been selected to the All-Star Game 11 times and has twice won the American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the year. In the 2012 season, he became the first major league baseball player to win the Triple Crown in 45 years.
Cabrera entered the major leagues at the age of 20. In his rookie season in 2003, he won the world championship with the Florida Marlins. The Tigers acquired Cabrera through a trade in December 2007. At that time, he had accumulated 842 hits in his career. If this generational star hangs up his sneakers and enters the Hall of Fame, he will almost certainly wear a Tiger hat to receive the honor.
