Miguel Cabrera continues to make history in the Major Leagues and this time he added a new milestone to his fantastic career. The Venezuelan slugger hit his double number 600 in his career in the Detroit Tigers’ 3-2 loss to the Houston Astros.
One of the possible future Hall of Famers is the third player to add 3. hits, 600 home runs and 600 doubles.
With runners on second and third, with one out on the scoreboard in the third inning, he hit a hit to the left field that scored his team’s two runs, to reach the intermediate with his double 600 against 34,39 fans at Minute Maid Park, Houston.
He is player number 18 in MLB history with 600 doubles, and is near Paul Waner and Paul Molitor with 605 doublets each. First he must beat Barry Bonds (601) and Cal Ripken Jr. (603). The place of all time is occupied by Hank Aaron with 624.
Among Latino baseball players, he is the fourth batter to reach this figure and is behind Albert Pujols (5th place overall) with 673, the 632 of Adrián Beltré (place 11) and the 632 by David Ortiz (place ), the three Dominicans.
With his two RBIs, the Venezuelan surpassed Frank Robinson by one, to take the place 20 on the all-time list, with 1.813 RBIs, all right with Baseball Reference. Al Simmons ranks 18 with 1,828 driven.
At 39 years old, Miguel Cabrera has one of the most outstanding careers for a Venezuelan in the Major League Baseball (MLB). Has participated in 11 All-Star Games , in addition to being the Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013 and obtaining the Hank Aaron Awards and the Bat silver.
Precisely in 2012 he reached Olympus by obtaining the Triple Crown, for simultaneously leading the statistics of hits, home runs and average (batting average). An achievement not seen in the American League since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
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