Miguel Cabrera reached 40 years of age with Dave Winfield’s brand in his sights

|| Carlos Duno / National Agencies

“Miggy” has 3,095 hits in his career, just fifteen shy of reaching the figure of the legendary right fielder

Surrounded by family members in his residence in the city of Detroit, a few days after leaving the San Francisco Giants on the field last Saturday, after the first 14 games, Miguel Cabrera celebrates his 40th birthday today.

Forty little candles will extinguish the maracayero who was born on April 18, 1983 and made his debut in the Major Leagues with the Marlins on June 20, 2003 at only 20 years of age.

After hitting two hits in six at-bats during the first two games of the series that the Tigers played between Friday and Saturday against San Francisco, Cabrera continued to climb the offensive ranks.

Sunday’s game was canceled due to bad weather in Detroit. The Tigers were supposed to play Cleveland yesterday in the start of a three-game series, but it was rained out. Weather permitting, today there will be a doubleheader between the Tigers and the Guardians at Comerica Park.

Last Saturday, Cabrera reached 3,095 hits with an RBI single to leave San Francisco on the field.

The maracayero will seek this week to get a little closer to Dave Winfield’s historical figure with 3,110 hits throughout his career.

SUCCESSFUL CAREER

He played his first five seasons with the Marlins, until 2007, and since 2008 he has been forging with Detroit the legend that will take him to the Hall of Fame.

The best moments of his career, without a doubt, he has lived with the Bengals, including the 2021 season in which he reached half a thousand home runs, the last one, in which he reached 3,000 hits and the historic 2012 campaign , in which he won the Triple Batting Crown, with a .330 average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs.

He also has another home run champion trophy with 37 in the 2008 edition and another for an RBI champion with 126 in 2010, in addition to having been proclaimed the American League bat champion four times: Along with the 2012 bat champion award, he won the 2011 bat champion (.344), 2013 (.348) and 2015 (.338).

Among the awards that adorn its huge display case are the American League Most Valuable Player trophies for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, seven Silver Sluggers and eleven All-Star Game selection diplomas.