Miguel Cabrera

Who is Miguel Cabrera?

José Miguel Cabrera Torres, commonly known as Miguel Cabrera and nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman who plays for the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. He formerly played left field, right field, and for most of his career, third base. Cabrera is a nine-time All-Star, having been selected to both the National League and American League All-Star teams. He progressed through the Florida Marlins minor league system, before being called up from the Double-A Carolina Mudcats in June 2003. Cabrera went on to help the Marlins win the 2003 World Series as their clean-up hitter.

Cabrera is widely regarded to be one of the best pure hitters in baseball, hitting at a high batting average with power to all fields. He has posted at least 30 home runs in nine different seasons with a career batting average of .320. Cabrera has also had at least 100 runs batted in each of the last ten seasons, every season aside from his rookie campaign when he played in only 87 games.