Bio of miguel cabrera

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Although he primarily played in left and right field before , he spent the majority of his major league career at first and third base. Cabrera is one of three players in MLB history to have a career batting average above. Cabrera is regarded as one of the greatest hitters of all time. At 16 years old, Cabrera was signed by Tigres de Aragua of the Venezuelan Winter League , where recorded his first hit as a professional in December Cabrera was signed in as an amateur free agent by the Florida Marlins , and progressed through their minor league system.

He made his MLB debut in mid- at the age of 20, and contributed to the Marlins' World Series victory later that year. Over the next four seasons, Cabrera was a regular player for the Marlins before being traded to the Detroit Tigers before the season.

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In the first half of , Cabrera was on pace to shatter his numbers from his prior Triple Crown season. He became the first player to ever reach 30 home runs and 90 RBIs before the all-star break and was on pace to bat. However, injuries plagued much of the latter half of the season and both his performance and playing time were reduced as a result.

Overall, Cabrera still improved on his previous year's batting performance, including a career-high. Cabrera won four AL batting titles, including three in consecutive years — , and batted over. He hit 30 or more home runs in ten separate seasons and drove in over runs in 12 separate seasons including 11 consecutive seasons , — He joined the home run club in and the 3, hit club in ; he was the seventh player in MLB history to reach both milestones.

In international competition, he represented Venezuela at five World Baseball Classic tournaments from to Cabrera retired after the season and will continue working with the Tigers' organization as a special assistant to the president of baseball operations. Growing up, Cabrera showed interest in volleyball as well as baseball.