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As of this evening, Miguel Cabrera leads the American League in batting average and runs batted in. He's near the league lead with nine home runs (including this evening's home run), and seems poised to make another run at the Triple Crown. Baseball has never had a back-to-back winner of the Triple Crown. If Cabrera pulls it off, where does that place him compared to other dominant hitters in the game's history?
On a semi-related note, is Cabrera a better hitter than either Frank Thomas or Albert Pujols was when each was at his best? |
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Cabrera has hit his second home run of the night and now has ten. He's two back of the league leaders in that department. To bring this arc full-circle, my girlfriend is texting me, saying that I wish the White Sox had a hitter as good as Miguel. I can only reply to her with, "Well, they used to have one."
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It is May 19th. Way, way, way too early to start this talk. Most of the big time sluggers have hot streaks and cold streaks during the season. He'll cool off for a bit and someone else will be hot.
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The Sox didn't finally find a good compliment for Thomas until Albert Belle came along, but that was right before Frank started to slip (coinciding with the arrival of Jerry "The Tinkerer" Manuel in 1998), and even that lasted only two seasons before Belle ended up in Baltimore. Magglio Ordonez was probably the best cleanup hitter Frank played with, but Frank wasn't quite the same by the time Magglio was protecting him, as age and injury had begun to slow him down. |
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It's unlikely, but I wont doubt him. Watching this game tonight when Ron Washington walked him with runners on 1st and 2nd in the 6th inning really shows that he is the most feared hitter in the game.
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Well unless he gets hurt he will play probably play more games than anyone except maybe fielder. That always helps for homers and rbis..
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3rd HR of the game.
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And to think Kenny "almost" got him...but he wouldn't take Willis' remaining contract.
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Their career numbers through age 30, which is what Miguel Cabrera currently is, do look somewhat similar (although Thomas' numbers look that way because of his great ability to walk). At 32, Frank Thomas had has monster MVP season in 2000. We'll see if Cabrera can continue to put up these numbers as he 30s go on. If he can, his resume will certainly look better than the Big Hurt.
Also, Thomas played during one of the game's most offensive eras. Baseball now is much more lower-scoring.
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Cabrera looks better as his numbers are all the more amazing when comparing him to his peers. As you said, we'll never know. It's interesting to me that while for years Cabrera looked nearly as good as Pujols, most people would have probably expected Pujols to finish with the more amazing career. Now, I'm not so sure. The only glaring difference is their team's playoff performances. |
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