Miguel Cabrera’s real name is Jose Miguel Cabrera Torres was born in 1983 and he is referred to mostly as Miguel Cabrera. He had been nicknamed Miggy. He is a professional baseball player, born in Venezuela. He plays as first baseman in Major League Baseball for Detroit Tigers. From the time he started to play in 2003, he had got two-time American League Most Valuable Player and AL Batting Champion.
He has got MLB All-Star eleven times and he had played at first and on third base for most of his major league career. However, he played mostly the left and right field in 2006. He got the 17th Major League Baseball Triple Crown in the 2012. He was the first in doing so for 45 seasons.
Miguel Cabrera signed a contract with Florida Marlins and he progressed through the minor league system. He got to play in his Major League Debut in the year 2003 when he was 20 years. He contributed to the World Series Success of Marlins in the same year. For over four seasons, he became a regular player for Marlins before being traded to join Detroit Tigers in the year 2007.
During the year 2012, he became the player who was able to win Triple Crown in Batting since 1967. He led the AL with the stats of .330 batting average, 139 RBI, 44 home runs and he earned an AL MVP award in the same year. In the year 2013, Cabrera has improved the batting performance and this included a career of over .348 batting average and it received an AL MVP Award.
Miguel Cabrera is known among the best pure hitters in the history of baseball and he is the greatest player of the era. He is able to combine his great power, good walk rate and batting average and has a low strikeout percentage. He had hit 30 or even more home runs for the 10 separate seasons. Miguel Cabrera had been praised in the hitting of many fly balls and line drives while at the same time, he maintains the pop up rate, being able to hit the ball for the entire field and it is notable for the drive within the pitches for the home runs.
From his biography, Miguel Cabrera was born in the year 1983 in the city Maracay, Aragua State in the Venezuela. His parents are Gregoria and Miguel Cabrera. Miguel Cabrera is an active person in his community and he started The Miguel Cabrera Foundation which helps children’s fund. He uses foundation in encouraging young kids in playing softball and baseball. Miguel Cabrera is married with three children. His wife is Rosangel Cabrera. In 2016, he suffered a left knee contusion injury recently. His 2016 yearly salary was 28 million dollars and his net worth is 90 million dollars. His fans can follow him on his twitter and fangraphs pages.
| Net Worth 2021: | 125 million |
