Congratulations Miguel Cabrera

[waroriole]

.330 BA 44 HR 139 RBI

First time in 45 years. What a season.

[Tony-OH]

Winning a Triple Crown is incredibly impressive, especially in a Detroit ballpark known for its size. Did he sit out the last game?

[waroriole]

Winning a Triple Crown is incredibly impressive, especially in a Detroit ballpark known for its size. Did he sit out the last game?

No, he played. Ala, Ted Williams.

[crissfan172]

He may not be the best player in baseball, but he's definitely the best hitter. Just an incredible year.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Yeah, congrats. Amazing accomplishment. Not the MVP imo, but still amazing. Also have to give Cabrera for handling 3b as well as he did this year.

[Moose Milligan]

If he stopped playing tomorrow, is he a hall of famer?

World Series ring? Check

Counting stat totals? No. But remember Kirby Puckett was elected after a shortened career.

Regarded as one of the dominant players of his day? Check

Records? Check

League Leader. Check. Multiple times, even.

All Star? Check. Practically every year

MVP? Not yet. I think Trout wins this year...but Cabrera has MVP votes every year, including 4 top 5 finishes.

[tennOsfan]

I still think Cabrera's RBI single against us when we were trying to intentionally walk him is the most impressive thing I've seen in baseball.

[Frobby]

He's a worthy member of the Triple Crown Club.

By the way, it always rankled me that Yaz won the TC the year after Frank did, and thus was always recalled as the last TC winner. There's a good chance Yaz would not have won if Frank hadn't gotten injured that season, as Frank was leading in BA and RBI and was second in HR at the time he got hurt. And, Yaz only tied for the HR title, rather than winning it outright as Frank did in all three categories. But this is just the sour grapes from someone who idolized Frank as a 9-10 year old and didn't like to see his glory being usurped by another player.

[orayole]

That's insane. I never thought there would be another Triple Crown winner.