Miguel Cabrera reaches 3,000 career hits

(WXYZ) — Miguel Cabrera achieved the 3,000 job hits milestone Saturday at Comerica Park, becoming the 33rd player in important league heritage to do so.

Cabrera’s 3,000th strike came on a solitary in the 1st inning in opposition to the Colorado Rockies.

The game was briefly halted for an on-field celebration that incorporated associates of Cabrera’s relatives. Cabrera later returned to the field for a curtain simply call from the Comerica Park crowd at the stop of the inning.

Close by at Tiny Caesars Arena, Cabrera’s milestone at-bat was demonstrated dwell to the group observing the Penguins-Pink Wings recreation.

Cabrera turns into the seventh player in significant league historical past with at least 3,000 occupation hits and 500 vocation household operates.

“I was dreaming of this instant,” Cabrera advised reporters earlier in the 7 days. “When I was in the dugout I was thinking like, `Wow.’”

Cabrera ties Baseball Corridor of Famer Roberto Clemente on the list of job hits leaders, and joins Corridor of Famers Ty Cobb and Al Kaline as the only Detroit Tigers gamers to achieve the 3,000 strike milestone. Cabrera and Albert Pujols are the only active major league gamers with at least 3,000 job hits.

Pursuing Cabrera’s 3,000th hit, the Tigers played a movie with messages from other players to arrive at the milestone.

“He’s going to go down as 1 of the very best hitters of all time,” Hall of Famer Alan Trammell reported Friday. “He realizes that it’s obtaining towards the finish, but he nonetheless has some thing left in the tank. When it is all stated and accomplished this yr, I feel he’s going to have a heck of a calendar year.”

Facts from The Affiliated Push was utilised in this report.