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How many crowns can one man put on? If stated man is Miguel Cabrera, the answer is “nonetheless many he pleases.” However six would do in 2013.
As Ted Berg at For The Win points out Miggy is in contention not just for his second consecutive Triple Crown, but in addition the unofficial “Sextuple Crown.” Each of those are ridiculous feats. Nobody has ever received two consecutive Triple Crowns. And only 5 different gamers have completed the “Sextuple Crown,” which is simply as horny as its name suggests.
It is main the league within the three Triple Crown statistics — homers, batting average and RBIs — and also hits, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. If there have been a statistic measuring the baddest dude round with a baseball bat, Miggy’d win that too.
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The other “Sextuple Crown” winners are Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein and Carl Yastrzemski, every considered one of them a Corridor of Famer. Yastrzemski is the final participant to win obtain the Sextuple, which he did in 1967. Until Cabrera’s 2012 campaign, that was the also the final Triple Crown in MLB.
So what does Miggy should do to win both of those awards? His most important obstacle is home runs. He trails Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles, 46-forty three. However Cabrera has hit 11 in August to Davis’ eight, putting the AL home-run lead effectively inside his attain. Miggy leads the AL (and all of baseball, truly) within the different 5 classes.
If we’re looking at just the Triple Crown, Cabrera has a extremely good shot if he can catch Davis in homers. Barring accidents, after all. He is 12 RBIs ahead of Davis and 29 factors higher than Mike Trout in batting common.
The most important takeaway right here? Miguel Cabrera is so good we now have to invent awards for him to win.
Miguel Cabrera could win both the Triple Crown and the even more rare ‘Sextuple Crown’
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