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An Amazing Stat Regarding Detroit Tigers' Legend Miguel Cabrera as He Gets Set to Retire

Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera is the owner of many impressive accomplishments, this one included.
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An Amazing Stat Regarding Detroit Tigers' Legend Miguel Cabrera as He Gets Set to Retire
An Amazing Stat Regarding Detroit Tigers' Legend Miguel Cabrera as He Gets Set to Retire

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Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera is set to retire after the season ends but before he retires, he'll have two more chances to add to his phenomenal career.

The Tigers will host the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday afternoon at 1:10 p.m. ET before wrapping up the season on Sunday afternoon with Cabrera expected to play in both games.

There are a lot of impressive things about Cabrera in his career (we'll get to those) but one amazing stat that you don't often hear about is this one, courtesy of Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

most consecutive seasons played receiving MVP votes: 

Henry Aaron: 19 

Stan Musial: 16 

Barry Bonds: 15 

Yogi Berra: 15 

Miguel Cabrera: 14 

Cabrera’s: longest such streak to begin with a player’s debut season

One of the most accomplished right-handed hitters in baseball history, Cabrera received MVP votes each year from 2003-2016.

He'll retire after 21 years in the big leagues (16 with the Tigers, five with the Marlins). He's a member of both the 3,000 hit club and the 500-home run club (3,170 hits, 511 homers). He's a career .306 hitter who is as a 12-time All-Star, a seven-time Silver Slugger, a four-time batting champion, a two-time MVP and a Triple Crown winner.

Injuries have sapped him of his power and playing time the last few years but he's still posted a respectable .254 batting average in 323 at-bats this season for Detroit. He only has four home runs this year.

Perhaps he can add a few more to the final tally this weekend.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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