Cabrera is widely regarded to be one of the best pure hitters in
baseball, hitting at a high batting average with power to all fields. He
has posted at least 30 home runs in nine different seasons with a
career batting average of .320. Cabrera has also had at least 100 RBIs
each of the last ten seasons, every season aside from his rookie
campaign when he played in only 87 games. He has been a top player since
entering the majors at just 20 years old, having received MVP votes in
each of his eleven major league seasons, and placing in the top five in
six of those seasons including each of the last five. In 2012, Cabrera
became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 to win the Triple
Crown in batting. Cabrera led the AL with a .330 batting average, 44
home runs, and 139 RBIs. Cabrera was voted the 2012 AL MVP following the
season. In 2013, Cabrera did not repeat his Triple Crown, but he did
improve on most of his statistics from the previous year, with 44 home
runs, 137 RBIs, a career best .348 average and league-leading 1.078
on-base plus slugging percentage. Cabrera was voted the AL MVP for the
second consecutive season.
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