With a .330 average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs, Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to achieve the Triple Crown, leading the league in all three categories. By Wednesday night, it was essentially a victory lap, with his closest competitors making no run at the leads he had piled up.
“It’s an unbelievable feeling,” he said. “I can’t describe the feeling right now.”
Cabrera also repeated his batting title, becoming the first Tiger with consecutive batting crowns since Ty Cobb won three from 1917-19. His 205 hits, along with his other totals, put him in the company of the great Lou Gehrig as the only big leaguers to combine those numbers in a season.
Cabrera became just the 10th different player to win baseball’s Triple Crown, joining an elite list that includes Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig. Cabrera topped the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs, becoming the first Triple Crown winner in the major leagues since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
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