It did not take long for Miguel Cabrera to record his 3,000th’s career hit during Saturday’s game against the Colorado Rockies.
Detroit Tigers fans had to wait a couple of days for fan favorite and future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera to record his 3,000th career hit. From getting intentionally walked during the Apr. 21 game against the New York Yankees to a rain delay postponing the Detroit Tigers’ Apr. 22 game against the Colorado Rockies.
Well, it did not take Cabrera long to get the milestone hit on Saturday. In his very first at-bat, Cabrera hit a single to right field to officially join the 3,000 hit club.
One of 33 players with 3,000 hits.
— MLB (@MLB) April 23, 2022
Congrats, @MiguelCabrera! pic.twitter.com/0oWJHvmQ6A
With the milestone in the books, MLB Twitter congratulated Cabrera.
MLB Twitter congratulates Miguel Cabrera for recording 3,000th career hit
MIGGY 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
— ESPN (@espn) April 23, 2022
Miguel Cabrera becomes the seventh MLB player to have 3,000 career hits and 500 HR 💪 pic.twitter.com/NNHGVcYqV7
https://twitter.com/BRWalkoff/status/1517917495751069698
Hit 3000!
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 23, 2022
congrats @MiguelCabrera!!!!! pic.twitter.com/z6UE76YFgr
History made.
— MLB (@MLB) April 23, 2022
Welcome to the club, @MiguelCabrera. pic.twitter.com/FwVpWQXqqV
Welcome to the 3,000 hits club, Miggy.
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) April 23, 2022
The only players in MLB history with 3,000 hits, 500 homers and a .300 career batting average:
◽️ Hank Aaron
◽️ Willie Mays
◽️ Miguel Cabrera pic.twitter.com/AVIiQ4QUAi
MIguel Cabrera just became the 33rd player to reach 3,000 hits with an opposite-field single to right
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) April 23, 2022
Little Caesars Arena reacts to Miguel Cabrera’s 3,000th hit pic.twitter.com/0xpWTZ3QJ3
— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) April 23, 2022
Cabrera is now the 33rd player to have 3,000 hits to their credit throughout their career. But, as The Athletic’s tweet points out, Cabrera is one of three players to record 3,000 hits, 500 home runs, and have a career batting average over .300. The other two players are Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.
Additionally, Cabrera is the first Venezuelan-born player to join the 3,000 hit club.
Tigers fans did not have to anxiously throughout their Saturday to watch and see if Cabrera would accomplish this feat. It only took one at-bat during a game against the Rockies for Cabrera to enter baseball immortality.