MLB / Players

Miguel Cabrera

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 267 lb

BornApril 18, 1983 · Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela

MLB debutJune 20, 2003

Seasons21 (2003–2023)

Florida Marlins 2003–2007; Detroit Tigers 2008–2023

Percentile snapshot

2021 season — qualified batters

130

6.9

526

7.6

472

14.5

121

19.1

2.3

23.7

RBI

49.6

21.4

118

.256

32.8

OBP

.316

20.6

SLG

.386

10.7

OPS

.701

9.9

wRC+

95.1

15.3

OPS+

95.3

wOBA

.305

8.4

sWAR

0.2

3.8

of 132 qualified 2021 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

138.7

95.6

OPS+

140.2

95.6

sWAR

78.6

99.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2003	87	346	314	39	84	21	3	12	62	25	84	0	2	.268	.325	.468	.793	106.2	107.9	.344	1.2
2004	160	685	603	101	177	31	1	33	112	68	148	5	2	.294	.366	.512	.879	126.0	125.0	.380	3.7
2005	158	685	613	106	198	43	2	33	116	64	125	1	0	.323	.385	.561	.947	149.3	150.0	.405	5.8
2006	158	676	576	112	195	50	2	26	114	86	108	9	6	.339	.430	.568	.998	153.8	156.4	.422	6.7
2007	157	680	588	91	188	38	2	34	119	79	127	2	1	.320	.401	.565	.965	144.1	147.6	.407	6.0
2008	160	684	616	85	180	36	2	37	127	56	126	1	0	.292	.349	.537	.887	127.7	129.8	.380	3.5
2009	160	685	611	96	198	34	0	34	103	68	107	6	2	.324	.396	.547	.942	143.4	143.9	.403	4.6
2010	150	648	548	111	180	45	1	38	126	89	95	3	3	.328	.420	.622	1.042	173.1	179.9	.434	6.4
2011	161	688	572	111	197	48	0	30	105	108	89	2	1	.344	.448	.586	1.033	180.1	180.4	.440	7.5
2012	161	697	622	109	205	40	0	44	139	66	98	4	1	.330	.393	.606	.999	165.0	165.9	.417	8.1
2013	148	652	555	103	193	26	1	44	137	90	94	3	0	.348	.442	.636	1.078	193.7	191.0	.455	9.7
2014	159	685	611	101	191	52	1	25	109	60	117	1	1	.313	.371	.524	.895	150.1	150.7	.386	5.1
2015	119	511	429	64	145	28	1	18	76	77	82	1	1	.338	.440	.534	.974	170.2	169.1	.416	5.0
2016	158	679	595	92	188	31	1	38	108	75	116	0	0	.316	.393	.563	.956	153.3	154.1	.399	5.4
2017	130	529	469	50	117	22	0	16	60	54	110	0	1	.249	.329	.399	.728	91.9	92.9	.315	0.2
2018	38	157	134	17	40	11	0	3	22	22	27	0	0	.299	.395	.448	.843	127.7	128.3	.362	0.7
2019	136	549	493	41	139	21	0	12	59	48	108	0	0	.282	.346	.398	.744	97.6	97.8	.319	0.3
2020	57	231	204	28	51	4	0	10	35	24	51	1	0	.250	.329	.417	.746	104.9	105.2	.324	0.3
2021	130	526	472	48	121	16	0	15	75	40	118	0	0	.256	.316	.386	.701	95.1	95.3	.305	0.2
2022	112	433	397	25	101	10	0	5	43	28	101	1	0	.254	.305	.317	.622	77.2	79.8	.277	-1.0
2023	98	370	334	21	86	20	0	4	34	31	74	0	0	.257	.322	.353	.675	86.6	85.6	.300	-0.5

Career totals

2,797

25th-most career G

11,796

23rd-most career PA

10,356

22nd-most career AB

1,551

57th-most career R

3,174

17th-most career H

627

13th-most career 2B

511

25th-most career HR

RBI

1,881

13th-most career RBI

1,258

55th-most career BB

2,105

6th-most career SO

.3065

151st-highest career batting average

OBP

.3822

172nd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5183

71st-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9005

74th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2013-05-19	DET @ TEX Gameday	4	4	4	0	3	5	1	13
2003-07-01	ATL @ MIA Gameday	6	4	4	2	2	4	0	12
2010-05-28	ATH @ DET Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	4	0	12
2015-04-12	DET @ CLE Gameday	4	3	4	1	2	4	1	11
2016-04-25	ATH @ DET Gameday	4	2	4	1	2	4	0	11

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

7× Silver Slugger2× Most Valuable Player1× Triple Crown12× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.