Miguel Cabrera won the AL Batting Title. This is a amazing feat since last it happen was 1967, 45 years ago. He becomes the first player since Carl Yastrzemski to achieve this feat. This is the the 17th Batting Triple Crown in MLB history. He led the AL in batting average at .330 with HRs at 44 and RBIs at 139. He beat Mike Trout for the Batting Title by .004. He also beat Josh Hamilton by 1 HR and 11 RBIs. He almost won the first MLB Batting Triple Crown. The last player to win the MLB Batting Title was Mickey Mantle in 1956. He led the MLB in HRs and RBIs. Buster Posey led the MLB in Batting Average at .336. Almost everyone thinks Mike Trout or Miguel Cabrera win the AL MVP. I will share my opinion on that in a future post after the awards are announced. He is also 3rd in the AL in wins above replacement at 6.9. Mike Trout led at 10.7 and Robinson Cano is 2nd at 8.2. Cabrera helped the Tigers helped the Tigers win their 2nd straight AL Central Title and 88 wins this season. I have said I wanted to see at least one Batting Triple Crown winner in my lifetime and now it has happened. There still hasn't been a NL Batting Triple Crown in 75 years since Joe Medwick in 1937. It will be interested to see how far the Tigers can make in the playoffs this year. Last season the Tigers feel to the Rangers in the ALCS in 6 games.
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