Birth Place And DateMiguel Cabrera was born on April 18, 1983, in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela, to parents Miguel and Gregoria. (Wikipedia)

Miggy's Homerun

Career statistics(through 2013 season) Batting average: .321 Hits: 1,995 Doubles: 412 Home runs: 365 Runs batted in: 1,260 Slugging percentage: .568 (All from Wikipedia)

Miguel came up through the Marlins' farm system teaming with future major leaguers Adrian Gonzalez and Dontrelle Willis

Heading into 2001, the Marlins bumped Cabrera up to the Low Class-A Kane County Cougars where he teamed up with current Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez

He earned his way into the Futures Game during All-Star Weekend in Seattle, along with Gonzalez. He ended the year batting .268 with 30 extra-base hits, 66 RBIs, and distinguished himself as having the strongest arm in the Midwest League

Entering the following season, Cabrera was once again promoted, this time to the Jupiter Hammerheads of the High Class-A Florida State League

At the request of then Marlins coach, Ozzie Guillén, Cabrera made the transition from shortstop to third base. By July, his average was locked in at .277, and he led his team with 45 RBIs earning himself a second trip to the Future's game; this time picking up two singles

Minor leagues

He began his professional career in 2000 as a shortstop in the Gulf Coast League

After batting .260 with 10 doubles, two triples and two home runs through 57 games for the GCL Marlins, Cabrera was promoted to Class-A ball where he finished the final eight games batting .250 with 6 RBIs for the New York–Penn League (NYPL) Blue Sox in Utica, New York.[2]

Cabrera is both a Catholic and a practitioner of Santería. He became a babalao in the 2006 offseason. His wife is named Rosangel, and they have two daughters and one son, born August 2011.[50] Cabrera and his family live in Birmingham, Michigan.

Present life

Major League Career

José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), commonly known as Miguel Cabrera is a Venezuelan professional baseball third baseman with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB)

He bats and throws right-handed

He can also play first base, left field and right field

Cabrera is an eight-time All-Star, having been selected to both the National League and American League All-Star Teams

Cabrera has started at least 100 games at first base, third base, left field and right field

He progressed through the Florida Marlins minor-league system, before being called up from the Double-A Carolina Mudcats in June 2003

Cabrera went on to help the Florida Marlins win the World Series that year as their clean-up hitter

Cabrera is widely regarded to be one of the best pure hitters in baseball, hitting at a high average with power to all fields. He has posted at least 30 home runs in nine different seasons with a career batting average of .321

Cabrera has also driven in over 100 runs in each of the last ten seasons every season aside from his rookie campaign when he played in only 87 games