Detroit Tigers: 5 more Miguel Cabrera milestones

Miguel Cabrera Milestone: Most Home Runs for the Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers have a pretty lengthy history when it comes to productive hitters. Some fella named Ty Cobb managed 3,900 hits for Detroit, and all 3,007 of Al Kaline’s knocks came for the Tigers. Charlier Gehringer, Harry Heilmann, Sam Crawford, Lou Whitaker, and Alan Trammell all recorded at least 2,365 hits with the Detroit Tigers. Miguel Cabrera currently stands at 2,113 while wearing the Old English D, so he’s probably not going to catch any of them. But power production is a different story.

Just ten players have hit 200 home runs in a Detroit Tigers uniform, and only four have topped 300. Miguel Cabrera currently stands third on this list with 362 bombs for the Tigers. Norm Cash is next with 373, and the great Al Kaline is first at 399. At his current pace, Cabrera should finish the 2021 season with 17 home runs for the year, and 366 as a Tiger. He could pass Cash by next June, but hitting 37 more home runs to tie Kaline will be a real challenge. It’s not out of the question, though, and if Cabrera does manage to catch Kaline, he will then be in the top-20 all time, one spot ahead of Mickey Mantle.