Unveiling Baseball’s Elite: The Untold Stories Behind Every Triple Crown Winner in MLB History
The then-29-year-old third baseman went 6 for 10 with a home run and three RBIs in the final three-game series at Kauffman Stadium to hold off Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels by four percentage points to win the AL batting title.
Cabrera also led the majors with 44 homers and 139 RBIs to become baseball’s first batting Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox in 1967. Just for good measure, he topped MLB in both slugging percentage (.606) and OPS (.999) – and tied Derek Jeter for the most two-hit games (64) as well.



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