With the 2023 Regular season officially a wrap and Miguel Cabrera playing the final game of his career, I figured now would be a good time to point out something incredible among Miguel Cabrera and two other All-Time greats. When you judge a Hall of Fame hitter, you want to see a guy with one of the three milestones…

  • Lifetime .300 Average throughout 7,500+ At Bats
  • 3,000 Hits
  • 500 HR

Well, I’m here to tell you that Cabrera has all three of those lifetime milestones, along with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.

CF: Willie Mays (1948;51-52; 54-73):

.301 BA 3,293 HITS 660 HR 1,909 RBI 2,068 RUNS .384 OBP

RF: Hank Aaron (1954-1976):

.305 BA 3,771 HITS 755 HR 2,297 RBI 2,174 RUNS .374 OBP

1B: Miguel Cabrera (2003-2023):

.306 BA 3,174 HITS 511 HR 1,881 RBI 1,551 RUNS .382 OBP 

Besides the Statistical milestones, Mays, Aaron, and Cabrera have quite a few things in common. 

  • All are Right Handed Hitters
  • All are World Series Champions, Batting Champions, and MVP winners
  • They have over a Dozen “Black/Bold Face Type” stats on their baseball cards.
  • Played 20+ Years
  • 10 Seasons of .300/30/100 BA/HR/RBIs

Those three guys are among the top 5 of all time at their respective positions. Another statistical milestone that I consider a Hall of Fame milestone is 1,500 Runs Batted In, which all three guys have well over. Let’s be honest; hundreds of players have shown greatness but only did it for a handful of years. These three guys did it for ten-plus years; that’s not being great; that’s being immortal. The perfect hitter is a guy who can slug over 30 HR and 100 RBI while maintaining a Batting Average above .300, and those three guys averaged that over their entire careers. The other thing these three guys will have in common is all being First-Ballot Hall of Famers once Miguel Cabrera is eligible in 2029. Albert Pujols is very close, to being included on this list, but his lifetime Batting Average of .296 was short.