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2013 TIGERS
• Established a career high with a 15-game hitting streak July 6-25, batting .415 (22x53) with 11 runs scored, five
doubles, six home runs and 13 RBI.
• Batted .362 (34x94) with 16 runs scored, six doubles, eight home runs and 21 RBI in 26 games during July -- tied for
third in the National League with eight home runs during the month, while he finished seventh with a .681 slugging
percentage, tied for 10th with 34 hits and 12th with a .362 batting average.
• Collected his 500th career RBI on September 4 at Washington to become the third-youngest player in major league
history at 24 years, 139 days old to reach 500 RBI -- only Mel Ott (23 years, 74 days) and Ted Williams (24 years, four
days) were younger when they reached 500 RBI.
• Connected for his first career grand slam on September 15 at Colorado.
• Tied for sixth in the National League with 26 RBI during September -- batted .343 (35x102) in 27 games during the
month, collecting four doubles and four home runs.
• Tied for fifth in the National League with a .364 batting average (43x118) versus lefthanded pitchers...batted .309
(145x470) with righties on the mound.
• Ninth in the league with a .336 batting average (98x292) in 79 games at home...batted .304 (90x296) in 78 games on
the road.
• Hit .378 (59x156) with runners in scoring position, tops in the National League.
• Fourth among National League third basemen with 100 putouts and 266 assists...tied for second among league third
basemen with 23 errors.
• Hit .375 (9x24) with two doubles and three RBI in seven games for Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League following
the season.
Established Marlins single-season records with a .339 batting average and 50 doubles as he was selected to the National
League’s all-star squad for the third straight season in 2006...tabbed the Marlins Most Valuable Player by the South
Florida chapter of the BBWAA.
• Second in the National League with a .339 batting average and .430 on-base percentage, while he finished third with
50 doubles and 63 multi-hit games, fourth with 27 intentional walks, sixth with a .568 slugging percentage, seventh with
195 hits, tied for eighth with 78 extra-base hits, tied for ninth with 114 RBI and 10th with 327 total bases.
• Earned his second Silver Slugger Award, his first as a third baseman.
• Selected to Baseball America’s First-Team Major League all-star squad following the season.
• Participated in the Home Run Derby at Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, finishing third with 15
home runs.
• Became just the fourth player in major league history to collect 50 doubles and 25 home runs in a season before his
24th birthday, joining Hank Greenberg in 1934 (63 doubles, 26 home runs), Alex Rodriguez in 1996 (54 doubles, 36
home runs) and Albert Pujols in 2003 (51 doubles, 43 home runs).
• Ninth in the National League with a .448 on-base percentage during April -- hit .321 (25x78) with 16 runs scored, seven
doubles, a triple, four home runs and 13 RBI in 22 games during the month.
• Batted .378 (42x111) with 23 runs scored, 14 doubles, five home runs and 30 RBI in 29 games during May -- tied for
the lead in the National League with 42 hits and 14 doubles during the month, while he was fourth with a .378 batting
average and 30 RBI, seventh with a .441 on-base percentage, eighth with a .640 slugging percentage and tied for
eighth with 23 runs scored.
• Equaled a career high with two home runs on August 16 at the Los Angeles Dodgers -- matched the high with two home
runs on August 23 versus Washington.
• Shared National League Player of the Week honors with San Francisco’s Noah Lowry for August 21-27 -- hit .409
(9x22) with eight runs scored, two doubles, a triple, three home runs and nine RBI in six games during the week.
• Connected for his 100th career home run on August 23 versus Washington, a solo shot off Chris Schroder in the third
inning -- at 23 years, 127 days old, he became the sixth-youngest player in major league history to reach 100 career
home runs...the five players to reach the plateau faster than Cabrera were Mel Ott (22 years, 132 days), Tony
Conigliaro (22 years, 197 days), Eddie Mathews (22 years, 292 days), Alex Rodriguez (23 years, 16 days) and Andruw
Jones (23 years, 62 days).
• Batted .379 (39x103) with 18 runs scored, 11 doubles, seven home runs and 32 RBI in 27 games during August -- tied
for the lead in the National League with 11 doubles, while he finished second with 32 RBI, fourth with a .379 batting
average and .709 slugging percentage, tied for fourth with 39 hits, tied for sixth with seven home runs and eighth with
a .434 on-base percentage.
• Hit .351 (34x97) in 26 games during September, scoring 18 runs and collecting six doubles, three home runs and 16
RBI -- eighth in the National League with a .453 on-base percentage during the month.
• Topped the National League with a .344 batting average (152x442) against righthanded pitchers...hit .321 (43x134) with
lefties on the mound.
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