Tigers Slugger Miguel Cabrera Hits 500th Career Home Run
Aug 22, 2021, 2:44 PM
Miguel Cabrera #24 of the Detroit Tigers celebrates after hitting his 500th career home run in the sixth inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on August 22, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
(Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
TORONTO (AP) — Miguel Cabrera has become the 28th major league player to hit 500 home runs.
He reached the milestone in the sixth inning of the Detroit Tigers’ game at Toronto.
The 38-year-old slugger connected on a 1-1 pitch from left-hander Steven Matz, sending the ball over the scoreboard in right-center.
The 28th player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.
Congrats, @MiguelCabrera! pic.twitter.com/ajmOAbVeZg
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) August 22, 2021
The homer tied the score 1-all.
Cabrera won the Triple Crown and the first of back-to-back MVP awards in 2012.
He is the first Venezuelan to hit 500 homers.
No. 500!
Welcome to the club, @MiguelCabrera! pic.twitter.com/Kqks5Evgsm
— MLB (@MLB) August 22, 2021
He is hoping to become the first hitter to reach 500 homers and 3,000 hits in the same season.
Miguel Cabrera has become the 28th major league player to hit 500 home runs.
