At the moment, Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is the only person standing between Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and back-to-back American League Triple Crowns. Cabrera’s .357 batting average is a whopping 25 points higher than the next-best in the AL, which is Mike Trout’s .332. Miggy also has 130 RBI, which is 10 more than Davis. However, Davis currently holds the AL lead for home runs with 47. Cabrera has 43.
The Orioles are 4.5 games behind in the AL Wild Card and would love for Davis’ home run pace to continue, but the 27-year-old recently admitted he is pulling for Cabrera to win the Triple Crown again.
“As far as me being the obstruction for him doing it again, I hope he does do it again,” Davis said, via ESPN.com. “That would be awesome. He’s a great hitter. He deserves everything that he gets.
“My goal is not to go out there and keep Miguel Cabrera from winning the Triple Crown. It’s to do everything I can to put us in position to win, whether that means I hit 10 more home runs or two more home runs. I’ve had a productive year so far, but if we don’t make the playoffs, it doesn’t really mean a lot.”
If Cabrera does win another Triple Crown, he would become just the third player in baseball history to accomplish the feat twice and the first ever to do it in back-to-back seasons. But his team is also gearing up for another playoff run, so ideally Cabrera is more focused on winning than making history. Although, he has to be thinking about getting another sweet trophy like this to add to his collection.
And if Cabrera does somehow pull off another Triple Crown, the discussion of him as one of the greatest hitters the game has ever seen will heat up even more.
