Miguel Cabrera is the first with 30 HRs and 90 RBI before All-Star break
No player in the history of the game has accomplished what Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has done before the All-Star break. And Orioles slugger Chris Davis has a chance to join Cabrera.
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Mike Axisa
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In the fifth inning of Thursday's game against the White Sox, reigning AL MVP and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera took ChiSox ace Chris Sale deep for a solo homer. It was his 30th home run and 94th RBI of the season, marking the first time a player has ever gone 30/90 before the All-Star break.
Down in Baltimore, the Orioles' Chris Davis slugged his 34th home run of the season against his former team, the Rangers. He's sitting on 86 RBI and could join Cabrera in the 30/90 club this weekend. It's pretty cool that not one, but two guys might accomplish this never-before-done feat.
Except there's a rub: the All-Star break is very late this year. Most teams will have played 95 games by the end of the weekend, whereas the break has usually arrived somewhere in the 85-87 game dating back to the 1970s. Cabrera, and possibly Davis, got an extra week or so to make history.
That doesn't really take anything away from the marvelous seasons that they're having, however. Cabrera is hitting .366 (201 OPS+) with those 30 homers and 94 RBI. Davis is at .310 (187) with 34 homers and 86 RBI despite a recent 0-for-17 slump. That's a great full season for most players, and these two have done that before the All-Star break.
Even when you account for the extra playing time, both guys have been historically great in the first half and figure to be locking in a head-to-head battle for the AL MVP award down the stretch.
