When Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera missed 35 games with a calf injury between July 3 and August 14, he lost any chance to accumulate his usual gaudy counting statistics. As of today, he has just 17 home runs, 68 RBI and 206 total bases and will not end up in the league leaders in Batting Runs or Runs Created or any other cumulative batting measure. However, he is hitting as well as he ever has and is currently leading the American League in batting average (.357), on-base percentage (.456) and OPS (1.035).
Cabrera's season also ranks very high in Tigers history.