MLB: How affected were Miguel Cabrera’s numbers in Los Tigres park?

A few days ago the Detroit Tigers they announced their decision to shorten the distances from their pitch at Comerica Park; Miguel Cabrera spoke about this on his Instagram account, jokingly pointing out his desire to play for a few more years.

The situation also brought to mind what was the 2000 season of slugger Juan González; In his only year with the Bengals, the well-remembered Puerto Rican came out with a shock, complaining about the large dimensions of that park, which caused a drop in his home run production.

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In the case of Mr. Miggy, the question was inevitable: how many times would he have gone to the streets if this measure had been applied during his stay in the Motor City?

As of 2023, for example, the feline cave will not have 422 feet through the central forest, from now on it will be 412.

According to an analysis found on the portal lasmayores.com, since Statcast began to record every hit hit in the Big Top (2015), the maracayero only had 2 outs with 412-foot connections. One of them was before a 423-foot board shot; the other out occurred 416 feet from home plate.

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Likewise, they specified that Cabrerita had 3 other connections that remained on the ground, each of 410 feet or more. That includes a 412-foot double.

In the same way, they pointed out the difficulties that Tigre Mayor had with the central-right woods, a space where he once got another biangular shot, that of 411 feet.

Additionally, number 24, in the 2019 tournament, achieved a long single in that direction that turned out to be 374 feet, also according to Statcast, only that the ball collided on top of a sign 365 feet away.

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Too bad that during the pinnacle of his illustrious career There was no such measurement mechanism, although the following image shows where his hits landed in 2012 and 2013:

Taken from lasmayores.com

To date, Miguel Cabrera ranks 27th on the lifetime list of home run hits, for him there are 507.