Miggy & Henry

[Frayed Knot]

This comparison has been making the rounds lately so you may have already heard something about it, but it's still kind of cool to see it laid out.
Miguel Cabrera turned 31 y/o on Friday, Below are his stats through that day as compared to Aaron's through his 31st (he turned that age during the '64/'65 off-season).

	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	OBA	SLG
Miguel Cabrera	7,182	6,270	2,007	416	14	366	1,267	.320	.398	.566
Hank Aaron	7,216	6,510	2,085	351	79	366	1,216	.320	.376	.567

Aaron had a few more PAs & ABs at the same point due mainly to his mostly full season at age 20 as compared to the partial one for Cabrera; each played virtually every day once they were called up.
Cabrera walked more often [1,402 to 804] and has used his lack of speed to turn most of Aaron's triples into more doubles, but other than that the two career-to-date lines are remarkably similar.

Now Aaron had one of the better late careers from among MLB's great hitters (more HRs in the back half of his 30s than in the first half) so it's still a bit early to start projecting Miggy's final stats, but check out the HRs, BA, & SLG.

[Vic Sage]

Aaron was an excellent athlete, 6'-180 lbs, and was able to maintain this full-time pace for another 5 years before his playing time started to diminish over his last 5 years (though he was still productive despite more limited PAs in his final years, even having an MVP-type season at age 39). Cabrera, 6'4" 240 lbs, has been surprisingly healthy in his career to date, despite his shape being somewhat ovoid, but i wouldn't bet on that continuing for as long as Aaron did, given the greater strain his weight puts on his frame (knees, in particular). Still, it's been a pretty remarkable career to date.