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Triple crown (baseball)

For other uses of this term, see Triple Crown

In baseball, the Triple Crown refers to:

  1. A batter who (at season's end) leads the league in three major categories -- home runs, runs batted in, and batting average.
  2. A pitcher who (at season's end) leads the league in three major categories -- earned run average, wins, and strikeouts.

The Major League Triple Crown is to be distinguished from the American League and National League Triple Crowns. To win the Major League Triple Crown, the player must lead the entire majors in each of the three categories and not just his individual league, making the Major League Triple Crown significantly more difficult to attain. The last player win the Major League Triple Crown was Mickey Mantle in 1956, while the last person to win the Major League Triple Crown in pitching was Johann Santana in 2006.

Contents

  • 1 Fast Facts: Batting
  • 2 Batting Triple Crown Winners
    • 2.1 National League winners
    • 2.2 American League Winners
    • 2.3 American Association Winners
  • 3 Fast Facts: Pitching
  • 4 Pitching Triple Crown winners
    • 4.1 National League winners
    • 4.2 American Association winners
    • 4.3 American League winners

[edit] Fast Facts: Batting

  • Last Triple Crown Winner: Carl Yastrzemski, BOS, 1967.
  • Last Major League Triple Crown Winner (lead majors in all 3 categories): Mickey Mantle, NYY, 1956.
  • Last American League Triple Crown Winner (lead AL in all 3 categories): Carl Yastrzemski, BOS, 1967.
  • Last National League Triple Crown Winner (lead NL in all 3 categories): Joe Medwick, STL-N, 1937.
  • Only Two-Time Winners: Rogers Hornsby, STL-N, 1922, 1925; Ted Williams, BOS-A, 1942, 1947.
  • Only year a player from BOTH leagues won the award: 1933; NL Chuck Klein, PHI-N, AL Jimmie Foxx, PHI-A.

[edit] Batting Triple Crown Winners

Names in bold also won the Major League Triple Crown.

[edit] National League winners

YearBatterTeamHRRBIAVG
1878Paul HinesProvidence450.358
1894Hugh DuffyBoston (NL)18145.440
1922Rogers HornsbySt. Louis42152.401
1925Rogers HornsbySt. Louis39143.403
1933Chuck KleinPhiladelphia (NL)28120.368
1937Joe MedwickSt. Louis31154.374

[edit] American League Winners

YearBatterTeamHRRBIAVG
1901Nap LajoiePhiladelphia (AL)14125.426
1909Ty CobbDetroit9107.377
1933Jimmie FoxxPhiladelphia (AL)48163.356
1934Lou GehrigNew York (AL)49165.363
1942Ted WilliamsBoston (AL)36137.356
1947Ted WilliamsBoston (AL)32114.343
1956Mickey MantleNew York (AL)52130.353
1966Frank RobinsonBaltimore49122.316
1967Carl YastrzemskiBoston (AL)44121.326

[edit] American Association Winners

YearBatterTeamHRRBIAVG
1887Tip O'NeillSt. Louis14123.435

[edit] Fast Facts: Pitching

  • Last Triple Crown Winner: Randy Johnson, ARI, 2002.
  • Last Major League Triple Crown Winner (lead majors in all 3 categories): Dwight Gooden, NYM, 1985.
  • Last American League Triple Crown Winner (lead AL in all 3 categories): Pedro Martínez, BOS, 1999.
  • Last National League Triple Crown Winner (lead NL in all 3 categories): Randy Johnson, ARI, 2002.
  • Most Triple Crowns: Grover Cleveland Alexander, 4 (PHI-N, 1915, 1916, 1917; CHI-N, 1920).

[edit] Pitching Triple Crown winners

Names in bold also won the Major League Triple Crown.

[edit] National League winners

YearPitcherTeamERAWinsKs
1877Tommy BondBoston (NL)2.1140170
1884Charles RadbournProvidence1.3860441
1888Tim KeefeN.Y. Giants1.7435333
1889John ClarksonBoston (NL)2.7349284
1894Amos RusieN.Y. Giants2.7836195
1905Christy MathewsonN.Y. Giants1.2731206
1908Christy MathewsonN.Y. Giants1.4337259
1915Grover AlexanderPhiladelphia (NL)1.2231241
1916Grover AlexanderPhiladelphia (NL)1.5533167
1917Grover AlexanderPhiladelphia (NL)1.8630201
1918Hippo VaughnChicago (NL)1.7422148
1920Grover AlexanderChicago (NL)1.9127173
1924Dazzy VanceBrooklyn2.1628262
1939Bucky WaltersCincinnati2.2927137
1963Sandy KoufaxLos Angeles (NL)1.8825306
1965Sandy KoufaxLos Angeles (NL)2.0426382
1966Sandy KoufaxLos Angeles (NL)1.7327317
1972Steve CarltonPhiladelphia (NL)1.9727310
1985Dwight GoodenNew York (NL)1.5324268
2002Randy JohnsonArizona2.3224334

[edit] American Association winners

YearPitcherTeamERAWinsKs
1884Guy HeckerLouisville Colonels1.8052385



[edit] American League winners

YearPitcherTeamERAWinsKs
1901Cy YoungBoston (AL)1.6233158
1905Rube WaddellPhiladelphia (AL)1.4826287
1913Walter JohnsonWashington (AL)1.0936243
1918Walter JohnsonWashington (AL)1.2723162
1924Walter JohnsonWashington (AL)2.7223158
1930Lefty GrovePhiladelphia (AL)2.5428209
1931Lefty GrovePhiladelphia (AL)2.0631175
1934Lefty GómezNew York (AL)2.3326158
1937Lefty GómezNew York (AL)2.3321194
1945Hal NewhouserDetroit1.8125212
1997Roger ClemensToronto2.0521292
1998Roger ClemensToronto2.6520271
1999Pedro MartínezBoston (AL)2.0723313
2006Johan SantanaMinnesota2.7719245

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