TRIPLE CROWN IN BASEBALL

Every Triple Crown Winner in MLB History | Baseball Almanac

The Triple Crown is "awarded" (received or honored with as no physical award exists) to the hitter who leads his own League in all three of these hitting statistics: 1: Home runs. 2: Batting average. 3: Runs batted in.

All three categories must be led or tied at the end of the season in order to be part of a Triple Crown performance. Few players have ever come close and when a player simply leads in two categories it is often a noteworthy achievement. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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"Never swing at a ball you're fooled on or have trouble hitting." - Batting Advice from Triple Crown Winner (1942 & 1947) / Hall of Famer Ted Williams in Sport Magazine (Ted Williams, December 1954, 'Hitting Advice', Page 34)

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American League Triple Crown Winners

American League Triple Crown Winners

1. 4. 1901 Nap Lajoie 2B 14 Top 25 .426 Top 25 125 Top 25 Philadelphia n/a
2. 5. 1909 Ty Cobb RF 9 Top 25 .377 Top 25 107 Top 25 Detroit n/a
3. 8. 1933 Jimmie Foxx 1B 48 Top 25 .356 Top 25 163 Top 25 Philadelphia Most Valuable Player Winner
4. 10. 1934 Lou Gehrig 1B 49 Top 25 .363 Top 25 165 Top 25 New York --
5. 12. 1942 Ted Williams LF 36 Top 25 .356 Top 25 137 Top 25 Boston --
6. 13. 1947 Ted Williams LF 32 Top 25 .343 Top 25 114 Top 25 Boston --
7. 14. 1956 Mickey Mantle CF 52 Top 25 .353 Top 25 130 Top 25 New York Most Valuable Player Winner
8. 15. 1966 Frank Robinson RF 49 Top 25 .316 Top 25 122 Top 25 Baltimore Most Valuable Player Winner
9. 16. 1967 Carl Yastrzemski LF 44 Top 25 .326 Top 25 121 Top 25 Boston Most Valuable Player Winner
10. 17. 2012 Miguel Cabrera 3B 44 Top 25 .330 Top 25 139 Top 25 Detroit Most Valuable Player Winner
Triple Crown National League Triple Crown Winners

National League Triple Crown Winners

1. 1. 1878 Paul Hines CF 4 Top 25 .358 Top 25 50 Top 25 Providence n/a
2. 3. 1894 Hugh Duffy CF 18 Top 25 .440 Top 25 145 Top 25 Boston n/a
3. 6. 1922 Rogers Hornsby 2B 42 Top 25 .401 Top 25 152 Top 25 St. Louis --
4. 7. 1925 Rogers Hornsby 2B 39 Top 25 .403 Top 25 143 Top 25 St. Louis Most Valuable Player Winner
5. 8. 1933 Chuck Klein RF 28 Top 25 .368 Top 25 120 Top 25 Philadelphia --
6. 11. 1937 Joe Medwick LF 31 Top 25 .374 Top 25 154 Top 25 St. Louis Most Valuable Player Winner

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American Association Triple Crown Winners

1. 2. 1887 Tip O'Neill LF 14 Top 25 .435 Top 25 123 Top 25 St. Louis n/a
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At the end of the 1887 season, Tip O'Neill also led the American Association in triples, doubles, total bases, slugging average, runs, on base percentage and hits!

Did you know that Ty Cobb, during his Triple Crown season (1909), simultaneously led the American League in stolen bases with seventy-six, making him the only Triple Crown ballplayer to also lead his league in stolen bases?

Did you know that during their Triple Crown season, Ty Cobb (1909), Rogers Hornsby (1925), Lou Gehrig (1934), Ted Williams (1942), and Mickey Mantle (1956), not only led their respective League in all three categories, but their totals were the highest across Major League Baseball?

Several written sources include Heinie Zimmerman from 1912; however, both Baseball Almanac and Major League Baseball have corrected his RBI total (it was one-hundred three but should be ninety-nine) due to ongoing research into box scores.