Major League Baseball Triple Crown

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Jake Peavy's 2007 National League pitching Triple Crown is the most recent for pitchers or batters in either league.

In Major League Baseball, a player earns the Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories. For batters, a player must lead the league in home runs, runs batted in (RBI), and batting average;[1] pitchers must lead the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA).[2] Generally, the Triple Crown refers to leading a specific league such as the National League (NL) or the American League (AL) in these categories.[3] However, if a player leads all of Major League Baseball in all three categories, he is said to have captured a "Major League Triple Crown".

The most batting Triple Crowns won by a player is two. Rogers Hornsby was the first to accomplish it, winning his first in 1922 and then leading all major leagues in 1925 en route to his second Triple Crown, both with the St. Louis Cardinals.[4][5] Ted Williams later matched this mark in the AL, winning in 1942 and 1947 with the Boston Red Sox.[6][7] The Cardinals have won the most batting Triple Crowns as a franchise with four. Along with Hornsby's two, Tip O'Neill won in the now-defunct American Association in 1887 while the team was known as the St. Louis Browns,[8] and Joe Medwick added the Cardinals' fourth in 1937.[9] Twelve of the fourteen players who have offensive Triple Crowns have been elected to the Hall of Fame.[10] Carl Yastrzemski's Triple Crown in 1967 is the most recent. Baseball writer and ESPN contributor Tim Kurkjian believes the Triple Crown has become more difficult to win with the advent of more hitters who choose to specialize in either hitting for batting average or power.[11]

The most pitching Triple Crowns captured by one player is three, accomplished by three players. Grover Cleveland Alexander captured his first two in consecutive seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (1915–1916), and won a third in 1920 with the Chicago Cubs. Alexander is the only pitching Triple Crown winner to win his titles with more than one team.[12][13][14] Walter Johnson won his three Triple Crowns with the first Washington Senators, leading the league in all three categories in 1913, 1918, and 1924.[15][16][17] Sandy Koufax was the most recent to capture three Triple Crowns, winning his three within four seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1963, 1965–1966); all of Koufax' wins were Major League crowns, the most for any player.[18][19][20] Other pitchers who have won multiple Triple Crowns include Christy Mathewson (1905 and 1908 New York Giants), Lefty Grove (1930 and 1931 Philadelphia Athletics), Lefty Gomez (1934 and 1937 New York Yankees), and Roger Clemens (1997–1998 Toronto Blue Jays).[21] One pitcher, Guy Hecker, won a Triple Crown in a major league that is currently defunct; he led the American Association in wins, strikeouts, and ERA in 1884 while pitching for the Louisville Colonels.[22] Seventeen of nineteen eligible pitchers who have won a Triple Crown have been elected to the Hall of Fame.[23] Players are eligible for the Hall of Fame if they have "been retired five seasons",[24] disqualifying six pitchers who have been active during that time. The most recent winner is Jake Peavy.

The first Triple Crown winner was Tommy Bond, who won the NL pitching crown in 1877. The following year, Paul Hines won the first batting Triple Crown in the NL; he is the only batting Triple Crown winner from the NL or the AL who is not in the Hall of Fame.[10][21] The highest home run and RBI totals by a batting winner were achieved by Mickey Mantle and Lou Gehrig, respectively; Mantle hit 52 home runs in 1956, and Gehrig batted in 165 runs in 1934, their only Triple Crown seasons. In the National League, Hornsby is the leader in home runs, with 42, and Medwick's 154 RBI lead as well. Hugh Duffy's .440 average in 1894 is the highest ever during a winning season, and the AL leader is Nap Lajoie (.426). Among pitchers, the lowest ERAs belong to Johnson (1.14 in the 1913 AL) and Alexander (1.22 in the 1915 NL). Johnson is also the AL leader in wins (36), but Charles Radbourn's NL total is over 20 wins higher; his 59 wins in 1884 are a Major League Baseball single-season record.[25] Radbourn also struck out 441 batters that season, the highest total for a Triple Crown winner; Pedro Martínez struck out 313 in the 1999 season to notch the highest strikeout total for an AL winner.

Contents

Triple Crown winners

Key
Year Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball season
† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
* Denotes "Major League" Triple Crown
HR Home runs
RBI Runs batted in
AVG Batting average
W Wins
K Strikeouts
ERA Earned run average

Batting

See also: List of Major League Baseball batting champions, List of Major League Baseball home run champions, and List of Major League Baseball runs batted in champions
National League
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Rogers Hornsby won two National League batting Triple Crowns (1922, 1925).
Year Player Position Team HR RBI AVG Ref(s)
1878 Hines, PaulPaul Hines Center fielder Providence Grays 4 50 .358 [26]
1894 Duffy, HughHugh Duffy† Center fielder Boston Beaneaters 18 145 .440 [27]
1922 Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby† Second baseman St. Louis Cardinals 42 152 .401 [4]
1925 Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby† Second baseman St. Louis Cardinals 39* 143* .403* [5][28]
1933 Klein, ChuckChuck Klein† Right fielder Philadelphia Phillies 28 120 .368 [29]
1937 Medwick, JoeJoe Medwick† Left fielder St. Louis Cardinals 31 154 .374 [30]
American League
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Ted Williams won two American League batting Triple Crowns (1942, 1947).
Year Player Position Team HR RBI AVG Ref(s)
1901 Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie† Second baseman Philadelphia Athletics 14 125 .426 [31]
1909 Cobb, TyTy Cobb† Right fielder Detroit Tigers 9* 107* .377* [32][33]
1933 Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx† First baseman Philadelphia Athletics 48 163 .356 [34]
1934 Gehrig, LouLou Gehrig† First baseman New York Yankees 49* 165* .363* [35][36]
1942 Williams, TedTed Williams† Left fielder Boston Red Sox 36* 137* .356* [6][37]
1947 Williams, TedTed Williams† Left fielder Boston Red Sox 32 114 .343 [7]
1956 Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle† Center fielder New York Yankees 52* 130* .353* [38][39]
1966 Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson† Right fielder Baltimore Orioles 49 122 .316 [40]
1967 Yastrzemski, CarlCarl Yastrzemski† Left fielder Boston Red Sox 44 121 .326 [41]
American Association
Year Player Position Team HR RBI AVG Ref(s)
1887 Tip O'Neill Left fielder St. Louis Browns 14 123 .435 [8]

Pitching

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Grover Cleveland Alexander won three National League pitching Triple Crowns (1915–1916, 1920) with two different teams.
National League
Year Player Team ERA W K Ref(s)
1877 Bond, TommyTommy Bond† Boston Red Caps 2.11 40 170 [42]
1884 Radbourn, CharlesCharles Radbourn† Providence Grays 1.38 59 441 [43]
1888 Keefe, TimTim Keefe† New York Giants 1.74 35 335 [44]
1889 Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson† Boston Beaneaters 2.73 49 284 [45]
1894 Rusie, AmosAmos Rusie† New York Giants 2.78 36 195 [46]
1905 Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† New York Giants 1.27 31 206 [47]
1908 Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† New York Giants 1.43 37 259 [48]
1915 Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† Philadelphia Phillies 1.22* 31* 241* [12][49]
1916 Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† Philadelphia Phillies 1.55 33 167 [13]
1918 Vaughn, HippoHippo Vaughn Chicago Cubs 1.74 22 148 [50]
1920 Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† Chicago Cubs 1.91 27 173 [14]
1924 Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance† Brooklyn Robins 2.16* 28* 262* [51][52]
1939 Walters, BuckyBucky Walters Cincinnati Reds 2.29 27 137 [53]
1963 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† Los Angeles Dodgers 1.88* 25* 306* [18][54]
1965 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† Los Angeles Dodgers 2.04* 26* 382* [19][55]
1966 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† Los Angeles Dodgers 1.73* 27* 317* [20][56]
1972 Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton† Philadelphia Phillies 1.97 27 310 [57]
1985 Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden New York Mets 1.53* 24* 268* [58][59]
2002 Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks 2.32 24 334 [60]
2007 Peavy, JakeJake Peavy San Diego Padres 2.54 19 240 [61]
American League
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Walter Johnson won three American League pitching Triple Crowns with the Washington Senators.
Year Player Team ERA W K Ref(s)
1901 Young, CyCy Young† Boston Americans 1.62 33 158 [62]
1905 Waddell, RubeRube Waddell† Philadelphia Athletics 1.48 27 287 [63]
1913 Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson† Washington Senators 1.14* 36* 243* [15][64]
1918 Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson† Washington Senators 1.27* 23* 162* [16][65]
1924 Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson† Washington Senators 2.72 23 158 [17]
1930 Grove, LeftyLefty Grove† Philadelphia Athletics 2.54* 28* 209* [66][67]
1931 Grove, LeftyLefty Grove† Philadelphia Athletics 2.06* 31* 175* [68][69]
1934 Gomez, LeftyLefty Gomez† New York Yankees 2.33 26 158 [70]
1937 Gomez, LeftyLefty Gomez† New York Yankees 2.33 21 194 [71]
1940 Feller, BobBob Feller† Cleveland Indians 2.61 27 261 [72]
1945 Newhouser, HalHal Newhouser† Detroit Tigers 1.81* 25* 212* [73][74]
1997 Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens Toronto Blue Jays 2.05 21 292 [75]
1998 Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens Toronto Blue Jays 2.65 20 271 [76]
1999 Martinez, PedroPedro Martínez Boston Red Sox 2.07 23 313 [77]
2006 Santana, JohanJohan Santana Minnesota Twins 2.77* 19* 245* [78][79]
American Association
Year Player Team ERA W K Ref(s)
1884 Guy Hecker Louisville Colonels 1.80 52 385 [22]

See also

References

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Baserunning leaders
(career)

Runs (1000+) • Stolen bases • Stolen base records • Runs records
Baserunning leaders
(single season)

Stolen bases (by year)
Pitching leaders
(career)

Wins • 300 win club • Games started • Games finished • Strikeouts (top 100) • 3000 strikeout club • Saves • Shutouts • ERA (top 200) • WHIP (top 100) • 300 wins–3000 strikeouts club • Walks allowed (top 100) • Hit batsmen (top 100) • Wins records
Pitching leaders
(single season)

Wins (by year) • Saves (by year) • Shutouts (by year) • Strikeouts (by year) • Earned run average (by year)
Single-game records

Four home runs • Hitting for the cycle • No-hitter • Perfect game • Strikeouts • Unassisted triple play
Multiple stat clubs

Triple Crown • 3000–500 club • 3000–300 club • 20–20–20 club • 30–30 club • 40–40 club • 300-300 club • 50 stolen bases and 50 doubles • 50 home runs and 50 doubles