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Triple Crown (baseball)

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Rogers Hornsby (left) and Ted Williams (right) are the only MLB batters to have won the Triple Crown twice. Hornsby achieved this in 1922 and 1925, while Williams accomplished this in 1942 and 1947.

In baseball, a player earns a Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA).

The term "Triple Crown" is typically used when a player leads one league, such as the American League (AL) or the National League (NL), in the specified categories. A tie for a lead in any category, such as home runs, is sufficient to be considered the leader in that category. A "Major League Triple Crown" may be said to occur when a player leads all of Major League Baseball in all three categories.

Batting Triple Crown

The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement. A batter who completes a season leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) may be said to have won the "Triple Crown". The term, unless modified, connotes the batting achievement; it is not necessary to refer to it as the "batting" Triple Crown.

The Triple Crown reflects the ability of a batter to excel in three important ways: to hit safely a high percentage of the time (batting average); to hit the ball long distances (home runs); and to produce when runners are on base, driving them home to score (RBI). It is an uncommon feat to lead all batters in each of these categories. It has been accomplished 17 times in a major league season, most recently in 2012, by Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera's was the first since 1967, when Carl Yastrzemski accomplished the feat. Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown the year after Frank Robinson did, the only time back-to-back Triple Crowns occurred in baseball history.

Hiromitsu Ochiai is the only player to have won three batting Triple Crowns in any league winning in 1982, 1985, and 1986 while competing in the PL of the NPB. In the American major leagues, 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 both major leagues in 1925 en route to his second Triple Crown, both with the St. Louis Cardinals.Ted Williams later matched this mark in the AL, winning in 1942 and 1947 with the Boston Red Sox. 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, and Joe Medwick added the Cardinals' fourth in 1937. Eleven of the thirteen eligible players who have batting Triple Crowns have been elected to the Hall of Fame. 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.

Pitching Triple Crown

Shane Bieber, the most recent Pitching Triple Crown winner (2020)

A pitcher who leads the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA) is said to have won the "Pitching Triple Crown". The term was previously defined as leading the league in wins, ERA, and winning percentage. It was used in that older sense to describe the (ultimately unsuccessful) pursuit of that goal by Johnny Antonelli of the New York Giants in 1954 and also by Sandy Koufax in 1963. Koufax was first described as having won the Pitching Triple Crown in the current sense after his 1965 season though the older sense continued to be used.

In contrast to the respective batting statistics, the Pitching Triple Crown statistics are more or less complementary (for example, a pitcher who is especially proficient at striking out batters is likely to give up fewer earned runs, and consequently more likely to win games); therefore, the accomplishment is not as rare as the batting crown.

In the major leagues, the Pitching Triple Crown has been accomplished 39 times. The most 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 pitcher to win a Pitching Triple Crown with more than one major league team.Walter Johnson won his three Triple Crowns with the original Washington Senators, leading the league in all three categories in 1913, 1918, and 1924.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's crowns led both major leagues, the most for any player.

Other major league pitchers who have won multiple Pitching 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 and 1998 Toronto Blue Jays).

One pitcher, Guy Hecker, won a Triple Crown in a defunct 19th century major league; he led the American Association in wins, strikeouts, and ERA in 1884 while pitching for the Louisville Colonels.

Eighteen of twenty-four major league pitchers who have won a Triple Crown and are eligible for the Hall of Fame have been inducted. The Triple Crown winners who most recently became eligible for the Hall are Pedro Martínez and Randy Johnson. Both were elected to the Hall of Fame in 2015, each in their first year of eligibility.

The most recent major league pitcher to achieve the feat is Shane Bieber in 2020.

Major league records

The first major league pitcher to achieve the pitching Triple Crown was Tommy Bond, in the NL in 1877. The following year, Paul Hines became the first major leaguer to lead the NL in the three batting categories; he, Heinie Zimmerman, and Miguel Cabrera are the only three players to be AL or NL Triple Crown winners and not reach the Hall of Fame, although Cabrera as of 2022 is still playing so therefore ineligible. The highest home run total reached by a Crown winner was Mickey Mantle, with 52 in 1956. The highest RBI total belongs to Lou Gehrig, with 165 in 1934. Rogers Hornsby has the highest home run total by an NL winner, 42, from his 1922 season. The NL high for RBI is 154, set by Joe Medwick in 1937. Hugh Duffy's .440 average in his 1894 Triple Crown season is the highest batting average by any player in major league history. Nap Lajoie, in 1901, set the all-time AL single-season high in batting average with .426.

Among the major leaguers who earned the pitching Triple Crown, the lowest ERAs belong to Walter Johnson (1.14 in 1913 AL) and Grover Alexander (1.22 in 1915 NL). The highest win total belongs to Charles Radbourn, amassed in 1884, who in that year set a major league single-season record with at least 59 wins. Radbourn struck out 441 batters that season, the highest total for a Triple Crown winner. Walter Johnson holds the highest win total by an AL pitching Triple Crown winner, with 36, attained in 1913. Among AL pitching Triple Crown winners, Pedro Martínez registered the highest season strikeout total, with 313 in 1999. Since 1901, the major league pitcher with the highest season strikeout total in the course of a Triple Crown season is Sandy Koufax, striking out 382 in 1965.

Triple Crown winners

Key
Year Links to the article about the corresponding Professional Baseball season
dagger Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum or Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
double-dagger Player is active
* Denotes "Major League" Triple Crown
§ Player also won the MVP Award in the same year
HR Home runs
RBI Runs batted in
AVG Batting average
W Wins
K Strikeouts
ERA Earned run average
NL National League
AL American League
AA American Association
CL Central League
PL Pacific League
NNL Negro National League (1920–1931)
ECL Eastern Colored League
NAL Negro American League
NN2 Negro National League (1933–1948)

Major League Baseball

Batting

Research in 2015 restored the Chicago Cubs' Heinie Zimmerman of 1912 to the list. There is doubt over whether Hugh Duffy's 1894 RBI totals were the highest.

Miguel Cabrera is the most recent batting Triple Crown winner, achieving it in 2012; the first since 1967.
Year Player Position Team League HR RBI AVG Ref(s)
1878 Paul Hines Center fielder Providence Grays NL 4 50 .358
1887 Tip O'Neill Left fielder St. Louis Browns AA 14 123 .435
1894 Hugh DuffyMember of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder Boston Beaneaters NL 18 145 .440
1901 Nap Lajoiedagger Second baseman Philadelphia Athletics AL 14 125 .426
1909 Ty Cobbdagger Right fielder Detroit Tigers AL 9* 107* .377*
1912 Heinie Zimmerman Third baseman Chicago Cubs NL 14 104 .372
1922 Rogers Hornsbydagger Second baseman St. Louis Cardinals NL 42 152 .401
1925 Rogers Hornsbydagger Second baseman St. Louis Cardinals NL 39* 143* .403*
1933 Jimmie Foxxdagger§ First baseman Philadelphia Athletics AL 48 163 .356
1933 Chuck Kleindagger Right fielder Philadelphia Phillies NL 28 120 .368
1934 Lou Gehrigdagger First baseman New York Yankees AL 49* 165* .363*
1937 Joe Medwickdagger§ Left fielder St. Louis Cardinals NL 31 154 .374
1942 Ted Williamsdagger Left fielder Boston Red Sox AL 36 137 .356
1947 Ted Williamsdagger Left fielder Boston Red Sox AL 32 114 .343
1956 Mickey Mantledagger§ Center fielder New York Yankees AL 52* 130* .353*
1966 Frank Robinsondagger§ Right fielder Baltimore Orioles AL 49 122 .316
1967 Carl Yastrzemskidagger§ Left fielder Boston Red Sox AL 44 121 .326
2012 Miguel Cabreradouble-dagger§ Third baseman Detroit Tigers AL 44 139 .330

Pitching

Grover Cleveland Alexander won three National League pitching Triple Crowns (1915–1916, 1920) with two different teams.
Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax won three National League pitching Triple Crowns, two consecutively and all three within four seasons.
Walter Johnson won three American League pitching Triple Crowns with the Washington Senators.
Year Player Team League ERA W K Ref(s)
1877 Tommy Bond Boston Red Caps NL 2.11 40 170
1884 Guy Hecker Louisville Colonels AA 1.80 52 385
1884 Charles Radbourndagger Providence Grays NL 1.38 59 441
1888 Tim Keefedagger New York Giants NL 1.74 35 335
1889 John Clarksondagger Boston Beaneaters NL 2.73 49 284
1894 Amos Rusiedagger New York Giants NL 2.78 36 195
1901 Cy Youngdagger Boston Americans AL 1.62 33 158
1905 Christy Mathewsondagger New York Giants NL 1.27 31 206
1905 Rube Waddelldagger Philadelphia Athletics AL 1.48 27 287
1908 Christy Mathewsondagger New York Giants NL 1.43 37 259
1913 Walter Johnsondagger Washington Senators AL 1.14* 36* 243*
1915 Grover Cleveland Alexanderdagger Philadelphia Phillies NL 1.22* 31* 241*
1916 Grover Cleveland Alexanderdagger Philadelphia Phillies NL 1.55 33 167
1918 Walter Johnsondagger Washington Senators AL 1.27* 23* 162*
1918 Hippo Vaughn Chicago Cubs NL 1.74 22 148
1920 Grover Cleveland Alexanderdagger Chicago Cubs NL 1.91 27 173
1924 Walter Johnsondagger Washington Senators AL 2.72 23 158
1924 Dazzy Vancedagger Brooklyn Robins NL 2.16* 28* 262*
1930 Lefty Grovedagger Philadelphia Athletics AL 2.54* 28* 209*
1931 Lefty Grovedagger§ Philadelphia Athletics AL 2.06* 31* 175*
1934 Lefty Gomezdagger New York Yankees AL 2.33 26 158
1937 Lefty Gomezdagger New York Yankees AL 2.33 21 194
1939 Bucky Walters§ Cincinnati Reds NL 2.29 27 137
1940 Bob Fellerdagger Cleveland Indians AL 2.61 27 261
1945 Hal Newhouserdagger§ Detroit Tigers AL 1.81* 25* 212*
1963 Sandy Koufaxdagger§ Los Angeles Dodgers NL 1.88* 25* 306*
1965 Sandy Koufaxdagger Los Angeles Dodgers NL 2.04* 26* 382*
1966 Sandy Koufaxdagger Los Angeles Dodgers NL 1.73* 27* 317*
1972 Steve Carltondagger Philadelphia Phillies NL 1.97 27 310
1985 Dwight Gooden New York Mets NL 1.53* 24* 268*
1997 Roger Clemens Toronto Blue Jays AL 2.05 21 292
1998 Roger Clemens Toronto Blue Jays AL 2.65 20 271
1999 Pedro Martínezdagger Boston Red Sox AL 2.07 23 313
2002 Randy Johnsondagger Arizona Diamondbacks NL 2.32 24 334
2006 Johan Santana Minnesota Twins AL 2.77* 19* 245*
2007 Jake Peavy San Diego Padres NL 2.54 19 240
2011 Clayton Kershawdouble-dagger Los Angeles Dodgers NL 2.28 21 248
2011 Justin Verlanderdouble-dagger§ Detroit Tigers AL 2.40 24 250
2020 Shane Bieberdouble-dagger Cleveland Indians AL 1.63* 8* 122*

Negro league baseball

On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball announced that the records of Negro league baseball from 1920 to 1948 would be designated as major league status. As such, seven different leagues that existed in that time period are now recognized as being on the same level as MLB. Seven batters and three pitchers achieved the Triple Crown in that era.

Batting

Oscar Charleston won three batting Triple Crowns, most for any American player
Year Player Position Team League HR RBI AVG Ref(s)
1921 Oscar Charlestondagger Center fielder St. Louis Giants NNL 15 91 .433
1923 Oscar Johnson Outfielder Kansas City Monarchs NNL 20 120 .406
1924 Oscar Charlestondagger Center fielder Harrisburg Giants ECL 15 63 .405
1925 Oscar Charlestondagger Center fielder Harrisburg Giants ECL 20 97 .427
1926 Mule Suttlesdagger First baseman St. Louis Stars NNL 32 130 .425
1930 Willie Wellsdagger Shortstop St. Louis Stars NNL 17 114 .411
1936 Josh Gibsondagger Catcher Pittsburgh Crawfords NNL2 18 66 .389
1937 Josh Gibsondagger Catcher Homestead Grays NNL2 20 73 .417
1942 Ted Strong Right field Kansas City Monarchs NAL 6 32 .364
1942 Lennie Pearson First baseman Newark Eagles NNL2 11 56 .347

Pitching

Year Player Team League ERA W K Ref(s)
1934 Slim Jones Philadelphia Stars NN2 1.24 20 164
1938 Ray Browndagger Homestead Grays NN2 1.88 14 70
1943 Johnny Wright Homestead Grays NN2 2.54 18 94

Nippon Professional Baseball

Batting

NPB Hall of Famer Hiromitsu Ochiai is the only player to have won three batting Triple Crowns in any league.
Year Player Position Team League HR RBI AVG Ref(s)
1938 Fall Haruyasu Nakajima dagger§ First Baseman Tokyo Giants JPBL 10* 38* .361*
1965 Katsuya Nomura dagger§ Catcher Nankai Hawks PL 42 110 .320
1973 Sadaharu Oh dagger§ First Baseman Yomiuri Giants CL 51 114 .355
1974 Sadaharu Oh dagger§ First Baseman Yomiuri Giants CL 49 107 .332
1982 Hiromitsu Ochiai dagger§ Third Baseman Lotte Orions PL 32 99 .325
1984 Greg Wells § First baseman Hankyu Braves PL 37 130 .355
1985 Hiromitsu Ochiai dagger§ Third Baseman Lotte Orions PL 52 146 .367
1985 Randy Bass § First Baseman Hanshin Tigers CL 54 134 .350
1986 Hiromitsu Ochiai dagger Third Baseman Lotte Orions PL 50 116 .360
1986 Randy Bass First Baseman Hanshin Tigers CL 47 109 .389
2004 Nobuhiko Matsunaka § Left Fielder Fukuoka Daiei Hawks PL 44 120 .358
2022 Munetaka Murakami double-dagger Third Baseman Tokyo Yakult Swallows CL 56 134 .318

Pitching

Tomoyuki Sugano is the most recent pitching Triple Crown winner in the NPB, achieving it in 2018.
Year Player Team League ERA W K Ref(s)
1937 Spring Eiji Sawamura dagger§ Tokyo Giants JPBL 0.81* 24* 196*
1938 Fall Victor Starffin dagger Tokyo Giants JPBL 1.05* 19* 146*
1943 Hideo Fujimoto dagger Tokyo Giants JPBL 0.73* 34* 253*
1948 Hiroshi Nakao Yomiuri Giants JPBL 1.84* 27* 187*
1954 Shigeru Sugishita dagger§ Chunichi Dragons CL 1.39 32 273
1954 Motoji Takuwa Nankai Hawks PL 1.58 26 275
1958 Masaichi Kaneda dagger Kokutetsu Swallows CL 1.30 31 311
1958 Kazuhisa Inaodagger§ Nishitetsu Lions PL 1.42 33 334
1959 Tadashi Sugiura dagger Nankai Hawks PL 1.40 38 336
1961 Hiroshi Gondo dagger Chunichi Dragons CL 1.70 35 310
1961 Kazuhisa Inao dagger Nishitetsu Lions PL 1.69 42 353
1978 Keishi Suzukidagger Kintetsu Buffaloes PL 2.02 25 178
1980 Isamu Kida Nippon Ham Fighters PL 2.28 22 225
1981 Suguru Egawa Yomiuri Giants CL 2.29 20 221
1985 Tatsuo Komatsu Chunichi Dragons CL 2.65 17 172
1990 Hideo Nomo dagger Kintetsu Buffaloes PL 2.91 18 287
1999 Koji Uehara Yomiuri Giants CL 2.09 20 179
2006 Kazumi Saito Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PL 1.75 18 205
2010 Kenta Maeda double-dagger Hiroshima Carp CL 2.21 15 174
2018 Tomoyuki Sugano double-dagger Yomiuri Giants CL 2.14 15 200
2020 Kodai Senga double-dagger Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PL 2.16 11 149
2021 Yoshinobu Yamamoto double-dagger Orix Buffaloes PL 1.39* 18* 206*
2022 Yoshinobu Yamamoto double-dagger Orix Buffaloes PL 1.68* 15* 205*

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