Triple crown (baseball)
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In baseball, the Triple Crown refers to:
- A batter who (at season's end) leads the league in three major categories -- home runs, runs batted in, and batting average.
- A pitcher who (at season's end) leads the league in three major categories -- earned run average, victories, and strike outs.
Major League Baseball batting winners:
| Batter | Team | Year | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hines | PRO-N | 1878 | 4 | 50 | .358 |
| Hugh Duffy | BOS-N | 1894 | 18 | 145 | .438 |
| Nap Lajoie | PHI-A | 1901 | 14 | 125 | .422 |
| Ty Cobb | DET | 1909 | 9 | 115 | .377 |
| Heinie Zimmerman | CHI-N | 1912 | 14 | 103 | .372 |
| Rogers Hornsby | STL-N | 1922 | 42 | 152 | .401 |
| Rogers Hornsby | STL-N | 1925 | 39 | 143 | .403 |
| Chuck Klein | PHI-N | 1933 | 28 | 120 | .368 |
| Jimmie Foxx | PHI-A | 1933 | 48 | 163 | .356 |
| Lou Gehrig | NY-A | 1934 | 49 | 165 | .363 |
| Joe Medwick | STL-N | 1937 | 31 | 154 | .374 |
| Ted Williams | BOS | 1942 | 36 | 137 | .356 |
| Ted Williams | BOS | 1947 | 32 | 114 | .343 |
| Mickey Mantle | NY-A | 1956 | 52 | 130 | .353 |
| Frank Robinson | BAL | 1966 | 49 | 122 | .316 |
| Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | 1967 | 44 | 121 | .326 |
Major League Baseball pitching winners:
| Pitcher | Team | Year | ERA | Wins | SOs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Bond | Bos-N | 1877 | 2.11 | 40 | 170 |
| Charles Radbourn | Prov | 1884 | 1.38 | 60 | 441 |
| Tim Keefe | NY-N | 1888 | 1.74 | 35 | 333 |
| John Clarkson | Bos-N | 1889 | 2.73 | 49 | 284 |
| Amos Rusie | NY-N | 1894 | 2.78 | 36 | 195 |
| Cy Young | Bos-A | 1901 | 1.62 | 33 | 158 |
| Rube Waddell | Phi-A | 1905 | 1.48 | 26 | 287 |
| Christy Mathewson | NY-N | 1905 | 1.27 | 31 | 206 |
| Christy Mathewson | NY-N | 1908 | 1.43 | 37 | 259 |
| Walter Johnson | Wash | 1913 | 1.09 | 36 | 243 |
| Grover Alexander | Phi-A | 1915 | 1.22 | 31 | 241 |
| Grover Alexander | Phi-A | 1916 | 1.55 | 33 | 167 |
| Grover Alexander | Phi-A | 1917 | 1.86 | 30 | 201 |
| Walter Johnson | Wash | 1918 | 1.27 | 23 | 162 |
| Hippo Vaughn | Chi-N | 1918 | 1.74 | 22 | 148 |
| Grover Alexander | Chi-N | 1920 | 1.91 | 27 | 173 |
| Walter Johnson | Wash | 1924 | 2.72 | 23 | 158 |
| Dazzy Vance | Bklyn | 1924 | 2.16 | 28 | 262 |
| Lefty Grove | Phi-A | 1930 | 2.54 | 28 | 209 |
| Lefty Grove | Phi-A | 1931 | 2.06 | 31 | 175 |
| Lefty Gomez | NY-A | 1934 | 2.33 | 26 | 158 |
| Lefty Gomez | NY-A | 1937 | 2.33 | 21 | 194 |
| Bucky Walters | Cin | 1939 | 2.29 | 27 | 137 |
| Hal Newhouser | Det | 1945 | 1.81 | 25 | 212 |
| Sandy Koufax | LA-N | 1963 | 1.88 | 25 | 306 |
| Sandy Koufax | LA-N | 1965 | 2.04 | 26 | 382 |
| Sandy Koufax | LA-N | 1966 | 1.73 | 27 | 317 |
| Steve Carlton | Phi | 1972 | 1.97 | 27 | 310 |
| Dwight Gooden | NY-N | 1985 | 1.53 | 24 | 268 |
| Roger Clemens | Tor | 1997 | 2.05 | 21 | 292 |
| Roger Clemens | Tor | 1998 | 2.65 | 20 | 271 |
| Pedro Martinez | Bos | 1999 | 2.07 | 23 | 313 |
| Randy Johnson | Ari | 2002 | 2.32 | 24 | 334 |