No the last triple crown winner was Affirmed 1978
Seattle Slew was the last living Triple Crown winner who lived. He passed away on May 7, 2002.
Yes, that was Affirmed.
Affirmed
1977. When he died in 2002 he was the last living Triple Crown winner.
Affirmed in 1978.
He sired no Triple Crown Winner.
A triple crown winner is one who wins the batting average title, the runs batted in title and the home run title all in one season. The last triple crown winner was Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. A Triple play occurs in baseball when a team records three outs on a single play. The last triple play was Troy Tulowitzki's unassisted triple play on April 29, 2007. Pitchers also have a triple crown. A triple crown pitching winner leads the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA.
There was no American, Canadian, English, or Irish Triple Crown winner in 1923.
The most recent American Triple crown winner was Affirmed in 1978.
Citation won the Triple Crown in 1948
There were no Thoroughbred Triple Crown winners in 2012.