For Batters:Home Runs, RBIs, and batting average
For Pitchers:ERA, strikeouts, and wins
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.
Yes. The Triple Crown races are for three year olds only.
The Triple Crown is a combination of three races The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes
The Triple Crown is awarded to a Major League Baseball player who is ranked first in three major categories. For hitters it is batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For pitchers it is earned run average, wins and strikeouts.
The three races that make up the Triple Crown are the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness. The Derby is the longest race out of the three.
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Secretariat won the triple crown in 1973. He was the 9th horse to do so in 25 years.
No horse has ever won the Triple Crown twice because they can only race in the Triple Crown races as three year olds.
The "Triple Crown" is usually referring to the "Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing". There are three races: The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.
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They are referred to as the Triple Crown. If a horse wins all three races in one year, he is called the Triple Crown winner.