It is not a formal award, but a recognition of a player who leads a league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in during the same season. The last player to achieve the feat was Miguel Cabrera of the 2012 Detroit Tigers, who batted .330, hit 44 home runs and drove in 139 runs. The last National League player to do it was Joe "Ducky" Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1937.
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No, he did not.
1956 Triple Crown WinnerMickey Mantle won the Triple Crown in 1956. He batted .353 with 52 home runs and 130 RBI's.
Prior to Miguel Cabrera winning the triple crown in 2012, the last Detroit Tiger to win the award was Ty Cobb in 1909.
The Triple Crown Award is awarded at the end of the year to a jockey that wins Leading Earning, Leading Winner (most wins), and Highest Winning Percentage that year. It does not appear on your career file.
Not the US Triple Crown. But he did win the UK Triple Crown.
Ted Williams in 1941. Joe DiMaggio took the MVP prize that year.
In 1901, Napoleon Lajoie, of the Athletics, was the first triple crown winner of the new American League. His winning triple crown numbers were a.426 batting average, 14 Home Runs and 125 Runs Batted In. He had previously played in the National League for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Carl Yastrzemski 1967 Triple Crown SeasonCarl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox was the last player to hit for the Triple Crown. In 1967 Carl Yastrzemski had a .326 batting average, hit 44 home runs, and had 121 Runs Batted In. He also led the League in runs scored, with 112, and hits with 189. In 1967 Carl Yastrzemski also won the ML Hutch Award, was voted as the ML Player of the Year, and won the 1967 American League Most Valuable Player Award.
Citation won the Triple Crown in 1948
Skycity Triple Crown was created in 1998.
The Canadian triple crown is a thouroughbred race held in Canada.