A total of 9 American League players have won the Triple Crown for Baseball, with Ted Williams being the only one to do it twice. In 1967 Carl Yastrzemski did it while with the Boston Red Sox. In 2012, Miguel Cabrera did it while playing for the Tigers.
The last American League player to win the Triple Crown was Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox in 1967 when he hit .326 with 44 HR and 121 RBIs. The year before that Frank Robinson of the Baltimore won the American League Triple Crown, batting .316 with 49 homers and 122 RBIs. Only 6 other American League players and 5 National League players have ever won the Triple Crown.
In 1901, the American League Triple Crown winner was Nap Lajoie. His batting average that year was .426, which is a very high hitting average, both then and now.
Frank Robinson was National League Rookie of the Year in 1956, American League Triple Crown winner in 1966, National League MVP in 1961 and American League MVP in 1966. I don't know of a second.
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.
Triple Crown College Baseball League was created in 2007.
Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
Clayton Kershaw won the National League triple crown in 2011.
The stats used to determine the Triple Crown of Pitching are wins, strikeouts, and earned run average or ERA. The first American League pitcher to win the Triple Crown of Pitching was Cy Young in 1901. The first pitcher to win it in the National League was Tommy Bond in 1877.
Clayton Kershaw won the National League triple crown in 2011.
Lou Gehrig won two American League MVP Awards in 1927, and 1936. He also won the American League Triple Crown in 1934.
A player is said to win the Triple Crown in a given season if he leads his league in batting average, home runs and RBIs. No player has won the Triple Crown in both leagues. The only players to win the Triple Crown more than once were Rogers Hornsby, who won the NL Triple Crown in 1922 and 1925, and Ted Williams, who won the AL Triple Crown in 1942 and 1947. Some people recognize a pitching "Triple Crown" (league leader in wins, ERA and strikeouts), but no player has won that in both leagues either. However, two pitchers with the same last name have won, one in each league: Walter Johnson in the American League in 1913, 1918 and 1924, and Randy Johnson in the National League in 2002.
There was no American, Canadian, English, or Irish Triple Crown winner in 1923.