Prior to Miguel Cabrera winning the triple crown in 2012, the last Detroit Tiger to win the award was Ty Cobb in 1909.
No
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.
Not the US Triple Crown. But he did win the UK Triple Crown.
Miguel Cabrera
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers won the American League Triple Crown in 2012 with a season average of .330, 139 RBIs, and 44 home runs. He was the first batter to win all three categories since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox did it in 1967. Jake Peavy in 2007 won the NL Pitchers Triple Crown with 19 Wins a 2.54 ERA and 240 Strikeouts Johan Santana won in the AL in 2006 Randy Johnson in the NL in 2002
Going into the 2014 season, there was only one batter to win the Triple Crown, it was Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2012 (.330/44/139).Two pitchers have also won the Triple Crown award during that span (ERA, Wins, Strikeouts). Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011 (2.28/21/248) and Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers in 2011 (2.40/24/250).
You only have to look back to 1966, the year before Boston's Carl Yastrzemski won the American League Triple Crown with a .326 batting average, 44 home runs and 121 runs batted in. During the 1966 season, Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles won the A.L. Triple Crown with a 316 batting average, 49 homers and 122 RBI. The last major leaguer to post a Triple Crown season was Miguel Cabrera of the 2012 Detroit Tigers, who batted .330 with 44 homers and 139 RBI.
No the last triple crown winner was Affirmed 1978
No woman has won the Triple Crown as a jockey.
No, Seabiscuit never raced in any of the Triple crown races.
1978