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
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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.
Joe Medwick was the last St. Louis Cardinal to win the Triple Crown in hitting. In 1937 Medwick hit .374, had 31 home runs, and 154 RBIs.
No woman has won the Triple Crown as a jockey.
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.
Dale Murphy never won the Triple Crown.