In Major League Baseball history, there have been 16 instances of a player winning the Triple Crown. The Triple Crown is achieved when a player leads the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBIs) in the same season. Some notable players who have accomplished this feat include Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, and Miguel Cabrera.
Ah, the Triple Crown in Baseball is quite a rare and special achievement. Only 17 players in Major League Baseball history have won the Triple Crown, where a player leads the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in during the same season. It takes a lot of skill, hard work, and a little bit of magic to accomplish such a feat.
MLB has had 10 players win a total of 12 Triple Crowns since RBIs became an official statistic in 1920. Here is a closer look at each of the men who have accomplished this impressive hitting feat: 2012 -- Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers (AL): Miggy captured baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years by batting .
There was no MLB triple crown winner in 1902.
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Approximately 200 players, as of 2008.
Approximately 200 players, as of 2008.
Ted Williams and Rogers Hornsby are the only players to achieve two MLB "Triple Crown" titles, so Ted is the only Red Sox player to do so twice. The only other Red Sox player to do so even once was Carl Yastrzemski, who did so in 1967.
The highest percentage of college baseball players that get drafted into the MLB each year is about 2.5 percent This would be about 10 rookies per team - or 300 players. The exact number may fluctuate each year.
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No ... the most triple crowns won in an MLB season is 2. 1) 1901: AL batting triple crown - Napoleon Lajoie of the Philadelphia Athletics ... AL pitching triple crown - Cy Young of the Boston Americans. 2) 1905: AL pitching triple crown - Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics ... NL pitching triple crown - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants. 3) 1918: AL pitching triple crown - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators ... NL pitching triple crown - Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs. 4) 1924: AL pitching triple crown - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators ... NL pitching triple crown - Dazzy Vance of the Brooklyn Robins. 5) 1933: AL batting triple crown - Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics ... NL batting triple crown - Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies. 6) 1934: AL batting triple crown - Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees ... AL pitching triple crown - Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees. 7) 1937: NL batting triple crown - Joe Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals ... AL pitching triple crown - Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees. 8) 1966: AL batting triple crown - Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles ... NL pitching triple crown - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Levi Meyerle hit the first triple on April 24, 1876. Levi also is credited with hitting the first double on April 22, 1876.
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