Major League Baseball Triple Crown

In baseball, the Triple Crown refers to a special award from a batter ( batsman ) or pitcher ( pitcher ) can be achieved by citing the three major batting and pitching statistics of the League in a season. These are

  • Batting at: Home Runs (HR), runs batted in (RBI, runs scored when the player was at bat ) and batting average (AVG; batting average )
  • When pitching: Earned Run Average ( ERA, average points, which are emitted per nine innings to the opponent ), Wins ( games won ) and strikeouts (K )

The Triple Crown is the biggest challenge for a baseball player and is therefore rarely achieved. The batting Triple Crown is regarded as difficult to achieve as the pitching Triple Crown, recently it has been obtained in the Major League Baseball 2012 by Miguel Cabrera.

In Major League Baseball, a Triple Crown is awarded when a player's three categories in its league, so the American or National League, cites. One speaks of a " Major League Triple Crown " if a player manages to lead both leagues. This extremely rare feat last achieved in 2012 Miguel Cabrera batting and Justin Verlander (American League) and Clayton Kershaw ( National League) in 2011 in pitching.

  • 2.1 National League
  • 2.2 American League
  • 2.3 American Association

Batting Triple Crown Winners

National League

American League

American Association

Pitching Triple Crown winner

National League

American League

American Association

  • Ceremony (baseball)
Batting (baseball) Run (Baseball) Providence Grays Hugh Duffy Atlanta Braves Rogers Hornsby Philadelphia Phillies Oakland Athletics Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers Jimmie Foxx New York Yankees Ted Williams Frank Robinson Baltimore Orioles Grover Cleveland Alexander Chicago Cubs Dazzy Vance Cincinnati Reds Sandy Koufax Steve Carlton New York Mets Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks Jake Peavy San Diego Padres Cy Young Rube Waddell Walter Johnson Minnesota Twins Lefty Grove Hal Newhouser Roger Clemens Toronto Blue Jays Johan Santana
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