Who Has Won The Triple Crown In Baseball?

The Triple Crown in baseball is a rare feat. Learn about the history of the Triple Crown and the great players who have won it.

The Triple Crown in Baseball

The Triple Crown in baseball is a rare feat. A player must lead the league in three offensive statistical categories in order to win the Triple Crown. These three categories are batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. Winning the Triple Crown is a great accomplishment and is very difficult to do.

What is the Triple Crown?

The Triple Crown in baseball is awarded to a batter who, during a single season, accrues the highest batting average, the most home runs, and the most runs batted in. This has only been accomplished 17 times in MLB history, with the most recent occurrence being in 2012 by Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.

Winning the Triple Crown is one of baseball’s rarest feats; in the 140 years from 1876 (when home run totals became reliably recorded) to 2016, it has been accomplished just 16 times by 13 different batters. The last National League Triple Crown winner was Joe Medwick, who did it in 1937 with the St. Louis Cardinals; the last American League winner was Miguel Cabrera in 2012 with the Detroit Tigers.

A Brief History

The Triple Crown in baseball has been around since the 19th century, and while no hitter has accomplished the feat in over three decades, there have been several close calls. The Triple Crown award goes to the player who leads their respective league in three categories: batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI). Winning the Triple Crown is one of the most prestigious individual accomplishments a hitter can achieve in baseball.

In order to be eligible to win the Triple Crown, a player must finish the season as the leader in all three categories. If two or more players are tied for the lead in any one category, then the award goes to the player with the highest total number of hits. If there is still a tie, then the award goes to the player with the most home runs. If there is still a tie, then it goes to whichever player recorded the most RBIs.

Players Who Have Won the Triple Crown

The Triple Crown is an award given to the best hitter in baseball. A player who wins the Triple Crown is the one who leads the league in batting average, home runs, and RBIs. There have been only a handful of players who have ever won the Triple Crown.

Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He died on August 13, 1995, at the age of 63, in Dallas, Texas. Mickey Mantle is best remembered for his days as a center fielder for the New York Yankees. During his 18-year career with the Yankees (1951-1968), he helped lead the team to 12 American League pennants and seven World Series championships. He was also a three-time MVP and a 16-time All-Star.

Mantle is one of only four players in major league history to win the “Triple Crown” (leading the league in home runs, RBIs, and batting average in the same season). He did it twice: in 1956 (.353 BA, 52 HR, 130 RBI) and 1957 (.366 BA, 34 HR, 94 RBI).

Frank Robinson

Robinson was the first African American manager in Major League Baseball, and was named the Major League Baseball Executive of the Year in 2000 for his work as the Baltimore Orioles’ senior vice president of baseball operations. He is considered one of the game’s greatest players; he was selected for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Miguel Cabrera

In 2012, Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to win the Triple Crown, batting .330 with 44 home runs and 139 RBI. He was the first player since 1967 to lead his league in all three Triple Crown categories in the same season.

The Triple Crown Today

The Triple Crown is a baseball achievement awarded to a batter who, in a single season, hits 50 home runs and drives in 130 runs, and whose batting average is .350 or higher. The term “Triple Crown” generally refers to the batting achievement. A batter who accomplishes this feat is said to have won the “Triple Crown”.

Current Standings

The Triple Crown is a term used in American sports to describe the rare feat of one player leading his league in three major statistical categories in the same season. The term originally referred to the batting achievement of leading one’s league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI), a feat accomplished by only 12 players since 1900. In baseball, the term now refers to the pitching Triple Crown, accomplished by only 7 pitchers since 1900. Neither crown has been won in either major league since 1967, when Francisco Lindor became baseball’s most recent Triple Crown winner.

Standings as of June 1st
Batting Average
1. Mookie Betts, .359
2. Juan Soto, .342
3. Freddie Freeman, .341

Home Runs
1. Ronald Acuna Jr., 15
2. Jorge Soler, 14
3. Marcell Ozuna, 13

Runs Batted In
1. Freddie Freeman, 41
2. Cody Bellinger, 39
3. Christian Yelich, 38

The Path to the Triple Crown

In baseball, the Triple Crown is awarded to a batter who finishes the season leading their league in three specific statistical categories. These categories are home runs, batting average, and runs batted in (RBIs). If a batter leads all three of these categories, they are said to have “won the Triple Crown.”

Winning the Triple Crown is one of the most prestigious accomplishments in baseball. It is rare for a player to lead all three categories, difficulty. In order to win the batting title, a player would need to have more hits than any other player in their league. To lead the league in home runs, a player would need to hit more homers than any other player. Lastly, in order to lead the league RBIs, a player would need to drive in more runs than anyone else.

Since 1900, there have only been 14 batters who have won the Triple Crown. Of those 14 players, 11 are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The last player to win the Triple Crown was Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2012. Cabrera finished the season with 44 home runs, 139 RBIs, and a batting average of .330.