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In baseball, a player earns a Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average , home runs , and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season.
Triple crown of pitching (2002) [8] 5-time Cy Young Award winner (1995, 1999–2002) [8] 4-time Warren Spahn Award winner (1999–2002) Holds the record for most strikeouts in a relief appearance (16 against San Diego on July 18, 2001) Holds the record for highest single-season and career strikeout per 9 innings ratio: 13.41 and 10.61 [8]
This category contains categories of baseball players who have won the Triple Crown of hitting or pitching over the course of their career. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The following Major League Baseball players have won the American League hitters' Triple Crown by leading the American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in in the same season. Pages in category "American League hitting Triple Crown winners"
Milton baseball hosts Wellesley at Cunningham Field on Monday April 8, 2024 Naughton had the day's biggest hit -- a two-run single to center that broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth.
In 2017, Rooker was named Collegiate Baseball national Player of the Year [2] and SEC Player of the Year after leading the conference with a .387 batting average, 23 home runs, and 82 RBIs, winning only the second triple crown in SEC history, along with a .495 on base percentage, .810 slugging percentage, 30 doubles, and 18 stolen bases. [3]
By season's end, Verlander won the Pitching Triple Crown, the AL Cy Young Award unanimously, the AL MVP Award, [6] and the Sporting News Player of the Year Award. In 2019, Verlander had his first career 300-strikeout season and won his second Cy Young award while leading the Astros to their second pennant in three seasons. [ 7 ]
He accomplished the pitching triple crown for the 1940 season, as he led the AL in ERA (2.61), wins (27) and strikeouts (261) (the latter two led the entire majors). [27] Feller also led the majors with 31 complete games and 320 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings pitched, and won the Sporting News Player of the Year Award . [ 10 ]