MLB Triple Crown
Very few hitters in Major League Baseball history have won the Triple Crown, leading the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in. Here's the exclusive club, with related statistics. Click on a player's name for his career stats.
| American League MLB Triple Crown | ||||
| YEAR | PLAYER | HR | RBI | AVG |
| 1967 | Carl Yastrzemski, BOS | 44 | 121 | .326 |
| 1966 | Frank Robinson, BAL | 49 | 122 | .316 |
| 1956 | Mickey Mantle, NY | 52 | 130 | .353 |
| 1947 | Ted Williams, BOS | 32 | 114 | .343 |
| 1942 | Ted Williams, BOS | 36 | 137 | .356 |
| 1934 | Lou Gehrig, NY | 49 | 165 | .363 |
| 1933 | Jimmie Foxx, PHI | 48 | 163 | .356 |
| 1909 | Ty Cobb, DET | 9 | 115 | .377 |
| 1901 | Nap Lajoie, PHI | 14 | 125 | .422 |
| National League MLB Triple Crown | ||||
| YEAR | PLAYER | HR | RBI | AVG |
| 1937 | Joe Medwick, STL | 31 | 154 | .374 |
| 1933 | Chuck Klein, PHI | 28 | 120 | .368 |
| 1925 | Rogers Hornsby, STL | 39 | 143 | .403 |
| 1922 | Rogers Hornsby, STL | 42 | 152 | .401 |
| 1912 | Heinie Zimmerman, CHI | 14 | 103 | .372 |
| 1894 | Hugh Duffy, BOS | 18 | 145 | .438 |
| 1878 | Paul Hines, PRO | 4 | 50 | .358 |
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