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TRIPLE CROWN HISTORY
FRANK ROBINSON WINS AL TRIPLE CROWN IN 1966
Frank Robinson was a superstar outfielder with 10 seasons at the major
league level in the National League when he was traded from the Cincinnati
Reds to the Baltimore Orioles following the 1965 season. He had already won a
Rookie of the Year award and a Most Valuable Player award during his career,
but had never led the league in any of the Triple Crown categories prior to 1966.
Robinson changed all of that in 1966, batting .316 with 49 home runs and 122
RBI to lead the American League in his first season with the Orioles. He also led
the league with 122 runs scored, a .410 on-base percentage, .637 slugging
percentage and 367 total bases to earn American League Most Valuable Player
honors, receiving all 20 first place votes.
The 1966 season marked the only time Robinson led the league in any of the
Triple Crown categories, although he did finish second in batting average, third
in RBI and fourth in home runs in his second season with the Orioles in 1967.
CARL YASTRZEMSKI WINS AMERICAN LEAGUE TRIPLE CROWN IN 1967
Just one year after Frank Robinson won the American League Triple
Crown, Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski accomplished the feat
again in 1967. The lefthanded hitting slugger batted .326 with 44 home runs
and 121 RBI to top the league in all three categories and become the
second player in Red Sox history to win the Triple Crown.
In addition to leading the league in all three Triple Crown categories,
Yastrzemski led the league with 112 runs scored, 189 hits, a .418 on-base
percentage, .622 slugging percentage and 360 total bases. He was
rewarded with the American League Most Valuable Player for his efforts. He
would remain the last Triple Crown winner in the major leagues until Cabrera
snapped the drought in 2012.
Yastrzemski won the batting title again in 1968, but it marked the last time
he led the league in any of the Triple Crown categories.
TRIPLE CROWN SEASONS
Year Player AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB OBP SLG
1901 Nap Lajoie .422 131 543 145 229 347 48 14 14 125 24 .459 .639
1909 Ty Cobb .377 156 573 116 216 296 33 10 9 107 48 .431 .517
1922 Rogers Hornsby .401 154 623 141 250 450 46 14 42 152 65 .459 .722
1925 Rogers Hornsby .403 138 504 133 203 381 41 10 39 143 83 .489 .756
1933 Jimmie Foxx .356 149 573 125 204 403 37 9 48 163 96 .449 .703
1933 Chuck Klein .368 152 606 101 223 365 44 7 28 120 56 .422 .602
1934 Lou Gehrig .363 154 579 128 210 409 40 6 49 165 109 .465 .706
1937 Joe Medwick .374 156 633 111 237 406 56 10 31 154 41 .414 .641
1942 Ted Williams .356 150 522 141 186 338 34 5 36 137 145 .499 .648
1947 Ted Williams .343 156 528 125 181 335 40 9 32 114 162 .499 .634
1956 Mickey Mantle .353 150 533 132 188 376 22 5 52 130 112 .464 .705
1966 Frank Robinson .316 155 576 122 182 367 34 2 49 122 87 .410 .637
1967 Carl Yastrzemski .326 161 579 112 189 360 31 4 44 121 91 .418 .622
2012 Miguel Cabrera .330 161 622 109 205 377 40 0 44 139 66 .393 .606
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