Triple Crown (baseball)
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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 le
Sandy Koufax won three Major League pitching Triple Crowns, two consecutively and all three within four seasons.
Mickey Mantle is the most recent MLB batting Triple Crown winner to lead both leagues in all three categories, achieving the feat in 1956.
Miguel Cabrera is the most recent AL batting Triple Crown winner, achieving it in 2012; the first since 1967.
Grover Cleveland Alexander won three National League pitching Triple Crowns (1915–1916, 1920) with two different teams.
Carl Yastrzemski
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Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr., nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He started his
Triple Crown (baseball)
…categories. It has been accomplished 17 times in major league seasons, most recently in 2012 by Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera's was the first since 1967, when Carl Yastrzemski accomplished the feat. Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown the year after Frank Robinson did, the only time back-to-back Triple Crowns occurred in baseball…
Yastrzemski with the Boston Red Sox in 1966
Yastrzemski bats at Fenway Park (c. 1979)
Yastrzemski bats at Tiger Stadium
Yastrzemski with Olympia Snowe following his retirement in 1983