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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.
Rod Carew won seven AL batting titles between 1969 and 1978. George Brett's .390 batting average in 1980 is the second-highest since 1941. Ichiro Suzuki won AL batting titles in 2001 and 2004. Joe Mauer won the 2006, 2008, and 2009 batting titles, becoming the first catcher to win three batting titles and the only catcher ever to win in the AL.
A Major League Baseball Triple Crown is recorded by: a hitter who leads either the American League or National League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in in the same season. a pitcher who leads either the American League or National League in earned run average, wins, and strikeouts in the same season.
In 2012, Cabrera became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 to win the batting Triple Crown, leading the AL with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs, and 139 runs batted in (RBI), earning him the AL MVP award that year. In the first half of 2013, Cabrera was on pace to shatter his numbers from his prior Triple Crown season. He ...
Luis Arraez held off Shohei Ohtani's bid to win the National League Triple Crown and was set to become the first player since the 1800s to earn batting titles with three teams. Kansas City Royals ...
See: Major League Baseball Triple Crown#Batting Triple Crown winners. 1966: Frank Robinson (.316, 49, 122) Pitching. N/A; Post-Season and All-Star Game MVP Award Winners
The following Major League Baseball players have won the National League hitters' Triple Crown by leading the National League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in in the same season. Pages in category "National League hitting Triple Crown winners"
National League hitting Triple Crown winners (6 P) Pages in category "National League batting champions" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total.