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The following year, Paul Hines became the first major leaguer to lead the NL in the three batting categories; he, Heinie Zimmerman, and Miguel Cabrera are the only three players to be AL or NL Triple Crown winners and not reach the Hall of Fame, although Cabrera will not be eligible for induction until 2029.
Medwick is the last National League player to win the Triple Crown award (1937). [4] A ten-time All-Star, Medwick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1968 with 84.81% of the votes. [5] In 2014, he became a member of the inaugural class of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.
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Joe Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals was the last NL Triple Crown winner in 1937. The most recent player to achieve the feat in either league was Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera in 2012, which ...
The last time this happened was 2011, when Clayton Kershaw (NL) and Justin Verlander (AL) each took home the award. Before that, the last time there were dual Triple Crown winners was in 1924.
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 star Bobby Witt Jr. won his first American League batting championship, finishing with a major league-best .332 average.
Tommy Bond won the triple crown in 1877, leading the National League in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average. Grover Cleveland Alexander led the National League in wins six times in ten seasons. Hall of Famer Joe McGinnity captured the National League win championship five times.
Hines moved over to the Washington Nationals of the National League in 1886, and he batted .312 that year while stealing 21 bases (his first since 1875 according to recorded statistics) with 152 hits (a career high) in 121 games. He played in 123 games in 1887 and batted .308 and walked 48 times (the second time in his career he walked 40+ in a ...