Hard to believe that its been 1967 since we have had a Triple Crown Winner. I dont mean the 4-legged kind but a Bat and.Ball type. For gods sake there have only been 3 since 1950. The last Tiger to do it was Ty Cobb who slugged all of 9 homers that year. One thing for sure by playing tonite Cabrera isnt trying to back into it. 165 RBI\'s for Gehrig. I wonder if he.batted before or after the Babe. Numbers still matter in Baseball. League Leader in pitching Wins is 21. 21??? For GODS Sake Steve Carlton had that by Sept 1 every year. Anyway I hope he does it. Remember this is the same guy who has battled some personal adversity about this same time a couple a years.
Sometimes you have to.expereince the worst of yourself to bring out the best of yourself...
American League
YEAR PLAYER HR RBI AVG
1967 Carl Yastrzemski, Boston 44 121 .326
1966 Frank Robinson, Baltimore 49 122 .316
1956 Mickey Mantle, New York 52 130 .353
1947 Ted Williams, Boston 32 114 .343
1942 Ted Williams, Boston 36 137 .356
1934 Lou Gehrig, New York 49 165 .363
1933 Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia 48 163 .356
1909 Ty Cobb, Detroit 9 115 .377
1901 Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia 14 125 .422
National League
YEAR PLAYER HR RBI AVG
1937 Joe Medwick, St. Louis 31 154 .374
1933 Chuck Klein, Philadelphia 28 120 .368
1925 Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis 39 143 .403
1922 Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis 42 152 .401
1912 Heinie Zimmerman, Chicago 14 103 .372
1894 Hugh Duffy, Boston 18 145 .438
1878 Paul Hines, Providence 4 50 .358
You beat me to it, Silver.
Ruth hit 3rd, Gehrig 4th.
Other fun facts. Ted Williams did not win MVP in either of his TC years. One year after Hornsby won his second TC for the Cards, they traded him. Lesson? Be nice to the media, and your teammates.
I wonder how many more TCs Williams would have won if not for his time away during the war?