Triple Crown Winners

[Silver Charm]

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

[magicnight]

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.

[MO]

I wonder how many more TCs Williams would have won if not for his time away during the war?