Triple Crown (baseball)

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 leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season.<ref name="Morosi">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine Template:Dead link</ref> The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA).

The term "Triple Crown" is typically used when a player leads one league, such as the American League (AL) or the National League (NL), in the specified categories. A tie for a lead in any category, such as home runs, is sufficient to be considered the leader in that category. A "Major League Triple Crown" may be said to occur when a player leads all of Major League Baseball in all three categories.

Hitting Triple Crown

Template:Multiple image The term "Triple Crown", unless modified, generally connotes the batting achievement; it is not necessary to refer to it as the "hitting" Triple Crown. A hitter who completes a season leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) may be said to have won the "Triple Crown."<ref name="Morosi"/>

The Triple Crown reflects the ability of a hitter to excel in three important ways: to hit safely a high percentage of the time (batting average); to hit the ball long distances (home runs); and to produce when runners are on base, driving them home to score (RBI). It is an uncommon feat to lead all hitters in each of these 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 history.

Hiromitsu Ochiai and Oscar Charleston are the only players to have won three batting Triple Crowns in any league. Ochiai won in 1982, 1985, and 1986 while competing in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball. Charleston won in 1921 while playing in the Negro National League, and again in 1924 and 1925 while playing in the Eastern Colored League. In the American League and National League, the most batting Triple Crowns won by a player is two. Rogers Hornsby was the first to accomplish it, winning his first in 1922 and then leading both leagues in 1925 en route to his second Triple Crown, both with the St. Louis Cardinals.<ref name="1922nl">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="1925ml">Template:Cite web</ref> Ted Williams later matched this mark, leading both leagues in 1942 and the American League in 1947, both with the Boston Red Sox.<ref name="1942al">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="1947al">Template:Cite web</ref> Ochai and Randy Bass each recorded Triple Crowns in consecutive seasons in the Nippon League, in 1985 and 1986.

The Cardinals have won the most hitting Triple Crowns as a franchise with four. Along with Hornsby's two, Tip O'Neill won in the now-defunct American Association in 1887 while the team was known as the St. Louis Browns,<ref name="1887aa">Template:Cite web</ref> and Joe Medwick added the Cardinals' fourth in 1937.<ref name="1937nl">Template:Cite web</ref> Eleven of the thirteen eligible<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> players who have batting Triple Crowns have been elected to the Hall of Fame.<ref name="batHOF">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Baseball journalist Tim Kurkjian believes the Triple Crown has become more difficult to win with the advent of more hitters who choose to specialize in either hitting for batting average or power.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Pitching Triple Crown

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Sandy Koufax won three Major League pitching Triple Crowns, two consecutively and all three within four seasons.

A pitcher who leads the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA) is said to have won the "Pitching Triple Crown."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The term was previously defined as leading the league in wins, ERA, and winning percentage. It was used in that older sense to describe the unsuccessful pursuits of that goal by Bobby Shantz in 1952<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Johnny Antonelli in 1954<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> as well as Sandy Koufax in 1963.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Koufax was first described as having won the Pitching Triple Crown in the current sense after his 1965 season,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> though the older sense continued to be used.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In contrast to the respective batting statistics, the Pitching Triple Crown statistics are more or less complementary (for example, a pitcher who is especially proficient at striking out batters is likely to give up fewer earned runs, and consequently more likely to win games); therefore, the accomplishment is not as rare as the batting crown.

The Pitching Triple Crown has been accomplished 39 times in the American and National Leagues. The most by one player is three, accomplished by three players. Grover Cleveland Alexander captured his first two in consecutive seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (1915–1916), and won a third in 1920 with the Chicago Cubs. Alexander is the only pitcher to win a Pitching Triple Crown with more than one major league team.<ref name="1915nl">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="1916nl">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="1920nl">Template:Cite web</ref> Walter Johnson won his three Triple Crowns with the original Washington Senators, leading the league in all three categories in 1913, 1918, and 1924.<ref name="1913al">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="1918al">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="1924al">Template:Cite web</ref> Sandy Koufax was the most recent to capture three Triple Crowns, winning his three within four seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1963, 1965–1966); all of Koufax's crowns led both major leagues, the most for any player.<ref name="1963ml"/><ref name="1965ml"/><ref name="1966ml"/>

Outside MLB, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Sun Dong-yol each won three pitching triple crowns and are the only players to earn this achievement in three consecutive seasons. Yamamoto achieved this record in the NPB from 2021 to 2023, and Sun Dong-yol achieved it in the KBO League from 1989 to 1991.

Other major league pitchers who have won multiple Pitching Triple Crowns include Christy Mathewson (1905 and 1908 New York Giants), Lefty Grove (1930 and 1931 Philadelphia Athletics), Lefty Gomez (1934 and 1937 New York Yankees), and Roger Clemens (1997 and 1998 Toronto Blue Jays).<ref name="crown">Template:Cite web</ref>

One pitcher, Guy Hecker, won a Triple Crown in a defunct 19th century major league; he led the original American Association in wins, strikeouts, and ERA in 1884 while pitching for the Louisville Colonels.<ref name="1884aa">Template:Cite web</ref>

Eighteen of 24 major league pitchers who have won a Triple Crown and are eligible for the Hall of Fame have been inducted.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Triple Crown winners who most recently became eligible for the Hall are Pedro Martínez and Randy Johnson. Both were elected to the Hall of Fame in 2015, each in their first year of eligibility.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The most recent major league pitchers to achieve the feat are Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of 2024, every MLB pitcher who has achieved the Triple Crown has concurrently won the Cy Young Award for that season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Major league records

The first major league pitcher to achieve the pitching Triple Crown was Tommy Bond, in the NL in 1877. 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.<ref name="batHOF"/><ref name="crown"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The highest home run total reached by a Crown winner was Mickey Mantle, with 52 in 1956. The highest RBI total belongs to Lou Gehrig, with 165 in 1934. Rogers Hornsby has the highest home run total by an NL winner, 42, from his 1922 season. The NL high for RBI is 154, set by Joe Medwick in 1937. Hugh Duffy's .440 average in his 1894 Triple Crown season is the highest batting average by any player in major league history. Nap Lajoie, in 1901, set the all-time AL single-season high in batting average with .426.

Among the major leaguers who earned the pitching Triple Crown, the lowest ERAs belong to Walter Johnson (1.14 in 1913 AL) and Grover Alexander (1.22 in 1915 NL). The highest win total belongs to Charles Radbourn, amassed in 1884, who in that year set a major league single-season record with at least 59 wins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book (crediting Radbourn with 60 wins in 1884).</ref> Radbourn struck out 441 batters that season, the highest total for a Triple Crown winner. Walter Johnson holds the highest win total by an AL pitching Triple Crown winner, with 36 in 1913. Among AL pitching Triple Crown winners, Pedro Martínez registered the highest season strikeout total, with 313 in 1999. Since 1901, the major league pitcher with the highest season strikeout total in the course of a Triple Crown season is Sandy Koufax, striking out 382 in 1965.

Triple Crown winners

Key

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding Professional Baseball season
Template:Dagger	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum or Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Template:Double-dagger	Player is active
*	Denotes "Major League" Triple Crown
§	Player also won the MVP Award in the same year
HR	Home runs
RBI	Runs batted in
AVG	Batting average
W	Wins
K	Strikeouts
ERA	Earned run average
NL	National League
AL	American League
AA	American Association
CL	Central League
PL	Pacific League
NNL	Negro National League (1920–1931)
ECL	Eastern Colored League
NAL	Negro American League
NN2	Negro National League (1933–1948)

Major League Baseball

Batting

Research in 2015 restored the Chicago Cubs' Heinie Zimmerman of 1912 to the list.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There is doubt over whether Hugh Duffy's 1894 RBI totals were the highest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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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.

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Miguel Cabrera is the most recent AL batting Triple Crown winner, achieving it in 2012; the first since 1967.

Year	Player	Position	Team	League	HR	RBI	AVG	Ref(s)
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Center fielder	Providence Grays	NL	4*	50*	.358*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Left fielder	St. Louis Browns	AA	14	123	.435	<ref name="1887aa"/>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Outfielder	Boston Beaneaters	NL	18	145	.440	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Second baseman	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	14	125	.426	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Right fielder	Detroit Tigers	AL	9*	107*	.377*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Third baseman	Chicago Cubs	NL	14	104	.372	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Second baseman	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	42	152	.401	<ref name="1922nl"/>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Second baseman	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	39*	143*	.403*	<ref name="1925ml"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	First baseman	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	48	163	.356	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Right fielder	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	28	120	.368	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	First baseman	New York Yankees	AL	49*	165*	.363*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	Left fielder	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	31	154	.374	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Left fielder	Boston Red Sox	AL	36*	137*	.356*	<ref name="1942al"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Left fielder	Boston Red Sox	AL	32	114	.343	<ref name="1947al"/>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	Center fielder	New York Yankees	AL	52*	130*	.353*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	Right fielder	Baltimore Orioles	AL	49	122	.316	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	Left fielder	Boston Red Sox	AL	44	121	.326	<ref name="Yastrzemski1967">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname§	Third baseman	Detroit Tigers	AL	44	139	.330	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Pitching

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Grover Cleveland Alexander won three National League pitching Triple Crowns (1915–1916, 1920) with two different teams.

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Walter Johnson won three American League pitching Triple Crowns with the Washington Senators.

Year	Player	Team	League	ERA	W	K	Ref(s)
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Boston Red Caps	NL	2.11	40	170	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Louisville Colonels	AA	1.80	52	385	<ref name="1884aa"/>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Providence Grays	NL	1.38	59	441	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	New York Giants	NL	1.74	35	335	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Boston Beaneaters	NL	2.73	49	284	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	New York Giants	NL	2.78	36	195	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Boston Americans	AL	1.62	33	158	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	New York Giants	NL	1.27	31	206	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	1.48	27	287	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	New York Giants	NL	1.43	37	259	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Washington Senators	AL	1.14*	36*	243*	<ref name="1913al"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	1.22*	31*	241*	<ref name="1915nl"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	1.55	33	167	<ref name="1916nl"/>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Washington Senators	AL	1.27*	23*	162*	<ref name="1918al"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Chicago Cubs	NL	1.74	22	148	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Chicago Cubs	NL	1.91	27	173	<ref name="1920nl"/>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Washington Senators	AL	2.72	23	158	<ref name="1924al"/>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Brooklyn Robins	NL	2.16*	28*	262*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	2.54*	28*	209*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	2.06*	31*	175*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	New York Yankees	AL	2.33	26	158	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	New York Yankees	AL	2.33	21	194	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname§	Cincinnati Reds	NL	2.29	27	137	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Cleveland Indians	AL	2.61	27	261	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	Detroit Tigers	AL	1.81*	25*	212*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	1.88*	25*	306*	<ref name="1963ml">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	2.04*	26*	382*	<ref name="1965ml">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	1.73*	27*	317*	<ref name="1966ml">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	1.97	27	310	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	New York Mets	NL	1.53*	24*	268*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	2.05	21	292	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	2.65	20	271	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Boston Red Sox	AL	2.07	23	313	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	2.32	24	334	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Minnesota Twins	AL	2.77*	19*	245*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	San Diego Padres	NL	2.54	19	240	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	2.28	21	248	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	Detroit Tigers	AL	2.40	24	250	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:MlbyTemplate:Efn	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Cleveland Indians	AL	1.63*	8*	122*	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Atlanta Braves	NL	2.38	18	225	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Detroit Tigers	AL	2.39	18	228	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Negro league baseball

On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball announced that the records of Negro league baseball from 1920 to 1948 would be designated as major league status. As such, seven different leagues that existed in that time period are now recognized as being on the same level as MLB.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Seven batters and four pitchers achieved the Triple Crown in that era.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Batting

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Oscar Charleston won three batting Triple Crowns, the most for any American player

Year	Player	Position	Team	League	HR	RBI	AVG	Ref(s)
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Center fielder	St. Louis Giants	NNL	15	91	.433	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Outfielder	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	20	120	.406	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Center fielder	Harrisburg Giants	ECL	15	63	.405	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Center fielder	Harrisburg Giants	ECL	20	97	.427	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	First baseman	St. Louis Stars	NNL	32	130	.425	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Shortstop	St. Louis Stars	NNL	17	114	.411	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Catcher	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NNL2	18	66	.389	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Catcher	Homestead Grays	NNL2	20	73	.417	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Right field	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	6	32	.364	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	First baseman	Newark Eagles	NNL2	11	56	.347	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Pitching

Year	Player	Team	League	ERA	W	K	Ref(s)
1934	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	1.24	20	164	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Homestead Grays	NN2	1.88	14	70	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1.92	9	88	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943	Template:Sortname	Homestead Grays	NN2	2.54	18	94	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Nippon Professional Baseball

Batting

File:Hiromitsu Ochiai.jpg

NPB Hall of Famer Hiromitsu Ochiai is tied with Oscar Charleston for the most batting Triple Crowns (three) in any league.

Year	Player	Position	Team	League	HR	RBI	AVG	Ref(s)
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	First Baseman	Tokyo Giants	JPBL	10*	38*	.361*	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	Catcher	Nankai Hawks	PL	42	110	.320	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	First Baseman	Yomiuri Giants	CL	51	114	.355	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	First Baseman	Yomiuri Giants	CL	49	107	.332	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	Third Baseman	Lotte Orions	PL	32	99	.325	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname §	First baseman	Hankyu Braves	PL	37	130	.355	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	Third Baseman	Lotte Orions	PL	52	146	.367	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	First Baseman	Hanshin Tigers	CL	54	134	.350	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Third Baseman	Lotte Orions	PL	50	116	.360	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	First Baseman	Hanshin Tigers	CL	47	109	.389	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname §	Left Fielder	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	PL	44	120	.358	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger§	Third Baseman	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	CL	56	134	.318	Template:Citation needed

Pitching

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Hideo Fujimoto had the lowest single season ERA of any triple crown winning season, regardless of league, with a 0.73 ERA

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the only pitcher in the history of Nippon Professional Baseball to win three pitching Triple Crowns consecutively

Year	Player	Team	League	ERA	W	K	Ref(s)
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	Tokyo Giants	JPBL	0.81*	24*	196*	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Tokyo Giants	JPBL	1.05*	19*	146*	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Tokyo Giants	JPBL	0.73*	34*	253*	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname	Yomiuri Giants	JPBL	1.84*	27*	187*	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger §	Chunichi Dragons	CL	1.39	32	273	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname	Nankai Hawks	PL	1.58	26	275	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Kokutetsu Swallows	CL	1.30	31	311	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger §	Nishitetsu Lions	PL	1.42	33	334	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Nankai Hawks	PL	1.40	38	336	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Chunichi Dragons	CL	1.70	35	310	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Nishitetsu Lions	PL	1.69	42	353	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Kintetsu Buffaloes	PL	2.02	25	178	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname	Nippon Ham Fighters	PL	2.28	22	225	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname	Yomiuri Giants	CL	2.29	20	221	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname	Chunichi Dragons	CL	2.65	17	172	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Dagger	Kintetsu Buffaloes	PL	2.91	18	287	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname	Yomiuri Giants	CL	2.09	20	179	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	PL	1.75	18	205	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger	Hiroshima Carp	CL	2.21	15	174	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger	Yomiuri Giants	CL	2.14	15	200	Template:Citation needed
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	PL	2.16	11	149	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger§	Orix Buffaloes	PL	1.39*	18*	206*	<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger§	Orix Buffaloes	PL	1.68*	15*	205*	<ref name=":0" />
Template:Npby	Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger§	Orix Buffaloes	PL	1.21	16	169	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

KBO League

Batting

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Dae-ho Lee is the only player in KBO League history to achieve the triple crown as a batter twice.

Year	Player	Position	Team	HR	RBI	AVG	Ref(s)
1984	Template:Sortname	Catcher	Samsung Lions	23	80	.340
2006	Template:Sortname	First Baseman	Lotte Giants	26	88	.336
Template:Kboy	Template:Sortname §	Third Baseman	Lotte Giants	44	133	.364

Pitching

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Sun Dong-yol is the only player in KBO league history to achieve the triple crown as a pitcher three times.

Since the KBO League's strikeout titles began to be officially awarded in the 1993 season, the criteria for KBO League pitchers Triple Crown until 1992 are wins, ERA, and a pitcher's winning percentage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Standard of 1982–1992

Year	Player	Team	WPCT	ERA	W	K	SO Rank	Ref(s)
1982	Template:Sortname §	OB Bears	.857	1.84	24	108	2nd	Template:Citation needed
1989	Template:Sortname §	Haitai Tigers	.875	1.17	21	198	1st	Template:Citation needed
1990	Template:Sortname §	Haitai Tigers	.786	1.13	22	189	1st	Template:Citation needed
1991	Template:Sortname §	Haitai Tigers	.826	1.55	19	210	1st	Template:Citation needed

The Standard of 1993–

Year	Player	Team	ERA	W	K	Ref(s)
1986	Template:Sortname §	Haitai Tigers	0.99	24	214	Template:Citation needed
2006	Template:Sortname §	Hanwha Eagles	2.23	18	204	Template:Citation needed
Template:Kboy	Template:Sortname §	KIA Tigers	2.45	17	178	Template:Citation needed
Template:Kboy	Template:Sortname §	NC Dinos	2.00	20	209	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sun Dong-yol won the MVP of the season in 1986 with getting annual wins, strikeout, and ERA title. But as mentioned above, the KBO League's pitcher triple crown standard at that time was a winning-rate title, not a strikeout, so it is officially considered that Sun Dong-yeol in 1986 did not achieve the triple crown. Sun Dong-yol's winning percentage in the 1986 season was .800, ranking 2nd in the league.

See also

• Cy Young Award
• Hank Aaron Award
• List of Major League Baseball awards
• Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

References

General and cited references

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