It’s been 42 years since anyone has won the Tipple Crown in Baseball. Perhaps you emember reading Professor Lee Moquin’s piece on Carl Yastrzemski back on June 3rd. Carl was the last player to win the Tripple Crown in 1967.
Here are the previous winners….
1967 AL Carl Yastrzemski BOS .326, 44 HR, 121 RBI
1966 AL Frank Robinson BAL .316, 49 HR, 122 RBI
1956 AL Mickey Mantle NYY .353, 52 HR, 130 RBI
1947 AL Ted Williams BOS .343, 32 HR, 114 RBI
1942 AL Ted Williams BOS .356, 36 HR, 137 RBI
1937 NL Joe Medwick STL .374, 31 HR, 154 RBI
1934 AL Lou Gehrig NYY .363, 49 HR, 165 RBI
1933 AL Jimmie Foxx PHA .356, 48 HR, 163 RBI
1933 NL Chuck Klein PHI .368, 28 HR, 120 RBI
1925 NL Rogers Hornsby STL .403, 39 HR, 143 RBI
1922 NL Rogers Hornsby STL .401, 42 HR, 152 RBI
1909 AL Ty Cobb DET .377, 9 HR, 107 RBI
1901 AL Nap Lajoie PHA .426, 14 HR, 125 RBI
1894 NL Hugh Duffy BSN .440, 18 HR, 145 RBI
1887 AA Tip O'Neill STL .435, 14 HR, 123 RBI
1878 NL Paul Hines PRO .358, 4 HR, 50 RBI
Albert’s got a shot. Right now he has the NL and ML lead in HR’s with 38 and the NL and ML lead in RBI with 102. Mark Reynolds has 36 HR’s and Price Fielder has 100 RBI, so it’s not like he can coast to the finish.
Albert is tied for 3rd with Todd Helton @ .327 and has Pablo Sandoval batting .329 and Hanley Ramirez batting .351 ahead of him. Albert does in fact have a realistic shot at it but more than anything he needs Hanley to slump. With only 46 games left for Albert and 48 games left for Hanley there isn’t much time left. Averages are harder to move towards the end of the season because of the number of at bats and that compounds the problem.
If Albert is going to be able to catch Hanley, it will have as much to do with stuff out of his control as it will with stuff that is in his control because he will need Hanley to slump. Hanley won’t get many days off down the stretch because the Marlins are in a pennant race so it’s not like he can sit out at all and protect his lead.
I don’t recall the last person to have a legitimate shot going down the stretch but this one has the chance to be real exciting. Enjoy. I’m not sure why, but I think we are going to be in for a treat. - Robert FairchildRobert
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