MLB: Miguel Cabrera is the most recent player to win this award in the American League

Frederlin Castro

There has only been one Triple Crown winner in the last half century, and each of the last six Triple Crown winners has been from the American League.

You have to go all the way back to Joe Medwick with the Cardinals in 1937 to find the last NL Triple Crown.

The last player to win the Triple Crown was Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera in 2012. (44 home runs, 139 RBIs, .330 batting average).

There’s a reason only one man has won an MLB Triple Crown in 55 years. It’s not easy.

congrats to #AaronJudge on an amazing year. 1st in HR, 1st in RBIs, 2nd in batting average. @Miguel Cabrera #Tigers @tigers #triplecrown #GettingMiggyWithIt pic.twitter.com/PAGYMSLikK

— Shad Powers 😠(@shad_powers) October 5, 2022

Aaron Judge was close to winning the Triple Crown, but was behind the Venezuelan Luis Arráezso only two Yankees have ever won the complex award: Mickey Mantle in 1956 (52 homers, 130 RBIs, .353 batting average) and Lou Gehrig in 1934 (49 homers, 166 RBI, .363 batting average).

This is the list of American League players who have won the Triple Crown:

2012: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers (.330, 44 HR, 139 RBI)

1967: Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox (.326, 44 HR, 121 RBI)

1966: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles (.316, 49 HR, 122 RBI)

1956: Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees (.353, 52 HR, 130 RBI)

1947: Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox (.343, 32 HR, 114 RBI)

1942: Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox (.356, 36 HR, 137 RBI)

1934: Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees (.363, 49 HR, 166 RBI)

1933: Jimmie Fox, Philadelphia Athletics (.356, 48 HR, 163 RBI)

1909: Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers (.377, 9 HR, 107 RBI)

1901: Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia Athletics (.426, 14 HR, 125 RBI)