Triple Crowns with a Bat

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1. The batting Triple Crown consists of leading the league in home runs, RBIs, and batting average in a season. Which of the following never won a Triple Crown award in their career? Ty Cobb Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Mickey Mantle

2. Which baseball great won a Rookie of the Year award and a MVP award in the National League, then in his first season in the American League, won the Triple Crown award? Frank Robinson George Sisler Honus Wagner Ted Williams

3. Who was the first switch-hitter to win a Triple Crown? Nobody has ever done it Mickey Mantle Ty Cobb Pete Rose

4. Amazingly, two batting Triple Crowns were hit in the same season in 1933. More amazing, they were both hit in the same city. Which city did these unique events occur in? Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn New York

5. Who was the first player in history to win two Triple Crown awards? Ted Williams Rogers Hornsby Joe DiMaggio Tris Speaker

6. The 'Georgia Peach', Ty Cobb, won a Triple Crown with the Detroit Tigers in 1909 during his fifth season of baseball. He hit .377 with 107 RBIs, and how many home runs? 19 39 29 9

7. Since the Major Leagues began in 1901 until 1970, every decade had a Triple Crown except for one. Which of the following decades never saw a Triple Crown winner? 1930s 1960s 1950s 1910s

8. An American Leaguer was the last to win the Triple Crown award in the 20th century in 1967. Who was it? Carl Yastrzemski Elston Howard Frank Robinson Roberto Clemente

9. Who was the first New York Yankee to win the Triple Crown award? Babe Ruth Alex Rodriguez Thurman Munson Lou Gehrig

10. Who was the first Boston Red Sox player to win the Triple Crown award? Carl Yastrzemski Ted Williams Ty Cobb Joe Medwick