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Triple Crown Winners Trivia Quiz

In hitting, a Triple Crown winner must lead the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. In pitching, a Triple Crown winner must lead the league in wins, earned run average, and strikeouts. Here's a quiz on the Triple Crown winners.

A multiple-choice quiz by royals794. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
royals794

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
227,944

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. What hitter won the first batting Triple Crown award in the 20th century, when he won the title in 1901? Hint

Ty Cobb

Hugh Duffy

Rogers Hornsby

Nap Lajoie

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1933, there was a Triple Crown winner in both the American and National Leagues. Who were the winners in the American and National Leagues in that year, respectively? Hint

Jimmie Foxx and Chuck Klein

Joe Dimaggio and Arky Vaughan

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig

Ted Williams and Mel Ott

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Question 3 of 10

3. What pitcher won the Triple Crown three times in a four-year span between the years 1963 and 1966? Hint

Don Drysdale

Steve Carlton

Bob Gibson

Sandy Koufax

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Question 4 of 10

4. What pitcher won the Triple Crown award in 1901? Hint

Rube Waddell

Christy Mathewson

Cy Young

Walter Johnson

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Question 5 of 10

5. What slugger won the Triple Crown award in 1909 despite hitting only nine home runs that season? Hint

Eddie Collins

Babe Ruth

Ty Cobb

Honus Wagner

6. Talk about getting shafted,Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox won the Triple Crown award in the American League in both 1942 and 1947, but didn't win the MVP award in either year! Instead, the MVP award went to two different players on what team in those years? Hint

Boston Red Sox

Philadelphia Athletics

Detroit Tigers

New York Yankees

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Question 7 of 10

7. Every pitcher that won the Triple Crown award in the 20th century won at least 20 games in that season.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. In both seasons that Rogers Hornsby won the Triple Crown award, his batting average was above .400.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown award in the American League in 1967. He batted .326 with 44 home runs and 121 RBIs that season. All three of those statistics were career highs.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. In three of the following four seasons, both a hitter and a pitcher won the Triple Crown award in the same season. Which season did not see a Triple Crown winner for both a hitter and a pitcher in the same season? Hint

1966

1901

1934

1925

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What hitter won the first batting Triple Crown award in the 20th century, when he won the title in 1901?

Answer: Nap Lajoie

Lajoie batted .426, smacked 14 home runs, and drove home 125 runs to take home the award while playing for the Philadelphia Athletics.

2. In 1933, there was a Triple Crown winner in both the American and National Leagues. Who were the winners in the American and National Leagues in that year, respectively?

Answer: Jimmie Foxx and Chuck Klein

Foxx batted .356 with 48 dingers and 163 RBIs to pace the AL while playing for the Philadelphia Athletics. Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies led all National Leaguers with a .368 batting average, 28 home runs, and 120 runs batted in.

3. What pitcher won the Triple Crown three times in a four-year span between the years 1963 and 1966?

Answer: Sandy Koufax

Koufax pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers during those years and didn't win the award in 1964. His win totals for 1963, 1965, and 1966 were 25, 26, and 27 respectively, while his ERA was under 2.00 twice in that span. He fanned over 300 batters in each of those three seasons.

4. What pitcher won the Triple Crown award in 1901?

Answer: Cy Young

Cy Young has the most prestigous pitcher's award named after him. He led all American League hurlers in wins with 33, ERA with a 1.62 mark, and strikeouts with 158 in 1901. He won the award while playing for the Boston Red Sox.

5. What slugger won the Triple Crown award in 1909 despite hitting only nine home runs that season?

Answer: Ty Cobb

Cobb's .366 career batting average was one of the highest of all-time. Along with his league leading nine home runs, Cobb also paced the AL with a .377 batting average and 107 RBIs in 1909. He played for the Detroit Tigers during his 1909 campaign.

Answer: New York Yankees

The award went to Joe Gordon in 1942 despite his stats being a .322 batting average, 18 home runs, and 103 RBIs, compared with Ted Williams' .356 batting average, 36 home runs, and 137 RBIs. In 1947, Joe DiMaggio won the MVP in 1947 with a .315 batting average, 20 home runs, and 97 RBI, but nothing close to the monsterous stats that Williams put up that year.

In 1947, Williams had a .343 batting average, 32 home runs, and 114 runs batted in. Williams certainly got the short end of the stick in those two years, winning the Triple Crown award but losing the MVP award to players with inferior statistics on his rival team.

7. Every pitcher that won the Triple Crown award in the 20th century won at least 20 games in that season.

Answer: True

The fewest wins for a pitcher to win this award in the century was 20, done by Roger Clemens when he went 20-6 with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998. The most wins by a pitcher in a season that they won the Triple Crown award in the century, was 37 by Christy Mathewson of the Giants in 1908.

8. In both seasons that Rogers Hornsby won the Triple Crown award, his batting average was above .400.

Answer: True

Hornsby won the award in 1922 with a .401 batting average, 42 home runs, and 152 RBIs. He won the award again in 1925 with a .403 batting average, 39 home runs, and 143 RBIs. Both Triple Crown seasons were while he was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Answer: False

He never topped his home run or RBI totals from that season, but his career high in batting average was .329, which he compiled in 1970 with the Boston Red Sox.

Answer: 1925

In 1901, Cy Young took home the pitching honors and Nap Lajoie took home the hitting honors. In 1934, the pitching award went to Lefty Gomez and Lou Gehrig, who paced the American League in all three offensive categories. In 1966, Frank Robinson led all hitters in batting average, home runs, and RBIs, while Sandy Koufax gathered his third and final Triple Crown award for pitchers.

In 1925, Rogers Hornsby won the offensive Triple Crown but no pitcher won the pitching Triple Crown, though there was a pitching Triple Crown winner in both the American and National Leagues in the previous year.

Source: Author royals794

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