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Could Shohei Ohtani complete the ‘Triple Crown’ in MLB this season?
The Los Angeles Dodgers player will seek to repeat the accomplishment achieved last time by the Venezuelan player Miguel Cabrera in 2012.
Shohei Ohtani continues to prove why he is one of the best players in Major League Baseball today. His impressive performance with the Los Angeles Dodgers this season makes him a strong candidate for the National League MVP award. It’s worth noting that he previously won two MVP awards in the American League while playing for the Los Angeles Angels.
The Japanese baseball player is standing out in three key statistics this season. In the first 42 games, he has achieved an impressive average of .352, 27 runs batted in (RBI), and has hit 11 home runs.
These statistics put him on track to potentially achieve the ‘Triple Crown’, a feat last time accomplished by Venezuelan Miguel ‘Miggy’ Cabrera with the Detroit Tigers in 2012.
In the first 42 games of the season that year, the Venezuelan player had a batting average of .304, 34 RBIs, and hit 8 home runs. By the end of the season, the retired Cabrera closed his statistics with an average of .330, 139 RBIs, and 44 home runs.
This milestone could be repeated again, as it is a rare feat in Major League Baseball. Prior to ‘Miggy’, Carl Yastrzemski achieved it in 1967.
What is the “Triple Crown”?
In the sport of baseball, a player achieves the prestigious Triple Crown when they lead a specific league in three key statistical categories during the same season. The term “Triple Crown” is commonly associated with the batting feat of topping the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in over the course of a single season. This rare accomplishment is highly regarded and has been achieved like said earlier by only a select few players throughout the history of the sport.