Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Triple Crowners remixed with WBI

What Miguel Cabrera has done is nothing short of history as he has won the first Triple Crown in 45 years! Yet it is debatable if he even had the best year in the American League (a la Mike Trout). And in a WBI sense, his year wasn't as good as Jacoby Ellsbury's 2011 (who may ironically share the fact that he was the hitter with the most points and yet not MVP!). With all of that said...

Here are all of the Triple Crown winners ever, including Miguel Cabrera.

Year LgPlayerTeam/(BA, HR, RBI)
1967 ALCarl YastrzemskiBOS .326, 44 HR, 121 RBI
1966 ALFrank RobinsonBAL .316, 49 HR, 122 RBI
1956 ALMickey MantleNYY .353, 52 HR, 130 RBI
1947 ALTed WilliamsBOS .343, 32 HR, 114 RBI
1942 ALTed WilliamsBOS .356, 36 HR, 137 RBI
1937 NLJoe MedwickSTL .374, 31 HR, 154 RBI
1934 ALLou GehrigNYY .363, 49 HR, 165 RBI
1933 ALJimmie FoxxPHA .356, 48 HR, 163 RBI
1933 NLChuck KleinPHI .368, 28 HR, 120 RBI
1925 NLRogers HornsbySTL .403, 39 HR, 143 RBI
1922 NLRogers HornsbySTL .401, 42 HR, 152 RBI
1909 ALTy CobbDET .377, 9 HR, 107 RBI
1901 ALNap LajoiePHA .426, 14 HR, 125 RBI
1887 AATip O'NeillSTL .435, 14 HR, 123 RBI
1878 NLPaul HinesPRO .358, 4 HR, 50 RBI
2012 AL  Miguel Cabrera DET .330, 44 HR, 139 RBI

Want to take a stab at which one of these crown winners had the best Waffle Ball year? (Miguel Cabrera amassed 581 total points. You are guessing who had the most WBI fantasy points in the above list of players. Hint: it was not Miguel Cabrera or anyone before the year 1910.)

Which one do you think had the best PPG average?

Wanna try and guess what those numbers were? Go for it! Post a response here on the blog or on facebook!

I'll post the results soon, but take a stab! I was wrong with both of my guesses on who won total points and PPG.

I will admit that some statistics were not kept for all of these guys (caught stealing, sacrfice flies, intentional walks and some others) as you go farther back in history, but i do not think it will throw off your guesses.

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