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Triple crown winning pitchers

Baseball Digest, August, 2008

SINCE 1900, THERE HAVE BEEN 19 DIFFERENT MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS WHO HAVE LEO THEIR LEAGUE IN WINS, STRIKE-OUTS and ERA in the same season, a feat that has been accomplished 30 times. Grover Alexander did it four times while Walter Johnson and Sandy Koufax achieved the feat three times.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pitcher, Team                  Year     W-L     SO      ERA

Cy Young, Red Sox              1901    33-10    158    1.62
Rube Waddell, A's              1905    26-11    287    1.48
Walter Johnson, Senators       1913    36-7     303    1.09
Walter Johnson, Senators       1918    23-13    162    1.27
Walter Johnson, Senators       1924    23-7     158    2.72
Lefty Grove, As                1930    28-5     206    2.54
Lefty Grove, As                1931    31-4     175    2.06
Lefty Gomez, Yankees           1934    26-5     158    2.33
Lefty Gomez, Yankees           1937    21-11    194    2.33
Hal Newhouser, Tigers          1945    25-9     212    1.81
Roger Clemens, Blue Jays       1997    21-7     292    2.05
Roger Clemens, Blue Jays       1998    20-6     271    2.65
Pedro Martinez, Red Sox        1999    23-4     313    2.07
Johan Santana, Twins           2006    19-6     245    2.77

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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pitcher, Team                  Year     W-L     SO      ERA

Christy Mathewson, Giants      1905    31-8     206    1.27
Christy Mathewson, Giants      1908    37-11    259    1.43
Grover Alexander, Phillies     1915    31-10    241    1.22
Grover Alexander, Phillies     1916    33-12    167    1.55
Grover Alexander, Phillies     1917    30-13    201    1.86
Hippo Vaughn, Cubs             1918    22-10    148    1.74
Grover Alexander, Cubs         1920    27-14    173    1.91
Dazzy Vance, Dodgers           1924    28-6     262    2.16
Bucky Walters, Reds            1939    27-11    137    2.29
Sandy Koufax, Dodgers          1963    25-5     306    1.88
Sandy Koufax, Dodgers          1965    26-8     382    2.04
Sandy Koufax, Dodgers          1966    27-9     317    1.73
Steve Carlton, Phillies        1972    27-10    310    1.97
Dwight Gooden, Mets            1985    24-4     268    1.53
Randy Johnson, Diamondbacks    2002    24-5     334    2.32
Jake Peavy, Padres             2007    19-6     240    2.54

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COPYRIGHT 2008 Century Publishing Co.
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
 

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