the last time we had a triple crown winner was in 2015.
the last time we had a triple crown winner was in 2015.
when was the last time we had a triple crown winner?
2015
like veitch, only with two different horses, bob baffert also had second-place finishes in all three legs of the triple crown, both owned by ahmed zayat: in 2012, bodemeister finished second in the kentucky derby and preakness stakes to i'll have another, then paynter was entered and finished second to union rags. baffert and zayat teamed up again for the 2015 triple crown victory of american pharoah.









































gallant fox is the only triple crown winner to sire another u.s. triple crown winner, omaha. affirmed sired peteski, winner of the 1993 canadian triple crown.
triple crown of thoroughbred racing (united states)
the first major league pitcher to achieve the pitching triple crown was tommy bond, in the nl in 1877. the following year, paul hines became the first major leaguer to lead the nl in the three batting categories; he and miguel cabrera are the only two players to be al or nl triple crown winners and not reach the hall of fame, although cabrera is still playing so ineligible. the highest home run total reached by a crown winner was mickey mantle, with 52 in 1956. the highest rbi total belongs to lou gehrig, with 165 in 1934. rogers hornsby has the highest home run total by a nl winner, 42, from his 1922 campaign. the nl high for rbi is 154, made by joe medwick in 1937. hugh duffy's .440 average in 1894 is the highest batting average by any player in nl history. nap lajoie, in 1901, set the all-time al single-season high in batting average with .426. among the major leaguers who earned the pitching triple crown, the lowest eras belong to walter johnson (1.14 in 1913 al) and grover alexander (1.22 in 1915 nl). the highest win total belongs to charles radbourn, amassed in 1884, who in that year set a major league single-season record with at least 59 wins. radbourn struck out 441 batters that season, the highest total for a triple crown winner. walter johnson holds the highest win total by an al pitching triple crown winner, with 36, attained in 1913. among al pitching triple crown winners, pedro martínez registered the highest season strikeout total, with 313 in 1999. since 1901, the major league pitcher with the highest season strikeout total in the course of a triple crown season is sandy koufax, punching out 382 in 1965.
triple crown (baseball)