Aaron Decide loved an amazing season in 2022, as everyone knows. He secured a everlasting place in baseball historical past by hitting 62 house runs for the New York Yankees, establishing a brand new American League file.
However Decide’s yr would have been much more superb if he had by some means scratched out 4 extra singles.
Decide completed with a .311 batting common, second-best within the AL to the .316 by Luis Arraez of the Minnesota Twins. 4 extra hits would have boosted Decide to .318 (rounded up from .31754), thereby linking a batting title to his league-leading totals for homers and runs batted in (131 of the latter).
And that, in fact, would have added as much as a Triple Crown.
Solely 16 batters have concurrently topped the American or Nationwide League in batting common, house runs, and runs batted in. No person has achieved it since Miguel Cabrera in 2012, and solely Cabrera has achieved it since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
That interprets to 2 Triple Crowns up to now 56 years — and solely 16 winners in a complete of 269 seasons (122 AL, 147 NL).
Decide was one in all two American League batters to complete among the many high 10 in all three Triple Crown stats. The opposite was Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros with a .306 common (fourth in that class), 37 homers (third) and 97 RBIs (fifth).
Two Nationwide Leaguers did the identical on their aspect of the majors — Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals (third in BA, fifth in HR, second in RBI) and Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres (fourth in BA, ninth in HR, sixth in RBI).
I’ve put collectively an index to measure this yr’s batters in opposition to the Triple Crown normal, utilizing the identical scale that’s employed for Most Worthwhile Participant voting. The main batter in every class will get 14 factors, the runner-up will get 9, and every subsequent member of the highest 10 steps down one other level.
The outcomes are unsurprising within the American League, the place Decide obliterated his competitors with 37 factors of a potential 42. Alvaraez completed a distant second with 21 factors.
The Nationwide League’s race resulted in a tie. Pete Alonso of the New York Mets topped the league with 131 runs batted in, and he completed second in house runs with 40. His batting common of .271 fell wanting the highest 10, however the different two classes introduced him 23 factors. That equaled the overall for Goldschmidt, primarily based on his performances described above.
The entire Triple Crown standings will be discovered under. Every batter is adopted in parentheses by his batting common, house runs, and runs batted in.
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1. Aaron Decide, New York Yankees (.311/62/131), 37 factors
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2. Yordan Alvarez, Houston Astros (.306/37/97), 21 factors
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3. Luis Arraez, Minnesota Twins (.316/8/49), 14 factors
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4. Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels (.273/34/95), 11 factors
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5. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays (.274/32/97), 10 factors
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6. Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Guardians (.280/29/126), 9 factors
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6. Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels (.283/40/80), 9 factors
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8. Kyle Tucker, Houston Astros (.257/30/107), 8 factors
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8. Xander Bogaerts, Boston Purple Sox (.307/15/73), 8 factors
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10. Adolis Garcia, Texas Rangers (.250/27/101), 7 factors
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10. Anthony Santander, Baltimore Orioles (.240/33/89), 7 factors
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12. Corey Seager, Texas Rangers (.245/33/83), 6 factors
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12. Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox (.304/15/75), 6 factors
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12. Andrew Benintendi, Kansas Metropolis Royals-New York Yankees (.304/5/51), 6 factors
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15. Nathaniel Lowe, Texas Rangers (.302/27/76), 4 factors
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15. Anthony Rizzo, New York Yankees (.224/32/75), 4 factors
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17. Bo Bichette, Toronto Blue Jays (.290/24/93), 3 factors
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17. Alex Bregman, Houston Astros (.259/23/93), 3 factors
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17. Jose Altuve, Houston Astros (.300/28/57), 3 factors
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20. Eugenio Suarez, Seattle Mariners (.236/31/87), 2 factors
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20. Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians (.298/6/52), 2 factors
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20. Giancarlo Stanton, New York Yankees (.211/31/78), 2 factors
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23. Randy Arozarena, Tampa Bay Rays (.263/20/89), 1 level
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23. Andres Gimenez, Cleveland Guardians (.297/17/69), 1 level
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1. Pete Alonso, New York Mets (.271/40/131), 23 factors
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1. Paul Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals (.317/35/115), 23 factors
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3. Manny Machado, San Diego Padres (.298/32/102), 14 factors
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3. Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies (.218/46/94), 14 factors
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3. Jeff McNeil, New York Mets (.326/9/62), 14 factors
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6. Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals (.293/30/103), 12 factors
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6. Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers (.325/21/100), 12 factors
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8. Matt Olson, Atlanta Braves (.240/34/103), 10 factors
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8. Trea Turner, Los Angeles Dodgers (.298/21/100), 10 factors
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10. Francisco Lindor, New York Mets (.270/26/107), 8 factors
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10. Austin Riley, Atlanta Braves (.273/38/93), 8 factors
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12. Christian Walker, Arizona Diamondbacks (.242/36/94), 7 factors
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13. Rowdy Tellez, Milwaukee Brewers (.219/35/89), 6 factors
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13. Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers (.269/35/82), 6 factors
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15. C.J. Cron, Colorado Rockies (.257/29/102), 5 factors
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16. Starling Marte, New York Mets (.292/16/63), 4 factors
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17. Nico Hoerner, Chicago Cubs (.281/10/55), 3 factors
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18. Willy Adames, Milwaukee Brewers (.238/31/98), 2 factors
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18. Alec Bohm, Philadelphia Phillies (.280/13/72), 2 factors
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20. Justin Turner, Los Angeles Dodgers (.278/13/81), 1 level