Triple Crown?

Major League baseball hasn't seen an offensive triple crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. Yaz belted 44 homers and knocked in 121 runs while batting .326 that season.
By the way, hard to believe that Yaz will be 71 next month. I can still see him in the batters box for the Red Sox with his hands raised high and long, looping swing. Seems like only yesterday.
Anyway, this year might we have another triple crown winner in Miguel Cabrera? The Tigers first baseman is leading the American League in RBI's with 88, is second in homers with 24 (Jose Bautista has 28) and second in batting average at .347 (Josh Hamilton is hitting .357). Hamilton is also in the conversation with 74 RBI's and 23 homers.
Which is more rare, a triple crown in baseball or the triple crown in horse racing?
Well, after some research, there have been 16 triple crown winners in baseball. The first one in 1878 by Paul Hines of the Providence Grays. The 5'9, 173 pound outfielder hit .358 with 4 home runs and 50 RBI's. Not too bad considering the Grays played only 62 games that year.
The last National League triple crown was in 1937. Joe Medwick of the Cardinals hit
.374 with 31 jacks and 154 ribs.
Others to have triple crown seasons include Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle. Ted Williams and Rogers Hornsby the only players to do it twice.
So, how many horses have won the triple crown?
Just 11. The first was Sir Barton in 1919 and the most recent was Affirmed in 1978.
Interestingly, the last two baseball triple crowns came in back to back seasons. Frank Robinson (1966) and Yaz in baseball and in horse racing, Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed.
So while a little more common in baseball, the triple crown is certainly one of the greatest and rarest of achievements in either sport.