MLB Triple Crown winners
Miguel Cabrera #24 of the Detroit Tigers talks to members of the Boston Red Sox during the game on July 31, 2012 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Getty Images
Aaron Judge is aiming to become the 16th hitter since 1878 to win baseball's Triple Crown: leading the league in home runs, RBIs and batting average. He'd be just the second player in the last 55 years to win the Triple Crown, alongside Miguel Cabrera, who did so in 2012.
With a handful of games to play, here's the group Judge would join if he can finish the job.
1878: PAUL HINES | Providence Grays
Stats: .358 average, four home runs, 50 RBIs
Hines is the only Triple Crown winner who's not in the Hall of Fame.
1894: HUGH DUFFY | Boston Beaneaters
Stats: .438 average, 18 home runs, 145 RBIs
Duffy has the highest batting average of any Triple Crown winner during a winning season.
1901: NAP LAJOIE | Philadelphia Athletics
Stats: .422 average, 14 home runs, 125 RBIs
Ty Cobb, of the Detroit Tigers, poses in the team dug out in Detroit, Mich., in 1925. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS
1909: TY COBB | Detroit Tigers
Stats: .377 average, nine home runs, 115 RBIs
1912: HEINIE ZIMMERMAN | Chicago Cubs
Stats: .372 average, 14 home runs, 103 RBIs
1922: ROGERS HORNSBY | St. Louis Cardinals
Stats: .401 average, 42 home runs, 152 RBIs
St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Rogers Hornsby is shown, 1926. Location unknown. Credit: AP
1925 - ROGERS HORNSBY | St. Louis Cardinals
Stats: .403 average, 39 home runs, 143 RBIs
1933: CHUCK KLEIN | Philadelphia Phillies
Stats: .368 average, 28 home runs, 120 RBIs
1933: JIMMIE FOXX | Philadelphia Athletics
Stats: .356 average, 48 home runs, 163 RBIs
Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium on June 12, 1923. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS
1934: LOU GEHRIG | Yankees
Stats: .363 average, 49 home runs, 165 RBIs
Gehrig has the highest RBI total of any Triple Crown winner during a winning season.
1937: JOE MEDWICK | St. Louis Cardinals
Stats: .374 average, 31 home runs, 154 RBIs
1942: TED WILLIAMS | Boston Red Sox
Stats: .356 average, 36 home runs, 137 RBIs
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox swings a bat circa 1955. Credit: Getty Images
1947: TED WILLIAMS | Boston Red Sox
Stats: .343 average, 32 home runs, 114 RBIs
1956: MICKEY MANTLE | Yankees
Stats: .353, 52 home runs, 130 RBIs
Mantle hit the most home runs of any Triple Crown winner during a winning season.
Yankees great Mickey Mantle. Credit: AP
1966: FRANK ROBINSON | Baltimore Orioles
Stats: .316 average, 49 home runs, 122 RBIs
1967: CARL YASTRZEMSKI | Boston Red Sox
Stats: .326 average, 44 home runs, 121 RBIs
Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski poses in 1967 at an unknown location. (AP Photo) Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS
2012: MIGUEL CABRERA | Detroit Tigers
Stats: .330 average, 44 home runs, 139 RBIs
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