To win the Batting Triple Crown, it is necessary to finish as the individual champion in each of the three most important offensive categories: batting average, homeruns, and runs batted in.
This feat is so difficult that in the last 50 years, only one player has managed to win it in the Major Leagues. We are referring to Miguel Cabrera, who did it in 2012 playing for the Detroit Tigers. Cabrera hit .330 with 40 homeruns and 139 RBIs.
In 2024, Yankees superstar Aaron Judge could achieve it too. It is a possible dream.
Right now, Judge leads the Major Leagues in home runs with 42 (7 ahead of the second place) and also in runs batted in with 106 (9 ahead of the second place).
The challenge is also to reach first place in batting average. Judge is currently in third place with .328. The difficulty lies in catching first place Bobby Witt of the Kansas City Royals, who is currently hitting .347.
It is not an easy task, but anything is possible. The season still has more than 40 games left… we’ll see what happens.
