2008 Triple Crown Tracker

[redlegsfan21]

Well, we are approaching the 1/3rd mark and I was just looking at all the potential triple crown winners for this year.

American League Batting Triple Crown
Kevin Youkilis: .327 BA(1st), 9 HR(5th), 34 RBI(4th)
Josh Hamilton: .319 BA(4th), 11 HR(1st), 50 RBI(1st)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Cliff Lee: 6 W(3rd), 46 K(10th), 1.37 ERA(1st)
Daisuke Matsuzaka: 7 W(1st), 46 K(10th), 2.15 ERA(2nd)
Ervin Santana: 6 W(3rd), 50 K(7th), 2.97 ERA(9th)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Chipper Jones: .410 BA(1st), 11 HR(7th), 32 RBI(9th)
Lance Berkman: .389 BA(2nd), 16 HR(1st), 44 RBI(1st)
Ryan Ludwick: .350 BA(Not Enough PA), 12 HR(5th), 32 RBI(9th)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 7 W(2nd), 62 K(2nd), 1.33 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 5 W(7th), 63 K(1st), 1.92 ERA(2nd)
Cole Hamels: 5 W(7th), 54 K(7th), 2.89 ERA(10th)

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

[wrigleybum]

It's pretty impressive that Ludwick is up there in HR and RBI leaders despite not having enough PA's to qualify for the batting average leaders.

[sharrock]

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 7 W(2nd), 62 K(2nd), 1.33 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 5 W(7th), 63 K(1st), 1.92 ERA(2nd)
Cole Hamels: 5 W(7th), 54 K(7th), 2.89 ERA(10th)



How can you leave out Brandon Webb?

9 wins
2.56 ERA
49 Ks

And unlike many on this list, he is a former Cy Young award winner playing for a good team. So the track record would suggest its a possibility.

[redlegsfan21]

How can you leave out Brandon Webb?

9 wins
2.56 ERA
49 Ks

And unlike many on this list, he is a former Cy Young award winner playing for a good team. So the track record would suggest its a possibility.

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

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The only exception I made to this was Ryan Ludwick but because the only thing leaving him out of the top 10 is plate appearances, I thought it would be interesting toshow this was currently the only thing holding him back.

[Transplanted Fan]

It's pretty impressive that Ludwick is up there in HR and RBI leaders despite not having enough PA's to qualify for the batting average leaders.
The way he's hitting the ball, he'll catch up soon enough.

[Zagi-CRO]

Only candidate for the 3-Crown is Berkman... a real candidate...

[bob]

I cant see anyone other than Berkman or Chipper challenging for the hitters crown this year. If Berkman is leading all 3 categories by the all star break he would have a shot, although RBI's will be down to alot of luck.
For instance Jones (.409/11/33) has less RBI's than Ortiz (.253/10/37), and i think its quite clear who's been the better hitter this year.:think:

[holyroman]

I cant see anyone other than Berkman or Chipper challenging for the hitters crown this year. If Berkman is leading all 3 categories by the all star break he would have a shot, although RBI's will be down to alot of luck.
For instance Jones (.409/11/33) has less RBI's than Ortiz (.253/10/37), and i think its quite clear who's been the better hitter this year.:think:

you still have to hit with runners in scoring position, when pitcher should be more focused, remember RBI's are more important to the team than average or homeruns. The sluggers job is to help his team win games and RBI's are he way to do that. So although the guy that drives in the runs had nothing to do to help the people in front of him get on base, his RBI's are very valuable as a measurement as to what kind of producer he is and make them a very weighted stat for teams.

[redlegsfan21]

American League Batting Triple Crown
Kevin Youkilis: .306 BA(7th), 9 HR(7th), 35 RBI(6th)
Josh Hamilton: .333 BA(3rd), 12 HR(2nd), 53 RBI(1st)
Carlos Quentin: .301 BA(10th), 14 HR(1st), 43 RBI(2nd)
Magglio Ordonez: .328 BA(4th), 9 HR(7th), 35 RBI(6th)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Cliff Lee: 7 W(3rd), 54 K(9th), 1.50 ERA(1st)
Daisuke Matsuzaka: 8 W(1st), 53 K(10th), 2.40 ERA(3rd)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Lance Berkman: .385 BA(2nd), 16 HR(1st), 46 RBI(1st)
Ryan Ludwick: .333 BA(8th), 13 HR(6th), 38 RBI(6th)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 7 W(2nd), 76 K(1st), 1.31 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 6 W(7th), 69 K(3rd), 2.17 ERA(2nd)

Carlos Quentin entered the race in AL Batting, Ervin Santana dropped out in AL Pitching, Chipper Jones dropped out in NL Batting, and Cole Hamels dropped out in NL Pitching.

[redlegsfan21]

American League Batting Triple Crown
Josh Hamilton: .326 BA(1st), 14 HR(1st), 61 RBI(1st)
Justin Morneau: .305 BA(7th), 10 HR(7th), 42 RBI(4th)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Cliff Lee: 8 W(1st), 57 K(10th), 1.88 ERA(1st)
Roy Halladay: 6 W(8th), 71 K(4th), 2.93 ERA(9th)
Ervin Santana: 7 W(5th), 64 K(8th), 3.09 ERA(10th)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Lance Berkman: .385 BA(2nd), 17 HR(2nd), 47 RBI(3rd)
Ryan Ludwick: .323 BA(8th), 13 HR(9th), 40 RBI(8th)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 7 W(2nd), 83 K(1st), 1.46 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 7 W(2nd), 76 K(2nd), 2.33 ERA(2nd)
Brandon Webb: 10 W(1st), 72 K(4th), 2.69 ERA(4th)
Ryan Dempster: 7 W(2nd), 63 K(9th), 2.75 ERA(6th)

Kevin Youkilis and Carlos Quentin fell out in AL Hitting, Roy Halladay and Ervin Santana joined the race in AL Pitching, Daisuke Matsuzaka fell out in AL Pitching, Brandon Webb and Ryan Dempster joined the race in NL Pitching.

[JimSulli]

Chase Utley: BA: .312 (14th) HR: 20 (1st) RBI: 50 (1st)

??? He's not a possible candidate ???

[bob]

Chase Utley: BA: .312 (14th) HR: 20 (1st) RBI: 50 (1st)

??? He's not a possible candidate ???
That BA is miles off the leading guys. He'll need to hit .400 for the rest of the season to even have a shot at it. Good chance at the other 2 categories though.

[redlegsfan21]

Chase Utley: BA: .312 (14th) HR: 20 (1st) RBI: 50 (1st)

??? He's not a possible candidate ???

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

First post.

[JimSulli]

Bumped it to .320 last night with another homer. Now 11th in BA.

[JimSulli]

Chase Utley:

BA: .325 (6th) HR: 21 (1st) RBI: 53 (2nd)

[holyroman]

I don't think my man Berkman is enough of a homerun slugger to contend for the triple crown, but really that's why it is so rare to be at the top of the game in all 3 facets. He hits for plenty of power a lot of doubles but a lot of his homers are balls hit so hard they are climbing line drives. I think he can maintain his average. It has been hanging around .385 for a while now even with him driving in less runs, drawing a lot of walks.
Josh Hamilton is just a beast right now.
And Utley is really good too.
Edit: Berkman did hit .297 and 28 homers after june 1st in 2007.

[redlegsfan21]

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

American League Batting Triple Crown
Josh Hamilton: .315 BA(7th), 17 HR(1st), 69 RBI(1st)
Milton Bradley: .338 BA(1st), 14 HR(3rd), 43 RBI(5th)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Cliff Lee: 9 W(1st), 65 K(9th), 2.45 ERA(1st)
Roy Halladay: 7 W(6th), 74 K(5th), 2.94 ERA(6th)
Ervin Santana: 8 W(4th), 67 K(8th), 3.02 ERA(7th)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Lance Berkman: .374 BA(2nd), 17 HR(3rd), 48 RBI(3rd)
Chase Utley: .317 BA(9th), 21 HR(1st), 56 RBI(1st)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 8 W(2nd), 91 K(1st), 1.32 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 8 W(2nd), 83 K(2nd), 2.15 ERA(2nd)
Brandon Webb: 11 W(1st), 75 K(6th), 2.58 ERA(3rd)
Johan Santana: 7 W(6th), 76 K(5th), 3.08 ERA(9th)

Kevin Youkilis fell out of the AL Batting race, Milton Bradley joined the AL Batting race, Ryan Ludwick fell out of the NL Batting race, Chase Utley joined the NL Batting race, Ryan Dempster fell out of the NL Pitching race, and Johan Santana joined the NL Pitching race.

In my opinion, any triple crown winner this year is going to be a NL pitcher.

[redlegsfan21]

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

American League Batting Triple Crown
Josh Hamilton: .319 BA(6th), 18 HR(1st), 72 RBI(1st)
Milton Bradley: .330 BA(1st), 14 HR(6th), 45 RBI(7th)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Roy Halladay: 8 W(4th), 86 K(3rd), 3.09 ERA(4th)
Cliff Lee: 10 W(1st), 65 K(9th), 2.55 ERA(2nd)
Ervin Santana: 8 W(4th), 82 K(6th), 3.40 ERA(9th)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Lance Berkman: .360 BA(2nd), 19 HR(2nd), 57 RBI(3rd)
Chase Utley: .313 BA(6th), 22 HR(1st), 61 RBI(2nd)
Ryan Ludwick: .313 BA(6th), 16 HR(6th), 53 RBI(5th)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 9 W(2nd), 105 K(1st), 1.64 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 8 W(4th), 92 K(2nd), 1.99 ERA(2nd)
Brandon Webb: 11 W(1st), 79 K(9th), 2.73 ERA(4th)
Johan Santana: 7 W(9th), 86 K(4th), 2.85 ERA(7th)

Ryan Ludwick joined the NL Batting race.

[redlegsfan21]

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

American League Batting Triple Crown
Josh Hamilton: .316 BA(7th), 19 HR(1st), 76 RBI(1st)
Milton Bradley: .332 BA(3rd), 15 HR(6th), 48 RBI(7th)
J.D. Drew: .326 BA(6th), 14 HR(9th), 44 RBI(9th)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Roy Halladay: 8 W(6th), 93 K(2nd), 2.90 ERA(5th)
Cliff Lee: 10 W(2nd), 79 K(10th), 2.45 ERA(1st)
Ervin Santana: 9 W(4th), 91 K(4th), 3.17 ERA(7th)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Lance Berkman: .360 BA(2nd), 20 HR(3rd), 60 RBI(4th)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 10 W(2nd), 110 K(1st), 1.71 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 8 W(5th), 95 K(2nd), 2.21 ERA(2nd)
Johan Santana: 7 W(10th), 91 K(4th), 3.04 ERA(5th)

[redlegsfan21]

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

American League Batting Triple Crown
Josh Hamilton: .309 BA(10th), 19 HR(1st), 78 RBI(1st)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Roy Halladay: 8 W(8th), 100 K(3rd), 3.12 ERA(7th)
Cliff Lee: 11 W(1st), 90 K(8th), 2.34 ERA(2nd)
Ervin Santana: 9 W(5th), 99 K(4th), 3.32 ERA(8th)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Lance Berkman: .366 BA(2nd), 21 HR(3rd), 66 RBI(2nd)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 10 W(2nd), 110 K(2nd), 2.08 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 9 W(4th), 114 K(1st), 2.38 ERA(2nd)
Brandon Webb: 12 W(1st), 94 K(9th), 3.21 ERA(9th)

[redlegsfan21]

Now I'm sure there are plenty candidates but I just pick ones that were in the top 10 of all the triple crown caregories.

American League Batting Triple Crown
Milton Bradley: .320 BA(4th), 17 HR(6th), 54 RBI(6th)

American League Pitching Triple Crown
Roy Halladay: 10 W(4th), 113 K(3rd), 2.88 ERA(6th)
Cliff Lee: 11 W(2nd), 93 K(8th), 2.26 ERA(2nd)

National League Batting Triple Crown
Lance Berkman: .350 BA(3rd), 21 HR(3rd), 66 RBI(2nd)

National League Pitching Triple Crown
Edinson Volquez: 10 W(3rd), 113 K(2nd), 2.24 ERA(1st)
Tim Lincecum: 10 W(3rd), 122 K(1st), 2.49 ERA(2nd)