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Pitching Triple Crown Winners Pitchers who led either league in Earned Run Average, Wins and Strikeouts over a single season. National League| | Year | ERA | W-L | SO |
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| Tommy Bond, Bos | 1877 | 2.11 | 40-17 | 170 | | Hoss Radbourn, Prov | 1884 | 1.38 | 60-12 | 441 | | Tim Keefe, NY | 1888 | 1.74 | 35-12 | 333 | | John Clarkson, Bos | 1889 | 2.73 | 49-19 | 284 | | Amos Rusie, NY | 1894 | 2.78 | 36-13 | 195 | | Christy Mathewson, NY | 1905 | 1.27 | 31-8 | 206 | | Christy Mathewson, NY | 1908 | 1.43 | 37-11 | 259 | | Grover Alexander, Phi | 1915 | 1.22 | 31-10 | 241 | | Grover Alexander, Phi | 1916 | 1.55 | 33-12 | 167 | | Grover Alexander, Phi | 1917 | 1.86 | 30-13 | 201 | | Hippo Vaughn, Chi | 1918 | 1.74 | 22-10 | 148 | | Grover Alexander, Chi | 1920 | 1.91 | 27-14 | 173 | | Dazzy Vance, Bklyn | 1924 | 2.16 | 28-6 | 262 | | Bucky Walters, Cin | 1939 | 2.29 | 27-11 | 137 | | Sandy Koufax, LA | 1963 | 1.88 | 25-5 | 306 | | Sandy Koufax, LA | 1965 | 2.04 | 26-8 | 382 | | Sandy Koufax, LA | 1966 | 1.73 | 27-9 | 317 | | Steve Carlton, Phi | 1972 | 1.97 | 27-10 | 310 | | Dwight Gooden, NY | 1985 | 1.53 | 24-4 | 268 | | Randy Johnson, Ari | 2002 | 2.32 | 24-5 | 334 |
Ties: In 1894, Rusie tied for league lead in wins with Jouett Meekin, NY (36-10); in 1939, Walters tied for league lead in strikeouts with Claude Passeau, Phi-Chi; in 1963, Koufax tied for the league lead in wins with Juan Marichal, SF. American League| | Year | ERA | W-L | SO |
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| Cy Young, Bos | 1901 | 1.62 | 33-10 | 158 | | Rube Waddell, Phi | 1905 | 1.48 | 26-11 | 287 | | Walter Johnson, Wash | 1913 | 1.09 | 36-7 | 243 | | Walter Johnson, Wash | 1918 | 1.27 | 23-13 | 162 | | Walter Johnson, Wash | 1924 | 2.72 | 23-7 | 158 | | Lefty Grove, Phi | 1930 | 2.54 | 28-5 | 209 | | Lefty Grove, Phi | 1931 | 2.06 | 31-4 | 175 | | Lefty Gomez, NY | 1934 | 2.33 | 26-5 | 158 | | Lefty Gomez, NY | 1937 | 2.33 | 21-11 | 194 | | Hal Newhouser, Det | 1945 | 1.81 | 25-9 | 212 | | Roger Clemens, Tor | 1997 | 2.05 | 21-7 | 292 | | Roger Clemens, Tor | 1998 | 2.65 | 20-6 | 271 | | Pedro Martinez, Bos | 1999 | 2.07 | 23-4 | 313 |
Ties: In 1998, Clemens tied for league lead in wins with David Cone, NY (20-7) and Rick Helling, Tex (20-7).
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