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Originally Posted by TheStout
After Trout gets a swipe tonight he will be one of three members of the 30HR 50SB club EVER. Ignore the fact he is going to win a Gold Glove. Ignore the fact he didnt play until April 28, 20 or so games into the season. Ignore the fact the Angels have as many wins with Trout in the lineup as the Tigers do all season. Just based on 30-50 (if he gets it) he is more impressive than a Triple Crown (One Triple crown winner was Barry Bonds - probably on steroids). 30-50 is 30-50 EVERY season. There is no standard for a Triple Crown in terms of numbers. 15 people have won triple crowns in MLB history. It will be close but if you take everything into account Trout had the better season in my mind.
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you have your facts a little backwards there, Barry Bonds is a 30 / 50 man, not a triple crown winner.
2 people have hit 30 homers and stolen 50 bases in one season over the last 25 years, NO ONE has won the triple crown in 45 years.
also, 12 of the 15 triple crown winners were pre 1950. You can't compare the game today to back then, as the stolen base leader for the entire league often stole 20 bags total and players didn't take big leads. The triple crown was more achievable for elite hitters back then because baseball fields were way bigger, only the elite hitter could hit it out! for example, Before renovations, the old Yankee Stadium was 457 feet to the wall in center field, now it is 408 feet.