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Originally Posted by PornMD
Has there ever been a Triple Crown winner NOT get MVP? I don't know enough about baseball history to know. That said, I think in a perfect world, Trout would get it for all-around goodness. One of the best at his position, one of the best base-runners and on top of that putting up the kind of hitting #s that have some years been good enough for MVP. I doubt he'll get it though if Miguel wins Triple Crown.
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Yes. Since the modern MVP Award arrived (from the Baseball Writers Association in 1931) there's only been
Nine Batting Triple Crown Winners. Of those 9, 4 didn't win the MVP that year.
1933 - Chuck Klein (Triple Crown) / Carl Hubbell (MVP) **
1933 - Jimmie Foxx (Triple Crown & MVP)
1934 - Lou Gehrig (Triple Crown) / Mickey Cochrane (MVP) **
1937 - Joe Medwick (Triple Crown & MVP)
1942 - Ted Williams (Triple Crown) / Joe Gordon (MVP) **
1956 - Mickey Mantle (Triple Crown & MVP)
1966 - Frank Robinson (Triple Crown & MVP)
1967 - Carl Yastrzemski (Triple Crown & MVP)
1947 - Ted Williams (Triple Crown) / Joe DiMaggio (MVP) **
** Triple Crown Winner did not win MVP