Monday, August 19, 2024

Pitching triple crowns this year? Skubal & Sale are currently leading in all 3 stats

Last non-Covid season a guy won the pitching triple crown was 2011.  Both Kershaw and Verlander. See TRIPLE CROWN OF PITCHING from Baseball Almanac.

Stats below are from Baseball Reference.

AL pitching leaders

Wins

1. SkubalDET 14
2. LugoKCR 13

RodónNYY 13

RodriguezBAL 13

ValdezHOU 13
6. BurnesBAL 12

GilNYY 12

OberMIN 12
9. BelloBOS 11

BerríosTOR 11

BrownHOU 11

GausmanTOR 11

LópezMIN    11

ERA 

1. SkubalDET 2.49
2. BlancoHOU 2.89
3. GilbertSEA 2.96
4. HouckBOS 3.01
5. LugoKCR 3.04
6. BurnesBAL 3.10
7. SingerKCR 3.18

RagansKCR 3.18
9. ValdezHOU 3.20
10. MillerSEA 3.29

SO 

1. SkubalDET 185
2. CrochetCHW 176
3. RagansKCR 174
4. GilbertSEA 155
5. CastilloSEA 154

Kikuchi2TM 154
7. LópezMIN 152
8. KirbySEA 148

RodónNYY 148
10. RyanMIN 147

NL pitching leaders

Wins 

1. SaleATL 14
2. CeaseSDP 12

WheelerPHI 12
4. GraySTL 11

NolaPHI 11

ReaMIL 11

WebbSFG 11
8. AbbottCIN 10

KellerPIT 10

KingSDP 10

StoneLAD 10

SuárezPHI 10

ERA

1. SaleATL 2.62
2. WheelerPHI 2.72
3. GreeneCIN 2.83
4. ImanagaCHC 3.11
5. WebbSFG 3.17
6. KingSDP 3.19
7. NolaPHI 3.45
8. CeaseSDP 3.46
9. ManaeaNYM 3.46
10. SánchezPHI  3.46

SO

1. SaleATL 187
2. CeaseSDP 186
3. GlasnowLAD 168

GraySTL 168
5. GreeneCIN 162

PeraltaMIL 162

WheelerPHI 162
8. KingSDP 161
9. NolaPHI 142
10. WebbSFG  140

Other seasons with a pitching triple crown winner in each league

1905
1918
1924
2011

Chris Sale is 35. If he wins he won't be the oldest but he will be one of the oldest. Skubal is 27. Here are the guys who did at age 33+:

Cy Young was 34 when he won it in 1901.

Grover Cleveland Alexander was 33 in 1920 when he won his third triple crown.

Walter Johnson was 36 in 1924 when he won his third triple crown.

Roger Clemens was 35 in 1998 when he won his second triple crown.

Randy Johnson was 38 when he won it in 2002.

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