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Triple Crown
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Miguel Cabrera became the 15th player to win baseball's Triple Crown on Oct. 3. The Detroit Tigers' slugger topped the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs, becoming the first Triple Crown winner in the major leagues since Boston's Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
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