- Triple: of three kinds; threefold in character or relationship.
- Crown: any of various types of headgear worm by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gem.
- Triple Crown: when a player in Major League Baseball leads a league in three specific statistical categories. Batters commonly refer to the three statistical categories as being batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.
The most recent Triple Crown winner in Major League Baseball is Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, which inspired us to do this series. Each cache represents a Triple Crown champion. We hope you have fun doing this series, while we had fun hiding these!
Miguel Cabrera - First/Third Baseman
Born: 4/18/1983 - Triple Crown Champion in 2012
José Miguel Cabrera Torres, most commonly known as Miguel Cabrera, is a Venezuelan first/third baseman in professional baseball who plays for the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball.. He is credited with winning baseball's seventeenth, and most recent, triple crown in 2012. He is a seven-time All Star, having been selected to both the National League and American League All-Star teams. He is widely regarded to be one of the best pure hitters in baseball, hitting at a high average with power to all fields. He has posted at least 30 home runs in eight different seasons with a career batting average of .318. He has also driven in over 100 runs in each of his last nine seasons. He has been an MVP caliber player since entering the majors at just 20 years old, having received MVP votes in each of his ten major league seasons, and placing in the top five in six of those seasons including the last four. He was voted the American League MVP in 2012, the same year that he won the Triple Crown.
During his Triple Crown season, he lead the league with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs, and 139 runs batted in.
(credit: wikipedia.com and baseball-reference.com)