Yes, that was Affirmed.
No the last triple crown winner was Affirmed 1978
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Affirmed in 1978.
Seattle Slew was the last living Triple Crown winner who lived. He passed away on May 7, 2002.
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1977. When he died in 2002 he was the last living Triple Crown winner.
Affirmed in 1978
A triple crown winner is one who wins the batting average title, the runs batted in title and the home run title all in one season. The last triple crown winner was Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. A Triple play occurs in baseball when a team records three outs on a single play. The last triple play was Troy Tulowitzki's unassisted triple play on April 29, 2007. Pitchers also have a triple crown. A triple crown pitching winner leads the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA.
Affirmed, in 1978.
14 Players Won the Triple CrownThere have been 14 different players that have won the Triple Crown in hitting with two players dong it twice. Roger Horsby in 1922, and 1925, and Ted Williams in 1942, and 1947. The last to hit for the Triple Crown was Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 when he hit 326, with 44 home runs, and had 121 RBIs.
No one....It 's a horse race. Only a horse has won the race! And the last horse to win the Triple Crown was Affirmed in 1978. The jockey on Affirmed was Steve Cauthen.
Yes. The last triple crown winner was Affirmed in 1978, but before that Seattle Slew in 1977. There was another in 2015, American Pharaoh. Triple crown winners: Sir Barton (1919) Gallant Fox (1930) Omaha (1935) War Admiral (1937) Whirlaway (1941) Count Fleet (1943) Assault (1946) Citation (1948) Secretariat (1973) Seattle Slew (1977) Affirmed (1978) American Pharaoh (2015)