Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna is quietly in the race for the National League triple crown.
designated hitter Marcell Ozuna has been one of the few consistent bats in the Braves lineup this season. It earned him a spot in the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby.
But he has been quietly inching his way towards history. Codify Baseball’s X account pointed out Ozuna has a shot at the Triple Crown and he’s in a chase with the top player in the game, Shohei Ohtani.Marcell Ozuna leads the NL in RBI by 7, trails the NL lead in HRs by 1, and trails the NL lead in AVG by 8 points.For those who need a refresher, the batting Triple Crown is when a player leads their league in batting average, home runs and RBI in a single season.
Two of those stats make stat nerds yawn, but the feat still deserves to be recognized a tough and outstanding feat to accomplish. It has only happened 18 times in baseball history - and we’re going back to 1878 when rules were very different for this total.The most recent player to win the Triple Crown was Tigers first baseman and future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera in 2012. He led the league with a .330 average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs.
While a dozen years is already a good amount of time, let’s keep in mind that Cabrera’s Triple Crown is the only one since 1967 and no National League player has won it since 1937.Now, there’s the added benefit of Ohtani’s flip to the National League. This can be a race to the finish - a McGwire-Sosa-type deal. A race to be the first to do something since before the Second World War; when Lou Gehrig was still adding to his Iron Man streak and the Braves were a team in Boston.
So, start to check in on this race from time to time. It’s not talked about enough, and it’s a race the game needs to turn heads in the sports world.
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