Triple Crown Winners - Pitchers      "A pitcher is not a ballplayer." - Christy Mathewson    The Triple Crown is accomplished by pitchers who lead the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts. The feat is not as difficult to achieve as it is for hitters, since the pitching categories are substantially more correlated than the hitting categories.   American League   Year Name Wins ERA K Team 1901 Cy Young 33 1.62 158 Boston 1905 Rube Waddell 27 1.48 287 Philadelphia 1913 Walter Johnson 36 1.14 243 Washington 1918 Walter Johnson 23 1.27 162 Washington 1924 Walter Johnson 23 2.72 158 Washington 1930 Lefty Grove 28 2.54 209 Philadelphia 1931 Lefty Grove 31 2.06 175 Philadelphia 1934 Lefty Gomez 26 2.33 158 New York 1940 Bob Feller 27 2.61 261 Cleveland 1937 Lefty Gomez 21 2.33 194 New York 1945 Hal Newhouser 25 1.81 212 Detroit 1997 Roger Clemens 21 2.05 292 Toronto 1998 Roger Clemens 20 2.65 271 Toronto 1999 Pedro Martinez 23 2.07 313 Boston   National League   Year Name Wins ERA K Team 1877 Tommy Bond 40 2.11 170 Boston 1884 Old Hoss Radbourn 59 1.38 441 Providence 1888 Tim Keefe 35 1.74 335 New York 1889 John Clarkson 49 2.73 284 Boston 1894 Amos Rusie 36 2.78 195 New York 1905 Christy Mathewson 31 1.28 206 New York 1908 Christy Mathewson 37 1.43 259 New York 1915 Grover Alexander 31 1.22 241 Philadelphia 1916 Grover Alexander 33 1.55 167 Philadelphia 1917 Grover Alexander 30 1.83 200 Philadelphia 1918 Hippo Vaughn 22 1.74 148 Chicago 1920 Grover Alexander 27 1.91 173 Chicago 1924 Dazzy Vance 28 2.16 262 Brooklyn 1939 Bucky Walters 27 2.29 137 Cincinnati 1963 Sandy Koufax 25 1.88 306 Los Angeles 1965 Sandy Koufax 26 2.04 382 Los Angeles 1966 Sandy Koufax 27 1.73 317 Los Angeles 1972 Steve Carlton 27 1.97 310 Philadelphia 1985 Dwight Gooden 24 1.53 268 New York 2002 Randy Johnson 24 2.32 334 Arizona

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