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BackHanshin's Teruaki Sato becomes the 9th Triple Crown winner in history, the first in 4 years since Munetaka Murakami - professional baseball
Hanshin's Teruaki Sato becomes the 9th Triple Crown winner in history, the first in 4 years since Munetaka Murakami - professional baseball
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Hanshin's Teruaki Sato becomes the 9th Triple Crown winner in history, the first in 4 years since Munetaka Murakami - professional baseball

Hanshin becomes the second player in 40 years to win the Triple Crown since Randy Barth.

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  • Infielder Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Central League professional baseball team won the Triple Crown with a batting average of .306, 39 home runs, and 106 RBIs.
  • He is the first Hanshin player to accomplish this feat in 40 years since Randy Barth in 1985 and 1986, and the ninth in professional baseball history to do so.

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This is the first time in 40 years that Hanshin has won the Triple Crown since Randy Barth won in 1985 and 1986.

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On the 8th, in the Central League of professional baseball, Hanshin's infielder Teruaki Sato (27) won the triple crown, taking first place in all three batting categories. After the final game of the regular season, he had a batting average of .360, 39 home runs, and 106 RBIs. This is the first time in four years since infielder Munetaka Murakami (Yakult) in 2022 to play in both the Central and Pacific Leagues, and the ninth in history to do so.

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He became the second Hanshin player in 40 years to achieve this feat, following Randy Barth, who won the Triple Crown for two consecutive years in 1985 and 1986.

Sato has led the league in batting average and RBIs since the start of the season. As of early May, his batting average exceeded .400, and there were many games in which he scored multiple RBIs. He continued to accumulate home runs at a high pace, reaching number 30 for the second consecutive year on August 21st. In late September, he defeated Morishita of Hanshin, who was competing with him.

◇Professional baseball triple crown champion

Year Name Affiliation Batting Average Points

1938* Haruyasu Nakajima (Giants). 361 10 38

65 pa Katsuya Nomura (South Sea). 320 42 110

73rd Sadaharu Oh (Giant). 355 51 114

74th century Sadaharu Oh (giant). 332 49 107

82 Pa Hiromitsu Ochiai (Lotte). 325 32 99

84 Pa Boomer (Hankyu). 355 37 130

85 Pa Hiromitsu Ochiai (Lotte). 367 52 146

85th Severse (Hanshin). 350 54 134

86 Pa Hiromitsu Ochiai (Lotte). 360 50 116

86 Severse (Hanshin). 389 47 109

2004 Pa Nobuhiko Matsunaka (Daiei). 358 44 120

22nd season Munetaka Murakami (Yakult). 318 56 134

26th season Teruaki Sato (Hanshin). 306 39 106

(Note) * indicates the 1st league era, fall season of spring/autumn system

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