Perhaps the greatest statistical achievement for a Major League pitcher to accomplish is that of the Triple Crown of pitching.
In the history of Major League Baseball, only 35 times has a pitcher led his respective league in wins, ERA and strikeouts.
In the American League, 10 pitchers have combined for 15 Triple Crown seasons. In the National League, it has been done 20 times by 15 pitchers.
Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Lefty Gomez, Roger Clemens, Christy Matthewson, Grover Alexander and Sandy Colfax are the only pitchers to accomplish the feat more than once.
Since 1970, it has only been done eight times, and it's happened just three times since 2000.
The last pitcher to win the Triple Crown was Jake Peavy in 2007.
With so many dominant pitchers in today's game, will 2011 be the year that we see someone win a Triple Crown for the first time in five seasons?
Who will be the 26th pitcher to win baseball's Triple Crown of pitching and join this "Who's Who" list of pitching legends?
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