triple-crown season
- noun
- /ˈtrɪpəl kraʊn ˈsiːzən/
- Jargon
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temporada de triple corona
- It is true that having a triple crown season is rare, but that does not make it more important than leading in OBP and runs.
Examples
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Only a few players have enjoyed a triple-crown season throughout baseball history, making it a prestigious milestone.
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Winning a triple-crown season is considered one of the highest achievements a baseball player can accomplish.
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In 2016, Mookie Betts had an incredible triple-crown season, finishing first in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.
Synonyms
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In baseball, a player who leads the league in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs in one season
Surface Forms
Morphology
triple-crown + season
A learner who knows 'triple' (three) and 'crown' (a prize/title) plus 'season' can infer that this refers to a season in which someone earned a threefold accolade, so the general idea is partly transparent. However, the specific baseball sense — leading the league in batting average, home runs, and RBIs — is a culture- and domain-specific detail not predictable from the parts alone, requiring prior exposure.
Etymology
Triple-crown season comes from the image of a player winning three crowns in one year, like collecting three big prizes. In baseball those 'crowns' are leading the league in 'batting average', 'home runs' and 'runs batted in', so the phrase means a season when one player is top in all three stats.