Triple Crown

noun

1

: an unofficial title in horse racing representing the championship achieved by a horse that wins the three classic races for a designated category

2

: the unofficial title signifying the achievement of a baseball player who at the end of a season leads the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in

3

often not capitalized : a set of three noteworthy awards, wins, or achievements in a particular field

Examples of Triple Crown in a Sentence

a horse that won the first leg of the Triple Crown

Who was the last player to win the Triple Crown in the American League?

Recent Examples on the Web

Martínez was a three-time Cy Young Award winner, an eight-time All-Star, a five-time ERA champion and a Triple Crown winner. —Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

Secretariat, who died in 1989, holds the records for fastest time in all three Triple Crown races. —Sarah Jean Maher, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025

Shane Bieber, the 2020 Cy Young and Triple Crown winner, returned to the mound for the first time in 507 days after Tommy John surgery. —Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Triple Crown

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown