Teruaki Sato of the Central League-winning Hanshin Tigers became the first Triple Crown winner since Munetaka Murakami in 2022 as the Nippon Professional Baseball regular season wrapped up Thursday.
The 27-year-old Sato had 39 home runs and 106 RBIs while batting .306 and led all three categories in the CL to become the ninth player to achieve the feat.
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