Triple Crown Near Misses

Walker led the NL in just one category in 1997 but was remarkably close in the other two. Lest anyone accuse him of being a product of Coors Field at its most extreme, Walker hit 29 of his league-leading 49 homers on the road drove in 62 of his 130 RBIs outside of Colorado, but fell just 10 RBIs short of teammate Andres Galarraga, who drove in 84 of his 140 runs at home, and six points shy of batting leader Tony Gwynn, who won the last of his eight batting titles by hitting .372.