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Rod Carew won seven AL batting titles between 1969 and 1978. George Brett's .390 batting average in 1980 is the second-highest since 1941. Ichiro Suzuki won AL batting titles in 2001 and 2004. Joe Mauer won the 2006, 2008, and 2009 batting titles, becoming the first catcher to win three batting titles and the only catcher ever to win in the AL.
At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. [1] Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title. The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category.
American League hitting Triple Crown winners (9 P) Pages in category "American League batting champions" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.
List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise; List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat; List of Major League Baseball players who completed an unassisted triple play; List of Major League Baseball no-hitters. List of Major League Baseball perfect games
AL batting champion (1929) Lewis Albert Fonseca (January 21, 1899 – November 26, 1989) was an American professional baseball first baseman , second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies , Cleveland Indians , and Chicago White Sox .
When the season concluded he won his third batting title, with a major league leading .350 batting average. [28] His 203 hits and 11 triples also led the AL. [ 19 ] [ 29 ] The next season, Carew had his best year to date, from his first at bat on April 5, against the Kansas City Royals , [ 30 ] he never batted below .300 for the entire year. [ 31 ]
In 1955, at age 20, Kaline ended the season with a .340 batting average, becoming the youngest player ever to win the American League (AL) batting title. No 20-year-old major league player had won a batting title since Ty Cobb in 1907.
Albert Oliver Jr. (born October 14, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and first baseman from 1968 through 1985, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and, won the World Series in 1971.