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98.2% (first ballot) George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball third baseman, designated hitter, and first baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are second most by any third baseman in major league history (after only Adrián ...
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.
George Brett is the only person in baseball history to win a batting title in three different decades. 1976: George Brett (.333) 1980: George Brett (.390) 1982: Willie Wilson (.332) 1990: George Brett (.329) 2024: Bobby Witt Jr. (.332)
Among the topics will be Brett’s MVP season, his three batting titles and the 1985 World Series championship. Naturally, there will be a focus on the “Pine Tar Game” from 1983, too.
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Kansas City, Missouri.They have competed in the American League (AL) since the team began play in 1969, and in the AL Central division since 1994.
The team was led by Brett, who flirted with a .400 batting average and won the AL MVP, and Willie Wilson, who electrified crowds with stolen bases and inside-the-park home runs. In the 1980 ALCS, the Royals finally vanquished the Yankees in a three-game sweep punctuated by a George Brett home run off Yankees' star closer Goose Gossage .
With no playoff appearances despite the winning records during this era, many of the team's highlights instead centered around the end of George Brett's career, such as his third and final batting title in 1990—which made him the first player to win batting titles in three different decades—and his 3,000th hit.
Pine Tar Incident. The Pine Tar Incident (also known as the Pine Tar Game) was a controversial incident in 1983 during an American League baseball game played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Sunday, July 24, 1983. With his team trailing 4–3 in the top half of the ninth inning and two ...