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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.
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.
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. Listed are players with four or more titles in a category. Active players are highlighted.
As of 2022, the winners of the Eastern, Central, and Western Divisions, as well as the three AL Wild Card winners, play in the AL Division Series, a best-of-five playoff to determine the opponents who will play in the ALCS. [10] AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 68 times, most recently in 2023.
[3] [4] However, McGwire was traded from the American League's (AL) Oakland Athletics to the National League's (NL) St. Louis Cardinals midway through the season [3] and his individual AL and NL home run totals (34 and 24, respectively) did not qualify to lead either league. [5] [6] The first home run champion in the National League was George ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
No 20-year-old major league player had won a batting title since Ty Cobb in 1907. During the 1955 season, Kaline became the 13th man in major league history to hit two home runs in the same inning, became the youngest to hit three home runs in one game, and finished the year with 200 hits , 27 home runs and 102 runs batted in (RBIs).
This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Athletics of Major League Baseball. The team was known as the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1954 , the Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1967 , and the Oakland Athletics from 1968 to 2024 .