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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.
AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 68 times, most recently in 2023. The New York Yankees have won 41 AL pennants, [11] winning their first in 1921 and their most recent in 2024. [12] This total is more than twice that of the next-closest team, the Oakland Athletics, who have won 15. [13]
[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 ...
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.
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]
The National League pennant winner of a given Major League Baseball season is the team that wins the championship—the pennant—of MLB's National League (NL). This team receives the Warren C. Giles Trophy and the right to play in the World Series against the champion of the American League (AL).
Had Howard won the 2007 title, he would have led the NL in a record four consecutive seasons from 2006 to 2009. [13] The most recent champions are Kyle Tucker in the American League, and Matt Olson in the National League. Sam Thompson was the first to set a single-season RBI record that stood for more than three seasons, hitting 166 in 1887. [14]