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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.
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.
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.
1.4 Manager of the Year (AL) 1.5 Gold Glove Award ... American League Champions Minnesota Twins 1965 ... ** First AL catcher to win batting title. Pitching. Wins
Arraez won the 2022 AL title at .316 for Minnesota and the 2023 NL title at .354 for Miami, which traded him to the Padres in May. He became the first NL player with 200 hits in consecutive ...
In 1972, Carew led the AL in batting, hitting .318; he had no home runs for the only time in his career. This was the first time since 1918, when Zack Wheat won the National League batting championship, that a player won the batting title with no home runs. The start of the 1973 season was slow, Carew was only hitting .246 by the end of April. [26]
Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. is the best hitter in the American League. On Sunday, the final day of the 2024 regular season for Major League Baseball, Witt won the AL batting title ...
For the second time in three years, ... becoming the first player in baseball to win three consecutive batting titles with three different teams, batting .314, finishing four points ahead of ...