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.ib-baseball-bio-module{width:100%;background-color:var(--background-color-base,#f9f9f9)}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}</style><table class="infobox ib-baseball-bio vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;">George Brett<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Brett_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/George_Brett_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/220px-George_Brett_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="344" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/George_Brett_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/330px-George_Brett_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/George_Brett_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/440px-George_Brett_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1856" data-file-height="2904" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Brett in 2017</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">Third baseman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">Designated hitter</a> / <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">First baseman</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Born: (1953-05-15) May 15, 1953 (age 71) <a href="/wiki/Glen_Dale,_West_Virginia" title="Glen Dale, West Virginia">Glen Dale, West Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div>Batted: Left</div><div>Threw: Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">August 2, 1973, for the Kansas City Royals</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 3, 1993, for the Kansas City Royals</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.305</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">Hits</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3,154</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">317</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1,596</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brettge01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1152442#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a>–<a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1993 Major League Baseball season">1993</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li>13× <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1976</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AL_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="AL MVP">AL MVP</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ALCS_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="ALCS MVP">ALCS MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1985_ALCS" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 ALCS">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a> (1985)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Silver_Slugger_Award" title="Silver Slugger Award">Silver Slugger Award</a> (1980, 1985, 1988)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions" title="List of Major League Baseball batting champions">AL batting champion</a> (1976, 1980, 1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals#Retired_numbers" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals No. 5</a> retired</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame">Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-member-header"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Member of the National</a></th></tr><tr class="nowrap ib-baseball-bio-member" style="background:#272662;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /> <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/15px-Empty_Star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/23px-Empty_Star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Empty_Star.svg/30px-Empty_Star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Induction</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/1999_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting" title="1999 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting">1999</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.5em;">Vote</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:0.5em;">98.2% (first ballot)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third baseman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> who played 21 seasons in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) for the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>. Brett's 3,154 career <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> are second most by any third baseman in major league history (after only <a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Adrián Beltré</a>'s 3,166) and rank 18th all-time. He is one of five players in MLB history to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 <a href="/wiki/Home_runs" class="mw-redirect" title="Home runs">home runs</a>, and a career .300 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> (the others being <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a>). He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting" title="1999 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting">1999</a> in his first year of eligibility, and is the only player in MLB history to win a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions" title="List of Major League Baseball batting champions">batting title</a> in three different decades. He was also a member of the Royals' <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985 World Series</a> victory over the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. Brett was named the Royals' interim hitting coach in <a href="/wiki/2013_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2013 Kansas City Royals season">2013</a> on May 30, but he stepped down from the position on July 25 in order to resume his position of vice president of baseball operations. In 2015 he won his second World Series ring, when the Royals' won the series in 5 games over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Brett was born in <a href="/wiki/Glen_Dale,_West_Virginia" title="Glen Dale, West Virginia">Glen Dale, West Virginia</a>, the youngest of four sons of a sports-minded family. <a href="/wiki/Ken_Brett" title="Ken Brett">Ken</a>, the second oldest, became a major league pitcher who pitched in the <a href="/wiki/1967_World_Series" title="1967 World Series">1967 World Series</a> at age 19. Brothers John (eldest) and Bobby had brief careers in the minor leagues. All George’s brothers were born in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>. Jack and Ethel Brett then moved the family from the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Panhandle of West Virginia">northern panhandle of West Virginia</a> to the Midwest,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)">where?</a>] and three years later to <a href="/wiki/El_Segundo,_California" title="El Segundo, California">El Segundo, California</a>, a suburb of Los Angeles, just south of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport" title="Los Angeles International Airport">Los Angeles International Airport</a>. George grew up hoping to follow in the footsteps of his older brothers. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/El_Segundo_High_School" title="El Segundo High School">El Segundo High School</a> in 1971 and was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> in the second round (29th overall) of the <a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1971 Major League Baseball draft">1971 Major League Baseball draft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> He was high school teammates with pitcher <a href="/wiki/Scott_McGregor_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Scott McGregor (left-handed pitcher)">Scott McGregor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-lahiels-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_leagues">Minor leagues</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Minor leagues">edit</a>]</div> Brett began his professional baseball career as a <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a>, but had trouble going to his right defensively and was soon shifted to third base. As a third baseman, his powerful arm remained an asset, and he remained at that spot for more than 15 years. Brett's minor league stops were with the <a href="/wiki/Billings_Mustangs" title="Billings Mustangs">Billings Mustangs</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Rookie-level" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie-level">Rookie-level</a> <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_League_(baseball)" title="Pioneer League (baseball)">Pioneer League</a> in 1971, the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Bees" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Bees">San Jose Bees</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A (baseball)">Class A</a> <a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a> in 1972, and the <a href="/wiki/Omaha_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Omaha Royals">Omaha Royals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_AAA" class="mw-redirect" title="Class AAA">Class AAA</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(20th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (20th century)">American Association</a> in 1973, batting .291, .274, and .284, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kansas_City_Royals_(1973–1993)">Kansas City Royals (1973–1993)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Kansas City Royals (1973–1993)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1973">1973</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1973">edit</a>]</div> The Royals promoted Brett to the major leagues on August 2, <a href="/wiki/1973_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1973 Kansas City Royals season">1973</a>. He made his major league debut that day against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, going 1-for-4 as the starting third baseman.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He played in 13 games, and hit .125 (5-for-40).<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1974">1974</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1974">edit</a>]</div> Brett won the starting third base job in <a href="/wiki/1974_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1974 Kansas City Royals season">1974</a>, but struggled at the plate until he asked for help from <a href="/wiki/Charley_Lau" title="Charley Lau">Charley Lau</a>, the Royals' batting coach. Spending the <a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> break working together, Lau taught Brett how to protect the entire plate and cover up some holes in his swing that experienced big-league pitchers were exploiting. Armed with this knowledge, Brett developed rapidly as a hitter, and finished the year with a .282 batting average, two home runs and 47 RBI in 113 games.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1975–1979">1975–1979</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1975–1979">edit</a>]</div> Brett topped the .300 mark for the first time in <a href="/wiki/1975_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1975 Kansas City Royals season">1975</a>, hitting .308 with 11 home runs and 90 RBI in 159 games. He finished the season leading the league in hits (195) and triples (13).<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-gftrf-6">[6]</a> He then won his first batting title in <a href="/wiki/1976_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1976 Kansas City Royals season">1976</a> with a .333 average, seven home runs and 67 RBI in 159 games.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> The four contenders for the batting title that year were Brett and Royals teammate <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> teammates <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Rod Carew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lyman_Bostock" title="Lyman Bostock">Lyman Bostock</a>. In dramatic fashion, Brett went 2-for-4 in the final game of the season against the Twins, beating out his three rivals, all playing in the same game. His lead over second-place McRae was less than .001. Brett won the title when a fly ball dropped in front of Twins left fielder <a href="/wiki/Steve_Brye" title="Steve Brye">Steve Brye</a>, bounced on the <a href="/wiki/Royals_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Royals Stadium">Royals Stadium</a> <a href="/wiki/AstroTurf" title="AstroTurf">AstroTurf</a> and over Brye's head to the wall; Brett circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run. McRae, batting just behind Brett in the line up, grounded out and Brett won his first batting title.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> From May 8 through May 13, 1976, Brett had three or more hits in six consecutive games, a major league record. A month later, he was on the cover of <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> for a feature article,<a href="#cite_note-gftrf-6">[6]</a> and made his first of 13 All-Star teams. The Royals won the first of three straight <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">American League West</a> Division titles, beginning a great rivalry with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>—whom they faced in the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> each of those three years. In the fifth and final game of the <a href="/wiki/1976_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1976 American League Championship Series">1976 ALCS</a>, Brett hit a three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to tie the score at six—only to see the Yankees' <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chambliss" title="Chris Chambliss">Chris Chambliss</a> launch a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to give the Yankees a 7–6 win.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Brett finished second in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">American League MVP</a> voting to <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Munson" title="Thurman Munson">Thurman Munson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> A year later, Brett emerged as a power hitter, batting .312 while clubbing 22 home runs and recording 88 RBI in 139 games, as the Royals headed to another <a href="/wiki/1977_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1977 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> In Game 5 of the 1977 ALCS, following an RBI triple, Brett slid into third and was called safe then was kicked in the head by <a href="/wiki/Graig_Nettles" title="Graig Nettles">Graig Nettles</a>, after which Brett stood and threw a punch at Nettles, igniting a bench-clearing brawl.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> In <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a>, Brett batted .294 (the only time between 1976 and <a href="/wiki/1983_in_baseball" title="1983 in baseball">1983</a> in which he did not bat at least .300) with nine home runs and 62 RBI in 128 games, helping the Royals win a third consecutive AL West title.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> However, Kansas City once again lost to the Yankees in the <a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>, but not before Brett hit three home runs off <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Catfish Hunter</a> in Game 3,<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> becoming the second player to hit three home runs in an LCS game (<a href="/wiki/Bob_Robertson" title="Bob Robertson">Bob Robertson</a> was the first, having done so in Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/1971_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1971 National League Championship Series">1971 NLCS</a>).<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Brett followed with a successful <a href="/wiki/1979_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1979 Kansas City Royals season">1979 season</a>, in which he finished third in AL MVP voting.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> He became the sixth player in league history to have at least 20 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a> and homers all in one season (42–20–23) and led the league in hits (212) and triples (20) while batting .329, with an <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> of .376 and a <a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">slugging percentage</a> of .563.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1980">1980</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1980">edit</a>]</div> All these impressive statistics were just a prelude to <a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a>, when Brett won the American League <a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player award">MVP</a> and batted .390, a modern record for a <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third baseman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> Brett's batting average was at or above .400 as late in the season as September 19, and the country closely followed his quest to bat .400 for an entire season, a feat which has not been accomplished since <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> in <a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a> Brett's 1980 batting average of .390 is second only to <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1994_in_baseball" title="1994 in baseball">1994</a> average of .394 (Gwynn played in 110 games and had 419 at-bats in the strike-shortened season, compared to Brett's 449 at bats in 1980) for the highest single season batting average since 1941. Brett also recorded 118 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a>, while appearing in just 117 games; it was the first instance of a player averaging one RBI per game (in more than 100 games) since <a href="/wiki/Walt_Dropo" title="Walt Dropo">Walt Dropo</a> <a href="/wiki/1950_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1950 Major League Baseball season">thirty seasons prior</a>. He led the American League in both slugging and on-base percentage.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> Brett started out slowly, hitting only .259 in April. In May, he hit .329 to get his season average to .301. In June, the 27-year-old third baseman hit .472 (17-for-36) to raise his season average to .337, but played his last game for a month on June 10, not returning to the lineup until after the All-Star Break on July 10 due to him tearing a ligament in his foot while trying to steal second.<a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a> In July, after being off for a month, he played in 21 games and hit .494 (42-for-85), raising his season average to .390.<a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a> Brett started a 30-game <a href="/wiki/Hitting_streak" title="Hitting streak">hitting streak</a> on July 18, which lasted until he went 0-for-3 on August 19 (the following night he went 3-for-3).<a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a> During those 30 games, Brett hit .467 (57-for-122). His high mark for the season came a week later, when Brett's batting average was at .407 on August 26, after he went 5-for-5 on a Tuesday night in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a> He batted .430 for the month of August (30 games), and his season average was at .403 with five weeks to go. For the three hot months of June, July, and August 1980, Brett played in 60 <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> games and hit .459 (111-for-242), most of it after a return from a monthlong injury. For these 60 games, he had 14 home runs and 69 RBI. Brett missed another 10 days in early September and hit just .290 for the month. His average was at .400 as late as September 19, but he then had a 4-for-27 slump, and the average dipped to .384 on September 27, with a week to play.<a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a> For the final week, Brett went 10-for-19, which included going 2-for-4 in the final regular season game on October 4. His season average ended up at .390 (175 hits in 449 at-bats = .389755), and he averaged more than one RBI per game.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> Brett led the league in both <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> (.454) and <a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">slugging percentage</a> (.664) on his way to capturing 17 of 28 possible first-place votes in the MVP race.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Since <a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">Al Simmons</a> also batted .390 in 1931 for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, the only higher averages subsequent to 1931 were by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Sox">Red Sox</a> (.406 in 1941) and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> (.394 in the strike-shortened 1994 season). More importantly, the Royals won the American League West, and would face the AL East champion <a href="/wiki/1980_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1980 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1980_postseason">1980 postseason</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1980 postseason">edit</a>]</div> During the 1980 post-season, Brett led the Royals to their first American League pennant, sweeping the <a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">playoffs</a> in three games from the rival <a href="/wiki/1980_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1980 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a> who had beaten K.C. in the <a href="/wiki/1976_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1976 American League Championship Series">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1977 American League Championship Series">1977</a> and <a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 American League Championship Series">1978</a> playoffs. During Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">1980 ALCS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Randolph" title="Willie Randolph">Willie Randolph</a> was on first base in the top of the eighth with two outs and the Royals up by just one run. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a> hit a ball to the left field corner of <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Royals Stadium</a>. The ball bounced right to <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a>, but Wilson was not known for having a great arm, and third base coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ferraro" title="Mike Ferraro">Mike Ferraro</a> waved Randolph home. Wilson overthrew <a href="/wiki/U_L_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="U L Washington">U L Washington</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cut-off_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Cut-off man">cut-off man</a>, but Brett was in position behind him to catch the ball, then throw to <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a>, who tagged out Randolph in a slide. TV cameras captured a furious <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a> fuming immediately after the play. The Royals won 3–2. Brett claimed after the game that he had deliberately positioned himself to cut off the throw in case Washington missed it, but <a href="/wiki/Tommy_John" title="Tommy John">Tommy John</a> of the Yankees disagreed, thinking that if Brett had been backing up Washington, he would have been between shortstop and home plate, not over behind third base. Either way, he was in the perfect position to throw out Randolph.<a href="#cite_note-John-16">[16]</a> In Game 3, Brett hit a ball well into the third deck of <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a> off Yankees closer <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gossage" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich Gossage">Goose Gossage</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Gossage's previous pitch had been timed at 97 mph, leading ABC broadcaster Jim Palmer to say, "I doubt if he threw that ball 97 miles an hour." A moment later Palmer was given the actual reading of 98. "Well, I said it wasn't 97", Palmer replied. Brett then hit .375 in the <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980 World Series</a>, but the Royals lost in six games to the <a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> During the Series, Brett made headlines after leaving Game 2 in the sixth inning due to <a href="/wiki/Hemorrhoid" title="Hemorrhoid">hemorrhoid</a> pain. Brett had minor surgery the next day, and in Game 3 returned to hit a home run as the Royals won in 10 innings 4–3. After the game, Brett was famously quoted "...my problems are all behind me".<a href="#cite_note-behind-18">[18]</a> In 1981, he missed two weeks of spring training to have his hemorrhoids removed.<a href="#cite_note-hemorrhoids-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1981">1981</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1981">edit</a>]</div> On May 14, 1981, Brett hit <a href="/wiki/UPI" class="mw-redirect" title="UPI">UPI</a> photographer <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gralish" title="Tom Gralish">Tom Gralish</a> in the head with a <a href="/wiki/Crutch" title="Crutch">crutch</a> while Gralish was photographing him after a loss at Royals Stadium. Brett apologized the following day.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Roughly two weeks later, in a fit of anger, he destroyed two toilets and a sink at <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a> as reported by sportswriter Mike Fish. On September 15 at a hotel in <a href="/wiki/Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim">Anaheim</a>, Brett confronted Fish about his reporting. Brett pushed reporter Janis Carr and had to be restrained by teammates <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Keatley" title="Greg Keatley">Greg Keatley</a>. Police were called but no arrests were made.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pine_Tar_Incident">Pine Tar Incident</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pine Tar Incident">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident" title="Pine Tar Incident">Pine Tar Incident</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG/300px-George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG/450px-George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG/600px-George_brett_pine_tar_bat_rotated.JPG 2x" data-file-width="964" data-file-height="100" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Baseball_bat" title="Baseball bat">Baseball bat</a> used by George Brett in the Pine Tar Incident on July 24, 1983</figcaption></figure> On July 24, 1983, in a game against the <a href="/wiki/1983_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1983 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a> at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>, Brett hit a two-run homer off <a href="/wiki/Goose_Gossage" title="Goose Gossage">Goose Gossage</a> in the top of the ninth inning with two out to put the Royals up 5–4. After the home run, Yankees manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> cited to the umpires a <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Rules of baseball">rule</a> stating that any foreign substance on a bat could extend no further than 18 inches from the knob. The umpires measured the amount of <a href="/wiki/Pine_tar" title="Pine tar">pine tar</a>, a legal substance used by hitters to improve their grip, on Brett's bat. The pine tar extended about 24 inches, leading home plate umpire <a href="/wiki/Tim_McClelland" title="Tim McClelland">Tim McClelland</a> to signal Brett out and end the game as a Yankees win. An enraged Brett charged out of the dugout directly toward McClelland, forcing the two umpires and Royals manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a> to physically restrain him.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> The Royals quickly issued a challenge to the outcome. It was upheld by American League president <a href="/wiki/Lee_MacPhail" title="Lee MacPhail">Lee MacPhail</a>, who ruled that while the bat should have been excluded from future use, the home run should not have been nullified.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Amid much controversy, the game was resumed on August 18, 1983, from the point of Brett's home run and ended with a Royals win.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1985">1985</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1985">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nancy_Reagan_attending_a_%22Pros_for_Kids%22_rally_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nancy_Reagan_attending_a_%22Pros_for_Kids%22_rally_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Nancy_Reagan_attending_a_%22Pros_for_Kids%22_rally_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nancy_Reagan_attending_a_%22Pros_for_Kids%22_rally_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Nancy_Reagan_attending_a_%22Pros_for_Kids%22_rally_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nancy_Reagan_attending_a_%22Pros_for_Kids%22_rally_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Nancy_Reagan_attending_a_%22Pros_for_Kids%22_rally_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1733" data-file-height="1829" /></a><figcaption>Brett (left) with <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Reagan" title="Nancy Reagan">Nancy Reagan</a> in 1985</figcaption></figure> In <a href="/wiki/1985_in_baseball" title="1985 in baseball">1985</a>, Brett had another brilliant season in which he helped propel the Royals to their second American League Championship. He batted .335 with 30 home runs and 112 RBI in 155 games,<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> finishing in the top 10 of the league in 10 different offensive categories. Defensively, he won his only <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Glove">Gold Glove</a>, which broke <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bell" title="Buddy Bell">Buddy Bell</a>'s six-year run of the award, and finished second in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">American League MVP</a> voting to <a href="/wiki/Don_Mattingly" title="Don Mattingly">Don Mattingly</a>. In the final week of the regular season, he went 9-for-20 at the plate with seven runs, five homers, and 9 RBI in six crucial games, five of them victories, as the Royals closed the gap and won the division title at the end.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> He was MVP of the <a href="/wiki/1985_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 American League Championship Series">1985 playoffs</a> against the <a href="/wiki/1985_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1985 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a>, with an incredible Game 3. With KC down in the series two games to none, Brett went 4-for-4, homering in his first two at bats against <a href="/wiki/Doyle_Alexander" title="Doyle Alexander">Doyle Alexander</a>, and doubled to the same spot in right field in his third at bat, leading the Royals' comeback.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Brett then batted .370 in the <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">World Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/1985_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1985 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis Cardinals</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> including a four-hit performance in Game 7.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> The Royals again rallied from a 3–1 deficit to become World Series champions for the first time in their history.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1986–1993">1986–1993</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1986–1993">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg/220px-George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg/330px-George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/George_Brett_1990_CROP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="547" /></a><figcaption>Brett batting in 1990</figcaption></figure> In <a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a>, Brett moved across the diamond to <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first base</a> in an effort to reduce his chances of injury and had another top-notch season with a .306 average, 24 home runs and 103 RBI in 157 games.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> But after batting just .282 with 12 homers and 80 RBI in 124 games the next year, it looked like his career might be slowing down.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> He got off to a terrible start in <a href="/wiki/1990_in_baseball" title="1990 in baseball">1990</a> and at one point even considered retirement. But his manager, former teammate <a href="/wiki/John_Wathan" title="John Wathan">John Wathan</a>, encouraged him to stick it out. Finally, in July, the slump ended and Brett batted .386 for the rest of the season. In September, he caught <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Rickey Henderson</a> for the league lead, and in a battle down to the last day of the season, captured his third batting title with a .329 mark.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> This feat made Brett the only major league player to win batting titles in three different decades. Brett played three more seasons for the Royals, mostly as their <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a>, but occasionally filling in for injured teammates at first base. He passed the 3,000-hit mark in <a href="/wiki/1992_in_baseball" title="1992 in baseball">1992</a>, though he was picked off by <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Angels</a> first baseman <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gaetti" title="Gary Gaetti">Gary Gaetti</a> after stepping off the base to start enjoying the moment.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Brett retired after the <a href="/wiki/1993_in_baseball" title="1993 in baseball">1993 season</a>; in his final at-bat, he hit a single up the middle against <a href="/wiki/1993_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1993 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a> closer <a href="/wiki/Tom_Henke" title="Tom Henke">Tom Henke</a> and scored on a home run by now teammate Gaetti.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> His last game was also notable as being the final game ever played at <a href="/wiki/Arlington_Stadium" title="Arlington Stadium">Arlington Stadium</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hall_of_Fame">Hall of Fame</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Hall of Fame">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RoyalsRetired.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/RoyalsRetired.JPG/220px-RoyalsRetired.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/RoyalsRetired.JPG/330px-RoyalsRetired.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/RoyalsRetired.JPG 2x" data-file-width="421" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>Brett's number 5 was retired by the Royals alongside <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>.</figcaption></figure> Brett was elected to the Hall of Fame in <a href="/wiki/1999_in_baseball" title="1999 in baseball">1999</a>, with what was then the fourth-highest voting percentage in baseball history (98.2%), trailing only <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>. His voting percentage was higher than all-time greats <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a>. In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a> passed Brett with 98.5% of the vote. Brett's No. 5 was retired by the Royals on May 14, 1994, only the second in Royals history, after former Royals manager, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Dick Howser</a>’s No. 10 in 1987. Brett was selected the <a href="/wiki/DHL_Hometown_Heroes" title="DHL Hometown Heroes">Hometown Hero</a> for the Royals in a two-month fan vote revealed in an hour-long telecast on <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> on September 27, 2006. He was one of the few players to receive more than 400,000 votes.<a href="#cite_note-votes-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kansas_City_Royals_-_5.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kansas_City_Royals_-_5.svg/110px-Kansas_City_Royals_-_5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kansas_City_Royals_-_5.svg/165px-Kansas_City_Royals_-_5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kansas_City_Royals_-_5.svg/220px-Kansas_City_Royals_-_5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>George Brett's number 5 was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_retired_numbers" title="List of Major League Baseball retired numbers">retired</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals#Retired_numbers" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> in 1994.</figcaption></figure> Brett's 3,154 career hits are the second most by a third baseman in major league history, surpassed only by <a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Adrián Beltré</a> (3,166 hits), and 18th among all players.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Baseball historian <a href="/wiki/Bill_James" title="Bill James">Bill James</a> regards him as the second-best third baseman of all time, trailing only his contemporary, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>. In 1999, he ranked Number 55 on <a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a>' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players,<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> and was nominated as a finalist for the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> All-Century Team. Brett is one of only five players in MLB history—the other four being Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Miguel Cabrera, and Hank Aaron—to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and a career .300 batting average. Most indicative of his hitting style, Brett is seventh on the career doubles list with 665, trailing only <a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Tris Speaker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a> and <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a>).<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Brett was an highly effective hitter in the postseason. In 43 postseason games, including 2 World Series (1980, 1985), he batted .337 (56-for-166) with 10 home runs and 23 RBI.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> A photo in the July 1976 edition of <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Geographic (magazine)">National Geographic</a> showing Brett signing baseballs for fans with his team's name emblazoned across his shirt was the inspiration for New Zealand singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Lorde" title="Lorde">Lorde</a>'s 2013 song "<a href="/wiki/Royals_(Lorde_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royals (Lorde song)">Royals</a>," which won the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Grammy Award for Song of the Year</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Brett was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Missouri Sports Hall of Fame">Missouri Sports Hall of Fame</a> in 1994. Brett was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Kansas Sports Hall of Fame">Kansas Sports Hall of Fame</a> in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Mendoza_Line">The Mendoza Line</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: The Mendoza Line">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mendoza_Line" title="Mendoza Line">Mendoza Line</a></div> Brett is credited with popularizing the phrase the <a href="/wiki/Mendoza_Line" title="Mendoza Line">Mendoza Line</a>,<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> which is used to represent a sub-.200 batting average, historically regarded as unacceptable at the Major League level. It derives from shortstop <a href="/wiki/Mario_Mendoza" title="Mario Mendoza">Mario Mendoza</a>, a career .215 hitter who finished below .200 five times in his nine seasons in the big leagues—including .198 the year the term is claimed to have been coined by a pair of his teammates in <a href="/wiki/Tom_Paciorek" title="Tom Paciorek">Tom Paciorek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bochte" title="Bruce Bochte">Bruce Bochte</a> in 1979.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Brett referred to the Mendoza Line in an interview, which was picked up by <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> baseball anchor <a href="/wiki/Chris_Berman" title="Chris Berman">Chris Berman</a> and then expanded into the world of <a href="/wiki/SportsCenter" title="SportsCenter">SportsCenter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-baseball_activities">Post-baseball activities</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Post-baseball activities">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Brett_-_USS_Reagan_-_Feb_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/George_Brett_-_USS_Reagan_-_Feb_2009.jpg/220px-George_Brett_-_USS_Reagan_-_Feb_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/George_Brett_-_USS_Reagan_-_Feb_2009.jpg/330px-George_Brett_-_USS_Reagan_-_Feb_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/George_Brett_-_USS_Reagan_-_Feb_2009.jpg/440px-George_Brett_-_USS_Reagan_-_Feb_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="966" /></a><figcaption>Brett in February 2009</figcaption></figure> Following his playing career Brett became a vice president of the Royals, and has worked as a part-time coach, as a special instructor in <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a>, as an interim batting coach, and as a roving instructor helping minor league prospects develop. He also runs a baseball equipment and glove company named Brett Bros. with brothers Bobby, and, until his death in 2003,<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Ken.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> He has also lent his name to a restaurant on the <a href="/wiki/Country_Club_Plaza" title="Country Club Plaza">Country Club Plaza</a> in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1998, Brett worked as a <a href="/wiki/Color_analyst" class="mw-redirect" title="Color analyst">color analyst</a> on regional <a href="/wiki/Fox_Saturday_Baseball" title="Fox Saturday Baseball">Fox Saturday Baseball</a> telecasts.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Brett has continued to raise money for <a href="/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis" class="mw-redirect" title="Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis">amyotrophic lateral sclerosis</a> (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Brett started to raise money for the Keith Worthington Chapter during his playing career in the mid-1980s. Brett and his dog Charlie appeared in a <a href="/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals" title="People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals">PETA</a> ad campaign, encouraging people not to leave their canine companions in the car during hot weather.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> He also threw out the ceremonial first pitch to <a href="/wiki/Mike_Napoli" title="Mike Napoli">Mike Napoli</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> On May 30, 2013, the Royals announced that Brett and <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Grifol" title="Pedro Grifol">Pedro Grifol</a> would serve as batting coaches for the organization.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> On July 25, 2013 (the day following the 30th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Pine_tar_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Pine tar incident">pine tar incident</a>, the Royals announced that Brett would serve as vice president of baseball operations.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In 2015, Brett was the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame">National Baseball Hall of Fame</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller_Act_of_Valor_Award" title="Bob Feller Act of Valor Award">Bob Feller Act of Valor Award</a> for his support of current and former service members of the United States Military.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Brett appeared as himself in the ABC sitcom <a href="/wiki/Modern_Family" title="Modern Family">Modern Family</a> on March 28, 2018, alongside main cast member <a href="/wiki/Eric_Stonestreet" title="Eric Stonestreet">Eric Stonestreet</a>, a Kansas City native and Royals fan,<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> whose character on the show is also an avid fan. Brett appeared as himself in the <a href="/wiki/Brockmire" title="Brockmire">Brockmire</a> episode "Player to Be Named Later", in which he is dating Jules (<a href="/wiki/Amanda_Peet" title="Amanda Peet">Amanda Peet</a>), much to Brockmire's despair; in the episode "Low and Away", Jules informs Brockmire that she and her now-husband Brett are getting a divorce. Series creator Joel Church-Cooper said in a statement, "When I created a show about a fake Kansas City legend, Jim Brockmire, I thought it only appropriate to have him worship the biggest Kansas City legend of them all—George Brett."<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> He is also a recurring guest on the podcast <a href="/wiki/Pardon_My_Take" title="Pardon My Take">Pardon My Take</a> which is presented by <a href="/wiki/Barstool_Sports" title="Barstool Sports">Barstool Sports</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_ownership">Team ownership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Team ownership">edit</a>]</div> In <a href="/wiki/1998_in_baseball" title="1998 in baseball">1998</a>, an investor group headed by Brett and his older brother, Bobby, made an unsuccessful bid to purchase the Kansas City Royals. Brett is the principal owner of the <a href="/wiki/Tri-City_Dust_Devils" title="Tri-City Dust Devils">Tri-City Dust Devils</a>, the Single-A affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> He and his brother Bobby also co-own the <a href="/wiki/Rancho_Cucamonga_Quakes" title="Rancho Cucamonga Quakes">Rancho Cucamonga Quakes</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> Single-A partner, and lead ownership groups that control the <a href="/wiki/Spokane_Chiefs" title="Spokane Chiefs">Spokane Chiefs</a> of the Western Hockey League,<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_League" title="West Coast League">West Coast League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bellingham_Bells" title="Bellingham Bells">Bellingham Bells</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> In 1992, Brett married the former Leslie Davenport, and they reside in the Kansas City suburb of <a href="/wiki/Mission_Hills,_Kansas" title="Mission Hills, Kansas">Mission Hills, Kansas</a>. The couple has three children: Jackson (named after George's father), Dylan (named after <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>), and Robin (named after fellow Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Robin Yount</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>).<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/blog/64703/index.html">the original</a> on May 18, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sports+Illustrated&rft.atitle=Hall+of+Famer+Brett+doesn%27t+trust+Clemens%2C+upset+by+%27roids&rft.date=2009-05-15&rft.aulast=Perloff&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fdanpatrick%2Fblog%2F64703%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Brett" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBondy2015" class="citation book cs1">Bondy, Filip (2015). The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball's Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy. Scribner. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1476777177" title="Special:BookSources/978-1476777177"><bdi>978-1476777177</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pine+Tar+Game%3A+The+Kansas+City+Royals%2C+the+New+York+Yankees%2C+and+Baseball%27s+Most+Absurd+and+Entertaining+Controversy&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1476777177&rft.aulast=Bondy&rft.aufirst=Filip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Brett" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrett1999" class="citation book cs1">Brett, George (1999). George Brett: From Here to Cooperstown. Addax Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1886110794" title="Special:BookSources/1886110794"><bdi>1886110794</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=George+Brett%3A+From+Here+to+Cooperstown&rft.pub=Addax+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=1886110794&rft.aulast=Brett&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Brett" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCameron1993" class="citation book cs1">Cameron, Steve (1993). George Brett: Last of a Breed. Taylor. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0878330798" title="Special:BookSources/0878330798"><bdi>0878330798</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=George+Brett%3A+Last+of+a+Breed&rft.pub=Taylor&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0878330798&rft.aulast=Cameron&rft.aufirst=Steve&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Brett" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGarrity1981" class="citation book cs1">Garrity, John (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/georgebrettstory0000garr">The George Brett Story</a>. Putnam. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0698110943" title="Special:BookSources/0698110943"><bdi>0698110943</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+George+Brett+Story&rft.pub=Putnam&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0698110943&rft.aulast=Garrity&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgeorgebrettstory0000garr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Brett" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Brett&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/brett-george">George Brett</a> at the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/111437">MLB</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/41">ESPN</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brettge01.shtml">Baseball Reference</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1001400">Fangraphs</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=brett-001geo">Baseball Reference (Minors)</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbretg001.htm">Retrosheet</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=brettge01">Baseball-Almanac.com</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable 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href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Greenberg</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Gordon</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Spud_Chandler" title="Spud Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Newhouser</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Newhouser</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Williams</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Boudreau</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Williams</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Rizzuto</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Berra</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Shantz</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Rosen</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Berra</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Berra</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jensen" title="Jackie Jensen">Jensen</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Nellie_Fox" title="Nellie Fox">Fox</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Maris</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Maris</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Elston_Howard" title="Elston Howard">Howard</a></li> <li>1964: <a 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Robinson</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Zoilo_Versalles" title="Zoilo Versalles">Versalles</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">F. Robinson</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Yastrzemski</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">McLain</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Killebrew</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Boog_Powell" title="Boog Powell">Powell</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Blue</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen">Allen</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Burroughs" title="Jeff Burroughs">Burroughs</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Lynn</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Munson" title="Thurman Munson">Munson</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Rice</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Don_Baylor" title="Don Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li>1980: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brett</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Fingers</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Yount</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Ripken Jr.</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Willie Hernández">Hernández</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Don_Mattingly" title="Don Mattingly">Mattingly</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Clemens</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/George_Bell_(outfielder)" title="George Bell (outfielder)">Bell</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Jose_Canseco" title="Jose Canseco">Canseco</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Yount</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Ripken Jr.</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley" title="Dennis Eckersley">Eckersley</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Thomas</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Thomas</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Mo_Vaughn" title="Mo Vaughn">Vaughn</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">González</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey_Jr." title="Ken Griffey Jr.">Griffey Jr.</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">González</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">I. Rodríguez</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Giambi" title="Jason Giambi">Giambi</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Suzuki</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Tejada" title="Miguel Tejada">Tejada</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">A. Rodriguez</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Guerrero</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">A. Rodriguez</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Morneau" title="Justin Morneau">Morneau</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">A. Rodriguez</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Pedroia</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Mauer</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hamilton" title="Josh Hamilton">Hamilton</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Verlander</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Cabrera</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Cabrera</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Trout</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Donaldson" title="Josh Donaldson">Donaldson</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Trout</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Altuve</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Mookie_Betts" title="Mookie Betts">Betts</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Trout</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu" title="José Abreu">Abreu</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Ohtani</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Judge" title="Aaron Judge">Judge</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Ohtani</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Judge" title="Aaron Judge">Judge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="American_League_batting_champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Nap_Lajoie" title="Nap Lajoie">Lajoie</a></li> <li>1902: Disputed</li> <li>1903: <a href="/wiki/Nap_Lajoie" title="Nap Lajoie">Lajoie</a></li> <li>1904: <a href="/wiki/Nap_Lajoie" title="Nap Lajoie">Lajoie</a></li> <li>1905: <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Flick" title="Elmer Flick">Flick</a></li> <li>1906: <a href="/wiki/George_Stone_(outfielder)" title="George Stone (outfielder)">Stone</a></li> <li>1907: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1908: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1909: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1910: Disputed</li> <li>1911: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1912: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1913: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1914: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1915: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1916: <a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Speaker</a></li> <li>1917: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1918: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1919: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li>1920: <a href="/wiki/George_Sisler" title="George Sisler">Sisler</a></li> <li>1921: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Heilmann</a></li> <li>1922: <a href="/wiki/George_Sisler" title="George Sisler">Sisler</a></li> <li>1923: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Heilmann</a></li> <li>1924: <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Ruth</a></li> <li>1925: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Heilmann</a></li> <li>1926: <a href="/wiki/Heinie_Manush" title="Heinie Manush">Manush</a></li> <li>1927: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Heilmann</a></li> <li>1928: <a href="/wiki/Goose_Goslin" title="Goose Goslin">Goslin</a></li> <li>1929: <a href="/wiki/Lew_Fonseca" title="Lew Fonseca">Fonseca</a></li> <li>1930: <a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>1931: <a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>1932: <a href="/wiki/Dale_Alexander" title="Dale Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li>1933: <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li>1934: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Gehrig</a></li> <li>1935: <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Myer" title="Buddy Myer">Myer</a></li> <li>1936: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Appling" title="Luke Appling">Appling</a></li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Gehringer</a></li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Appling" title="Luke Appling">Appling</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Boudreau</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Snuffy_Stirnweiss" title="Snuffy Stirnweiss">Stirnweiss</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Vernon</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/George_Kell" title="George Kell">Kell</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Goodman" title="Billy Goodman">Goodman</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Ferris_Fain" title="Ferris Fain">Fain</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Ferris_Fain" title="Ferris Fain">Fain</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Vernon</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_%C3%81vila" title="Bobby Ávila">Ávila</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Kaline</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Kuenn" title="Harvey Kuenn">Kuenn</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Runnels" title="Pete Runnels">Runnels</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Cash" title="Norm Cash">Cash</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Runnels" title="Pete Runnels">Runnels</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Yastrzemski</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Oliva</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Oliva</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Yastrzemski</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Yastrzemski</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Johnson" title="Alex Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Oliva</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1976: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brett</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Lynn</a></li> <li>1980: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brett</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Carney_Lansford" title="Carney Lansford">Lansford</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Wilson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Don_Mattingly" title="Don Mattingly">Mattingly</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Kirby_Puckett" title="Kirby Puckett">Puckett</a></li> <li>1990: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brett</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Julio_Franco" title="Julio Franco">Franco</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Edgar Martínez">Martínez</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/John_Olerud" title="John Olerud">Olerud</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Neill_(baseball)" title="Paul O'Neill (baseball)">O'Neill</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Edgar Martínez">Martínez</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Rodriguez</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Thomas</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Williams" title="Bernie Williams">B. Williams</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Nomar_Garciaparra" title="Nomar Garciaparra">Garciaparra</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Nomar_Garciaparra" title="Nomar Garciaparra">Garciaparra</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Suzuki</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Manny_Ramirez" title="Manny Ramirez">Ramirez</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Mueller" title="Bill Mueller">Mueller</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Suzuki</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Young_(baseball)" title="Michael Young (baseball)">Young</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Mauer</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Magglio_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez" title="Magglio Ordóñez">Ordóñez</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Mauer</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Mauer</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hamilton" title="Josh Hamilton">Hamilton</a></li> <li>2011: 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Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pud_Galvin" title="Pud Galvin">Galvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">B. Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Glavine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Gomez" title="Lefty Gomez">Gomez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Gossage" title="Goose Gossage">Gossage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Grimes" title="Burleigh Grimes">Grimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Grove" title="Lefty Grove">Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Haines" title="Jesse Haines">Haines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Halladay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Hoffman" title="Trevor Hoffman">Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waite_Hoyt" title="Waite Hoyt">Hoyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catfish_Hunter" title="Catfish Hunter">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">R. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Addie_Joss" title="Addie Joss">Joss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Kaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Keefe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lemon" title="Bob Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Lyons" title="Ted Lyons">Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Maddux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Marichal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rube_Marquard" title="Rube Marquard">Marquard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">P. Martínez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez" title="José Méndez">Méndez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mussina" title="Mike Mussina">Mussina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Newhouser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Niekro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Paige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Pennock" title="Herb Pennock">Pennock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Plank" title="Eddie Plank">Plank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Radbourn" title="Charles Radbourn">Radbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eppa_Rixey" title="Eppa Rixey">Rixey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullet_Rogan" title="Bullet Rogan">Rogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Ruffing" title="Red Ruffing">Ruffing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Rusie" title="Amos Rusie">Rusie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Smith" title="Hilton Smith">H. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lee Smith (baseball)">L. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sutter" title="Bruce Sutter">Sutter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rube_Waddell" title="Rube Waddell">Waddell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Walsh" title="Ed Walsh">Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Welch" title="Mickey Welch">Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Wilhelm" title="Hoyt Wilhelm">Wilhelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Joe_Williams" title="Smokey Joe Williams">J. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Willis" title="Vic Willis">Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Wynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Catchers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Bench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Berra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Bresnahan" title="Roger Bresnahan">Bresnahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Campanella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Cochrane" title="Mickey Cochrane">Cochrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dickey" title="Bill Dickey">Dickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Ewing" title="Buck Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Ferrell" title="Rick Ferrell">Ferrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Fisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson" title="Josh Gibson">J. Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Hartnett" title="Gabby Hartnett">Hartnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Lombardi" title="Ernie Lombardi">Lombardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biz_Mackey" title="Biz Mackey">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mauer" title="Joe Mauer">Mauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Piazza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Santop" title="Louis Santop">Santop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Schalk" title="Ray Schalk">Schalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Simmons" title="Ted Simmons">T. Simmons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cap_Anson" title="Cap Anson">Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Bagwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Beckley" title="Jake Beckley">Beckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bottomley" title="Jim Bottomley">Bottomley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Brouthers" title="Dan Brouthers">Brouthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Cepeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chance" title="Frank Chance">Chance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Connor" title="Roger Connor">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Gehrig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Greenberg" title="Hank Greenberg">Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Helton" title="Todd Helton">Helton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Hodges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kelly_(baseball)" title="George Kelly (baseball)">G. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Killebrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">McCovey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_McGriff" title="Fred McGriff">McGriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mize" title="Johnny Mize">Mize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murray" title="Eddie Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_P%C3%A9rez" title="Tony Pérez">Pérez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sisler" title="George Sisler">Sisler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mule_Suttles" title="Mule Suttles">Suttles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Taylor_(first_baseman,_born_1888)" title="Ben Taylor (first baseman, born 1888)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Terry" title="Bill Terry">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thome" title="Jim Thome">Thome</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Alomar" title="Roberto Alomar">Alomar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Biggio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Collins" title="Eddie Collins">E. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Doerr" title="Bobby Doerr">Doerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Evers" title="Johnny Evers">Evers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Fox" title="Nellie Fox">Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Frisch" title="Frankie Frisch">Frisch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Gehringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Herman" title="Billy Herman">Herman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Hornsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nap_Lajoie" title="Nap Lajoie">Lajoie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lazzeri" title="Tony Lazzeri">Lazzeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mazeroski" title="Bill Mazeroski">Mazeroski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bid_McPhee" title="Bid McPhee">McPhee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">J. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryne_Sandberg" title="Ryne Sandberg">Sandberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Schoendienst" title="Red Schoendienst">Schoendienst</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third basemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Home_Run_Baker" title="Home Run Baker">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Beltré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Collins" title="Jimmy Collins">J. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Dandridge" title="Ray Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Johnson" title="Judy Johnson">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kell" title="George Kell">Kell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Lindstrom" title="Freddie Lindstrom">Lindstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Molitor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">B. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Rolen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Santo" title="Ron Santo">Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pie_Traynor" title="Pie Traynor">Traynor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_White" title="Deacon White">D. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jud_Wilson" title="Jud Wilson">J. Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shortstops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Aparicio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Appling" title="Luke Appling">Appling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bancroft" title="Dave Bancroft">Bancroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Boudreau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cronin" title="Joe Cronin">Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Davis_(baseball)" title="George Davis (baseball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">T. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Jeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Larkin" title="Barry Larkin">Larkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Lloyd" title="John Henry Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Maranville" title="Rabbit Maranville">Maranville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_Reese" title="Pee Wee Reese">Reese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Ripken Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Rizzuto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sewell" title="Joe Sewell">Sewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">O. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Tinker" title="Joe Tinker">Tinker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Trammell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arky_Vaughan" title="Arky Vaughan">Vaughan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wallace_(baseball)" title="Bobby Wallace (baseball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montgomery_Ward" title="John Montgomery Ward">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wells" title="Willie Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Yount</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Left fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Brock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Burkett" title="Jesse Burkett">Burkett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Clarke" title="Fred Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Delahanty" title="Ed Delahanty">Delahanty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Goslin" title="Goose Goslin">Goslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hafey" title="Chick Hafey">Hafey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Irvin" title="Monte Irvin">Irvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelley" title="Joe Kelley">Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Kiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinie_Manush" title="Heinie Manush">Manush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Medwick" title="Joe Medwick">Medwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso" title="Minnie Miñoso">Miñoso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Musial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_O%27Rourke_(baseball)" title="Jim O'Rourke (baseball)">O'Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Raines" title="Tim Raines">Raines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">J. Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">A. Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Stargell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Wheat" title="Zack Wheat">Wheat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams" title="Billy Williams">B. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Yastrzemski</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Center fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">Ashburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Averill" title="Earl Averill">Averill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell" title="Cool Papa Bell">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Brown" title="Willard Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Carey" title="Max Carey">Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Charleston" title="Oscar Charleston">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earle_Combs" title="Earle Combs">Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Doby" title="Larry Doby">Doby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Duffy" title="Hugh Duffy">Duffy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey_Jr." title="Ken Griffey Jr.">Griffey Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hill" title="Pete Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Mays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Puckett" title="Kirby Puckett">Puckett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edd_Roush" title="Edd Roush">Roush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Snider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Speaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_Stearnes" title="Turkey Stearnes">Stearnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_Torriente" title="Cristóbal Torriente">Torriente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Waner" title="Lloyd Waner">L. Waner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hack_Wilson" title="Hack Wilson">H. Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Right fielders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Aaron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Clemente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiki_Cuyler" title="Kiki Cuyler">Cuyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Dawson" title="Andre Dawson">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Flick" title="Elmer Flick">Flick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Gwynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Heilmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hooper" title="Harry Hooper">Hooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">R. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Kaline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Keeler" title="Willie Keeler">Keeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Kelly" title="King Kelly">K. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McCarthy_(baseball)" title="Tommy McCarthy (baseball)">T. McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Oliva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Ott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rice" title="Sam Rice">S. Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">F. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Ruth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enos_Slaughter" title="Enos Slaughter">Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Thompson_(outfielder)" title="Sam Thompson (outfielder)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Walker" title="Larry Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Waner" title="Paul Waner">P. Waner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Winfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Youngs" title="Ross Youngs">Youngs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Designated hitters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Baines" title="Harold Baines">Baines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Edgar Martínez">E. Martínez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">Ortiz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Managers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Alston" title="Walter Alston">Alston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cox" title="Bobby Cox">Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Durocher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rube_Foster" title="Rube Foster">R. Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(baseball)" title="Ned Hanlon (baseball)">Hanlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucky_Harris" title="Bucky Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Herzog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller_Huggins" title="Miller Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_La_Russa" title="Tony La Russa">La Russa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda" title="Tommy Lasorda">Lasorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Leyland" title="Jim Leyland">Leyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_L%C3%B3pez" title="Al López">López</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(baseball_manager)" title="Joe McCarthy (baseball manager)">J. McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McKechnie" title="Bill McKechnie">McKechnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbert_Robinson" title="Wilbert Robinson">W. 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Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Executives and pioneers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Barrow" title="Ed Barrow">Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Bulkeley" title="Morgan Bulkeley">Bulkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright" title="Alexander Cartwright">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chadwick_(writer)" title="Henry Chadwick (writer)">Chadwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Comiskey" title="Charles Comiskey">Comiskey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candy_Cummings" title="Candy Cummings">Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Dreyfuss" title="Barney Dreyfuss">Dreyfuss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Fowler" title="Bud Fowler">Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Frick" title="Ford Frick">Frick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Giles" title="Warren Giles">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Gillick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Grant_(baseball)" title="Frank Grant (baseball)">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_Griffith" title="Clark Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Harridge" title="Will Harridge">Harridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hulbert" title="William Hulbert">Hulbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson" title="Ban Johnson">B. 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White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._L._Wilkinson" title="J. L. Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wright_(sportsman)" title="George Wright (sportsman)">G. Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Wright" title="Harry Wright">H. 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Feller">Feller</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Spud_Chandler" title="Spud Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Marty_Marion" title="Marty Marion">Marion</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Newhouser</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Musial</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Boudreau</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. Williams</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Rizzuto</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Musial</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Rosen</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Mays</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Snider</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mantle</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">T. 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