American League

noun

1. one of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1900. A.L.

Example Sentences

As cool as it was to be part of Ripken’s historic night, it was bittersweet for the Angels, who were in the middle of an epic collapse in which they lost 29 of their last 43 games and blew an 11-game American League West lead, joining the 1978 Red Sox, 1969 Cubs, 1964 Phillies and 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers in baseball infamy.

From Los Angeles Times

He won a World Series title in 1983, an American League rookie of the year award in 1982 and AL most valuable player awards in 1983 and 1991.

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Teixeira also performed well in the American League Division Series, batting .467 with a .550 on-base percentage, although the Angels fell in four games to the Boston Red Sox.

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Former Angels first baseman Mo Vaughn, the 1995 American League most valuable player for the Boston Red Sox, is the host of the MVP Podcast.

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Only one player has won a batting championship with a lower average than Freeman’s .302: Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox, who won the American League by hitting .301 in 1968.

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