American League batting champion
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The American League batting champion is the Major League Baseball player in the American League who finishes a season with the highest batting average.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American League batting champion canonical | 8 |
| American League batting title | 4 |
| 1998 American League batting title | 1 |
| AL Batting Title | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball award
ⓘ
sports title ⓘ |
| alsoCalled |
AL batting champion
ⓘ
American League batting champion ⓘ
surface form:
American League batting title
|
| appliesTo | American League ⓘ |
| awardBasis | regular-season offensive performance ⓘ |
| awardedFor | highest batting average in the American League ⓘ |
| category |
American League records and achievements
ⓘ
Major League Baseball awards ⓘ Major League Baseball batting statistics ⓘ |
| competition |
MLB regular season
ⓘ
surface form:
Major League Baseball regular season
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| determinedBy | regular-season statistics only ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
plate appearance minimum set by MLB
ⓘ
qualified batting appearances ⓘ |
| era | modern baseball era ⓘ |
| excludes |
exhibition game statistics
ⓘ
postseason statistics ⓘ spring training statistics ⓘ |
| firstAwardedInLeague | American League inaugural season 1901 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Major League Baseball
ⓘ
MLB Commissioner’s Office ⓘ
surface form:
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
|
| hasCounterpart |
National League batting champion
ⓘ
surface form:
Major League Baseball batting champion (overall concept)
National League batting champion ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the oldest statistical titles in MLB ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| league | American League ⓘ |
| measurementUnit | three-decimal batting average (e.g., .321) ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | widely reported at end of regular season ⓘ |
| notableMultipleWinners |
Rod Carew
ⓘ
Ted Williams ⓘ Tony Gwynn ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Gwynn (before league realignment, as NL counterpart context)
Ty Cobb ⓘ Wade Boggs ⓘ |
| partOf | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| positionRestriction | none ⓘ |
| primaryMetric | hits divided by at-bats ⓘ |
| recordKeeping | maintained in MLB official record books ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
American League Most Valuable Player
ⓘ
surface form:
Most Valuable Player Award (American League)
Silver Slugger Award ⓘ |
| relatedStatistic |
OPS (on-base plus slugging)
ⓘ
on-base percentage ⓘ slugging percentage ⓘ |
| requires | official scorer validation of statistics ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | automatic based on official statistics ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| statisticUsed | batting average ⓘ |
| teamRestriction | must play for an American League team ⓘ |
| tieHandling | can be shared in case of identical averages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | single MLB regular season ⓘ |
| winnerType | individual player ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American League batting title
this entity surface form:
AL Batting Title
this entity surface form:
1998 American League batting title
this entity surface form:
American League batting title
this entity surface form:
American League batting title
this entity surface form:
American League batting title