American League

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professional baseball league sports organization

The American League is one of the two major professional baseball leagues in Major League Baseball, comprising teams primarily based in the United States and Canada.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
American League vs National League 3
American League (as a major league) 1
American League All-Stars 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional baseball league ⓘ
sports organization ⓘ
abbreviation AL ⓘ
championship American League Championship Series ⓘ
championshipTrophy William Harridge Trophy ⓘ
commissionerAtFounding Ban Johnson ⓘ
competitionFormat regular season and postseason playoffs ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designatedHitterRuleIntroduced 1973 ⓘ
formerName Western League ⓘ
founded 1901 ⓘ
founder Ban Johnson ⓘ
governingBody Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
hasConference American League Central ⓘ
American League East ⓘ
American League West ⓘ
hasRivalLeague National League ⓘ
hasTeam Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
Boston Red Sox ⓘ
Chicago White Sox ⓘ
Cleveland Indians ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland Guardians

Detroit Tigers ⓘ
Houston Astros ⓘ
Kansas City Royals ⓘ
Los Angeles Angels ⓘ
Minnesota Twins ⓘ
New York Yankees ⓘ
Oakland Athletics ⓘ
Seattle Mariners ⓘ
Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
Texas Rangers ⓘ
Toronto Blue Jays ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
involvesCountry Canada ⓘ
leagueLevel major league ⓘ
mergerCompleted 2000 ⓘ
mergerWith National League ⓘ
mostPennantsNumber 40+ ⓘ
mostPennantsTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
numberOfTeams 15 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Major League Baseball ⓘ
playsForTitle American League pennant ⓘ
regionServed North America ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
teamLocationScope Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
usesDesignatedHitterRule yes ⓘ
website https://www.mlb.com ⓘ
winnerPlaysIn World Series ⓘ

Referenced by (249)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1983 World Series → ALTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
1984 World Series → ALTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
2017 World Series → AstrosLeague → American League ⓘ
1982 World Series → BrewersLeagueIn1982 → American League ⓘ
Pedro Martínez → CyYoungAwardLeague → American League ⓘ
Roy Halladay → CyYoungLeague → American League ⓘ
1909 World Series → DetroitLeague → American League ⓘ
Yaz → MLBDebutLeague → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Yastrzemski
Reggie Smith → MLBDebutLeague → American League ⓘ
Smoky Joe Wood → MLBDebutLeague → American League ⓘ
Tris Speaker → MLBDebutLeague → American League ⓘ
Frank Robinson → MVPInLeague → American League ⓘ
1966 World Series → MVPLeague → American League ⓘ
2008 World Series → RaysLeague → American League ⓘ
Jim Rice → SilverSluggerLeague → American League ⓘ
Major League Constitution → appliesTo → American League ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League clubs
Gold Glove Award → appliesToJurisdiction → American League ⓘ
Impossible Dream → appliesToLeague → American League ⓘ
A's → associatedLeague → American League ⓘ
Ace → associatedLeague → American League ⓘ
The Captain → associatedTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
Commissioner’s Trophy → associatedWith → American League ⓘ
Green Monster → associatedWith → American League ⓘ
Red Sox Nation → associatedWith → American League ⓘ
Royals Stadium → associatedWith → American League ⓘ
Old English D → associatedWithLeague → American League ⓘ
South Siders → associatedWithLeague → American League ⓘ
Silver Slugger Award → awardedIn → American League ⓘ
1981 World Series → awayTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
Game 3 → awayTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Game 3 of the 1989 World Series
Yankees–Red Sox rivalry → beganInLeague → American League ⓘ
2005 World Series → championLeague → American League ⓘ
2018 World Series → championLeague → American League ⓘ
2023 World Series → championLeague → American League ⓘ
Edgar Martínez Award → competition → American League ⓘ
Baltimore Orioles → conference → American League ⓘ
Pale Hose → conference → American League ⓘ
Rays → conference → American League ⓘ
Cy Young Award → currentScope → American League ⓘ