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.

Comiskey Park → division → American League ⓘ
George Steinbrenner → division → American League ⓘ
Impossible Dream season → division → American League ⓘ
Philadelphia Athletics → division → American League ⓘ
Jim Palmer → earnedRunAverageLeader → American League ⓘ
William Harridge Trophy → eligibility → American League ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League teams
Ted Barrett → employer → American League ⓘ
RSN → followsCompetition → American League ⓘ
MLB All-Star Game → format → American League ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League vs National League
Major League Baseball → formedByMergerOf → American League ⓘ
Ban Johnson → founded → American League ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League (as a major league)
Oakland Athletics → foundedInLeague → American League ⓘ
Dead-ball era → governingBodyContext → American League ⓘ
Major League Baseball → governs → American League ⓘ
AL → hasAllStarTeam → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: American League
this entity surface form: American League All-Stars
ALDS → hasConference → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: American League Division Series
subject surface form: American League Wild Card team
National League → hasRivalLeague → American League ⓘ
Subway Series → hasTheme → American League ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League vs National League
1918 World Series → homeLeague → American League ⓘ
Game 6 → homeLeague → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Game 6 (1993 World Series)
1919 World Series → homeTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
Adley Rutschman → isPartOf → American League ⓘ
1905 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1912 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1914 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1915 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1916 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1917 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1929 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1957 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
1967 Triple Crown → league → American League ⓘ
1989 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
2022 World Series → league → American League ⓘ
American League Division Series → league → American League ⓘ
ALDS → league → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: American League Division Series
American League East → league → American League ⓘ