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.

American League Wild Card Series → league → American League ⓘ
American League pennant 2000 → league → American League ⓘ
American League pennant 2001 → league → American League ⓘ
Bill Dinneen → league → American League ⓘ
Carlton Fisk → league → American League ⓘ
Chris Sale → league → American League ⓘ
Cleveland Indians → league → American League ⓘ
Columbia Park → league → American League ⓘ
David Cone → league → American League ⓘ
Division Series → league → American League ⓘ
Eddie Cicotte → league → American League ⓘ
Eddie Collins → league → American League ⓘ
Eddie Plank → league → American League ⓘ
Fred McMullin → league → American League ⓘ
Game 6 → league → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Game 6 (1993 World Series)
this entity surface form: American League vs National League
George Brett → league → American League ⓘ
Hank Aaron → league → American League ⓘ
Harry Hooper → league → American League ⓘ
Home Run Baker → league → American League ⓘ
Huntington Avenue Grounds → league → American League ⓘ
Impossible Dream season → league → American League ⓘ
J.D. Martinez → league → American League ⓘ
Jack Barry → league → American League ⓘ
Jim Palmer → league → American League ⓘ
Jim Rice → league → American League ⓘ
The Yankee Clipper → league → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe DiMaggio
Jon Lester → league → American League ⓘ
MLB All-Star Game → league → American League ⓘ
MLB playoffs → league → American League ⓘ
Mackmen → league → American League ⓘ
Miguel Cabrera → league → American League ⓘ
Minnesota Twins → league → American League ⓘ
Pale Hose → league → American League ⓘ
Philadelphia Athletics → league → American League ⓘ
A's → league → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Philadelphia Athletics
Red Rolfe → league → American League ⓘ
Sportsman's Park → league → American League ⓘ
Tony Conigliaro → league → American League ⓘ
Toronto Blue Jays → league → American League ⓘ
Washington Senators (1901–1960) → league → American League ⓘ
Washington Senators (1961–1971) → league → American League ⓘ