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.

William Harridge Trophy → league → American League ⓘ
1903 World Series → league1 → American League ⓘ
League Championship Series → league1 → American League ⓘ
Ban Johnson → leagueAdministered → American League ⓘ
1981 MLB strike → leagueAffected → American League ⓘ
Baltimore Orioles → leagueAffiliationStart → American League ⓘ
Casey Stengel → leagueAsManager → American League ⓘ
Curse of the Bambino → leagueContext → American League ⓘ
Jose Altuve → leagueDivision → American League ⓘ
A's → leagueDivision → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Philadelphia Athletics
Triple Crown → leagueExamples → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Triple Crown (baseball)
Charles Comiskey → leagueFounded → American League ⓘ
Joe Girardi → leagueManaged → American League ⓘ
Buck Showalter → leagueManagedIn → American League ⓘ
Connie Mack → leagueManagedIn → American League ⓘ
Jim Frey → leagueManagedIn → American League ⓘ
Dick Bosman → leagueOfAward → American League ⓘ
1970 World Series → leagueOfChampion → American League ⓘ
1980 World Series → leagueOfRunnerUp → American League ⓘ
Bill Carrigan → leagueOfTeamManaged → American League ⓘ
So Taguchi → leagueParticipatedIn → American League ⓘ
Milwaukee Brewers → leaguePennantLeague → American League ⓘ
Oakland Athletics → leaguePennants → American League ⓘ
Crosstown Classic → leagueTeam2 → American League ⓘ
New York Yankees → leagueTitles → American League ⓘ
Ted Barrett → leagueUmpired → American League ⓘ
1982 World Series → leagueUsingDH → American League ⓘ
Jim Rice → ledLeagueInHomeRuns → American League ⓘ
Ken Griffey Jr. → ledLeagueInHomeRuns → American League ⓘ
Jim Rice → ledLeagueInRBIs → American League ⓘ
Jim Rice → ledLeagueInTotalBases → American League ⓘ
1908 World Series → losingLeague → American League ⓘ
2014 World Series → losingLeague → American League ⓘ
2021 World Series → losingLeaguePennant → American League ⓘ
1979 World Series → losingTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
2006 World Series → losingTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
Cito Gaston → managedTeamLeague → American League ⓘ
Terry Francona → managerOfYearLeague → American League ⓘ
Boston Red Sox → memberOf → American League ⓘ
Charles Comiskey → memberOf → American League ⓘ
Tigers → memberOf → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros → memberOf → American League ⓘ
Kansas City Royals → memberOf → American League ⓘ
New York Yankees → memberOf → American League ⓘ
Oakland Athletics → memberOf → American League ⓘ
Rays → memberOf → American League ⓘ
TB → memberOf → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Tampa Bay Rays
Minnesota Twins → originalLeague → American League ⓘ