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 Central → partOf → American League ⓘ
American League East → partOf → American League ⓘ
American League West → partOf → American League ⓘ
American League Wild Card teams → partOf → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: American League Wild Card team
Mickey Vernon → partOf → American League ⓘ
Yaz → playedIn → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Yastrzemski
Cole Hamels → playedIn → American League ⓘ
George Scott → playedIn → American League ⓘ
Jake Peavy → playedIn → American League ⓘ
Jim Edmonds → playedIn → American League ⓘ
José Bautista → playedIn → American League ⓘ
Mookie Betts → playedIn → American League ⓘ
Paul Konerko → playedIn → American League ⓘ
Paul Konerko → playedIn → American League ⓘ
this entity surface form: National League
Stuffy McInnis → playedIn → American League ⓘ
Lefty Williams → playedInLeague → American League ⓘ
Masataka Yoshida → playsInLeague → American League ⓘ
Konerko → playsInLeague → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Konerko
Reggie Smith → playsInLeague → American League ⓘ
Major League Baseball → predecessor → American League ⓘ
Western League → predecessorOf → American League ⓘ
William Harridge Trophy → presentedBy → American League ⓘ
Hank Aaron Award → presentedIn → American League ⓘ
AL → refersTo → American League ⓘ
104th World Series → runnerUpLeague → American League ⓘ
1905 World Series → runnerUpLeague → American League ⓘ
1907 World Series → runnerUpLeague → American League ⓘ
1990 World Series → runnerUpLeague → American League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball American League
Game 3 → seriesChampionLeague → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: Game 3 of the 1989 World Series
National Agreement of 1903 → signatory → American League ⓘ
NL → sisterLeague → American League ⓘ
subject surface form: National League
Detroit Tigers → subdivision → American League ⓘ
Chicago White Sox → subleague → American League ⓘ
Los Angeles Angels → subleague → American League ⓘ
Tampa Bay Rays → subleague → American League ⓘ
Texas Rangers → subleague → American League ⓘ
bloody sock game → team1League → American League ⓘ
bloody sock game → team2League → American League ⓘ
1967 Triple Crown → teamLeague → American League ⓘ
Carl Yastrzemski → tripleCrownLeague → American League ⓘ
Bill Dinneen → umpireLeague → American League ⓘ
1966 World Series → winningLeague → American League ⓘ
1992 World Series → winningLeague → American League ⓘ
1993 World Series → winningLeague → American League ⓘ
Jim Palmer → winsLeader → American League ⓘ