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GEORGE BRETT: Appeared on Baseball Digest Cover 25 Years Ago.(baseball player)(Brief Article)
DURING THE 1976 SEASON, GEORGE BRETT won his first American League batting title and made his first Baseball Digest cover appearance in the March issue.
During the '76 campaign, Brett led the A.L. in hitting (.333), at-bats (645), hits (215) and triples (14).
Brett was considered one of the toughest hitters in the American League during the 1970s and 1980s. He is the only player in history to win a league batting championship in three different decades when he won the A.L. crown in 1976, 1980 and 1990.
His 1980 MVP season and his post-season performances defined his greatness as a hitter. In 1980, Brett hit .390 with a .664 slugging percentage and 118 RBI in only 117 games.
He led the Kansas City Royals to six division titles, two pennants and one World Series by hitting a combined .337 with 10 homers and 23 RBI in 43 post-season games.
Brett had great ability to read a pitcher and adjust to how pitchers were throwing to him. Former hitting instructor Charlie Lau once said, "George is quick to pick up on a pitcher. All he needs to see is two pitches and he knows ...
- Judge recounts George Brett's 'pine tar incident' in ruling on new bat...
- News wire article from: Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) July 13, 2007 700+ words
...It's undisputed: George Brett was a great baseball...not remember is that American League president Lee MacPhail...Chicago, writing about George Brett and the pine tar incident...dispute involving George Brett and a baseball bat...
- Stress for Success.(George Brett, Mark McGwire and other players)
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Etkin, Jack May 1, 2001 700+ words
George Brett, Mark McGwire and others have had...Philadelphia doctor had no idea who George Brett was or the daily ordeal he had just...Kansas City, he received a call from American League public relations director Bob Fishel...
- Baseball Player George Brett Fierce Determination To Win Helped Make Him One Of...
- Magazine article from: Investor's Business Daily May 11, 2001 700+ words
Byline: Michael Richman George Brett prided himself on being the best...All-Star 13 times, and the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1980...situations was on display in the 1985 American League playoffs. The Royals trailed...
- George Brett says he's calling it quits after this season. (Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Plumlee, Rick September 25, 1993 700+ words
...baseball had become a job. And that's why Kansas City's George Brett, his ticket to the Hall of Fame long tucked safely in his...t make as much as players,'' said the three-time American League batting champ. ``I've always said I wouldn't play...
- Sky's the limit for Royals' Gordon: The hot third-base prospect has that...
- News wire article from: Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) February 25, 2007 700+ words
...Gordon's story these days cannot be told without mentioning George Brett. He plays third base, just like Brett. Has sandy blond...sport, a once-every-decade talent ready to pop. As one American League scout said, "If he doesn't become a superstar, I can...
- American League Most Valuable Player.(2003 Major League Award...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest February 1, 2004 700+ words
...Rays -- -- 1 2 4 Mariano Rivera, Yankees -- 1 -- -- 3 American League MVP Winners YEAR PLAYER, TEAM 2003 Alex Rodriquez, Tex...1982 Robin Yount, Mil. 1981 Rollie Fingers, Mil. 1980 George Brett, K.C. 1979 Don Baylor, Cal. 1978 Jim Rice, Bos...
- Around the American League.(The Dallas Morning News)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Daley, Ken April 8, 2000 700+ words
...same lineup. They were the 1988-89 Kansas City Royals (George Brett, Willie Wilson and Bill Buckner) and the 1995-97 New...Buffett and Larry Doby, who broke the color barrier in the American League. Veeck's 8-year-old daughter, Rebecca, who is suffering...
- Around the American League.
- News wire article from: Dallas Morning News August 4, 2000 700+ words
...Mike Ilitch vetoed the potential deal. ... Kansas City's Johnny Damon hit .436 in July and had 51 hits, one shy of George Brett`s club record of 52 hits in a month (August 1980). Damon might have claimed the record if not for July's three-day...
- Johnny Damon's success feeds off his confidence; Red Sox center fielder has...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Hohler, Bob July 1, 2002 700+ words
...season with the Kansas City Royals and discovering that all of Missouri expects you to be the second coming of Hall of Famer George Brett. Then picture landing in Oakland, where the A's pay you more than even Jason Giambi to be their missing link, a gifted...
- When George Brett chased .400 in 1980: twenty-five years ago, the Royal's third...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Posnanski, Joe November 1, 2005 700+ words
...A WARM FEBRUARY EVENING in Arizona, George Brett, the last batter to wrestle with...muscles and, most of all, hover around George Brett. They stand too close. Brett tells...he says. The men laugh. But George Brett is quite serious. He puts down his...
Source: HighBeam Research, GEORGE BRETT: Appeared on Baseball Digest Cover 25 Years...