How to Use the American League in a Sentence

the American League

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• The same year, he was named the American League Rookie of the Year.
  — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• But his walk rate (1.2 per 9) was the best in the American League and the best of his career.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
• At the time of the trade Cleveland was in fourth place in the American League and Detroit was in sixth place.
  — Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Time for the Orioles to win the American League pennant.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
• The Baltimore Orioles, with the best record in the American League, went out in three games.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Larry Doby becomes the first black to play in the American League.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• The grim march backwards continues as the A’s sink in the American League West standings.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
• Butler was named the American League’s player of the week, the second time this season that he’s earned the honor.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
• Franco, who made the American League All-Star team for the first time in 2023, has denied the allegations.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
• The Royals, who rank fourth in the American League in runs scored, put together a five-run inning to take a sizable lead.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2024
• The Royals have been part of the American League playoff picture since early April.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2024
• The Cleveland Guardians led the American League with five selections.
  — Jacob Lev, CNN, 7 July 2024
• The Sox’s next 13 games will be against the American League East, considered the best division in baseball.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2024
• Maris set the record after the American League expanded its schedule to 162 games.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• In 2021, Kemp was one of the American League’s most effective hitters at getting aboard.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023
• However, the American League seems to have greater overall depth.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
• Still, there isn't quite the comparable juggernaut to the Astros in the American League.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 29 Mar. 2023
• This year’s division title in the American League East was a surprise.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• So, why exactly should Astros fans be concerned with the seeding atop the American League?
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 29 Sep. 2024
• The first segment of the postseason — Oct. 3, 4 and 5 — will consist of wild-card round games between the American League’s three wild-card teams and the division champion with the worst record.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Royals hope to be competitive in the American League Central.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
• Though the Sox have been roadkill against teams still clawing for playoff spots in the American League, that has been a function of performance rather than by design.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• In the American League, the Orioles’ recent surge gives them an 80% probability of winning the East.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Compared to the heavyweights on both coasts, the American League Central almost seems like an afterthought.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Baltimore’s bats combined for 10 hits and four homers for the club’s fourth straight win — a streak that follows its four-game skid last week — to drop the Orioles’ magic number to win the American League East to eight.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
• This year’s uniforms feature the National League team in navy with blue sleeves and lettering while the American League team is in a sandy beige with red sleeves and lettering.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2024
• To the surprise of nobody, the Cleveland Guardians, who in three of the last four years have finished last or second last in the American League in home runs, failed to add a power hitter to their roster over the winter.
  — Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• Judge rebounded from a slow start, belting a couple of key home runs in the American League Championship Series.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
• As the Astros supplanted their resume as the American League's premier power, Pressly rose as an elite late-game arm.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Feb. 2023
• Any question who should be viewed as the favorite to be crowned the American League’s most valuable player, Aaron Judge’s opening-day homer notwithstanding?
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024