American League

American  

noun

1. one of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1900. A.L.

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Example Sentences

That is how a teenager got a three-time American League MVP to bounce into a double play in front of 30,000 incredulous fans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Baseball Prospectus projects the Angels to lose 95 games this year, the most in the American League.

From Los Angeles Times

The quarrel became so fiery that Lee MacPhail, the American League president, shifted Luciano off Orioles games.

From The Wall Street Journal

The attendance of players from the top North American league was in doubt for a time over concerns about the ice quality at the unfinished Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, but they have been a major boon for the Games.

From BBC

The world's top players are competing in Italy after the elite North American league agreed to a mid-season shutdown and issues of ice quality and rink size were resolved.

From Barron's