American League

Proper noun

Meaning

American League

(baseball) The younger of the two professional baseball leagues within Major League Baseball.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

National League

Examples

The American League must be that fountain of youth they talk about. A lot of National League pitchers did pretty good in the American League this year. Roberto Clemente

All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League. A. Bartlett Giamatti

I love watching American League games, you know what I mean? Dusty Baker

Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball. Roger Maris

American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot. George Brett

I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make. Joe Torre

Close letter words and terms

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