American League

noun

American Leaguer noun

Players in the National League for years have tended to stay further back in the box than American Leaguers, and on the whole their batting averages have been higher.

—Ted Williams, The Science of Hitting, 1972

Phrases

the American League

: one of the two major leagues in professional U.S. baseball

Detroit, Boston, and Baltimore all have teams in the American League.

compare national league

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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