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George Brett

George Brett
George Brett 1990 CROP.jpg
Brett batting in 1990
Third baseman / Designated hitter / First baseman
Born: (1953-05-15) May 15, 1953 (age 63)
Glen Dale, West Virginia
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 2, 1973, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1993, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Batting average .305
Hits 3,154
Home runs 317
Runs batted in 1,596
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
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Inducted 1999
Vote 98.2% (first ballot)

George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953), is a retired American baseball third baseman and designated hitter who played 21 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals.

Brett's 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league history and 16th all-time. He is one of four players in MLB history to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and a career .300 batting average (the others being Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 on the first ballot and is the only player in MLB history to win a batting title in three different decades.

Brett was named the Royals' interim hitting coach in 2013 on May 30, but stepped down from the position on July 25 in order to resume his position of vice president of baseball operations.

Born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, Brett was the youngest of four sons of a sports-minded family which included Ken, the second oldest, a major league pitcher who had pitched in the 1967 World Series at age 19. Brothers John (eldest) and Bobby had brief careers in the minor leagues. Although his three older brothers were born in Brooklyn, George was born in the northern panhandle of West Virginia.


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