the American League

noun

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

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The Texas Rangers caught fire in Toronto and are now on top of the American League West. — Cal Phillips june 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026 The White Sox are 16-9 against the rest of the American League Central. — Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026 The Yankees have dropped out of first place in the American League East and are one game back of the Tampa Bay Rays. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 29 June 2026 That meant some of their platoon plans were thrown into disarray in mid-May, which is right around the time the Rays started to lose their grip on the American League East lead. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for the American League

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