American League

The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, that eventually aspired to major league status. The A.L. is often called the Junior Circuit because it was elevated to Major League status in 1901, 25 years after the formation of the National League. Initially in 1903, and then annually from 1905, the regular season champions of the two leagues have met in the World Series. (There was also no World Series in 1994, when a strike curtailed the season with no League champion decided.) Through the 2006 season, American League teams have won 60 of the 102 World Series played.
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La Ligue américaine est l'une des deux ligues de la Ligue majeure de baseball aux États-Unis et au Canada. La ligue est créée en 1893 sous le nom de Western League et regroupe des franchises autour la région des Grands Lacs. En 1900, elle prend son nom actuel et se proclame comme ligue majeure en 1901. Depuis 1903, le champion de la Ligue rencontre le champion de la Ligue nationale lors des Séries mondiales après la saison régulière. Après la saison 2008, les équipes de la Ligue américaine ont gagné 61 des 104 Séries mondiales.
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Die American League ist neben der National League eine von zwei Ligen in der US-amerikanischen Profibaseballliga Major League Baseball. Sie ging 1899 aus der Western League hervor. Seit 1903 spielen die Sieger von National League und American League um die World Series.Zwischen den Ligen besteht eine Differenz in den Baseball-Regeln. In der American League braucht der Pitcher nur in der Defensive eingesetzt werden, während er in der National League auch schlagen muss. An seiner statt schlägt in der American League ein zusätzlicher Schlagmann, der sogenannte Designated Hitter (DH).
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American League (Liga Amerykańska) - jedna z dwóch lig będących częściami Major League Baseball. Od roku 1903 zwycięzca Ligi spotyka się ze zwycięzcą Ligi Narodowej w serii meczów zwanej World Series.
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L' American League (AL), ufficialmente American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, è una delle due top league che, insieme alla più antica National League (NL), forma la Major League Baseball, lega professionistica di baseball statunitense. Chiamata talvolta Junior Circuit deve tale nomignolo al fatto di aver ottenuto il titolo di major league nel 1901, 25 anni dopo la nascita della National League, detta invece Senior Circuit.
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