George Brett
George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953), is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career 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. Brett 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. To date, Brett is the only player in MLB history to win a batting title in three different decades.
Read more about George Brett: Early Life, Early Years, Early Career Success, 1980, The Pine Tar Incident, 1985, Later Career, Legacy, Post Baseball Activities
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