42 Facts About George Brett

George Brett 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.

George Brett was a member of the Royals' 1985 World Series victory over the St Louis Cardinals.

George 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.

Jack and Ethel George Brett then moved the family to the Midwest and three years later to El Segundo, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, just south of Los Angeles International Airport.

George Brett grew up hoping to follow in the footsteps of his three older brothers.

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George Brett graduated from El Segundo High School in 1971 and was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the second round of the 1971 baseball draft.

George Brett was high school teammates with pitcher Scott McGregor.

George Brett lived in Mission Hills, Kansas when he moved to the Midwest.

George Brett began his professional baseball career as a shortstop, but had trouble going to his right defensively and was shifted to third base.

George Brett won the starting third base job in 1974, but struggled at the plate until he asked for help from Charley Lau, the Royals' batting coach.

In dramatic fashion, George Brett went 2 for 4 in the final game of the season against the Twins, beating out his three rivals, all playing in the same game.

George Brett won the title when a fly ball dropped in front of Twins left fielder Steve Brye, bounced on the Royals Stadium AstroTurf and over Brye's head to the wall; George Brett circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run.

George Brett finished second in American League MVP voting to Thurman Munson.

Year later, George Brett emerged as a power hitter, clubbing 22 home runs, as the Royals headed to another ALCS.

George Brett is shown in archive footage batting against the New York Yankees in Game Two of those playoffs in the 2007 television miniseries The Bronx is Burning.

In Game 5 of the 1977 ALCS, following an RBI triple, George Brett got into an altercation with Graig Nettles which ignited a bench-clearing brawl.

However, Kansas City lost to the Yankees in the ALCS, but not before George Brett hit three home runs off Catfish Hunter in Game Three, becoming the second player to hit three home runs in an LCS game .

George Brett followed with a successful 1979 season, in which he finished third in AL MVP voting.

George Brett became the sixth player in league history to have at least 20 doubles, triples and homers all in one season and led the league in hits, doubles and triples while batting.

George Brett recorded 118 runs batted in, while appearing in just 117 games; it was the first instance of a player averaging one RBI per game since Walt Dropo thirty seasons prior.

George Brett led the American League in both slugging and on-base percentage.

Wilson overthrew U L Washington, the cut-off man, but George Brett was in position behind him to catch the ball, then throw to Darrell Porter, who tagged out Randolph in a slide.

George Brett claimed after the game that he had deliberately positioned himself to cut off the throw in case Washington missed it, but Tommy John of the Yankees disagreed, thinking that if George Brett had been backing up Washington, he would have been between shortstop and home plate, not over behind third base.

In Game 3, George Brett hit a ball well into the third deck of Yankee Stadium off Yankees closer Goose Gossage.

In 1985, George Brett had another brilliant season in which he helped propel the Royals to their second American League Championship.

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George Brett was MVP of the 1985 playoffs against the Toronto Blue Jays, with an incredible Game 3.

George Brett got off to a terrible start in 1990 and at one point even considered retirement.

George Brett played three more seasons for the Royals, mostly as their designated hitter, but occasionally filling in for injured teammates at first base.

George Brett retired after the 1993 season; in his final at-bat, he hit a single up the middle against Rangers closer Tom Henke and scored on a home run by now teammate Gaetti.

George Brett was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

George Brett was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.

George Brett is credited with popularizing the phrase the Mendoza Line, which is used to represent a sub-.

George Brett referred to the Mendoza Line in an interview, which was picked up by ESPN baseball anchor Chris Berman and then expanded into the world of SportsCenter.

George Brett has lent his name to a restaurant that failed on the Country Club Plaza.

In 1992, George Brett married the former Leslie Davenport, and they reside in the Kansas City suburb of Mission Hills, Kansas.

George Brett has continued to raise money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

George Brett started to raise money for the Keith Worthington Chapter during his playing career in the mid-1980s.

George Brett threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Mike Napoli at the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

In 2015, George Brett was the National Baseball Hall of Fame recipient of the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award for his support of current and former service members of the United States Military.

George Brett appeared as himself in the Brockmire episode "Player to Be Named Later", in which he is dating Jules, much to Brockmire's despair; in the episode "Low and Away", Jules informs Brockmire that she and her now-husband George Brett are getting a divorce.

George Brett is a recurring guest on the podcast Pardon My Take which is presented by Barstool Sports.

George Brett is the principal owner of the Tri-City Dust Devils, the Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.