George Howard Brett

George Howard Brett was born in Glen Dale, WV, in 1953 to Jack and Ethel Brett, attended El Segundo, CA, High School, married Leslie Davenport in 1992, and became the father of Jackson, Dylan, and Robin. He spent his entire 21-year Major League career in Kansas City and remains the only player in Major League history to win batting titles in three decades, in 1976, 1980, and 1990. He hit .390 in 1980 and was named American League MVP, was American League Championship Series MVP in 1985, and won the Gold Glove Award in 1985. In seven Western Division and American League Championship Series appearances, he hit .340 with 9 HR and 19 RBI, and in 13 World Series games he hit .373 with a .529 slugging percentage. He was a 13-time American League All-Star selection and an 8-time Kansas City Royals Player of the Year, posted a .300 batting average eleven times during his career, led the American League in slugging percentage, hits, and triples three times and in doubles twice, and finished with lifetime statistics of a .305 BA, 317 HR, 1,595 RBI, and 3,154 hits. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1994, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, and recognized as a Missouri Sports Legend in May 2003.

Missouri · United States