George Brett
George Brett is one of the great players to ever play Major League Baseball. His time with the Kansas City Royals marks one of the greatest careers the sport has ever seen.
Brett was selected in the second round of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals. At the time, he didn’t know, but he would spend 21 seasons with the team and become one of the franchise’s greatest players.
Brett started as a shortstop, but quickly found a home at third base as a minor leaguer. He spent three seasons in the minor leagues before making his debut with the Royals in 1973. He played in just 13 games that season. However, in 1974, he became a regular player, appearing in 133 games. He would play at least 100 games every year from then on out, excluding the strike-shortened 1981 season.
1974 was his breakout season. He hit .282 and finished third in the Rookie of the Year voting. In 1975, he hit .308 and led the American League in hits and all of baseball in triples. In his first two full seasons, he had already shown the player he could be, but 1976 became the first of 13 consecutive All-Star seasons.
Brett won the American League batting title in 1976. He also led the big leagues in hits and triples. He led the American League in total bases. He also stole 21 bases and collected 67 RBIs. He was impacting the game in every way. However, he finished second in the MVP race to Thurman Munson.
From that point on, All-Star became the standard for Brett. From 1976 to 1988, he was a 13-time All-Star, two-time batting champion, three-time Silver Slugger, Gold Glover and MVP Award winner.
His MVP season in 1980 came with the Royals winning the American League. They lost to the Phillies in the World Series, but Brett led the league in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS. He hit 24 home runs, had 118 RBIs and stole 15 bases. He also won his first Silver Slugger.
He would have to wait until 1985 to win a World Series. That season, the Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the Fall Classic. Brett had a four-hit game in Game 7 as the Royals erased a 3-1 lead to win their first World Series.
In 1988, Brett switched over to first base, where he would spend the majority of the next three years. After that, he transitioned to designated hitter before retiring after the 1993 season. In 1994, his number was retired by the Royals and in 1999, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He served as the Royals' vice president of baseball operations when they won the World Series in 2015.
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