American League champion

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Major League Baseball concept baseball award sports title

The American League champion is the Major League Baseball team that wins the American League pennant and advances to represent the league in the World Series.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
American League pennant	9
American League champion canonical	3
American League championship flag	1
American League in the World Series	1
American League regular-season champion (pre-1969)	1
World Series champion	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2316635 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American League champion
Context triple: [League Championship Series, determines, American League champion]

A. American League division winner
An American League division winner is a Major League Baseball team that finishes first in its division and automatically qualifies for the postseason.
B. American League
The American League is one of the two major professional baseball leagues in Major League Baseball, comprising teams primarily based in the United States and Canada.
C. American League playoff teams
American League playoff teams are the Major League Baseball clubs that qualify for the postseason in the American League, competing for a chance to advance to the World Series.
D. American League Championship Series MVP Award
The American League Championship Series MVP Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the most outstanding player in the American League Championship Series.
E. American League ERA title
The American League ERA title is a Major League Baseball pitching honor awarded annually to the American League pitcher who records the lowest earned run average over a qualifying number of innings.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American League champion
Target entity description: The American League champion is the Major League Baseball team that wins the American League pennant and advances to represent the league in the World Series.

A. American League division winner
An American League division winner is a Major League Baseball team that finishes first in its division and automatically qualifies for the postseason.
B. American League
The American League is one of the two major professional baseball leagues in Major League Baseball, comprising teams primarily based in the United States and Canada.
C. American League playoff teams
American League playoff teams are the Major League Baseball clubs that qualify for the postseason in the American League, competing for a chance to advance to the World Series.
D. American League Championship Series MVP Award
The American League Championship Series MVP Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor given to the most outstanding player in the American League Championship Series.
E. American League ERA title
The American League ERA title is a Major League Baseball pitching honor awarded annually to the American League pitcher who records the lowest earned run average over a qualifying number of innings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball concept ⓘ baseball award ⓘ sports title ⓘ
abbreviation	AL champion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AL pennant winner ⓘ American League pennant winner ⓘ
appliesTo	American League ⓘ
competitionLevel	Major League ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentDeterminationMethod	winner of American League Championship Series ⓘ
determinedBy	American League Championship Series ⓘ
eligibility	American League teams only ⓘ
follows	American League regular season ⓘ linked to: MLB regular season
governingBody	Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasConsequence	home-field advantage rules varying by era in World Series ⓘ
hasGenderCategory	men's professional baseball ⓘ
hasOutcome	World Series berth ⓘ
hasStatisticalCategory	pennants won ⓘ
hasTrophy	American League championship trophy ⓘ
historicalDeterminationMethod	best regular-season record in American League (pre-playoff era) ⓘ
inception	1901 ⓘ
isBasisFor	historical comparisons of franchise success ⓘ
isRecordedIn	Major League Baseball record books ⓘ
isSubsetOf	North American major league sports titles ⓘ professional sports championships in the United States ⓘ
isTitleFor	Major League Baseball franchise ⓘ
language	English term ⓘ
league	American League ⓘ
opposedBy	National League champion ⓘ
partOf	Major League Baseball postseason ⓘ linked to: MLB playoffs
playsIn	World Series ⓘ
precededBy	American League Division Series ⓘ
relatedTo	National League pennant ⓘ World Series champion ⓘ
represents	American League in the World Series ⓘ linked to: American League champion
requires	postseason qualification ⓘ series victories in American League playoffs ⓘ
seasonalFrequency	annual ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
timeUnit	MLB season ⓘ
typeOfResult	team achievement ⓘ
usedInContext	North American professional sports ⓘ
winnerOf	American League pennant ⓘ linked to: American League champion

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

League Championship Series → determines → American League champion ⓘ

Detroit Tigers → leaguePennant → American League pennant ⓘ

subject linked to: Tigers