This Day In Baseball History: May 13, 1976

This Day In Baseball History: May 13, 1976

                It was on this date in 1976, that Kansas City Royals’ third baseman, George Brett, collected three hits in a 13-2 Royals’ win against the Chicago White Sox in Royals Stadium. It was the sixth consecutive game that Brett produced three hits. In the six games (two against Baltimore, three against Minnesota and one against the White Sox) Brett went a collective 18 for 26 (a .692 average) raising his season batting average from .277 to .396 in less than a week.

                For the 1976 season, Brett would finish with a league-leading 215 hits, and a league leading .333 batting average, as well a league-leading 14 triples, to go along with seven home runs and 67 RBIs. During his 21-year career, Brett led the league in hits three times, batting average three times and triples three times. He was a 13-time All-Star, was the AL’s MVP in 1980 and helped lead the Royals to the World Series championship in 1985.

                He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999.