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Also Known As	Western League • AL • American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Areas Of Involvement	baseball • professionalism • World Series
Related People	Babe Ruth • Shoeless Joe Jackson • Ted Williams • Alex Rodriguez • Curt Schilling • Ichiro Suzuki • Tony La Russa • Joe DiMaggio • Mark McGwire • Miguel Cabrera • Eddie Collins • Yogi Berra • Charles Comiskey • Daisuke Matsuzaka • Derek Jeter

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