What is George Brett?
[[File:George Brett 1990 CROP.jpg|thumb|George Brett batting in 1990.]] '''George Howard Brett''' (born May 15, 1953 in [[Glen Dale]], [[West Virginia]]) is a retired [[Americans|American]] [[baseball]] player. He played 21 years in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Kansas City Royals]]. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and was inducted in 1999 with a fourth-highest voting percentage in baseball history (98.2%). Brett was a [[third baseman]] and [[designated hitter]]. Brett won the [[World Series]] with the [[Kansas City Royals]] in 1985. In 1994, his number (#5) was retired by the Royals. He is one of only two Royals players to have his number retired by the team (the other is [[Frank White (baseball)|Frank White]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/kc/history/retired_numbers.jsp|title=Royals Retired Numbers|website=Kansas City Royals|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2021-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185102/https://www.mlb.com/royals/history/retired-numbers|url-status=dead}}</ref> Brett was also notorious for putting excessive amounts of [[pine tar]] on his bats, which sometimes led to confrontations and interventions with the [[umpires]], as there is a league rule governing the use of pine tar on the bat. He raises money for the disease ALS ([[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]]) or better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brett, George}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Kansas City Royals players]] [[Category:American baseball players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from West Virginia]] [[Category:National Baseball Hall of Fame members]]