My Take
George Brett is the kind of player who makes you realize how rare it is to see someone truly master their craft over a full career. Spending all 21 seasons with the Kansas City Royals — loyalty like that feels almost mythological in modern baseball — he racked up 3,154 career hits, which is frankly absurd for a third baseman. His 1980 MVP season, where he flirted with a .400 batting average deep into the summer, is one of those moments baseball fans still talk about in reverent, slightly disbelieving tones. Add a Gold Glove on top of that, and you've got a complete player in every sense. The Pine Tar Game alone would have been enough to cement his legend, but the man kept producing year after year. Pure professional, pure Royals, pure baseball royalty.
Overview
George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball third baseman, designated hitter, and first baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are second most by any third baseman in major league history (after only Adrian Beltré's 3,166) and rank 18th all-time.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- George Brett
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョージ・ブレット
- Reading
- じょーじ・ぶれっと
- Born
- May 15, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
- Origin
- Glen Dale, West Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- El Segundo High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- 1980 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.