AL Central: Greatest Individual Season In Each Team’s History

Four of the five franchises in the American League’s Central Division were founding members of the AL. That’s a lot of history and countless historic seasons. Which ones were the greatest of all-time in the AL Central?

The month of June has decidedly belonged to the city of Cleveland as far as the sports world is concerned. In addition to the Cavaliers winning an NBA championship and ending one of the most merciless streaks of fan anguish in history, the Indians are sitting atop the standings in the American League Central.

But that lead is tenuous at best, as the Tribe’s rivals in the division have all experienced high levels of success in the recent past, which should make for an entertaining summer race to the postseason. The most competitive division in all of Major League Baseball thus far in 2016, just seven games separate the top four teams, and any race that includes the likes of Miguel Cabrera, Jose Abreu and Eric Hosmer is sure to have some fireworks in the second half.

These are all cities and teams with rich baseball histories. Collectively, the clubs in the AL Central represent four of the founding members of the American League, have won 14 world championships, and have sent 43 players to the Hall of Fame.

With that in mind, we here at Call to the Pen wondered which players have had the most historic seasons for each of these teams. As it turns out, the names are among the biggest the game has known, and span the course of MLB history.

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