Wade Boggs, Boston, AL
Through the 2007 season, the New York Yankees have won 39 American League titles.
NL: Honus Wagner won eight batting titles (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911), all as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. AL: Nomar Garciaparra won back-to-back batting titles for the Boston Red Sox in 1999 and 2000.
Wade Boggs won 5 American League batting titles between 1983 and 1988. He batted .361 in 1983, .368 in 1985, .357 in 1986, .363 1987, and .366 in 1988.
Wade Boggs
Ty Cobb, who won it 11 times, Harry Heilman four times, Charlie Gehringer, George Kell, Al Kaline, Harvey Kuenn, Norm Cash, and Magglio Ordonez.
Al Kaline won the 1955 American League batting title with a .340 batting Average.
Wade Boggs
Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins won the American League batting title 3 times: 1964 - .323 1965 - .321 1971 - .337 Didn't TONY GWYNN of the SD Padres have EIGHT batting titles? The question says 'three time batting champ,' but doesn't specify AL or NL. Oliva did it in the AL, but Gwynn had a total of eight batting titles over the course of his long career; his first name is Tony. TK
In 2009, the Yankees won their 40th pennant.
Norm Cash
Magglio Ordonez won the 2007 American League batting title with a .363 batting Average.