October 6, 1985 St Louis, Mo
National League Batting Champion
On August 29, 1990 the St Louis Cardinals traded Willie McGee to the Oakland Athletics. At the time McGee held the National League batting mark of .335. Although being traded to an American League team, McGee met the qualifications of winning the National League title with 542 plate appearances, he became the first player to wear an American League uniform while winning the National League Batting Championship..
October 3, 1990 in the final game of the season, the Oakland Athletics would end a Championship season losing to the California Angels 11-6. Although McGee did not play in that game, he would assist the Athletics to a 103-59 record for the American League West Championship. McGee would play in 29 games for the A's.
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