Editing George Brett (section)

====1985====
[[File:Nancy Reagan attending a "Pros for Kids" rally (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Brett (left) with [[Nancy Reagan]] in 1985]]
In [[1985 in baseball|1985]], Brett had another brilliant season in which he helped propel the Royals to their second American League Championship. He batted .335 with 30 home runs and 112 RBI in 155 games,<ref name=":0"/> finishing in the top 10 of the league in 10 different offensive categories. Defensively, he won his only [[Gold Glove]], which broke [[Buddy Bell]]'s six-year run of the award, and finished second in [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|American League MVP]] voting to [[Don Mattingly]]. In the final week of the regular season, he went 9-for-20 at the plate with seven runs, five homers, and 9 RBI in six crucial games, five of them victories, as the Royals closed the gap and won the division title at the end.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Brett 1985 Batting Game Logs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=brettge01&t=b&year=1985 |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> He was MVP of the [[1985 American League Championship Series|1985 playoffs]] against the [[1985 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]], with an incredible Game 3. With KC down in the series two games to none, Brett went 4-for-4, homering in his first two at bats against [[Doyle Alexander]], and doubled to the same spot in right field in his third at bat, leading the Royals' comeback.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 11, 1985 |title=1985 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 3, Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals: October 11, 1985 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198510110.shtml |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> Brett then batted .370 in the [[1985 World Series|World Series]] against the [[1985 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]],<ref name=":0"/> including a four-hit performance in Game 7.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 27, 1985 |title=1985 World Series Game 7, St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals: October 27, 1985 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA198510270.shtml |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> The Royals again rallied from a 3–1 deficit to become World Series champions for the first time in their history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1985 World Series - Kansas City Royals over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1985_WS.shtml |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref>