Editing George Brett (section)

====1986–1993====
[[File:George Brett 1990 CROP.jpg|thumb|Brett batting in 1990]]

In [[1988 in baseball|1988]], Brett moved across the diamond to [[first baseman|first base]] in an effort to reduce his chances of injury and had another top-notch season with a .306 average, 24 home runs and 103 RBI in 157 games.<ref name=":0"/> But after batting just .282 with 12 homers and 80 RBI in 124 games the next year, it looked like his career might be slowing down.<ref name=":0"/> He got off to a terrible start in [[1990 in baseball|1990]] and at one point even considered retirement. But his manager, former teammate [[John Wathan]], encouraged him to stick it out. Finally, in July, the slump ended and Brett batted .386 for the rest of the season. In September, he caught [[Rickey Henderson]] for the league lead, and in a battle down to the last day of the season, captured his third batting title with a .329 mark.<ref name=":0"/> This feat made Brett the only major league player to win batting titles in three different decades.

Brett played three more seasons for the Royals, mostly as their [[designated hitter]], but occasionally filling in for injured teammates at first base. He passed the 3,000-hit mark in [[1992 in baseball|1992]], though he was picked off by [[Los Angeles Angels|Angels]] first baseman [[Gary Gaetti]] after stepping off the base to start enjoying the moment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Helene |date=October 1, 1992 |title=Brett's 3,000th: Easy as 1-2-3-4 : Baseball: The Royals' star picks up a double and three singles in his first four at-bats to reach landmark in victory over Angels. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-01-sp-454-story.html |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Brett retired after the [[1993 in baseball|1993 season]]; in his final at-bat, he hit a single up the middle against [[1993 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] closer [[Tom Henke]] and scored on a home run by now teammate Gaetti.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 3, 1993 |title=Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers Box Score: October 3, 1993 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199310030.shtml |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> His last game was also notable as being the final game ever played at [[Arlington Stadium]].