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Formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903, making MLB the oldest major professional sports league in the world.
MLB timeline. The first line is the formation of the National League in 1876, and the second is the transformation of the American League to a major league in 1901. The third line is the beginning of the expansion era in 1961. The fourth line marks the legal merger of the American and National Leagues into a single Major League Baseball.
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Major League Baseball (MLB), North American professional baseball organization that was formed in 1903 with the merger of the two U.S. professional baseball leagues—the National League (NL) and the American League (AL).
The NL and the AL acted as independent organizations from their founding in the 19th century. The two leagues engaged in what was known as the “baseball war” in the years prior to the merger, as the Midwest-based AL moved its teams into the established NL domain of the East Coast and wooed away star players from NL squads. The leagues established a truce in 1903 that resulted in the creation of the World Series, which matched the annual winners of each league to determine a national champion, as well as the National Commission, a three-man governing body that oversaw Major League Baseball but was replaced by a single commissioner of baseball in 1921.
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The teams of Major League Baseball are aligned as follows:
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•NL East: Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals
World Series results are provided in the table.
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Major League Baseball was born. That fall, in October of 1903, the game's first "World's Series" was played, with Boston (from the American League) beating Pittsburgh, their National League counterparts.
Mar 4, 2020 · While the National League is the oldest continually running professional baseball league, it was not the first one to come about. What came to be known as the MLB began on this day in 1871,...
Sep 14, 2023 · 1933: The first major league All-Star Game was held; 1936: The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted its first five players; 1939: Little League baseball was founded
Get information about the history of all major-league baseball including both active and inactive leagues such as National League, American League, Negro Leagues and more on Baseball-Reference.com
