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This timeline includes all franchises (including non-defunct franchises) that played in the AL or NL after 1891; it also shows the eleven historical leagues during the period in which each is considered a major league by Major League Baseball. Only major and recent name changes are marked in blue. Franchise moves are marked in black.
By the time the American League expanded to Toronto in 1977, the NHL club's strong identification as the Maple Leafs precluded any chance of reviving that name for the baseball team. The Toronto franchise was originally owned by Labatt Breweries, with Imperial Trust and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as minority owners. The name "Blue ...
Note: Team names are given here according to the convention used by The Baseball Encyclopedia, which regularized them into the familiar form of modern team names. However, most teams in the early period had no name, aside from that of the club (as in "Hartford Base Ball Club" or "Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia"), and nicknames like ...
Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. "International League (AAA) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference "Triple-A East (AAA) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference "New York State League Team Rosters and Statistics". Stats Crew
The Belleville Stags were a minor league baseball team based in Belleville, Illinois.In 1947 and 1948, the Stags played as members of the Class D level Illinois State League and remained a franchise when the league changed names to the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League in 1949, which later evolved to become today's Midwest League.
The second Senators team moved to Arlington, Texas, for the 1972 season and changed their name to the Texas Rangers, and Washington spent the next 33 years without a baseball team. Although there was some sentiment to revive the name Senators, political considerations factored into the choice of Nationals, a revival of the first American League ...
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For the 2021 season, the league was named the Double-A Central before reverting to its original name in 2022. Over that 124-season span, its teams have relocated, changed names, transferred to different leagues, or ceased operations altogether. This list documents all teams which played in the league.