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The first line is the formation of the National League (NL) in 1876, and the second is the transformation of the American League (AL) to a major league in 1901. The third line is the beginning of the expansion era in 1961.
In December 2020, Major League Baseball announced its recognition of seven leagues within Negro league baseball as major leagues: the first and second Negro National Leagues (1920–1931 and 1933–1948), the Eastern Colored League (1923–1928), the American Negro League (1929), the East–West League (1932), the Negro Southern League (1932 ...
Year American League champion National League champion World Series champion 1990: Oakland Athletics: Cincinnati Reds: Cincinnati Reds 1991: Minnesota Twins: Atlanta Braves: Minnesota Twins 1992: Toronto Blue Jays: Toronto Blue Jays 1993: Philadelphia Phillies: Toronto Blue Jays 1994: 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike: 1995
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
A $130 million franchise fee was paid to Major League Baseball in four payments, over the course of three years. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] In addition, the Diamondbacks gave away their rights to $5 million from baseball's central fund for each of the five years following expansion (1998–2002).
[66] [67] Integration proceeded slowly: by 1953, only six of the 16 major league teams had a black player on the roster. [64] That year, the Major League Baseball Players Association was founded. It was the first professional baseball union to survive more than briefly, but it remained largely ineffective for years. [68]
The American League (AL) leads the series with a 48–44–2 (.521) record, and a 388–380 run advantage. [1] The NL has the longest winning streak of 11 games from 1972 to 1982; the AL held a 13-game unbeaten streak from 1997 to 2009 (including a tie in 2002).
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...