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As part of the expansion, the American League added two expansion teams for the 1961 season–the Los Angeles Angels and a new Washington Senators team. However, the new Senators were (and still are) considered an expansion team since the Twins retained the old Senators' records and history. The new Senators and Angels began to fill their ...
The 1961 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in the formation of two new Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the American League (AL). A new club was started in Washington, D.C., and took the existing name of the Senators, as the previous team of the same name moved to Minneapolis–Saint Paul for the start of the 1961 season and became the Minnesota Twins.
In 1961, this team moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul and became the Minnesota Twins. The American League Washington Senators (1961–1971): This expansion team began play in Washington immediately following the departure of the former franchise. In 1972, this team moved to Dallas–Fort Worth and became the Texas Rangers.
The Texas Rangers' logo since 2003. The Texas Rangers Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise was established in 1961 as the second incarnation of the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the old Washington Senators team of the American League moved to Minnesota and became the Twins.
While initially, leading figures in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, had sought an expansion franchise, in October 1960, the AL permitted the Washington Senators to move in time for next year's season, and gave Washington, D.C., an expansion team. [9] The former Senators changed their name to the Minnesota Twins, and the new expansion team ...
The Senators moved and were replaced with an expansion Washington Senators team for 1961. The old Washington Senators became the new Minnesota Twins; the expansion Senators would become the Texas Rangers in 1972, and baseball would not return to the city until 2005, when the former Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals.
As part of the expansion, the American League added two expansion teams for the 1961 season–the Los Angeles Angels and a new Washington Senators team. The new Senators and Angels began to fill their rosters with American League players in an expansion draft. The team played their inaugural season at old Griffith Stadium, then moved to the new ...
List of Minnesota Twins seasons, which includes the seasons of the original Washington Senators (1901–1960) before they moved to Minnesota for the 1961 season; List of Texas Rangers seasons, which includes the seasons of the expansion Washington Senators (1961–1971) before they moved to Texas for the 1972 season