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1950 Major League teams AL NL; Boston Red Sox† Boston Braves: Chicago White Sox† Brooklyn Dodgers: Cleveland Indians: Chicago Cubs† Detroit Tigers† Cincinnati Reds† New York Yankees† New York Giants: Philadelphia Athletics† Philadelphia Phillies† St. Louis Browns: Pittsburgh Pirates† Washington Senators† St. Louis Cardinals†
This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League. Opening Day took place on April 18, featuring all sixteen teams, the first time since 1947 .
American League champion National League champion World Series / Chronicle-Telegraph Cup champion 1900 – Brooklyn Superbas: Brooklyn Superbas 1901: Chicago White Stockings: Pittsburgh Pirates – 1902: Philadelphia Athletics – 1903: Boston Americans: Boston Americans 1904: New York Giants – 1905: Philadelphia Athletics: New York Giants 1906
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 ...
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the 1981 American League Division Series. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant. [103] b The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the ...
The Athletics have played in the American League (AL) ever since the league formed in 1901. The Athletics have won nine World Series titles, tied for third most in all of Major League Baseball. They are the only team apart from the New York Yankees to complete a World Series “three-peat”, which they did between 1972 and 1974. As the ...
American League President and founder Ban Johnson, in center, surrounded by the portraits of the league's eight teams in 1907.. Originally a minor league known as the Western League, which existed from 1885 to 1899 with teams in mostly Great Lakes states, the league changed its name to the American League for the 1900 season and the next year developed into a second major league as a ...