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Major League Baseball (MLB), the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, has undergone several rounds of expansion beginning in 1961, eventually reaching 30 teams with its most recent expansion taking place in 1998. MLB has discussed preparations for another round of expansion.
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.
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.
The 1958 Major League Baseball season began to turn Major League Baseball into a nationwide league. Walter O'Malley , owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers and "perhaps the most influential owner of baseball's early expansion era," [ 60 ] moved his team to Los Angeles, marking the first major league franchise on the West Coast. [ 61 ]
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made one thing clear: An MLB expansion team is not coming to Nashville — or anywhere — anytime soon. Manfred said during his annual ...
1961 Major League Baseball expansion; 1962 Major League Baseball expansion; 1969 Major League Baseball expansion; 1977 Major League Baseball expansion; 1993 Major League Baseball expansion; 1998 Major League Baseball expansion
Baseball experts consider Walter O'Malley to be "perhaps the most influential owner of baseball's early expansion era". [7] Following the 1957 Major League Baseball season, he moved the Dodgers to Los Angeles. [8] For years O'Malley had tried to secure a site for a new stadium for the Dodgers in Brooklyn to no avail.
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