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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 ...
Continued in use after 1954, when the team's name was officially changed to the Senators. Discontinued after the team moved to Minnesota. Piranhas – Reference to their aggressive " small ball " style of play, coined by rival Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén .
For decades, the Boston Red Sox labored under the "Curse of the Bambino" after that team jettisoned Ruth to the Yankees in 1920 to save a buck. But Boston broke that curse by finally winning the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Team Name Sport/League City, State Year Changed New Name Notes Akron Indians National Football League: Akron, Ohio: Defunct Akron Pros: Changed back to the Indians in 1926, then folded. Brooklin Redmen: Major Series Lacrosse: Whitby, Ontario: 2019 Brooklin Lacrosse Club: Buffalo Braves: National Basketball Association: Buffalo, New York: 1978 ...