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The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league.
Major league baseball emerged in the 1870s, and four major leagues, including the NL, played at least one season of baseball in the nineteenth century. During this period, dozens of franchises were founded, but most went defunct, leaving just twelve NL franchises by the 1892 season .
The following is a list of United States Major League Baseball teams that played in the National League during the 19th century.None of these teams, other than Athletic and Mutual, had actual names during this period; sportswriters however often applied creative monickers which are still, mistakenly, used today as "team names" following a convention established in 1951.
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]
ABL II-American Basketball League II (1961–1963) GBA-Global Basketball Association (1991–92, league folded midway through 1992–93 season) IBA-International Basketball Association (1995–2001) IBL-International Basketball League (1999–2001) NBL-National Basketball League (1937–1949) NPBL-National Professional Basketball League (1950 ...
A The creation of the division with the expansion of the league – with the Expos added. B Florida Marlins added in the 1993 expansion C The Atlanta Braves moved in from the NL West, and the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals moved into newly created National League Central
National League pennants: 0 The original Buffalo Bisons baseball club played in the National League between 1879 and 1885 . The Bisons played their games at Riverside Park (1879–1883) and Olympic Park (1884–1885) in Buffalo, New York .
The very first baseball season of division play, 1969, resulted in what might be considered by many to be two of the best pennant races in Major League baseball history. In the National League West, five of the teams battled for the divisional championship - with only the expansion team, the San Diego Padres, failing to be a contender. The ...