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The fourth line marks the legal merger of the American and National Leagues into a single Major League Baseball in 2000. World Series championships are shown with a "•", National League Pennants before the World Series are shown with a "^", and American League Pennants before the World Series are shown with a "#".
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.
Alou was the middle of a trio of baseball-playing brothers that included the older Felipe and younger Jesús. [4] They were the first set of three siblings to all bat in the same half-inning in the majors (September 10), [5] and play together in the same outfield (on September 15), [6] accomplishing both with the Giants in 1963.
Jesús María Rojas Alou (Spanish: [xeˈsus aˈlo], March 24, 1942 – March 10, 2023) was a Dominican professional baseball outfielder.During a 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played for the San Francisco Giants (1963–68), the Houston Astros (1969–73; 1978–79), the Oakland Athletics (1973–74), and the New York Mets (1975).
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Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.One of the "Big Four" major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, MLB comprises 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada.
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals have played their home games at Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis.
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization that is the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, in fact the oldest professional sports league in the world. [8] A total of 30 teams now play in the American League (AL) and National League (NL), with 15 teams in each league. The ...