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In 2020, Major League Baseball designated the following seven Negro leagues from 1920–1948 as major leagues: [2] Negro National League I (NNL I) (1920–1931) Eastern Colored League (ECL) (1923–1928) American Negro League (ANL) (1929) East–West League (EWL) (1932) Negro Southern League (NSL) (1932) Negro National League II (NNL II) (1933 ...
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," [69] moved his team to Los Angeles, marking the first major league franchise on the West Coast. [70]
Negro National League II champion Negro American League World Series champion NNL I / NSL / NNL II / NAL Championship Series 1930: Philadelphia Athletics: St. Louis Cardinals: St. Louis Stars – – – – Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Stars 1931 – – – – St. Louis Cardinals – 1932: New York Yankees: Chicago Cubs – Chicago ...
The deal earned Major League Baseball less than $500,000, but led to a new two-year contract for 40–45 games per season. On April 7, 1983, Major League Baseball, ABC, and NBC agreed to terms of a six-year television package worth $1.2 billion.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Major League Baseball seasons (154 C, 128 P) Pages in category "History of Major League Baseball" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
April 7 – Major League Baseball returns to Wisconsin after a four-year absence as the Brewers play their first game in Milwaukee, losing to the California Angels 12–0 before a crowd of 37,237. April 7 – Pitcher Dave McNally strikes out 13 in nine innings as the Baltimore Orioles rip the Indians, 8–2, on Opening Day at Cleveland Stadium.
This was the first regular season Major League Baseball game to be aired on ABC since August 19, 1995, [331] when ABC was part of the short-lived Baseball Network and also the first [332] ESPN-produced regular season telecast that ABC would air. [333]