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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 ...
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.
Category: Baseball teams by year of establishment. 4 languages. ... Baseball teams established in 1911 (107 P) Baseball teams established in 1912 (95 P)
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 ]
The Charlotte Bats is an organization devoted to bringing a major-league baseball team to Charlotte, North Carolina. [68] In March 2023, the deputy mayor of Charlotte said that no plans for a stadium have been submitted to the Charlotte City Council for consideration. [68] Charlotte is home to the Charlotte Knights who play at Truist Field.
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.
This is a summary of the evolution of names of the current professional Major League Baseball teams in the National League (organized 1876) and subsequent rival American League (established 1901), and also of selected former major and minor league teams whose names were influential, long-lasting, or both. The sources of the names included club ...
Media in category "Major League Baseball team logos" ... File:Milwaukee Braves Team Logo (1956 to 1965).png; File:Milwaukee Brewers logo.svg; File:Montreal Expos Logo ...