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This is a list of seasons of Major League Baseball 1870s. Year National League Champion 1876: Chicago White Stockings: 1877: Boston Red Caps: 1878: 1879: Providence ...
The first line is the formation of the National League (NL) in 1876, and the second is the transformation of the American League (AL) to a major league in 1901. The third line is the beginning of the expansion era in 1961.
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Inaugural Major League Baseball seasons by team (19 P) A. Arizona Diamondbacks seasons (28 P) Atlanta Braves seasons (3 C, 60 P) B.
0–9. 1887 Major League Baseball season; 1901 Major League Baseball season; 1902 Major League Baseball season; 1903 Major League Baseball season; 1904 Major League Baseball season
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.
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 longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all three seasons) and tied by the 1998–99 Yankees. According to Major League Baseball's policy on winning streaks, tie games do not end a team's winning streak. [1]