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in 1920, they remained separate business entities with their own presidents and management. This was the case until after the 1999 season, when the
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Baltimore Orioles. Those eight franchises constituted the league for 52 seasons until the Browns moved to Baltimore and took up the Orioles name. The eight original teams and their counterparts in the "Classic Eight" were:
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refused to play their AL counterpart, and 1994, when a
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1584:, published by MacMillan, 1968 and later.
1329:List of American League Wild Card winners
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3864:Panamanian Professional Baseball League
3859:Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
3814:Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
1312:List of American League pennant winners
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3799:Dominican Professional Baseball League
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276:American League President and founder
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3854:Curaçao Professional Baseball League
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683:(informal nickname) formally named
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370:(1872–1933, served 1923–1929), and
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3417:Australia & New Zealand
2856:Defunct and relocated teams
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1067:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
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713:move to Baltimore, renamed
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2759:Negro National League (II)
2676:First black players in MLB
1578:, Lee Allen, Putnam, 1962.
1572:, Lee Allen, Putnam, 1961.
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4120:Miyazaki Phoenix League
3763:Venezuelan Major League
3652:Dominican Summer League
3321:Estonia & Lithuania
3015:(acting president 1927)
2617:Tie-breaking procedures
985:American League Central
979:American League Central
646:Chicago White Stockings
534:Chicago White Stockings
51:; 123 years ago
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3869:Veracruz Winter League
3804:Mexican Pacific League
3657:Florida Complex League
3647:Arizona Complex League
3356:Italy & San Marino
2851:Golden age of baseball
2739:Eastern Colored League
2419:Authentication Program
2308:World Baseball Classic
1856:Washington Senators II
1832:Philadelphia Athletics
1526:July 23, 2014, at the
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4462:Latin American Series
4371:Honkbal Rookie League
3908:Negro league baseball
3726:Cuban National Series
3718:Non-partnered leagues
3597:South Atlantic League
3491:Major League Baseball
3079:(honorary, 2015–2019)
3071:(honorary, 2000–2015)
2764:Negro American League
2754:Negro Southern League
2744:American Negro League
2496:Minor League Baseball
2378:Wild Card Game/Series
2288:Little League Classic
2129:Philadelphia Phillies
1951:Major League Baseball
1909:Professional baseball
1850:Washington Senators I
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3688:American Association
3627:Florida State League
3537:Pacific Coast League
3532:International League
2709:American Association
2704:National Association
2441:Highest-paid players
2293:Field of Dreams Game
2210:San Francisco Giants
2190:Arizona Diamondbacks
2134:Washington Nationals
1826:Milwaukee Brewers II
1521:Sports Reference.com
1418:Baseball-Almanac.com
1028:American League West
1022:American League West
934:American League East
928:American League East
886:Tampa Bay Devil Rays
862:Tampa Bay Devil Rays
691:New York Highlanders
674:Washington Nationals
635:New York Highlanders
504:New York Highlanders
439:Arizona Diamondbacks
435:Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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940:Baltimore Orioles
913:Cleveland Indians
869:Milwaukee Brewers
851:California Angels
845:Oakland Athletics
834:Toronto Blue Jays
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799:Milwaukee Brewers
766:California Angels
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1278:2000–2015
1259:1994–1999
1241:1984–1994
1223:1973–1984
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1187:1931–1959
1169:1927–1931
1133:1901–1927
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