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class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>United States (14 teams)</li> <li>Canada (1 team)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (41st title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (41)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>American League of Professional Baseball Clubs</b>, known simply as the <b>American League</b> (<b>AL</b>), is the younger of two <a href="/wiki/Sports_leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports leagues">leagues</a> constituting <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. It developed from the <a href="/wiki/Western_League_(original)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western League (original)">Western League</a>, a minor league based in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_region" title="Great Lakes region">Great Lakes states</a>, which eventually aspired to <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">major league</a> status. It is sometimes called the <b>Junior Circuit</b> because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season, 25 years after the formation of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> (the "Senior Circuit"). </p><p>Since 1903, the American League champion has played in the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> against the National League champion with only two exceptions: 1904, when the NL champion <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> refused to play their AL counterpart, and 1994, when a <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Major_League_Baseball_strike" title="1994–95 Major League Baseball strike">players' strike</a> resulted in the cancellation of the Series. Through 2024, American League teams have won 68 of the 120 World Series played since 1903. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> have won 27 World Series and 41 American League titles, the most in major league history. The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics</a> have won the second most AL titles with 15, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> with 14. </p><p>For decades, Major League baseball clubs only played teams from their own league during the regular season and playoffs, with only the two <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennant (baseball)">pennant winners</a> meeting in the World Series. The AL and NL also employed and trained their own <a href="/wiki/Umpire_(baseball)" title="Umpire (baseball)">umpires</a>, who only worked regular season games in their own league. These differences resulted in the leagues developing slightly different strategies and styles of play. The American League was usually regarded as the less "traditional" league during the 20th century, a reputation most exemplified by the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a> rule in 1973, which encouraged AL managers to largely abandon <a href="/wiki/Small_ball_(baseball)" title="Small ball (baseball)">"smallball"</a> tactics. However, with the advent of <a href="/wiki/Free_agency_(Major_League_Baseball)" title="Free agency (Major League Baseball)">free agency</a> in the 1970s allowing for more player movement between leagues, the introduction of regular season <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">interleague play</a> in 1997, umpires working games across MLB beginning in 1999, and the NL's adoption of the designated hitter rule in 2022, the difference in play between the two major leagues has diminished considerably. </p><p>Though both leagues agreed to be jointly governed by a <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">commissioner</a> in 1920, they remained separate business entities with their own presidents and management. This was the case until after the 1999 season, when the American League legally merged with the National League under the auspices of Major League Baseball, which now operates much like other North American professional sports leagues, albeit with two "leagues" instead of "conferences". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_American_League" title="History of the American League">History of the American League</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Teams_of_the_American_League_(2350728586).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Teams_of_the_American_League_%282350728586%29.jpg/170px-Teams_of_the_American_League_%282350728586%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Teams_of_the_American_League_%282350728586%29.jpg/255px-Teams_of_the_American_League_%282350728586%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Teams_of_the_American_League_%282350728586%29.jpg/340px-Teams_of_the_American_League_%282350728586%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>American League President and founder <a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson" title="Ban Johnson">Ban Johnson</a>, in center, surrounded by the portraits of the league's eight teams in 1907.</figcaption></figure> <p>Originally a <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor league</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Western_League_(1885-1899)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western League (1885-1899)">Western League</a>, which existed from 1885 to 1899 with teams in mostly <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> states, the league changed its name to the American League for the 1900 season and the next year developed into a second major league as a competitor to the older <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>. This was prompted by the NL dropping four teams following the 1899 season after having absorbed its previous rival, the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(1882%E2%80%931891)" title="American Association (1882–1891)">American Association</a>, which disbanded in 1891 after ten seasons. </p><p>In its early history of the late 1880s, the minor Western League struggled until 1894, when <a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson" title="Ban Johnson">Ban Johnson</a> became the president of the league. Johnson pushed the league to rise to major league status, after the name change to the American League was decided in a league meeting in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>, at the former Republican Hotel. A historical marker is at the intersection of North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and West Kilbourn Avenue where the hotel once stood.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1904, Johnson moved the league's headquarters from Chicago to New York.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, noted as one of the most prolific hitters in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> history, spent the majority of his career in the American League with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. From 1973 to 2022 The American League had one notable difference versus the rival <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, as it had the <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a> rule. Under the rule, a team may use a <a href="/wiki/Batter_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batter (baseball)">batter</a> in its <a href="/wiki/Batting_order_(baseball)" title="Batting order (baseball)">lineup</a> who is not in the field defensively, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> in the batting order, compared to the old rule that made it mandatory for the pitcher to bat. In the last two decades, the season schedule has allowed occasional interleague play. In 1969, the AL (and NL) were divided into East and West divisions, with a postseason playoff series for the pennant and the right to play in the World Series. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_Johnson_and_Calvin_Coolidge_shake_hands_FINAL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Walter_Johnson_and_Calvin_Coolidge_shake_hands_FINAL.jpg/220px-Walter_Johnson_and_Calvin_Coolidge_shake_hands_FINAL.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Walter_Johnson_and_Calvin_Coolidge_shake_hands_FINAL.jpg/330px-Walter_Johnson_and_Calvin_Coolidge_shake_hands_FINAL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Walter_Johnson_and_Calvin_Coolidge_shake_hands_FINAL.jpg/440px-Walter_Johnson_and_Calvin_Coolidge_shake_hands_FINAL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4549" data-file-height="1873" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a> (1872–1933, served 1923–1929), and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">Walter Johnson</a> (1887–1946, played 1907–1927, managed 1929–1932 for Senators; managed Cleveland Indians 1933–1935), shake hands following the Senators' 1924 American League championship at <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Until the late 1970s, league umpires working behind home plate wore large, balloon-style chest protectors worn outside the shirt or coat, while their colleagues in the National League wore chest protectors inside the shirt or coat. In 1977, new umpires (including <a href="/wiki/Steve_Palermo" title="Steve Palermo">Steve Palermo</a>) had to wear the inside chest protector, although those on staff wearing the outside protector could continue to do so. Most umpires made the switch to the inside protector, led by <a href="/wiki/Don_Denkinger" title="Don Denkinger">Don Denkinger</a> in 1975 and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Evans_(umpire)" title="Jim Evans (umpire)">Jim Evans</a> the next year, although several did not, including <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haller" title="Bill Haller">Bill Haller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russ_Goetz" title="Russ Goetz">Russ Goetz</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Maloney" title="George Maloney">George Maloney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Kunkel_(baseball)" title="Bill Kunkel (baseball)">Bill Kunkel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Neudecker" title="Jerry Neudecker">Jerry Neudecker</a>, who became the last full-time MLB umpire to use the outside protector in 1985. </p><p>In 1994, the league, along with the National League, reorganized again, this time into three divisions (East, West, and <a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">Central</a>) and added a third round to the playoffs in the form of the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Division_Series" title="American League Division Series">American League Division Series</a>, with the best second-place team advancing to the playoffs as a wild-card team, in addition to the three divisional champions. In 1998, the newly franchised <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> joined the league, and the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> joined the National League: i.e., each league added a fifteenth team. An odd number of teams per league meant that at least one team in each league would have to be idle on any given day, or alternatively, that odd team out would have had to play an <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">interleague game</a> against its counterpart in the other league. The initial plan was to have three five-team divisions per league with inter-league play year-round—possibly as many as 30 interleague games per team each year. </p><p>For various reasons, it soon seemed more practical to have an even number of teams in both leagues. The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> agreed to change leagues to become the National League's 16th team, moving from the AL Central to the NL Central. At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> were moved from the AL East to the AL Central, making room for the Devil Rays in the East. Even after expansion, the American League then continued with 14 teams. This situation changed again in 2013 when the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> moved from the National League Central division to the American League West. The Astros had been in the NL for 51 years since beginning as an expansion team in 1962. Since their move, both leagues now consist of 15 teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interleague_play,_and_merger"><span id="Interleague_play.2C_and_merger"></span>Interleague play, and merger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Interleague play, and merger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the first 96 years, American League teams faced their National League counterparts only in exhibition games or in the World Series. Beginning in 1997, interleague games have been played during the regular season and count in the standings. As part of the agreement instituting interleague play, the designated-hitter rule was used only in games where the American League team is the home team, until the 2022 season, when the universal DH rule was implemented. In 2023, American League teams played 46 regular season interleague games against all 15 National League teams, 23 at home and 23 on the road. </p><p>In 2000, the American League ended its status as a legally independent entity when the American and National Leagues were both merged into the legal entity Major League Baseball (MLB).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This left MLB as a single league, divided into two parts, also called leagues. This change in legal status had no effect on play, scheduling, and so forth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charter_franchises">Charter franchises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charter franchises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were eight charter teams in 1901, the league's first year as a major league, and the next year the original <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(1894%E2%80%931901)" title="Milwaukee Brewers (1894–1901)">Milwaukee Brewers</a> (not to be confused with the current <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>) moved to St. Louis to become the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>, and the year after the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Highlanders</a> replaced the disbanded original 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: </p> <ul><li>Original <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1901%E2%80%931902)" title="Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)">Baltimore Orioles</a> (not to be confused with the current <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>, see Milwaukee Brewers) folded after the 1902 season,<sup id="cite_ref-baltimore_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baltimore-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was replaced by the New York team that began play in 1903. The New York franchise was nicknamed "Highlanders", "Americans", and "<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a>" until the latter became official in 1913.</li> <li>Boston Americans (became the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in 1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Stockings</a> (name shortened to White Sox in 1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Blues</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (became the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> in 1915 and the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Guardians</a> in 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (name and locale unchanged from 1894 forward)</li> <li>Original <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Milwaukee Brewers</a> (became the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> in 1902 and the current <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> in 1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> (became the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> in 1955, the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> in 1968, and the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_(Major_League_Baseball_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics (Major League Baseball team)">Athletics</a> in 2025)</li> <li>Original <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> (became the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> in 1961)<sup id="cite_ref-chicago_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicago-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion,_renaming,_and_relocation_summary"><span id="Expansion.2C_renaming.2C_and_relocation_summary"></span>Expansion, renaming, and relocation summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Expansion, renaming, and relocation summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_relocation_of_1950s%E2%80%931960s" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball relocation of 1950s–1960s">Major League Baseball relocation of 1950s–1960s</a></div> <ul><li>1902: Original <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(1894%E2%80%931901)" title="Milwaukee Brewers (1894–1901)">Milwaukee Brewers</a> moved to St. Louis, renamed <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a></li> <li>1902: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Bluebirds/Blues</a> players attempted to adopt the nickname <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Bronchos</a>, which failed to catch on</li> <li>1903: <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Highlanders</a> replaced original Baltimore Orioles; dubbed "Highlanders" by press after their field, <a href="/wiki/Hilltop_Park" title="Hilltop Park">Hilltop Park</a>, and "Yankees" as an alternate form of "Americans"</li> <li>1903: <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Stockings</a> officially renamed <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></li> <li>1903: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Blues/Bronchos</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Naps" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Naps">Cleveland Naps</a> via newspaper poll, after star <a href="/wiki/Nap_Lajoie" title="Nap Lajoie">Nap Lajoie</a></li> <li>1905: <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Nationals</a>; Senators name continued to be used by media</li> <li>1908: <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Americans</a> (informal nickname) formally named <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></li> <li>1913: <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Highlanders</a> nickname dropped in favor of already-established alternative, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></li> <li>1915: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Naps</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> move to Baltimore, renamed <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> move to Kansas City</li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Nationals/Senators</a> formally renamed <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> move to Minneapolis-St. Paul, renamed <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> and <i>new</i> <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> enfranchised.</li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">California Angels</a> in late-season on September 2, 1965. For the following season, the Angels moved within the Los Angeles metropolitan area from the city of Los Angeles to the <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County</a> suburb of Anaheim.</li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> move to Oakland</li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a> enfranchised.</li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a> move to Milwaukee, renamed <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>. (Four years earlier, in 1966, the National League's Milwaukee Braves had moved to Atlanta.)</li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> move to the <a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</a>, renamed <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland A's</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> enfranchised</li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland A's</a> officially renamed <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">California Angels</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Anaheim Angels</a>. The change came more than 30 years after the team's move to Anaheim.</li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a>, representing Tampa-St. Petersburg, enfranchised</li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> transfer from the American League to the National League. (See above.)</li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Anaheim Angels</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> moved from the National League.</li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Guardians</a></li> <li>2025: <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> renamed <a href="/wiki/A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="A's">Athletics</a> following temporary relocation to <a href="/wiki/West_Sacramento,_California" title="West Sacramento, California">West Sacramento, California</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_teams">Current teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="American_League_East">American League East</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: American League East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">American League East</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> enfranchised 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers, moved to St. Louis (1902) and to Baltimore (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> enfranchised 1901, nicknamed the Americans<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (adopted name Red Sox in 1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> enfranchised 1903, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1901%E2%80%931902)" title="Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)">original Baltimore Orioles</a>, nicknamed the Highlanders<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ("Highlanders" dropped out of use after move to the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a> in 1913; officially adopted alternate nickname Yanks/Yankees by 1923)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> enfranchised 1998 as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (team name changed in 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> enfranchised 1977<sup id="cite_ref-mlb_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlb-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="American_League_Central">American League Central</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: American League Central"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">American League Central</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> enfranchised 1894 as the Sioux City Cornhuskers, moved to St. Paul (1895) and to Chicago (1900)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Guardians</a> enfranchised 1894 as the Grand Rapids Rustlers, moved to Cleveland (1900)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> enfranchised 1894</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> enfranchised 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> enfranchised 1894 as the Kansas City Blues, moved to Washington (1901), and to Minneapolis-St. Paul (1961)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="American_League_West">American League West</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: American League West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">American League West</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Athletics</a> enfranchised 1901<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Philadelphia, moved to Kansas City (1955), Oakland (1968), and to West Sacramento (2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> enfranchised 1962 in National League as the Houston Colt .45s (team changed name to Astros in 1965), transferred to American League (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> enfranchised 1961 as the Los Angeles Angels, then as the California Angels after moving to Anaheim (1966), then the Anaheim Angels (1997), then the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005). This last remains the <i>legal</i> name of the franchise, but in actual practice, the team is known as the Los Angeles Angels, officially so since 2016</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> enfranchised 1977</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> enfranchised 1961 as the Washington Senators, moved to the <a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</a> (1972)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents">Presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the 1999 season, the American and National Leagues were merged with Major League Baseball, and the leagues ceased to exist as business entities. The position of the American League President and National League President became honorary. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center">† </th> <td>Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center">* </th> <td>Honorary President </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Years </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Ban"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson" title="Ban Johnson">Ban Johnson</a></span></span></span><sup>†</sup> </th> <td>1901–1927</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Navin, Frank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Navin" title="Frank Navin">Frank Navin</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1927</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Barnard, Ernest"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Barnard" title="Ernest Barnard">Ernest Barnard</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1927–1931</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Harridge, Will"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Will_Harridge" title="Will Harridge">Will Harridge</a></span></span></span><sup>†</sup> </th> <td>1931–1959</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Cronin, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cronin" title="Joe Cronin">Joe Cronin</a></span></span></span><sup>†</sup> </th> <td>1959–1973</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="MacPhail, Lee"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lee_MacPhail" title="Lee MacPhail">Lee MacPhail</a></span></span></span><sup>†</sup> </th> <td>1973–1984</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Brown, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Brown_(third_baseman)" title="Bobby Brown (third baseman)">Bobby Brown</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1984–1994</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Budig, Gene"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Budig" title="Gene Budig">Gene Budig</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1994–1999</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Autry, Jackie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Autry" title="Jackie Autry">Jackie Autry</a></span></span></span>* </th> <td>2000–2015</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="Robinson, Frank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a></span></span></span><sup>†</sup>* </th> <td>2015–2019</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_pennant_winners" title="List of American League pennant winners">List of American League pennant winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> (ALCS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Division_Series" title="American League Division Series">American League Division Series</a> (ALDS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Wild_Card_winners" title="List of American League Wild Card winners">List of American League Wild Card winners</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See commentary on <a href="/wiki/Western_League_(1885%E2%80%931900)" title="Western League (1885–1900)">Western League</a> page. The Indianapolis and Minneapolis teams were replaced by teams in Baltimore and Philadelphia in 1901, but it is unclear and disputed as to which team went where.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 26em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=30351">"Birthplace of the American League Historical Marker"</a>. <i>www.hmdb.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 16,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.hmdb.org&rft.atitle=Birthplace+of+the+American+League+Historical+Marker&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmdb.org%2Fmarker.asp%3Fmarker%3D30351&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Move to New York: American League to Transfer its Headquarters to Gotham". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i>. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 16, 1904. p. 6.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Philadelphia+Inquirer&rft.atitle=Move+to+New+York%3A+American+League+to+Transfer+its+Headquarters+to+Gotham&rft.pages=6&rft.date=1904-03-16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr2000n.shtml">"Year In Review: 2000 National League"</a>. <i>Baseball-Almanac.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 29,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Almanac.com&rft.atitle=Year+In+Review%3A+2000+National+League&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-almanac.com%2Fyearly%2Fyr2000n.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-baltimore-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-baltimore_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140723231519/http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2014/07/1901-02-orioles-removed-from-yankees-history/">"Bankrupt Orioles"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2014/07/1901-02-orioles-removed-from-yankees-history/">the original</a> on July 23, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 20,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference&rft.atitle=Bankrupt+Orioles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sports-reference.com%2Fblog%2F2014%2F07%2F1901-02-orioles-removed-from-yankees-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Officially "Bluebirds", a form seldom used</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-chicago-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-chicago_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/baseball/american-league-15007001.topic">"American League"</a>. <i>Chicago Tribune</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 25,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Tribune&rft.atitle=American+League&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Ftopic%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2Famerican-league-15007001.topic&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">To distinguish them from Boston's National League team, then called the Red Stockings or the Nationals</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">after their home, Hilltop Park, and a pun on their owner's name, Gordon's Highlanders, referencing the famous Scottish regiment.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sources recently have dissociated the 1902–1903 Baltimore Orioles from the Highlanders/Yankees. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2014/07/1901-02-orioles-removed-from-yankees-history/">Sports Reference.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140723231519/http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2014/07/1901-02-orioles-removed-from-yankees-history/">Archived</a> July 23, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> and sources cited on that page. Retrieved July 23, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mlb-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mlb_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdgarf" class="citation web cs1">Edgarf. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160610123121/http://mlbbaseballbetting.com/baltimore-orioles-history-american-league-east/">"Baltimore Orioles History – American League East"</a>. MLB Baseball Betting. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mlbbaseballbetting.com/baltimore-orioles-history-american-league-east/">the original</a> on June 10, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 25,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Baltimore+Orioles+History+%E2%80%93+American+League+East&rft.pub=MLB+Baseball+Betting&rft.au=Edgarf&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmlbbaseballbetting.com%2Fbaltimore-orioles-history-american-league-east%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The National League Story</i>, Lee Allen, Putnam, 1961.</li> <li><i>The American League Story</i>, Lee Allen, Putnam, 1962.</li> <li><i>The Baseball Encyclopedia</i>, published by MacMillan, 1968 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">Double-A</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%93present)" title="Eastern League (1938–present)">Eastern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_League_(1964%E2%80%93present)" title="Southern League (1964–present)">Southern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/High-A" title="High-A">High-A</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_League" title="Northwest League">Northwest League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Single-A" title="Single-A">Single-A</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball#Rookie" title="Minor League Baseball">Rookie</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League" title="Arizona Complex League">Arizona Complex League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League" title="Dominican Summer League">Dominican Summer League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League" title="Florida Complex League">Florida Complex League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Independent_baseball_league" title="Independent baseball league">Independent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">MLB Partner Leagues</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball" title="American Association of Professional Baseball">American Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">Atlantic League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League">Frontier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_League_(baseball)" title="Pioneer League (baseball)">Pioneer League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Draft_League" title="MLB Draft League">MLB Draft League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Non-partnered leagues</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_National_Series" title="Cuban National Series">Cuban National Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_National_Championship_AA_League" title="Curaçao National Championship AA League">Curaçao AA League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Empire Professional Baseball League">Empire League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_League" title="Mexican League">Mexican League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Norte_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Liga Norte de México">Liga Norte de México</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_League" title="Pecos League">Pecos League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Shore_Professional_Baseball_League" title="United Shore Professional Baseball League">United Shore League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Major_League" title="Venezuelan Major League">Venezuelan Major League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Pro_Baseball_League" title="Women's Pro Baseball League">Women's Pro Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Winter_league_baseball" title="Winter league baseball">Off-season</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">MLB-affiliated</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Fall_League" title="Arizona Fall League">Arizona Fall League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Dominican Professional Baseball League">Dominican Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Pacific_League" title="Mexican Pacific League">Mexican Pacific League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_de_B%C3%A9isbol_Profesional_Roberto_Clemente" title="Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente">Puerto Rico Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Venezuelan Professional Baseball League">Venezuelan Professional Baseball League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Paralela_de_B%C3%A9isbol_en_Venezuela" title="Liga Paralela de Béisbol en Venezuela">Liga Paralela</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Independent</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Baseball_League" title="Argentine Baseball League">Argentine Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Colombian Professional Baseball League">Colombian Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Elite_League" title="Cuban Elite League">Cuban Elite League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Curaçao Professional Baseball League">Curaçao Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League">Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamanian_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Panamanian Professional Baseball League">Panamanian Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Invernal_Veracruzana" title="Liga Invernal Veracruzana">Veracruz Winter League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">MLB-recognized</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(1882%E2%80%931891)" title="American Association (1882–1891)">American Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Players%27_League" title="Players' League">Players' League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Association" title="Union Association">Union Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Other major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_League" title="Continental League">Continental League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_League" title="Cuban League">Cuban League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Baseball_League" title="United States Baseball League">United States Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_minor_baseball_leagues_in_the_United_States" title="List of defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States">List of defunct minor leagues</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Asia"><b>Asia</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_National_Baseball_League" title="China National Baseball League">China National Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Israel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Defunct_major" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Defunct major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Baseball_League" title="Israel Baseball League">Israel Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Japan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Eastern League (Japanese baseball)">Eastern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Western League (Japanese baseball)">Western League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Off-season</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miyazaki_Phoenix_League" title="Miyazaki Phoenix League">Miyazaki Phoenix League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Independent</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Challenge_League" title="Baseball Challenge League">Baseball Challenge League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shikoku_Island_League_Plus" title="Shikoku Island League Plus">Shikoku Island League Plus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Women's</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Women%27s_Baseball_League" title="Japan Women's Baseball League">Japan Women's Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">South Korea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBO_League" title="KBO League">KBO League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBO_Futures_League" title="KBO Futures League">KBO Futures League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Taiwan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Chinese Professional Baseball League">Chinese Professional Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Chinese Professional Baseball League">Chinese Professional Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Defunct major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Major_League" title="Taiwan Major League">Taiwan Major League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Europe"><b>Europe</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Italy and San Marino</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Baseball_League" title="Italian Baseball League">Italian Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Netherlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Major</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honkbal_Hoofdklasse" title="Honkbal Hoofdklasse">Honkbal Hoofdklasse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honkbal_Overgangsklasse" title="Honkbal 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