Major League Baseball Original Teams
Author: Baseball Bob
What are the original 16 teams that started Major league baseball. Teams and American and National divisions.?
Need the teams as they were listed in the National league and American league … proper names at that time please.
MLB was National only in its inception… When are you counting the start of major league baseball? If you use 1901, the 1st year of the American and National Divisions the teams are as follows:
American – Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers
National – Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves
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