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In December 2020, Major League Baseball announced its recognition of seven leagues within Negro league baseball as major leagues: the first and second Negro National Leagues (1920–1931 and 1933–1948), the Eastern Colored League (1923–1928), the American Negro League (1929), the East–West League (1932), the Negro Southern League (1932 ...
In 2020, Major League Baseball designated the following seven Negro leagues from 1920–1948 as major leagues: [2] Negro National League I (NNL I) (1920–1931) Eastern Colored League (ECL) (1923–1928) American Negro League (ANL) (1929) East–West League (EWL) (1932) Negro Southern League (NSL) (1932) Negro National League II (NNL II) (1933 ...
Joe Borden, pitching under the pseudonym Joe Josephs, is the winning pitcher, and Jim O'Rourke collected the league's first base hit. [7] [9] April 25: Louisville: Louisville Baseball Park: In Chicago's first National League game, Albert Spalding threw the NL's first shutout as Chicago defeated Louisville by the score of 4–0. Spalding threw ...
The highest level of minor league baseball, Triple-A, features high level major league prospects almost ready to join the majors playing in large cities without MLB franchises, while each successively lower class (Double-A, High-A, Low-A, and Rookie) features players with correspondingly less experience and, generally, playing in smaller markets.
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional Base ...
March 19 – The first openly all-professional baseball club is formed as the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Major League Baseball considers this event to mark its foundation. [1] May 4 – The Cincinnati Red Stockings debut as the sport's first openly all-professional team, defeating the Great Westerns 45–9.
The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball (spelled as two words in the 19th century).. The first convention of 16 New York City area clubs was held at Smith's Hotel, 462 Broome Street in January 1857.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. Major League Baseball franchise in Milwaukee, Wisconsin This article is about the present-day Major League Baseball team. For other uses, see Milwaukee Brewers (disambiguation). Milwaukee Brewers 2025 Milwaukee Brewers season Logo Cap insignia Established in 1969 Based in Milwaukee since ...