Lip Man 1 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 January 28, 1901 - The American League moved from minor-league status to the Majors, admitting the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia A’s and Boston Americans to join the existing Washington Nationals, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox. Three clubs (Indianapolis, Buffalo and Minneapolis) were cut from the A.L. The league played a 140-game schedule in 1901 and commenced a raid on National League talent. The White Sox had won the final Western League pennant, in 1900, and would finish first in the American League in 1901, with a record of 83-53-1. Both pennants ended the White Sox seasons, as there was no World Series in those years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 Hitmen Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 8 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: January 28, 1901 - The American League moved from minor-league status to the Majors, admitting the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia A’s and Boston Americans to join the existing Washington Nationals, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox. Three clubs (Indianapolis, Buffalo and Minneapolis) were cut from the A.L. The league played a 140-game schedule in 1901 and commenced a raid on National League talent. The White Sox had won the final Western League pennant, in 1900, and would finish first in the American League in 1901, with a record of 83-53-1. Both pennants ended the White Sox seasons, as there was no World Series in those years. Am I correct that the Baltimore Orioles became the Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers became the St. Louis Browns? After that early shuffling, AL and NL teams stayed static for half a century until the NL Braves move to Milwaukee in 1952 and the first AL team to move was the Browns who became the Baltimore Orioles (taking their name from that long-departed team) after the 1953 season. This ushered in 2 decades of numerous MLB franchise relocations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 26 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said: Am I correct that the Baltimore Orioles became the Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers became the St. Louis Browns? After that early shuffling, AL and NL teams stayed static for half a century until the NL Braves move to Milwaukee in 1952 and the first AL team to move was the Browns who became the Baltimore Orioles (taking their name from that long-departed team) after the 1953 season. This ushered in 2 decades of numerous MLB franchise relocations. Yes on both counts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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