The American League, the second league of the MLB, was formed in 1901. 6. 1903: The first World Series was played The first ever World Series started on Oct. 1, 1903.

Negro League legends are now listed alongside their American and National League counterparts in Baseball-Reference.com's stats.

J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los ...

The average MLB team has an enterprise value-to-sales multiple of 6.4, versus 10.1 for the NFL, 11.9 for the NBA and 8.6 for the National Hockey League, according to CNBC’s calculations.

Major League Baseball, assessing myriad proposals, has discussed a radical plan that would eliminate the traditional American and National Leagues for 2020, a high-ranking official told USA TODAY ...

The Texas Rangers have etched their name in the annals of baseball history once again by clinching the American League Championship. With an impressive postseason performance, they've earned the ...

MLB already provides multiple platforms through which fans can access and engage with their favorite sport, from the official MLB app to MLB.com and MLB.tv. Aligning itself with the League's approach ...

In 1969, a committee of five men (all white) representing the commissioner’s office, the National League, the American League, the Hall of Fame and the Baseball Writers’ Association granted ...

Baseball, said Spalding, was fundamentally an American sport and began on American soil. To settle the matter, ... On being Major League Baseball's official historian ...

The news of the MLB elevating the stats and records of Negro League players comes days after the American League's Cleveland-based franchise announced that after 105 years, it will drop its team ...

Major League Baseball has officially recognized the Negro Leagues as major league teams — 100 years after their creation. The seven leagues, which played from 1920 to 1948, will have their stats ...