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The Western League was the name of several minor league baseball leagues that operated between 1885 and 1900. These leagues were focused mainly in the Midwestern United States. [1] The 1893 incarnation of the league hired Ban Johnson as president in 1894. [2] In 1900, Johnson renamed it the American League and declared that it was now a major ...
Before its most famous version in November 1893, the Western League existed in various forms. The League was created as a minor league on February 11, 1885. The original clubs were in Indianapolis ‚ Kansas City ‚ Cleveland ‚ Milwaukee ‚ Toledo and Omaha / Keokuk, Iowa.
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In The Arrival of the American League, author Warren N. Wilbert described the National League as having a monopoly on Major League Baseball at the time. The Western League disbanded after the 1899 season so that owners Johnson and Comiskey could pursue major league options. The Western League was re-created in a new form by a new owner.
The Western League was the name of several minor league baseball leagues that operated between 1885 and 1899. These leagues were focused mainly in the Midwestern United States. The 1893 incarnation of the league hired Ban Johnson as president in 1894. In 1900, Johnson renamed it the American League and declared that it was now a major league, intending to compete against the older National ...
The National League pennant winner of a given Major League Baseball season is the team that wins the championship—the pennant —of MLB's National League (NL). This team receives the Warren C. Giles Trophy and the right to play in the World Series against the champion of the American League (AL). The current NL pennant winners are the Arizona ...
Western League (1900–1958), a former U.S. minor baseball league loop. Its region was later represented by the more dominant Pacific Coast League in Class AAA ("Triple A") Western League (1939–1941), a Class D, low minor circuit in the U.S. that existed briefly before World War II. Western Baseball League, a former independent minor league ...
