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Major League Baseball

Professional Leagues

Major League Baseball, usually shortened to MLB, is the top professional baseball league in North America and is widely regarded as the premier baseball league in the world. It is made up of 30 teams split equally between the National League and the American League, 29 of them in the United States and one in Canada, and it is headquartered in New York City. Each team plays 162 games a season, beginning around the end of March or start of April, after which six teams from each league enter a four-round postseason in October that ends with the World Series, a best-of-seven series between the two league champions first played in 1903. The National League was formed in 1876 and the American League in 1900, and the two stayed legally separate entities until they merged into a single organization in 2000. MLB also oversees Minor League Baseball and the MLB Draft League, and it co-manages the World Baseball Classic with the World Baseball Softball Confederation.

Facts
Frequency
Frequency (category)
Annual 1
Classification
Scope
Continental 1
Founding Year
1876 1
Connections

Competitors Include

Denny Bautista, Athletes
Source Denny Bautista (Baseball-Reference.com)

Features

Baseball, Sports
Source Major League Baseball (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Major League Baseball (Wikipedia)
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    Formed in 1876 and 1900, respectively, the NL and AL came into direct conflict in 1901 when the AL declared itself a competitor to the NL
  • Lead paragraph 1
    Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day held during the last week of March or the first week of April.
  • Lead paragraph 1 [scope]
    Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada.
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Denny Bautista (Baseball-Reference.com)
Competitors Include: Denny Bautista, Page header, Major League Players listing
Quote, Competitors Include: Denny Bautista, Page header, Major League Players listing
Major League Players > B Listing > Denny Bautista Statistics and History
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