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.
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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
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Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day held during the last week of March or the first week of April.
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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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Fernando Rodney (Baseball-Reference.com)
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17,995th in major league history
Jeremy Bonderman (Wikipedia)
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Bonderman played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners from 2003 to 2010 and in 2013.
Curtis Granderson (Wikipedia)
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He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and Miami Marlins.
Andre Dawson (Wikipedia)
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Andre Nolan Dawson (born July 10, 1954), nicknamed "the Hawk" and "Awesome Dawson", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Elston Howard (Wikipedia)
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During a 14-year baseball career, he played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1948 through 1968, primarily for the New York Yankees.
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