American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

אמריקן ליג

American League
AL (American League)
Major League Baseball (Organization). American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Bí-kok Liân-bêng
Lliga Americana de Beisbol
Liga Americana
Liga Americana de Clubes de Béisbol Profesional
Amerika Ligo
Ligue américaine
אמריקן ליג
Ameriḳen Lig
アメリカンリーグ
Amerikanrīgu
Американская лига
Amerikanskai︠a︡ liga
Американська ліга
Amerykansʹka liha
美國聯盟
Meiguo lian meng

found: Wikipedia, August 3, 2015(American League; The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada; founded: January 28, 1901; countries: United States (14 teams), Canada (1 team)) Chinese (Min Nan) page (Bí-kok Liân-bêng) Catalan page (Lliga Americana de Beisbol) Spanish page (Liga Americana; formally, Liga Americana de Clubes de Béisbol Profesional) Esperanto page (Amerika Ligo) French page (Ligue américaine) Hebrew page (אמריקן ליג = Ameriḳen Lig) Japanese page (アメリカンリーグ = Amerikanrīgu) Russian page (Американская лига = Amerikanskai︠a︡ liga) Ukrainian page (Американська ліга = Amerykansʹka liha) Chinese page (美國聯盟 = Meiguo lian meng)

found: History of the American League, via Wikipedia, August 3, 2015(During a fall meeting of Western League owners at Chicago's Great Northern Hotel in the fall of 1899, the league's name was changed to the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; The 1901 season was the first season that the American League (AL) was classified as a "major league")

found: Bendix, Peter. The history of the American and National League, Part I, 2008, viewed online August 3, 2015(In 1899, Bancroft Johnson, commissioner of the Western League, renamed his league the American League. In 1901, the year after the NL contracted four teams, the American League removed itself from the National Agreement (the understanding between the National League and the various minor league circuits) and declared itself to be a Major League, alongside the National League. In 1903 the two leagues signed a new version of the National Agreement, under which they agreed that they would each be a major league, and their champions would play each other in the World Series) - http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2008/11/18/664028/the-history-of-the-america