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Because the National League has been in existence longer than the American League ... the National League's first season as a major league was 1876 and the American League's first season as a major league was 1901.

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In MLB, the American League is referred to as the Junior Circuit is because it joined Major League Baseball a good number of years after the National Baseball league was established. Thus the National League is the Senior Circuit.

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