National League in 1950: 1) Philadelphia Phillies
2) Brooklyn Dodgers (moved to Los Angeles in 1958)
3) New York Giants (moved to San Francisco in 1958)
4) Boston Braves (moved to Milwuakee in 1954)
6) Cincinnati Reds
7) Chicago Cubs
American League in 1950: 1) New York Yankees
2) Detroit Tigers
3) Boston Red Sox
4) Cleveland Indians
5) Washington Senators
6) Chicago White Sox
7) St. Louis Browns (moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles in 1954)
8) Philadelphia Athletics (moved to Kansas City in 1955)
== == Philadelphia Phillies
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
In the year 1900, there was only one major league, the National League:
Boston Beaneaters (now Atlanta Braves)
New York Giants (now San Francisco Giants)
Brooklyn Superbas (now Los Angeles Dodgers)
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Orphans (now Chicago Cubs)
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
The American League was founded in 1901: Boston Americans (now Boston Red Sox)
Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees)
Philadelphia Athletics (now Oakland Athletics)
Washington Nationals (now Minnesota Twins)
Cleveland Blues (now Cleveland Indians)
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Stockings (now Chicago White Sox)
Milwaukee Brewers (now Baltimore Orioles).
Men coming out of the service or high school grads in Detroit would try out for the Tigers team and then join a league through work or join a minor league team already formed. Baseball was a big past time and love of many young men before T.V.
In 1950, the MLB schedule called for 154 games for all teams, however, due to rain outs that were not made up, the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates played only 153 games each. They finished in the last four places in the National League and the missed games would have no bearing on the final standings so were not made up.
Between 1940 January 1 and 1949 December 31, there were 16 MLB teams, eight in each league, with no changes of location in that decade.
Boston Red Sox
Boston Braves
New York Yankees
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Senators
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Saint Louis Browns
Saint Louis Cardinals
If no team name is mentioned, assume the team name in 1955 was the same as it is today.
AL: Boston, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Kansas City Athletics, Washington Senators.
NL: Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers.
In 1954 there were 16 teams in the Major Leagues. Eight teams in each the American, and National League. Below is a list of teams in order of the final standings.
1954 National League Standings
1954 American League Standings
Click on the 'Minor League Baseball Statistics' link on this page to go to the minor league's website.
Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award was created in 1981.
No
Dick Sipek played professional baseball primarily in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for various minor league teams, including the San Diego Padres in the Pacific Coast League and the Minneapolis Millers in the American Association. However, he did not play in the Major Leagues.
As a minor league baseball player, soon to be a great player, Mickey Mantle was paid $225 per month.
Professional? Yes -- Toni Stone played in the Negro Leagues in the 1950s. She also played in the Negro minor leagues in the 1940s.
Minor league baseball was created in 1901.
There are 19 minor league divisions in baseball
Click on the 'Minor League Baseball Statistics' link on this page to go to the minor league's website.
Louisville Colonels - minor league baseball - ended in 1972.
Louisville Colonels - minor league baseball - was created in 1901.
Syracuse Stars - minor league baseball - was created in 1890.
Minor League Baseball Yearly - MiLBY - Awards was created in 2005.
High school, college, single A minor league,a double AA minor league, and then triple AAA minor league.
No, the golden league is a league of "independent" teams and while it is still a professional baseball league, it is in no way affiliated with major league baseball. The term "minor league" refers to teams which are owned by major league organizations for the growth of their young talent.
Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award was created in 1981.
There are no minor league baseball teams in Hawaii. At what time the Pittsburgh Pirates had a minor league team called the Hawaii Islanders here but they moved many years ago. However Hawaii does have a proffesional baseball team in Hawaii (on Maui) they are members of the Golden baseball league which has 6 teams.