In 2009 Albert Pujols won the National League MVP, and Joe Mauer won the American League MVP.
Major League
Dave Winfield, Frank Robinson, Fred McGriff and Vladimir Guerrero.
Well, in the Major Leagues in 1981 there were 26 teams, 12 in the National League and 14 in the American League. Each team had 25 players. So that means there were 650 players in the Major Leagues at any one time.
African-American ball players played in Negro Leagues before 1947
Technically, yes.In the AMERICAN LEAGUE, the pitcher can bat, but is usually batted for with a designated hitter.In the NATIONAL LEAGUE the pitcher always bats,In both leagues, all the other players bat regularly.
The Negro Leagues
No, a handful of polished college players go directly to the majors after being drafted, and also most of the Japanese players in the majors never played in the (American) minors.
The National League was founded in 1876. The American League was founded in 1901. At first, the two leagues were enemies. The American League 'stole' a lot of players from the National League by offering them more money. After two years, the two leagues made a truce and became friends, so to speak. They decided to stay as two separate leagues instead of merging into one.
1904 due to the inability of the American and National Leagues to come to an agreement of rules and regulations for the Series and 1994 due to a players strike.
At one time there were two professional leagues in American football, the National Football League and the American Football League. As would be expected the two Leagues competed for players and for fans. Representatives from the two leagues met and worked out a merger agreement where the leagues would combine and play as one. One of the conditions of the merger was that the champion of both leagues would play a game to determine the champion of American football. This game was called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game for the first four years. After the merger was completed, the name of the game was officially changed to the Super Bowl.
There is the NBA and there is a league with players not quite at the NBA level. The NBA is the major league with the professional basketball players. There are also college leagues, and elementary schools even have leagues.
Barry Bonds won 4 consecutive National League Most Valuable Player awards, from 2001-2004. 12 different players have won their league's Most Valuable Player award for 2 consecutive years. This includes 6 players in the American League and 6 players in the National League (including Barry Bonds in 1992-1993).