As of the 2014 season, there are currently 15 Major League Baseball teams in the American League.
In Major League Baseball there are 15 teams. They are as follows:
1. Baltimore Orioles 2. Boston Red Sox 3. New York Yankees 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. Toronto Blue Jays 6. Chicago White Sox 7. Cleveland Indians 8. Detroit Tigers 9. Kansas City Royals 10. Minnesota Twins 11. Houston Astros 12. LA Angels 13. Oakland Athletics 14. Seattle Mariners 15. Texas Rangers
There are 14 teams in the American League. There are also 16 in the National League.
There were 30 teams in the MLB, 14 in the American League and 16 in the National League.
At the start of the 2012 MLB Season there are 30 teams, 16 in the national league and 14 in the american league. Starting 2013, both leagues will have 15 teams each with the Houston Astros being moved to the American League West division as required by Bud Selig.
Beginning with the 2013 Major League Baseball season, there will be 15 teams in the National League and 15 in the American League. A longtime imbalance between the two leagues is being solved by the transfer of the Houston Astros from the N.L. Central to the A.L. West.
30 teams