from the baseball almanac The newly developed Players League debuted with eight teams (Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) as the Buffalo Bisons recorded the greatest opening day winning margin with a 23-2 victory over the Cleveland Infants. The short-lived Players League folded in December returning all of their players to their original teams. The Pittsburgh franchise deviated from the agreement though and signed second baseman Louis Bierbauer who had originally belonged to the Philadelphia Phillies. After being accused in the papers of being �Pirates� the team adopted the nickname and refused to return Bierbauer to their cross-state rivals. The Players League listed above played for one year, 1890. The first major baseball league was the National Association that played from 1871-1875. There were nine teams that played in that first year: Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, Boston Red Stockings, Washington Olympics, New York Mutuals, Troy Haymakers, Fort Wayne Kekiongas, Cleveland Forest Citys, and Rockford Forest Citys.
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The American League (AL) of Major League Baseball (MLB) is comprised of the following teams:
AL East:
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
AL Central:
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
AL West:
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
In the American League's first season as a major league in 1901, its 8 teams were the Washington Senators (now Minnesota Twins), Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees), Milwaukee Brewers (now Baltimore Orioles), Chicago White Sox, Boston Americans (now Red Sox), Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics (now Oakland Athletics), and Cleveland Blues (now Indians).