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The American League (or formally the American League of
Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League
Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. It developed from a minor
league, the Western League, that eventually aspired to major league status.
The organization renamed itself the American League on October 11, 1899, and
placed teams in the abandoned Cleveland market as well as on the south side of
Chicago. This was done with the approval of the National League, which was
sufficiently self-absorbed with their own internal bickering that they did not
recognize the potential AL threat to the major league monopoly they had enjoyed
since the American Association had folded a decade earlier.
During the 1900 season, the rechristened AL was still a minor league circuit
subject to the National Agreement. Learning that many major leaguers were
discontented with the National League, the AL leaders saw an opportunity. The AL
declined to renew its National Agreement membership when it expired in October
of 1900, and on January 28, 1901, the American officially declared itself a
major league. It continued to expand into major league cities and to hire
disgrunted National League players. A roster war was on.
The older National League at first refused to recognize the new league, but
reality set in as talent and money drained away to the new league. After two
years of bitter contention a new version of the National Agreement was signed in
1903. This meant formal acceptance of each league by the other as an equal
partner in major league baseball.
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