National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseballin the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest current professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, it is sometimes called the Senior Circuit, in contrast to MLB's other league, the American League, which was founded 25 years later. Both leagues currently have 15 teams...