· The White Sox were established as one of the eight AL charter franchises in 1901 as the Chicago White Stockings. · When then owner Charles Comiskey moved the team in 1900 to Chicago from St. Paul they were called the Saints and decided to adopt the old name of the Cubs. They shortened the […]
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· The Tigers were established as one of the eight AL charter franchises in 1901. They were a minor league team in the Western League in 1894 where they are the only team that still remains in its original city and is the oldest continuous one name, one city franchise in the AL. · They
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· The Indians were established as one of the eight AL charter franchises in 1901 as the Cleveland Bluebirds. · The franchise originated in 1884 as the Grand Rapid Rustlers a minor league team in the Western League. When the team moved to Cleveland they became the Lake Shores. After being the Bluebirds they became
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· The Twins were established as one of the eight AL charter franchises in 1901 as the Washington Senators. · They were the Senators for sixty years before moving to Minnesota in 1961. · They got their name because of the twin cities area that includes two adjoining cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. ·
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· The Royals were established as an expansion franchise in 1969. · They got their name from a name the team contest where the winner got the idea from the American Royal livestock show-horse show-rodeo and barbeque championship completion held annually since 1899 in Kansas City. There were also two teams in the Negro leagues
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· The Yankees were established as team in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles because the Giants blocked their initial move when the AL started. · They moved to New York and became the Highlanders for ten seasons before coming the Yankees. · They got their name from a New York Press editor who coined the
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· The Red Sox were established as one of the eight AL charter franchises in 1901 as the Boston Americans. · Owner John Taylor choose the name Red Sox in 1908 because there was an opening to get the name after the NL team went all white and they went red after being blue. ·
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· The Orioles were established as one of the eight AL charter franchises in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers. · They then moved to St. Louis Missouri and became the Browns for fifty two seasons. · They moved to Baltimore in 1954 and became the Orioles. They got their name from it being the official
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· The Blue Jays were established as an expansion team in 1977. · They got their name from a name the team contest because the chairman thought it was the most appropriate from the names submitted. It took its color scheme from the two major Toronto teams in the Maple Leafs and the Argonauts. ·
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· The Rays were established as an expansion team in 1998 as the Devil Rays. · They changed their name to the Rays in 2008. · They got their name from a name the team contest with String Rays being the winner but due to trademarks by a Hawaiian Winter League team they went with
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