one of the two professional baseball leagues in the United States and Canada
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 the
Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, that eventually aspired to
major league status. The A.L. is often called the Junior Circuit because it was elevated to Major League status in 1901, 25 years after the formation of the
National League. Initially in
1903, and then annually from
1905, the regular season champions of the two leagues have met in the
World Series. (There was also no World Series in
1994, when a strike curtailed the season with no League champion decided.) Through the
2006 season, American League teams have won 60 of the 102 World Series played.
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