Western League
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The Western League was a prominent late-19th-century minor baseball league that evolved into what is now known as Major League Baseball’s American League.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western League canonical | 7 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball executive
ⓘ
minor league baseball organization ⓘ professional baseball league ⓘ |
| classification | minor league ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | professional ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| governedBy |
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
ⓘ
surface form:
National Agreement of Professional Baseball Leagues
|
| historicalSignificance | key step in the development of modern Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | minor league ⓘ |
| notableContribution | helped establish the American League as a rival to the National League ⓘ |
| notablePresident | Ban Johnson ⓘ |
| originalFunction | regional minor league for Midwestern and Western clubs ⓘ |
| playedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| positionHeld |
president of the American League
ⓘ
president of the Western League ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | American League ⓘ |
| relationshipToMLB | evolved into a major league under the name American League ⓘ |
| reorganizationPeriod | 1890s ⓘ |
| reorganizedBy | Ban Johnson ⓘ |
| roleInBaseballHistory | direct forerunner of the American League as a major league ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successorOf | Western League self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
American League
subject surface form:
American League