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The Western League was the name of several minor league baseball leagues that operated between 1885 and 1899. These leagues were focused mainly in the Midwestern United States. The 1893 incarnation of the league hired Ban Johnson as president in 1894. In 1900, Johnson renamed it the American League and declared that it was now a major league, intending to compete against the older National League of 1876, which was centered in the American Northeast states.

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  • The Western League was the name of several minor league baseball leagues that operated between 1885 and 1899. These leagues were focused mainly in the Midwestern United States. The 1893 incarnation of the league hired Ban Johnson as president in 1894. In 1900, Johnson renamed it the American League and declared that it was now a major league, intending to compete against the older National League of 1876, which was centered in the American Northeast states. (en)
  • ウェスタンリーグ（正式名: The Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs、通称は単に “Western League”）は、1885年2月11日に設立され、米国中西部チームを中心に運営されたプロ野球マイナーリーグ。 幾度かの経営破綻と再編を経て、1893年11月20日にバン・ジョンソンがリーグ会長に就任した以降に最盛期を迎えた。 1900年にはリーグ名称をアメリカンリーグと変え、翌1901年には既存のナショナルリーグ（1876年創立）に対抗する、主として米国北東部チーム主体のメジャーリーグとなった。 (ja)
  • La Western League era una minor league del baseball USA, lega minore o regionale, che svolse la propria attività nella regione del Midwest degli Stati Uniti alla fine del XIX secolo. Fondata nel 1893 e diretta dall'uomo d'affari Ban Johnson, fu trasformata nel 1900 nell'American League con l'obiettivo di diventare lega nazionale e ospitare alcune franchigie che erano state scartate dalla National League.Nel 1901 la American League ottenne il titolo di major league ed assieme alla National League forma tutt'oggi la Major League Baseball. (it)
  • A Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs (Liga Ocidental de Clubes Profissionais de Beisebol), mais conhecida apenas como Western League, foi uma competição profissional de beisebol, que fazia parte do circuito de ligas menores, sendo fundada em 11 de Fevereiro de 1885 chegando ao seu fim em 1900, quando foi renomeada como American League, passando assim a ser uma liga maior, se unindo a Major League Baseball. (pt)
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  • 1885-02-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Chicago White Stockings
  • Indianapolis (4)
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  • Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs (en)
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  • 1885-02-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Indianapolis (en)
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  • The Western League was the name of several minor league baseball leagues that operated between 1885 and 1899. These leagues were focused mainly in the Midwestern United States. The 1893 incarnation of the league hired Ban Johnson as president in 1894. In 1900, Johnson renamed it the American League and declared that it was now a major league, intending to compete against the older National League of 1876, which was centered in the American Northeast states. (en)
  • ウェスタンリーグ（正式名: The Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs、通称は単に “Western League”）は、1885年2月11日に設立され、米国中西部チームを中心に運営されたプロ野球マイナーリーグ。 幾度かの経営破綻と再編を経て、1893年11月20日にバン・ジョンソンがリーグ会長に就任した以降に最盛期を迎えた。 1900年にはリーグ名称をアメリカンリーグと変え、翌1901年には既存のナショナルリーグ（1876年創立）に対抗する、主として米国北東部チーム主体のメジャーリーグとなった。 (ja)
  • La Western League era una minor league del baseball USA, lega minore o regionale, che svolse la propria attività nella regione del Midwest degli Stati Uniti alla fine del XIX secolo. Fondata nel 1893 e diretta dall'uomo d'affari Ban Johnson, fu trasformata nel 1900 nell'American League con l'obiettivo di diventare lega nazionale e ospitare alcune franchigie che erano state scartate dalla National League.Nel 1901 la American League ottenne il titolo di major league ed assieme alla National League forma tutt'oggi la Major League Baseball. (it)
  • A Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs (Liga Ocidental de Clubes Profissionais de Beisebol), mais conhecida apenas como Western League, foi uma competição profissional de beisebol, que fazia parte do circuito de ligas menores, sendo fundada em 11 de Fevereiro de 1885 chegando ao seu fim em 1900, quando foi renomeada como American League, passando assim a ser uma liga maior, se unindo a Major League Baseball. (pt)
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  • Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs (it)
  • ウェスタンリーグ (オリジナル) (ja)
  • Western League (pt)
  • Western League (1885–1899) (en)
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