The Library of Congress > Linked Data Service > LC Name Authority File (LCNAF)

American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Американская лига

美國聯盟

アメリカンリーグ

אמריקן ליג


  • URI(s)

  • Variants

    • American League
    • AL (American League)
    • Major League Baseball (Organization). American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
    • Bí-kok Liân-bêng
    • Lliga Americana de Beisbol
    • Liga Americana
    • Liga Americana de Clubes de Béisbol Profesional
    • Amerika Ligo
    • Ligue américaine
    • אמריקן ליג
    • Ameriḳen Lig
    • アメリカンリーグ
    • Amerikanrīgu
    • Американская лига
    • Amerikanskai︠a︡ liga
    • Американська ліга
    • Amerykansʹka liha
    • 美國聯盟
    • Meiguo lian meng

  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Associated Locale

        United States

    • Field of Activity

      Baseball

    • Additional Related Forms

    • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Earlier Established Forms

    • Sources

      • found: Who's who in the American league.
      • found: Bulle-Twin American League news, Dec. 1966 :t.p. (American League)
      • found: Information from 678 converted Jan. 5, 2015(Est. 1899)
      • found: Wikipedia, August 3, 2015(American League; The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada; founded: January 28, 1901; countries: United States (14 teams), Canada (1 team)) Chinese (Min Nan) page (Bí-kok Liân-bêng) Catalan page (Lliga Americana de Beisbol) Spanish page (Liga Americana; formally, Liga Americana de Clubes de Béisbol Profesional) Esperanto page (Amerika Ligo) French page (Ligue américaine) Hebrew page (אמריקן ליג = Ameriḳen Lig) Japanese page (アメリカンリーグ = Amerikanrīgu) Russian page (Американская лига = Amerikanskai︠a︡ liga) Ukrainian page (Американська ліга = Amerykansʹka liha) Chinese page (美國聯盟 = Meiguo lian meng)
      • found: History of the American League, via Wikipedia, August 3, 2015(During a fall meeting of Western League owners at Chicago's Great Northern Hotel in the fall of 1899, the league's name was changed to the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; The 1901 season was the first season that the American League (AL) was classified as a "major league")
      • found: Bendix, Peter. The history of the American and National League, Part I, 2008, viewed online August 3, 2015(In 1899, Bancroft Johnson, commissioner of the Western League, renamed his league the American League. In 1901, the year after the NL contracted four teams, the American League removed itself from the National Agreement (the understanding between the National League and the various minor league circuits) and declared itself to be a Major League, alongside the National League. In 1903 the two leagues signed a new version of the National Agreement, under which they agreed that they would each be a major league, and their champions would play each other in the World Series) - http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2008/11/18/664028/the-history-of-the-america

    • Editorial Notes

      • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]

    • Instance Of

    • Scheme Membership(s)

    • Collection Membership(s)

    • Change Notes

      • 1981-02-18: new
      • 2021-05-20: revised

    • Alternate Formats