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Founded in 1869, Major League Baseball is the apex of world baseball competition and the second most popular domestic sports league in North America.
MLB baseball consists of 30 teams from two conferences; the American League (14 teams) and the National League (16 teams).
The regular season format begins in April and ends in either September or early October, each team plays a 162 game regular season, one of the most intensive match schedules of any sport. The top eight teams from the regular season (Six places reserved for division champion teams, with wild card entries for the two second best league performers) then contest an elimination Play-off series in October, which culminates with the World Series finale a best of seven tournament to determine the season champions.
National Baseball League teams : Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
American Baseball League teams: Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, and Los Angeles Angels.
MLB Interesting Facts
- In Major League Baseball, the distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate is 60 feet and 6 inches. The distance between bases is 90 feet.
- A Major League Baseball team consists of a 40-man roster, with 25 active players and 15 playing in the minors or who are inactive for various reasons.
- A Major League Baseball lasts an average of 7 pitches.
- Pittsburg and Boston contested the first World Series in 1903. Boston won the 9 game series 5-3.
- The New York Yankees are the most successful Major League Baseball team in history. The Yankees have won 26 World Series Titles.
- Nolan Ryan struck out more batters in his 27 season Major League Baseball career than any other pitcher.
- Fourteen players have hit four home runs in one game: Bobby Lowe, Ed Delahanty, Lou Gehrig, Chuck Klein, Pat Seerey, Gil Hodges, Joe Adcock, Rocky Colavito, Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Bob Horner, Mark Whiten, Mike Cameron and Shawn Green.
- Barry Bonds holds the record for the most home runs in a season with 73, set in 2001.

