Major League Baseball

Summary

Major League Baseball is a baseball league^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of baseball_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,585 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Major League Baseball is in the country of United States^[3].
• Major League Baseball is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Major League Baseball's instance of is recorded as baseball league^[5].
• Major League Baseball's instance of is recorded as professional sports league^[6].
• Major League Baseball's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[7].
• Major League Baseball's child organization or unit is recorded as National League^[8].
• Major League Baseball's child organization or unit is recorded as American League^[9].
• Major League Baseball's Commons category is recorded as Major League Baseball^[10].
• Major League Baseball's edition number is recorded as 144^[11].
• Major League Baseball comprises American League^[12].
• Major League Baseball comprises National League^[13].
• January 1, 1869 marks the founding of Major League Baseball^[14].
• 1903 marks the founding of Major League Baseball^[15].
• Major League Baseball's sport is recorded as baseball^[16].
• Major League Baseball's official website is recorded as https://www.mlb.com/^[17].
• Major League Baseball's official website is recorded as https://www.mlb.com/es^[18].
• Major League Baseball's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Major League Baseball^[19].
• Major League Baseball involved {'amount': '+30'} participants^[20].
• Major League Baseball's number of matches played/races/starts is recorded as {'amount': '+162'}^[21].
• Major League Baseball's topic has template is recorded as Template:MLB^[22].
• Major League Baseball's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MLB'}^[23].
• Major League Baseball's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '美國職棒'}^[24].
• Major League Baseball's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '美国职棒'}^[25].
• Major League Baseball's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '大リーグ'}^[26].
• Major League Baseball's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'МЛБ'}^[27].

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Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1869^[14] and 1903^[15].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MLB'}^[23], {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '美國職棒'}^[24], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '美国职棒'}^[25], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '大リーグ'}^[26], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'МЛБ'}^[27], and {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'ام\u200cال\u200cبی'}^[28].

Operations

Major League Baseball's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[7]. Subsidiaries include National League^[8], a sports league^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1876^[31] and American League^[9], a sports league^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1901^[34].

Why It Matters

Major League Baseball ranks in the top 2% of baseball_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,585 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]