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The first team to play under the modern rules was the
New York Knickerbockers. The president of the club, Alexander Cartwrite, wrote the rules to the game that grew to be the national pastime of America. -
The National Association of Baseball Players was created as an amateur league for ball clubs acrosss the country. It was the first ever national baseball league.
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The NAPBBP was formed as the first national professional league. This league was an expansion of the NABBP to compensate for the growing popularity of the league.
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THe NAPBBP ended due to failing ball clubs as players jumped teams for more money. This was a problem as the higher paying ball clubs had all of the best players.
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The National League was created by William Hulbert after the NABBP proved inaffective and was shut down. William Hulbert put an emphasis on clubs rather than players by organizing the rules so that teams had to play all of their scheduled and players could not switch teams for more money.
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THe Western League was created by Ban Johnson to rival the National League by grabbing the best players and making the best teams.
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The Western League was renamed the American League nd moved 8 of it's franchise's to more strategic locations n hopes of creating a major league.
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Patrick T. Powers created a lower level league called the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues which he used to sell players to major leagues like the National or American league.
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Jackie Robinson became the first ever Negro to play Major League Baseball and changed the game so that negros could play major league ball.
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The American and National join forces. Led by the commisioner of baseball.
