History of the American League
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 115 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5081-7733-1
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The History of the American League, officially known as the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs and often abbreviated AL, stretches back into the late-19th century. The American League is one of the two leagues that makes up Major League Baseball. Originally a minor league known as the Western League, the league later developed into a major league after the American Association disbanded. In its early history, the Western League struggled until 1894, when Ban Johnson became the president of the league. Johnson led the Western League into major league status and soon became the president of the newly renamed American League. The American League has one notable difference over the National League, and that is the designated hitter rule. Under the rule, a team may use a batter in their lineup who is not in the field defensively, compared to the old rule that made it mandatory for the pitcher to hit. Данное издание представляет собой...