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Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | National League (NL), (1876) American League (AL), (1901) National Agreement signed, (1903) Merged into one organization, (2000) |
Commissioner | Rob Manfred |
No. of teams | 30 |
Countries | United States (29 teams) Canada (1 team) |
Headquarters | 1271 Avenue of the Americas |
Most recent champion(s) | Texas Rangers |
Most titles | New York Yankees (27 titles) |
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Official website | MLB.com |
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America. It is often considered to be the highest level of professional baseball in the world. There are two leagues that make up the MLB: the American League, also called AL, and National League, also called NL. There are currently 30 teams in the MLB, 29 from the United States and one from Canada, the Toronto Blue Jays.
The official website of MLB is known as "MLB.com" (www.mlb.com).