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What US cities, at any time in their history, have had two or more MLB teams?

Question #104652. Asked by star_gazer.
Last updated Jun 13 2021.

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Chicago is one, being home to the Cubs and the White Sox.

link http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/114.html



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Apr 12 2009, 2:21 PM
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Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis

link http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/

Apr 12 2009, 2:27 PM
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The Angels played in Los Angeles from 1961 - 1964, so you could add Los Angeles to the list.

link http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/


Apr 12 2009, 2:28 PM
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Boston would be another with the Boston Braves.

link http://armchairgm.wikia.com/1914_Boston_Braves

And the Boston Red Sox.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox


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Apr 12 2009, 3:01 PM
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Detroit - Wolverines

The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th century baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In total, they won 426 games and lost 437 before disbanding, taking their lone pennant in 1887.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Wolverines

Detroit - Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1894.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Tigers

Apr 12 2009, 6:00 PM
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MLB teams are considered to be those from 1901, when the American and National Leagues were established, to the present. Before that, there were many teams with short-term affiliations with different cities and leagues, and many teams shared the same home town.

Originally (1901) Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York had two teams. In 1902 St Louis got a second team. In 1903 New York gained a third team, the Highlanders, later to be known as the Yankees. In 1958 the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angele; the 1961 expansion which created the Los Angeles Angels made LA the 6th city to have two MLB teams at the same time.

link http://everything2.com/title/Major%2520League%2520Baseball%2520Teams

Apr 12 2009, 6:30 PM
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Im no MLB expert but I found the following

The first year of the National League was 1876. The teams playing that year were from Chicago, St. Louis, Hartford, Boston, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati.

The first year of the American League was 1901. The teams playing then were from Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, and Milwaukee.

link http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbaseball.htm


Apr 12 2009, 8:03 PM
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If you interpret the question to mean that the two teams were there at any time, not necessarily at the same time, there are a lot more answers. In addition to the 6 cities from the 20th century which had two or more teams at the same time, we also need to add the following cities who have had two or more franchises, although not at the same time:
Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Toledo and Washington.

If you also include 19th century franchises that are not considered to have been major league teams, the list gets even longer!

link http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/

Apr 12 2009, 11:17 PM
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