League Alliance
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The League Alliance
was the first semi-affiliated minor league baseball
league. Proposed by Al Spalding on January 15, 1877 http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1877. Independent baseball teams were to affiliate with National League
teams, which would honor their respective contracts. The league only existed for one season, 1877, though another version was attempted in 1882.
League Alliance
The League Alliance was the first semi-affiliated minor league baseball league. Proposed by Al Spalding on January 15, 1877 . Independent baseball teams were to affiliate with National League teams, which would honor their respective contracts. The league only existed for one season, 1877, though...
was the first semi-affiliated minor league baseball
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
league. Proposed by Al Spalding on January 15, 1877 http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1877. Independent baseball teams were to affiliate with National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
teams, which would honor their respective contracts. The league only existed for one season, 1877, though another version was attempted in 1882.