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The Grand Rapids Rustlers was founded in Michigan in 1894 and were in the Western League.
In 1900 the team moved to Cleveland and was named The Cleveland Lake Shores.
Around the same time Ban Johnson changed the name of his minor league ( Western League ) to the American League.
In 1900 the American League was still considered a minor league.
In 1901 Cleveland renamed itself the " Bluebirds " when the American League broke with the National Agreement and declared itself a competing Major League.
The Cleveland franchise was among its eight charter members.
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