His minor league playing career lasted through 1895.

The first attempt at forming a " major league " produced the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, which lasted from 1871 to 1875.

Several minor league teams in Toledo lasted for short durations late in the 1880s and during the 1890s.

Baseball returned to Alexandria again in 1972, with the Aces as the San Diego Padres ' AA farm club, and while it only lasted four years, many major league notables passed through Alexandria-in particular All-Star pitcher Randy Jones and longtime Cleveland Indians first baseman John Grubb.

Three leagues competed for the Cup: two league champions faced each other for the right to challenge the third champion in the final series .< ref >< nowiki > Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey </ nowiki >, pp. 20 – 21 </ ref > This lasted three seasons as the PCHA and the WCHL later merged to form the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) in 1925 .< ref name =" DiamondPrize-21 ">< nowiki > Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey </ nowiki >, p. 21 </ ref > After winning in the 1924 – 25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup.

Although Keegan's Southampton career only lasted two years, Saints fielded an attractive side also containing Alan Ball, prolific scorer of goals Ted MacDougall, ( who still holds the record for the largest number of goals in an FA Cup game – 9 – for Bournemouth against Margate in an 11 – 0 win ), MacDougall's strike partner at Bournemouth and Norwich Phil Boyer, club stalwart Mick Channon and Charlie George and in 1980 – 81 they scored 76 goals, finishing in sixth place, then their highest league finish.

The league lasted until the 1984 NASL season.

But triumph only lasted for a week, as they again missed the league final with their 2 – 1 Eastern Conference Final loss to eventual champion Columbus.

Mendoza only managed Monclova for part of his first season back in the Mexico League, however his playing career in Mexico lasted seven seasons after his major league career ended.

Bluefield's fifty-three season affiliation with the Orioles, which lasted from 1958 to 2010, is the oldest continuous affiliation with the same major league franchise in Minor League Baseball.

" The league lasted only one season, and Beckley spent the next five and a half seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Queen's only lasted two seasons in the top Division and were relegated in 1958, having only won 4 league games all season, and losing heavily on many occasions.

Cusack lasted just eight games into the following season, and was sacked after a 1 – 0 defeat at league debutants Boston United put the Swans on the bottom of the Football League for the first time ever.

After a spectacular minor league career commencing in Terre Haute of the Three-I League in 1901, Brown came to the majors rather late, at age 26, in 1903, and lasted until 1916 when he was close to 40.

However, pressure from other teams in the league over the number of American players Derby used forced them to resign at the end of the league's first season, though the baseball club itself lasted until 1898.

The league lasted nine years before it disbanded following the 2006-07 season.

During a 6-year league career which lasted from 1872 until 1877, Cummings compiled a 145-94 career record and 2. 49 ERA while playing for five different teams.

The league only lasted one season, after which Grange's team, the New York Yankees, was assimilated into the NFL.

In the 1985 – 86 they won their first 10 games of the league season to build a comfortable lead at the top of the table which lasted into the new year.

The team returned for the abbreviated 1975 campaign and lasted until the league ceased operations in mid-season.

The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884.

The Grays did join the American Negro League in 1929, but that league lasted only one season.

The merged club lasted only until 2002 when it split again, with the Bears returning, but this time in the NSWRL competition the second-tier rugby league competition, where they continue to play today.

None of these ventures lasted long, however Wales remained a source of playing talent for rugby league.

They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado -- as, when his bodyguard, Yankee Schwartz, complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller, a prize-fight referee, chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation, who were Hirschey, a gambler-politician in loose beer-running league with Torrio and O'Banion, Frank, a policeman, and Max, the youngest.

In 1908 he was involved in trying to start a new professional baseball league, the " Union Professional League " which took the field in April but folded one month later.

In the wars of Philip V of Macedon and the Epirotes against the Aetolian league ( 220 – 205 ) Ambracia passed from one alliance to the other, but ultimately joined the latter confederacy.

In one case from the 5th century BC, the ten treasurers of the Delian league ( the Hellenotamiai ) were accused at their scrutinies of misappropriation of funds.

The club is historically one of the three clubs that dominate the Dutch national football league ( Eredivisie ), the others being PSV and Feyenoord.

* In Cheers, the slow-witted bartender known as " Coach " in one episode claimed to hold a minor league record for being hit by pitches.

On August 22, 1982, Glenn Brummer stole home in the bottom of the 12th inning of a tie game, thus accomplishing a walk-off straight steal of home, one of the very few in major league history.

Each top-level team has a farm system of one or more minor league teams.

In its 12-year history as an amateur league, the Brooklyn Atlantics won seven championships, establishing themselves as the first true dynasty in the sport, although, the New York Mutuals were widely considered to be one of the best teams of the era as well.

The Union Association survived for only one season ( 1884 ), as did the Players League ( 1890 ), an attempt to return to the National Association structure of a league controlled by the players themselves.

Nineteen-year-old rookie first baseman Fred Merkle, later to become one of the best players at his position in the league, was on first base, with teammate Moose McCormick on third with two out and the game tied.

In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is annually given to one player from each league as voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ).

As a result of several franchise shifts, the Brewers were one of only two Western League teams that didn't fold, move or get kicked out of the league ( the other being the Detroit Tigers ).

The White Sox are one of two major league clubs based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League.

The Browns came into 1954 as one of the most powerful teams in the NFL, having reached the championship in each of their first four years in the league.

With the league rules permitting teams to wear their third jersey twice in the regular season and once in the preseason, the Panthers reserve the use of their alternate light blue jersey for a home game when there are one or two games that they don't wear them on the road.

The Cubs are one of the two remaining charter members of the National League ( the other being the Atlanta Braves ) and one of two active major league clubs based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago White Sox of the American League.

Although shortstop Ernie Banks would become one of the star players in the league during the next decade, finding help for him proved a difficult task, as quality players such as Hank Sauer were few and far between.

The award was originally given to the single best pitcher in the major leagues, but in 1967, after the retirement of Frick, the award was given to one pitcher in each league.

Young led his league in fewest walks per nine innings thirteen times and finished second one season.

The honor was divided into two Cy Young Awards in 1967, one for each league.

In that same year, Smith became the first player to win the Super Bowl, the NFL rushing title ( i. e. lead the league in rushing ), the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, and the Super Bowl MVP all in one season.

Despite the championship, the team did not draw enough fans to stay solvent at the major league level, as Detroit was at the time one of the smallest cities in the National League and its rapid industry-fueled growth was still several years in the future.