Organized baseball

Not to be confused with professional baseball.
Headline and lead of a November 1914 article written by Frank G. Menke discussing tension between organized baseball and the Federal League ("Feds").

Organized baseball is an outdated term that collectively describes what is now known as Major League Baseball (MLB) and its various affiliated minor leagues, under the authority of the Commissioner of Baseball. Historically, these leagues were bound by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL), an agreement signed in 1901 that is considered the first to formally establish Minor League Baseball.[1] The agreement included provisions to respect the player reserve lists of clubs in each league.

  1. ^ "How Minor League Baseball Teams Work: History of the Minors". howstuffworks.com. April 2000. Retrieved April 21, 2021.