October 11, 1899:
In a meeting in Chicago on October 11, 1899, the Western League renamed itself the American League.
The members of the Western League from 1894 to 1900:
Detroit Tigers (only WL charter member in its original city)
Sioux City Cornhuskers → St. Paul Saints, 1895 → Chicago White Stockings, 1900 (renamed Chicago White Sox, 1903)
Milwaukee Brewers → St. Louis Browns, 1902 → Baltimore Orioles, 1954
Grand Rapids Rustlers → Cleveland Blues, 1900 (renamed Cleveland Broncos, 1902, Cleveland Naps, 1903, and Cleveland Indians, 1915)
Had transferred to St. Joseph, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska in 1898 before returning to Michigan in 1899.
Kansas City Blues → Washington Senators, 1900 → Minnesota Twins, 1961
Toledo White Stockings → Columbus Buckeyes, 1896 → replaced by Buffalo, 1899
Buffalo Bisons, 1899 → dropped for newly organized Boston Red Sox, 1901
Minneapolis Millers → dropped 1901
Indianapolis Indians → dropped 1901
Baltimore (moved to New York in 1903 and later became the Yankees), Philadelphia and Boston were added in 1901.
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