Franchise/Team IDs

The file linked below is comma delimited. There are 149 team-league combinations listed in the file.

The fields are:

Team Abbreviation
League
City
Nickname
First year of this combination
Last year of this combination (most recent season for current franchises)

The league codes are:

NA = National Association
NL = National League
AA = American Association
UA = Union Association
PL = Players League
AA = American League
FL = Federal League

The file has been modified from the version that was posted:

The league field now contains the two letter entries shown above rather than the single letter codes.
ID PTU (Pittsburgh in Union Association) removed because there is no data on the site for it. The CHU franchise has been changed to Chicago-Pittsburgh because the team moved in August, 1884.
Nicknames have been added to replace "Unions" for teams in the UA.
Current team nicknames replaced early ones for CLE and NYA.

Note: We are currently revising this file, so it is not available

File with nicknames for current teams including historical ones for the franchises as well as league/division memberships.

Page Updated: 8/13/2011