NA Champions
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Team
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National Association
(NA)
History 1871-1875 (5 seasons)
The NA was the first professional baseball league. Its status as a major league is in dispute. Major League Baseball and the Baseball Hall of Fame do not recognize...
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), or simply the National Association (NA), was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season. It succeeded and incorporated several professional clubs from the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP); in turn several of its clubs created the succeeding
what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.