⚾ MLB: 1894-2020
127
One of the eight original American League teams beginning with the 1901 season.
🏈 NFL: 1929-2020
92
🏀 NBA: 1941-2020
80
NHL: 1927-2020
94
Founded in 1926, known as the Detroit Cougars until 1930, for a few years as the Detroit Falcons, and in 1932, they changed their name to the Red Wings.
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WHA: 1975-1975
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🏀 NPBL: 1951-1951
1
🏀 NBL: 1949-1949
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The Vagabond Kings only played half a season in the NBL before dropping out and being replaced by the Dayton Rens. They continued playing barnstorming games well into the 1950s.
🏀 NBL: 1945-1948
4
🏀 PBLA: 1948-1948
1
🏀 NBL: 1947-1947
1
🏀 BAA: 1947-1947
1
🏀 WPBT: 1944-1946
3
⚾ USNL: 1945-1945
1
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
🏀 WPBT: 1940-1943
4
🏀 WPBT: 1942-1942
1
🏀 WPBT: 1939-1940
2
⚾ NAL: 1937-1937
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Charter member of the NAL, but the team disbanded after their only season. This was the third version of the Detroit Stars franchise, all otherwise unrelated.
🏀 MBC: 1936-1937
2
🏀 MBC: 1936-1936
1
⚾ NNL: 1933-1933
1
Five years after the demise of the original Indianapolis ABCs, Negro league baseball came back to Indianapolis. Within a few years the Cole's American Giants moved their 1933 home games to Indianapolis, forcing the ABCs move the club to Detroit shortly after opening day.
⚾ NEWL: 1932-1932
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The team was owned by Cum Posey, founder of the league, who also owned the Homestead Grays and shuffled players between the two teams. The Wolves posted the best record in the league, but folded with the rest of the league half way through its only season.
⚾ NNL1: 1919-1931
13
Founded in 1919, Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the most powerful teams in the West. After the collapse of the NNL at the end of 1931, the team folded and were replaced by the Detroit Wolves of the East–West League
🏀 NPBL1: 1930-1930
1
🏀 NPBL1: 1930-1930
1
🏈 NFL: 1928-1928
1
🏀 ABL1: 1928-1928
1
🏀 ABL1: 1926-1927
2
🏈 NFL: 1925-1926
2
🏈 NFL: 1911-1921
11
IHL: 1905-1907
3
IHL: 1905-1907
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IHL: 1905-1907
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⚾ Negro: 1895-1898
4
One of the nation's top teams in the Negro leagues. The 1898 tour was the club's last, as the team morphed into the new Columbia Giants in Chicago.
⚾ AL: 1894-1897
4
One of the eight original American League teams beginning with the 1901 season.
⚾ NL: 1881-1888
8
After 8 years in the National League, the franchise folded following the 1888 season.
⚾ NABBP: 1860-1860
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