
⚾ MLB: 1962-2018
(57 seasons)
Joined the National League as an expansion team to begin the 1962 season.

⚾ MLB: 1901-2018
(118 seasons)
One of the eight original American League teams beginning with the 1901 season.
Left Baltimore and relocated to New York to begin the 1903 season.

🏈 NFL: 1925-2018
(94 seasons)

🏈 NFL: 1960-2018
(59 seasons)

🏀 NBA: 1947-2018
(72 seasons)

🏀 NBA: 1968-2018
(51 seasons)

NHL: 1975-2018
(44 seasons)

NHL: 1973-2018
(46 seasons)

NHL: 1927-2018
(92 seasons)
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WHA: 1973-1974
(2 seasons)
33-43 average record
33-43 average record

🏀 ABL3: 1962-1962
(1 season)

⚾ MLB: 1884-1957
(74 seasons)
76-71 average record
76-71 average record
Left the American Association to join the National League to begin the 1890 season.
Left Brooklyn and relocated to Los Angeles to begin the 1957 season.
Franchise currently exists as the Los Angeles Dodgers.

⚾ MLB: 1883-1957
(75 seasons)
81-65 average record
81-65 average record
Entered the National League in 1883.
Left New York and relocated to San Francisco to begin the 1958 season.

🏀 ABL: 1950-1953
(4 seasons)
Team folded at the end of the 1951/1952 season.

🏀 ABL: 1949-1952
(4 seasons)

🏈 NFL: 1949-1951
(3 seasons)
3-8 average record
3-8 average record

🏀 ABL: 1945-1951
(7 seasons)

🏈 AAFC: 1946-1949
(4 seasons)
9-4 average record
9-4 average record

🏀 ABL: 1945-1949
(5 seasons)

⚾ NNL: 1935-1948
(14 seasons)
20-21 average record
20-21 average record

⚾ NNL: 1935-1948
(14 seasons)
27-20 average record
27-20 average record

⚾ NNL: 1937-1948
(12 seasons)
8-24 average record
8-24 average record

🏈 AAFC: 1946-1948
(3 seasons)
3-11 average record
3-11 average record

🏀 ABL: 1947-1947
(1 season)

🏀 ABL: 1947-1947
(1 season)
The team folded during their only season.

⚾ USNL: 1945-1946
(2 seasons)
8-19 average record
8-19 average record

🏈 NFL: 1930-1944
(15 seasons)
4-7 average record
4-7 average record

🏀 ABL: 1944-1944
(1 season)

🏀 ABL: 1943-1944
(2 seasons)
Moved to Brooklyn during on January 18, 1943 and dropped out of league during the 1st half of the 1943/44 season.

🏀 ABL: 1932-1943
(12 seasons)
13-4 average record
13-4 average record
The team dropped out during the 1st half of the 1941/42 season, but returned for the next season, before folding.

NHL: 1926-1942
(17 seasons)
15-24 average record
15-24 average record

🏈 AFL3: 1940-1941
(2 seasons)
5-4 average record
5-4 average record

🏀 ABL: 1941-1941
(1 season)

🏀 ABL: 1932-1940
(9 seasons)
11-6 average record
11-6 average record
Absorbed into the New York Jewels on January 26, 1940

🏀 ABL: 1910-1940
(31 seasons)
13-11 average record
13-11 average record
Absorbed into the Troy Celtics on December 19, 1939.

🏀 ABL: 1922-1939
(18 seasons)
12-8 average record
12-8 average record

🏀 ABL: 1938-1938
(1 season)
They dropped out of the league on January 11, 1938 near the halfway point of their first and only season.

🏈 AFL2: 1936-1937
(2 seasons)
4-3 average record
4-3 average record

🏀 ABL: 1923-1937
(15 seasons)
7-10 average record
7-10 average record

🏈 AFL2: 1936-1936
(1 season)
0-6 record
0-6 record

🏀 ABL: 1936-1936
(1 season)

⚾ NNL: 1935-1935
(1 season)
17-33 record
17-33 record

🏀 ABL: 1934-1935
(2 seasons)
Merged with the Newark Mules to become the New Britain Mules for the second half of the 1934-35 season, folding thereafter.

🏀 ABL: 1934-1935
(2 seasons)
Merged with the New Britain Jackaways to become the New Britain Mules on January 18, 1935, folding thereafter.

🏀 ABL: 1933-1934
(2 seasons)
7-13 average record
7-13 average record

🏀 MBL2: 1932-1933
(2 seasons)
10-6 average record
10-6 average record

🏀 MBL2: 1932-1933
(2 seasons)
6-8 average record
6-8 average record

🏀 MBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
6-12 record
6-12 record

🏀 MBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
3-9 record
3-9 record

🏀 MBL2: 1932-1933
(2 seasons)
2-11 average record
2-11 average record

🏀 MBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
3-12 record
3-12 record

🏀 MBL2: 1933-1933
(1 season)
1-10 record
1-10 record

⚾ NEWL: 1932-1932
(1 season)
0-4 record
0-4 record

🏈 NFL: 1929-1932
(4 seasons)
4-6 average record
4-6 average record

🏀 MBL2: 1932-1932
(1 season)
4-8 record
4-8 record

🏀 ABL1: 1910-1931
(22 seasons)
12-12 average record
12-12 average record

🏀 ABL1: 1931-1931
(1 season)
5-10 record
5-10 record

🏈 NFL: 1902-1930
(29 seasons)
2-8 average record
2-8 average record
In 1929 Ole Haugsrud, the owner of Duluth Eskimos, sold his NFL franchise rights for the Eskimos to Piggy Simandl, a wholesale meat salesman and sports promoter from Orange, who named his franchise the Orange Tornadoes

🏀 ABL1: 1922-1930
(9 seasons)
14-7 average record
14-7 average record

⚾ ANL: 1923-1929
(7 seasons)
18-22 average record
18-22 average record

⚾ ANL: 1923-1929
(7 seasons)
38-29 average record
38-29 average record

⚾ ANL: 1923-1929
(7 seasons)
26-25 average record
26-25 average record

⚾ ECL: 1907-1928
(22 seasons)
11-17 average record
11-17 average record

🏈 NFL: 1926-1928
(3 seasons)
7-7 average record
7-7 average record
C. C. Pyle

🏀 MBL: 1923-1928
(6 seasons)
8-7 average record
8-7 average record

🏀 MBL: 1910-1928
(19 seasons)
16-20 average record
16-20 average record

🏀 MBL: 1920-1928
(9 seasons)
13-6 average record
13-6 average record

🏀 MBL: 1910-1928
(19 seasons)
19-9 average record
19-9 average record

🏀 MBL: 1910-1928
(19 seasons)
15-16 average record
15-16 average record

⚾ ECL: 1924-1927
(4 seasons)
38-25 average record
38-25 average record

🏀 NBL2: 1927-1927
(1 season)
8-13 record
8-13 record

🏀 NBL2: 1927-1927
(1 season)
2-9 record
2-9 record
On November 16, 1926, Ridgewood-Orange merged with Newburgh-Jersey City to form Ridgewood-Newburgh franchise.

🏀 NBL2: 1927-1927
(1 season)
1-9 record
1-9 record
On November 16, 1926, Ridgewood-Orange merged with Newburgh-Jersey City to form Ridgewood -Newburgh franchise.

🏀 NBL2: 1927-1927
(1 season)
3-12 record
3-12 record
On November 16, 1926, Ridgewood-Orange merged with Newburgh-Jersey City to form Ridgewood -Newburgh franchise.

🏀 MBL: 1922-1927
(6 seasons)
9-8 average record
9-8 average record

🏀 MBL: 1923-1927
(5 seasons)
7-9 average record
7-9 average record

🏀 MBL: 1927-1927
(1 season)
5-3 record
5-3 record

⚾ ECL: 1926-1926
(1 season)
1-10 record
1-10 record

🏈 AFLG: 1926-1926
(1 season)
2-6 record
2-6 record
Humbert Fugazy

🏈 AFLG: 1926-1926
(1 season)
0-3 record
0-3 record
William Coughlin1

🏈 ELPF: 1926-1926
(1 season)
1-6 record
1-6 record

🏈 ELPF: 1926-1926
(1 season)
2-4 record
2-4 record

🏀 ABL1: 1926-1926
(1 season)
10-6 record
10-6 record

🏀 MBL: 1926-1926
(1 season)
3-11 record
3-11 record

🏀 MBL: 1926-1926
(1 season)
5-4 record
5-4 record

🏀 NYSL: 1912-1924
(13 seasons)
12-16 average record
12-16 average record

🏀 NYSL: 1912-1924
(13 seasons)
15-14 average record
15-14 average record

🏀 NYSL: 1913-1924
(12 seasons)
13-15 average record
13-15 average record

🏀 NYSL: 1916-1924
(9 seasons)
13-9 average record
13-9 average record

🏀 NYSL: 1916-1924
(9 seasons)
11-11 average record
11-11 average record

🏀 NYSL: 1917-1924
(8 seasons)
5-10 average record 1
5-10 average record 1

🏀 EBL: 1911-1923
(13 seasons)
14-11 average record
14-11 average record

🏀 MBL: 1922-1923
(2 seasons)
8-12 average record
8-12 average record

🏀 MBL: 1922-1923
(2 seasons)
11-9 average record
11-9 average record

🏀 MBL: 1923-1923
(1 season)
9-9 record
9-9 record

🏀 MBL: 1916-1923
(8 seasons)
10-10 average record
10-10 average record

🏀 MBL: 1922-1922
(1 season)
7-13 record
7-13 record

🏈 NFL: 1921-1921
(1 season)
0-2 record
0-2 record

🏀 CSL: 1917-1921
(5 seasons)
9-8 average record
9-8 average record

🏀 IBL: 1917-1920
(4 seasons)
3-8 average record
3-8 average record

🏀 IBL: 1920-1920
(1 season)
6-9 record
6-9 record

🏈 WPPFC: 1894-1919
(26 seasons)

🏀 IBL: 1917-1917
(1 season)
2-16 record
2-16 record

🏀 IBL: 1917-1917
(1 season)
15-5 record
15-5 record

🏀 IBL: 1917-1917
(1 season)
7-12 record
7-12 record

🏀 IBL: 1916-1916
(1 season)
6-12 record
6-12 record

🏀 IBL: 1916-1916
(1 season)
3-6 record
3-6 record

🏀 IBL: 1916-1916
(1 season)
2-9 record
2-9 record

🏀 NYSL: 1916-1916
(1 season)
12-24 record
12-24 record

⚾ FL: 1914-1915
(2 seasons)
74-80 average record
74-80 average record
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.

⚾ FL: 1915-1915
(1 season)
80-72 record
80-72 record
Relocated from Indiana to New Jersey for marketing purposes by Federal League executives after the team won the 1914 championship.
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.

🏀 NYSL: 1910-1914
(5 seasons)
6-17 average record
6-17 average record

🏀 NYSL: 1910-1914
(5 seasons)
13-24 average record
13-24 average record

🏈 NYPFL: 1913-1913
(1 season)
8-0 record 1
8-0 record 1

⚾ USBL: 1912-1912
(1 season)
2-15 record
2-15 record
New York disbanded May 26, 1912

🏀 HRBL: 1910-1912
(3 seasons)
11-16 average record
11-16 average record

🏀 HRBL: 1912-1912
(1 season)
8-8 record
8-8 record

🏀 HRBL: 1911-1911
(1 season)
2-20 record
2-20 record

⚾ NACB: 1907-1910
(4 seasons)

⚾ NACB: 1907-1909
(3 seasons)

🏀 MCBL: 1904-1904
(1 season)
12-5 record
12-5 record

🏈 WPPFC: 1903-1903
(1 season)

🏈 WPPFC: 1897-1903
(7 seasons)

🏈 WPPFC: 1903-1903
(1 season)

🏀 NBL1: 1900-1903
(4 seasons)
13-9 average record
13-9 average record

⚾ AA: 1890-1890
(1 season)
26-72 record
26-72 record
Failed to finish their only season, folding in August of 1890.

⚾ PL: 1890-1890
(1 season)
76-56 record
76-56 record
Team was purchased by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the National League after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.

⚾ PL: 1890-1890
(1 season)
74-57 record
74-57 record
Team was purchased by the New York Giants of the National League after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.

⚾ AA: 1883-1887
(5 seasons)
54-62 average record
54-62 average record
The franchise folded and player contracts were purchased by the American Association Brooklyn franchise at the end of the 1887.

⚾ NL: 1877-1877
(1 season)
31-27 record
31-27 record
Left the National Association to become one of 8 founding clubs of the National League in 1876.
Left Hartford and relocated to Brooklyn to begin the 1877 season.
Franchise folded following the 1877 season.

⚾ NL: 1857-1876
(20 seasons)
25-19 average record
25-19 average record
Left the National Association to become one of 8 founding clubs of the National League in 1876.
Franchise folded after being expelled from the league for failing to complete its final road trip of the 1876 season.

⚾ NA: 1857-1875
(19 seasons)
16-14 average record
16-14 average record
Team disbanded after the National Association folded following the 1875 season.

⚾ NA: 1873-1873
(1 season)
2-21 record
2-21 record
Franchise folded after playing 23 games in the National Assocation during 1873.

⚾ NA: 1857-1872
(16 seasons)
10-14 average record
10-14 average record
After its only year in the National Association, the franchise folded following the 1872 season.

⚾ NABBP: 1857-1870
(14 seasons)
23-9 average record
23-9 average record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1869
(4 seasons)
7-7 average record
7-7 average record

⚾ NABBP: 1868-1868
(1 season)
14-7 record
14-7 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1868
(3 seasons)
8-7 average record
8-7 average record

⚾ NABBP: 1857-1867
(11 seasons)
12-6 average record
12-6 average record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1867
(2 seasons)
6-8 average record
6-8 average record

⚾ NABBP: 1867-1867
(1 season)
15-3 record
15-3 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
2-9 record
2-9 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
4-7 record
4-7 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
4-4 record
4-4 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
8-5 record
8-5 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
10-6 record
10-6 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
9-6 record
9-6 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
9-3 record
9-3 record

⚾ NABBP: 1866-1866
(1 season)
2-5 record
2-5 record