Major League Baseball: Oldest Current Team Names
The "Philadelphia Phillies" is the Oldest MLB Franchise Name in Continuous Use - 1890 (blog.heritagesportsart.com)
Cincinnati Reds? Nope.
Here’s a list of the oldest current baseball team names in continuous use.
The “Cincinnati Reds” was the franchise name from 1890 – 1953, but due to anti-Communist sentiment in the heyday of the 1950′s (1954 – 1959) the team was called the “Cincinnati Redlegs.”
That gives the title of Oldest Current Team Name to the Philadelphia Phillies, who have been called that since 1890 without interruption.
Tomorrow, Sports List of the Day will look at the historical name changes of all 30 current baseball team names.
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1890 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1891 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1900 |
| Chicago White Sox | 1901 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1901 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1903 |
| Boston Red Sox | 1908 |
| New York Yankees | 1913 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1915 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 1954 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1958 |
| San Francisco Giants | 1958 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 1960 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1961 |
| New York Mets | 1962 |
| Houston Astros | 1964 |
| Atlanta Braves | 1966 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1968 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1969 |
| San Diego Padres | 1969 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1970 |
| Texas Rangers | 1972 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1977 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1977 |
| Colorado Rockies | 1993 |
| Florida Marlins | 1993 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1998 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 2005 |
| Washington Nationals | 2005 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 2008 |
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