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National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
American professional baseball league in the late 19th century
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), often known simply as the National Association (NA), was the first fully-professional sports league in baseball. The National Association was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season. Whether it should be considered a "major league" continues to be a matter of differing opinion between baseball writers, historians, and others. The National Association incorporated several professional clubs from the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) of 1857–1870, sometimes called "the amateur Association". In turn, several National Association clubs created the succeeding National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (the National League, founded in 1876). The National League and the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs (the American League, founded in 1901) later entered a "peace treaty", the National Agreement of 1903, recognizing each other as legitimate major leagues. Following nearly a century...
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