This day in baseball: The New York Highlanders join the American League
Posted: March 12, 2022 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Baltimore Orioles, Ban Johnson, Baseball, Frank J. Farrell, history, John T. Brush, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Giants, New York Highlanders, New York Yankees, sports, William S. Devery Leave a commentAt a conference held on March 12, 1903, Ban Johnson requested that an American League team be placed in New York to play alongside the National League’s Giants. 15 of the 16 major league owners agreed to the request to move the Baltimore team to the Big Apple, with the one dissenting vote coming from Giants owner John T. Brush. The Orioles’ new owners, Frank J. Farrell and William S. Devery, moved the team to New York that year, where they became known as the New York Highlanders.
Hilltop Park, 1903, home of the Highlanders (Wikipedia)
