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With all of that stage setting, the leagues are below. As I progress through the history, I’ll touch on each league in more specific detail.

Major League Baseball – Starting in 1901, a highly fictionalized MLB that begins with two “associations” and four 12-team “leagues.” The National Association has the Eastern and Midwest Leagues, the American Association has the Western and Southern Leagues.


Minor League Baseball – Also starting in 1901, the “Triple A” level for each of the teams in MLB.


College Baseball – Also starting in 1901, the college feeder league. For simplicity sake I just took seven modern NCAA conferences (Big 10, Big 12, ACC, SEC, PAC-12, AAC, and MAC).


Central American Baseball Association – CABA kicks off in 1911 split between Liga Mexico and Liga Caribe. Both start with 12 teams, the Caribbean league is half island teams and half Central American teams.


East Asia Baseball – Opening in 1921, EAB is split between the Japanese League and Korean League.


Beisbol Sudamerica- Formed in 1931, BSA has the Bolivar League (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia) as well as the Southern Cone League (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay)


European Baseball Federation – Formed in 1950, EBF arises from World War II made up of western and central European nations.


Eurasian Professional Baseball – Started in 1955, essentially the “Soviet bloc” league with teams throughout the old USSR and eastern Europe.


Oceania Baseball Association – Beginning in 1960, OBA is split between an Australia/New Zealand league and a group of Pacific island teams.


Austronesia Professional Baseball – Debuting in 1965, APB boasts teams from Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore.


Chinese League Baseball – China’s league starts up in 1970 from throughout the mainland along with Hong Kong and Macao.


West Africa Baseball- From 1975 onward, WAB represents Nigeria, Ghana, and other neighboring nations.


South Asia Baseball- Formed in 1980 and split between the Indian league and the Southeast Asian League (Vietnam, Thailand, etc)


Asian Baseball Federation – Debuting 1985, initially made up of teams from Pakistan, Turkey, and Iran.


Arab League Baseball – Beginning 1990, teams throughout the “Arab world” of the Middle East and North Africa.


African Association of Baseball –The last of the major leagues coming in 1995, AAB picks up southern, central, and eastern Africa.


Additionally starting in 1947 is the World Baseball Championship, an annual tournament of nations held each January. Further down the line is the Baseball Grand Championship, a Champions League of sorts as well as European second and third tiers for promotion/relegation and an African second tier.