What Baseball Team Changed Their Name?
In 1892, the Cincinnati Reds were known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The team changed its name to the Cincinnati Reds in 1891.
The Cleveland Indians
In January of 1914, the Cleveland Baseball Club changed their name to the Cleveland Naps in honor of their star player and manager, Napoleon Lajoie. The team kept the name until 1915, when they went back to being called the Indians. The name change was in response to a new owner who wanted to distance himself from the former owner, who had been unpopular with fans.
The Atlanta Braves
In 1912, the team was known as the Boston Braves, before moving to Milwaukee in 1953 and then to Atlanta in 1966. The team changed its name to the Atlanta Braves in 2017.
The Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are aMajor League Baseball(MLB) team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are in the Central Division of MLB’s American League (AL). As one of the American League’s eight charter franchises in 1901, the club was established as a Major League Baseball club in 1900. They originally played home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in 1910, where they played until Guaranteed Rate Field opened in 1991.
The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a sweep of their crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cubs. They also won the 1917 World Series, as well as championships in 2005 and 2008. The White Sox lost the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds and did not appear again in a Fall Classic until 1959, when they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to two. They also participated in the 1990 World Series by virtue of winning the AL West championship that year; they were swept by the eventual world champion Oakland Athletics in that series four games to none.
The Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball team that plays in the American League East Division. The team is based in Baltimore, Maryland. They were originally known as the Milwaukee Brewers, but changed their name to the Baltimore Orioles in 1954.
