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First division (baseball)
Baseball terminology pertaining to standings in a league / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
First division and second division are terms in the sport of baseball referring to rankings within a league. Teams ranked in the top half of the league standings table (e.g. the top four teams in an eight-team league) are said to be in the "first division", while teams in the bottom half of the standings are said to be in the "second division".
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The term was once closely associated with Major League Baseball (MLB). However, since the introduction of a divisional structure by MLB in 1969, usage of the term is now uncommon.
Within MLB, the New York Yankees finished in the first division for a record 39 consecutive seasons (1926–1964) while, by comparison, the Chicago Cubs once finished in the second division for 20 seasons in a row (1947–1966).