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Originally Posted by daves
Were there minor leagues in 1954?
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Minor leagues have existed as long as the majors. For a good chunk of history teams operated independently. Major League teams would have working agreements with the minors to send players down, but that didn't mean all the players on a minor league team belonged to the major league club. Major league teams from about the '30s through the '50s gradually expanded control of minor league teams but it wasn't until 1960 when the whole system of affiliated minors that we're familiar with was formalized.