Editing American League (section)

====American League West====
{{main|American League West}}
*[[Athletics (baseball)|Athletics]] enfranchised 1901{{efn|See commentary on [[Western League (1885–1900)|Western League]] page. The Indianapolis and Minneapolis teams were replaced by teams in Baltimore and Philadelphia in 1901, but it is unclear and disputed as to which team went where.}} in Philadelphia, moved to Kansas City (1955), Oakland (1968), and to West Sacramento (2025)
*[[Houston Astros]] enfranchised 1962 in National League as the Houston Colt .45s (team changed name to Astros in 1965), transferred to American League (2013)
*[[Los Angeles Angels]] enfranchised 1961 as the Los Angeles Angels, then as the California Angels after moving to Anaheim (1966), then the Anaheim Angels (1997), then the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005).  This last remains the ''legal'' name of the franchise, but in actual practice, the team is known as the Los Angeles Angels, officially so since 2016
*[[Seattle Mariners]] enfranchised 1977
*[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] enfranchised 1961 as the Washington Senators, moved to the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]] (1972)