Majors
When the National League contracted by four teams following the 1899 season, it opened the door for a second Major League. Ban Johnson, the President of the minor Western League, decided to step up his league to the top level, changing its name to the American League. He placed teams in cities that the National League had shunned, and other teams were placed in already existing National League cities to create a rivalry.
With all this moving around, only two cities survived from the Western League: Detroit, which would soon experience a boom as a result of the burgeoning automotive industry; and Milwaukee, which was years away from being a major-league sized city. Almost from the start of the season plans were underway to relocate the Brewers; this resulted in the club finishing dead last with a 48-89 record. The Brewers moved to St. Louis the following season, and become the Browns.
Milwaukee was a successful minor league city for years, before getting another Major League team in 1953, when the NL's Braves moved from Boston. After the Braves left Milwaukee without a team again in 1966, the Milwaukee Brewers were re-incarnated in 1970. Ironically the Pilots moved from Seattle after just one season, as had the original Brewers 68 years earlier.
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