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National Association can refer to;
  • National Association, or "N.A.", the official designation of federally chartered banks in the United States.
  • National Association of Base Ball Players
    National Association of Base Ball Players
    The National Association of Base Ball Players was the first organization governing American baseball. The first, 1857 convention of sixteen New York City clubs...

    , the governing body of early high-level but officially non-professional baseball in the United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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  • National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
    National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
    The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players , or simply the National Association , was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season...

    , regarded by baseball historians as the first professional baseball league. This league split from the National Association of Base Ball Players in 1871 and was replaced after 1875 by the National League
    National League
    The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

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  • National Association (minor league baseball)
    National Association (minor league baseball)
    The National Association was a minor league baseball league that played during the 1879 and 1880 seasons. It was not associated with the former Major League of the same name.-Sources:*...

    , a minor league baseball league that played during the 1879 and 1880 seasons.
  • National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the former name of the governing body of Minor League Baseball
    Minor league baseball
    Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...

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