This brief analyzes each of the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the American League
their past regular-season and postseason records and financial performances while operating as
competitive popular and profitable or unprofitable enterprises. Using sport-specific
information and relevant demographic economic and financial data this brief will highlight
when and how well these MLB teams performed and the financial status and significance of their
organization as a member of an elite professional baseball league. The brief also investigates
the success of teams in terms of wins and losses based on home attendance at their ballparks
market value and revenue. Furthermore it compares the history productivity and prosperity
of the franchises among rivals in their division like the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees
in the American League East Division Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers in the Central
Division and Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the West Division. This
brief will be of interest to practitioners and scholars who research the sports industry
college and university professors who teach undergraduate and graduate students majoring in
sports administration business economics and management and fans of the sport.
