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National Baseball Commission
Predecessornone
SuccessorCommissioner of Baseball
Formation1903
Dissolved1920
Chairman
August Herrmann
AL president
Ban Johnson
NL president
  • Harry Pulliam (1903–1909)
  • John Heydler (1909, 1918–1920)
  • Thomas Lynch (1910–1913)
  • John K. Tener (1913–1918)
Key people
John E. Bruce, secretary

The National Baseball Commission was the governing body of Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball from 1903 to 1920. It consisted of a chairman, the presidents of the National League (NL) and American League (AL), and a secretary. The commission was formed as part of the peace agreement between the AL and NL and abolished following the Black Sox Scandal. It was replaced with the Commissioner of Baseball.

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