Back in 1960 there were 16 MLB teams split evenly between the American and National League. MLB expansion started in 1961 when the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators came into existence while the previous Washington team left to move to Minnesota and became the Minnesota Twins giving the American League ten teams withe the National league staying at eight. So let’s take a look back at 1961 and see where MLB teams had their Spring Training sites. When this took place 13 of the MLB teams trained in Florida, four of the teams trained in Arizona and the Angels trained in California.
Since 2010, major league teams have been equally divided between Arizona and Florida during spring training, with 15 teams in Florida and 15 teams in Arizona. All but six of the major league teams have gone to spring training in Florida at one time or another (Anaheim Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks).
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Within your recap of spring training camps and migrations, I found it most curious that the Red Sox were based in Arizona back in the early ’60s.
Prior to 1966 the Red Sox held various locations, including a stint in Scottsdale, Arizona (1959–1965).