# Major League Baseball (MLB)

> Major League Baseball is the top professional baseball league in North America, an association of 30 independently owned clubs run through the Office of the Commissioner in New York. It sells the game three ways at once - live in 30 ballparks, on national and regional broadcasts and streaming, and through a technology arm that turns every pitch into data. In 2024 the enterprise reported a record $12.1 billion in revenue while wrestling with the oldest question in the business: how do you keep a slow, pastoral game fast enough for the phone in everyone's hand?

- **Founded:** 1903
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** William Hulbert (Founder, National League (1876)), Ban Johnson (Founder, American League (1901))
- **Team size:** ~38,000 across the league office and 30 clubs
- **Products:** The MLB Season & Postseason, MLB.TV, MLB Network, Statcast, MLB App & MLB.com
- **Notable:** Record $12.1 billion in revenue for the 2024 season, Three consecutive years of rising attendance through 2025, Pitch clock (introduced 2023) cut roughly 24 minutes off the average game time

## Products & services

- **The MLB Season & Postseason** — A 162-game regular season across 30 clubs feeding a four-round October postseason that ends in the best-of-seven World Series, first played in 1903.
- **MLB.TV** — Out-of-market live game streaming service; from the 2026 season it is distributed exclusively through the ESPN app.
- **MLB Network** — 24-hour national cable channel covering games, analysis, and highlights, launched in 2009.
- **Statcast** — Tracking system that captures pitch, hit and player-movement data (spin rate, exit velocity, launch angle, sprint speed) at every ballpark for broadcasts, teams and fans.
- **MLB App & MLB.com** — Flagship digital products for scores, stats, video, standings and news across web and mobile.
- **MLB All-Star Game & Home Run Derby** — Midsummer showcase events; the T-Mobile Home Run Derby becomes a Netflix event starting 2026.
- **World Baseball Classic** — International tournament of national teams that MLB co-organizes to grow the game globally.
- **MLB Merchandise & Licensing** — Official apparel, memorabilia and consumer products sold direct and through retail and e-commerce partners.

## Achievements

- Record $12.1 billion in revenue for the 2024 season
- Three consecutive years of rising attendance through 2025
- Pitch clock (introduced 2023) cut roughly 24 minutes off the average game time
- Built Statcast into a league-wide, per-pitch tracking and data platform
- Structured new 2026-2028 media rights across ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix
- Grew international viewership sharply, especially in Japan

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — MLB announced new three-year media rights deals (2026-2028) with ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix; MLB.TV moves exclusively into the ESPN app and NBC returns to baseball after ~26 years.
- **2025-07** — Commissioner Rob Manfred told owners attendance was up ~1.6%, tracking toward a third straight year of growth, with strong international viewership.
- **2025-01** — Uzma Rawn Dowler began as MLB's Chief Marketing Officer & SVP, Global Corporate Partnerships, the league's first CMO in the role.
- **2024-12** — MLB reported a record $12.1 billion in revenue for the 2024 season.

## Links

- Website: https://mlb.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/major-league-baseball
- Twitter/X: http://www.twitter.com/mlb
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mlb
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MLB
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mlb

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Last updated: 2026-08-14