Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Douglass Crothers (1859 1907), was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884 and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association in 1885. He played in the minor leagues through 1892. Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League. The two leagues merged in 2000 into a single MLB organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball after 100 years as separate legal entities.