expansion team

noun

Sports.

1. a new team in a league, composed largely of players from established league teams and formed when the league expands its membership.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expansion team¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

It is no secret the Mariners, who began play as an expansion team in 1977, have at times seemed cursed.

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Dombrowski took the Marlins from an expansion team to champions in the franchise’s fifth season of existence.

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John Thorrington’s decision to make Vela the first major signing for LAFC’s inaugural season is arguably the best ever made by an expansion team’s general manager.

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The club had joined the league as an expansion team in 1962 in the company of the Houston Astros.

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The new team would open play next season and participate as an expansion team in the Pioneer League, the same league in which the Ballers play.

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