Cite this page: 1997-2001 MLB Basic Agreement

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Primary citation: 1997-2000 (2001) Basic Agreement between the Clubs and the MLBPA, dated December 7, 1996; effective January 1, 1997.

Per archive standards, citations are emitted only from fields that are actually populated in the metadata. Styles that require data not on file are omitted rather than synthesized.

Chicago (notes-bibliography)

Clubs comprising The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs and The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs and Major League Baseball Players Association. 1996. "1997-2000 (2001) Basic Agreement between the Clubs and the Major League Baseball Players Association." Office of the Commissioner of Baseball / MLBPA. https://web.archive.org/web/20070202231912/http://www.businessofbaseball.com/docs/cba_1997_2001.pdf (accessed 2026-05-17).

BibTeX

@misc{1996-12-07_cba_mlb-cba-1997-2001,
  title = {1997-2000 (2001) Basic Agreement between the Clubs and the Major League Baseball Players Association},
  year = {1996},
  author = {Clubs comprising The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs and The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs and Major League Baseball Players Association},
  url = {https://web.archive.org/web/20070202231912/http://www.businessofbaseball.com/docs/cba_1997_2001.pdf},
  urldate = {2026-05-17},
  note = {SHA256: 19b4ecf51ada6aa93a932bbbb726421137101c125f6943d2056e04dfff298972}
}

Archive citation

Baseball Documents Archive, "1997-2001 MLB Basic Agreement", slug 1996-12-07_cba_mlb-cba-1997-2001, SHA256 19b4ecf51ada…, retrieved 2026-05-17.

Cite this archived version

1997-2000 (2001) Basic Agreement between the Clubs and the MLBPA, dated December 7, 1996; effective January 1, 1997.. Baseball Documents Archive, slug 1996-12-07_cba_mlb-cba-1997-2001, SHA256 19b4ecf51ada…. retrieved 2026-05-17; from https://web.archive.org/web/20070202231912/http://www.businessofbaseball.com/docs/cba_1997_2001.pdf; Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20070202231912/http://www.businessofbaseball.com/docs/cba_1997_2001.pdf.

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