Append Two Dataframes Together (Pandas, Python3) - python-3.x

Question

I am trying to append/join(?) two different dataframes together that don't share any overlapping data.
DF1 looks like
Teams Points
Red 2
Green 1
Orange 3
Yellow 4
....
Brown 6
and DF2 looks like
Area Miles
2 3
1 2
....
7 12
I am trying to append these together using
bigdata = df1.append(df2,ignore_index = True).reset_index()
but I get this
Teams Points
Red 2
Green 1
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Area Miles
2 3
1 2
How do I get something like this?
Teams Points Area Miles
Red 2 2 3
Green 1 1 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
EDIT: in regards to Edchum's answers, I have tried merge and join but each create somewhat strange tables. Instead of what I am looking for (as listed above) it will return something like this:
Teams Points Area Miles
Red 2 2 3
Green 1
Orange 3 1 2
Yellow 4

Answer 1

Use concat and pass param axis=1:
In [4]:
pd.concat([df1,df2], axis=1)
Out[4]:
Teams Points Area Miles
0 Red 2 2 3
1 Green 1 1 2
2 Orange 3 NaN NaN
3 Yellow 4 NaN NaN
join also works:
In [8]:
df1.join(df2)
Out[8]:
Teams Points Area Miles
0 Red 2 2 3
1 Green 1 1 2
2 Orange 3 NaN NaN
3 Yellow 4 NaN NaN
As does merge:
In [11]:
df1.merge(df2,left_index=True, right_index=True, how='left')
Out[11]:
Teams Points Area Miles
0 Red 2 2 3
1 Green 1 1 2
2 Orange 3 NaN NaN
3 Yellow 4 NaN NaN
EDIT
In the case where the indices do not align where for example your first df has index [0,1,2,3] and your second df has index [0,2] this will mean that the above operations will naturally align against the first df's index resulting in a NaN row for index row 1. To fix this you can reindex the second df either by calling reset_index() or assign directly like so: df2.index =[0,1].