Negro League Stats included in official MLB records

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06-04-2024, 06:00 AM

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“We became serious about creating the database in 2000. I reached out to about 30 researchers across the country to access newspapers that I did not have access to. So, after five years, we were able to establish a very solid database of capturing Negro League stats,” he said. “We had data from more than 450 newspapers. There’s no app, there’s no software that can scan a box score, that will populate a spreadsheet or a database.

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