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jay behrensScott, i'm sorry I could not help you. Even though I am listed on the records adn statistical comittees, I have never had a need to find accurate 19th century records.
As for those of you that are disturbed by "ever changing" statistics, they are changed beucase they were originally recorded erroneously. When the Original McMillian Encyclopedia was put together, they only used only one source for their data, not bothering to double check the data.
Just look at the Old Judge set with all it's mispelling, etc. This was also commonplace in newspapers. SABR researchers will check numerous different resrouce to make sure that the box scores for each game are accurate.
As I've said before on this topic, if we don't bother to find the true and accurate information, then 19th century adn Dead Ball Era baseball becomes more mythology than truth.
Jay