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Originally Posted by glynparson
Do you make the same claims about 19th century players? If not why not? All their stats aren’t complete.
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Yes, it's a similar situation, where some teams were excellent and consistent, and others.... not so much, largely due to sketchy financing.
What I'd previously read about the negro leagues was that the stats known at the time (which was admittedly quite some time ago) included known stats from barnstorming games against random town teams.
It seems things have improved a lot, and the known stats have been limited to games against league competition, which makes it nearly identical to some 19th century stuff.
It will take a lot of getting used to.