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Theres a really good book on 19th century baseball and hoe baseball started called "Baseball-The Early Years" by Harold Seymour.
In it you will find more than just stats and the more famous storys of those years but also the little developments that made the game what it became by 1903. A lot of little things we think started later in baseball was actually already there in the 1850's & 1860's. Its kinda like an early version of Bill James Abstract imo. But if you like 19th century baseball you should really
check it out.
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