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Originally Posted by Spritze
Now that I have loaded a database with 4 different versions of negro league stats found on the internet or already in my possession I can report some actual numbers as far as completeness goes. This is raw data without any guesses applied.
1) Many players have no stats at all. That's about 25% of the players known to have existed. I'll just remove those from consideration.
2) Of the 11,000 batting records available they are 98.5% complete
3) Of the 4,000 pitching records available they are nearly 100% complete
4) Of the 22,000 fielding records available they are 95% complete.
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You're missing an important factor, it seems to me:
have these statistics been cross-checked with box score, team, and league totals? That is, do the box scores properly balance, and does the sum of the individual statistics balance with the team and league totals? That's an important part of verifying the data is accurate. If there are large discrepancies, then that calls into question the accuracy of the data.