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Regarding the Federal League, we should keep things the way they are. The fielding stats should remain to allow players to have fielding eligibility, but the batting and pitching stats should not be included in their major league stats as the competitive level of the Federal League was not the same as the NL or AL during those seasons and those players were not playing against the NL or AL.
The Union Association of 1884 should have been handled this way as well, but it was not. The Union Association should never have been considered a major league. There are very few players from that league who ever played at all or even a full season after 1884.
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