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Get hoarse.
“Baseball is a double-entry account system in which every action of the offense is mirrored by an action of the defense,” explained John Thorn, MLB’s official historian and chairperson of the Negro Leagues Statistical Review Committee. “An out registered by a batter must be secured in the field as well. So in absence of a box score, we cannot be sure that the Negro Leagues records will balance, and balance is the essence of the game
But as Thorn explained, without a box score, there is no way to statistically account for Mays’ “661st” home run ... or another one Retrosheet lists for him on Aug. 28 of that season. The Lexington Herald reported that Mays hit a three-run shot against the New York Cubans at Blue Grass Field in Lexington,
And That's just Willie Mays. Poor record keeping. You can white knight all you want
Never did I say the level of competition was lacking. MLB stats with 140-162 game seasons should not to altered with small sample sizes and poor statistical record keeping
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