📊 Negro leagues stats to be merged

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MLB merges Negro Leagues stats

MLB announced Wednesday that Negro Leagues stats -- specifically from seven different Negro Leagues from 1920-48 -- have officially been added to its historical record.

It was an effort both long overdue and many years in the making, coming thanks to the hard work of many dedicated researchers. In 2020, MLB recognized those seven leagues across that 29-year period as Major Leagues, but actually reaching the point where their numbers could be incorporated was a thorny task.

With the assistance of Seamheads, Retrosheet, the Elias Sports Bureau (MLB’s official statistician) and the independent Negro League Statistical Review Committee, it was able to be accomplished.

Further updates are likely needed in the future to finish the process, but changes have already taken hold of record holders.