New Stats Found!

I'd like to announce here that Dick Thompson has found statistics for the 1931 and 1933 Cape Cod League, and he has put copies in the mail, and which I will be posting as soon as they arrive. At the time professionals were allowed to play in the league, and Dick has found about a dozen who would make it to the majors, or had already been in the majors

Also, I like to announce that Davis Barker has found a treasure trove of unpublished statistics from the 1920s and 1930s that never made it into print. Davis made a trip to The Sporting News and found them in their files. These are official statistics for players who primarily appeared in less than 10 games, or pitched less than 45 IP.

This is a major, major find. I can't stress this enough. Once I am able to get them together, I will post them over the course of a couple of months.

Here is the list so far:

1924 Virgina League less thans
1925 Cotton States pitching less thans
1925 New York-Penn less thans
1926 Utah League less thans
1927 Lone Stare League less thans
1927 Southeastern League less thans
1928 Utah-Idaho League less thans
1932 Arizona-Texas League less thans
1933 Dixie Association less thans
1933 New York-Penn less thans
1935 Arkansas State League less thans
1936 Arkansas-Missouri League less thans
1936 Canadian-American League less thans
1936 Cotton States League pitching less thans
1936 East Texas League pitching less thans
1936 Evangeline League pitching less thans
1936 Georgia-Florida League pitching less thans
1936 Northern League pitching less thans
1936 Piedmont League pitching less thans
1936 Western League pitching less thans
1937 West Texas-New Mexico League pitching less thans
1938 Evangeline League pitching less thans
1938 Cotton States League pitching less thans
1938 Northern League pitching less thans
1938 Western Association batting less thans
1939 Arizona-Texas batting less thans
1939 Cottons States League pitching less thans
1939 Georgia-Florida League less thans

This may not rewrite the history of minor league baseball, but it's a major find, and we will owe Davis Barker a major thanks!