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spark240 · 07-09-2006, 04:48 PM

Anyone who's tried it knows that "Add Historical Major League" only produces the National and American Leagues (as subleagues of Major League YYYY).

I'm sure we all are aware that in 1914 and 1915 there was a "third major," the Federal League. (On a scale of major-league legitimacy, I rank it equally with the 1890 Players League, above the 1870s National Association, and way, way above the 1884 Union Association.)

(EDIT: The Lahman does include stats from all these leagues. I just checked.)

(EDIT: I've done bit more research on the FL. Turns out it did exist for the 1913 season as well, but did not attain "major" status until '14, similarly to the American League of 1900-'01.)

Is there a relatively simple method of using a Lahman-type database to generate a historical NL/AL and a concurrent FL, for these years?

07-09-2006, 04:48 PM	#1
spark240 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Highest county in the Virginia hills Posts: 637	Federal League Anyone who's tried it knows that "Add Historical Major League" only produces the National and American Leagues (as subleagues of Major League YYYY). I'm sure we all are aware that in 1914 and 1915 there was a "third major," the Federal League. (On a scale of major-league legitimacy, I rank it equally with the 1890 Players League, above the 1870s National Association, and way, way above the 1884 Union Association.) (EDIT: The Lahman does include stats from all these leagues. I just checked.) (EDIT: I've done bit more research on the FL. Turns out it did exist for the 1913 season as well, but did not attain "major" status until '14, similarly to the American League of 1900-'01.) Is there a relatively simple method of using a Lahman-type database to generate a historical NL/AL and a concurrent FL, for these years? Last edited by spark240; 07-18-2006 at 07:16 PM.