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Retrosheet was founded in 1989 for the purpose of computerizing play-by-play accounts of as many pre-1984 major league games as possible. Learn more about the organization.

Retrosheet's Most Wanted
Not criminals, but games. Lists by year of all games we are missing from 1947-73 Can you help?

What's New

5/10/2008: Research paper from Michael Round on George Sisler's 1920 season and batting evaluation, updated version. See [Research]
5/8/2008: Research paper from Brendan Bingham on LOB and scoring. See [Research]
4/26/2008: Blue Jays and Rays play a series at Disney World. See [Noteworthy events/Alternate Sites]
4/20/2008: Research paper from Christopher Gehringer on Quality Starts. 1957-2006. See [Research]
4/16/2008: Research paper from Christopher Chestnut on the 363 Double Play with detailed data. See [Research]
4/15/2008: Firsts for Nationals Park. See [Ballpark Firsts]
4/15/2008: Triple Play data needed. See [Noteworthy events/Triple Plays]
4/1/2008: New lost homer. See [Noteworthy events/Lost Homers]
3/26/2008: Red Sox and A's open the season in Tokyo. See [Noteworthy events/Alternate Sites]
3/13/2008: Two suspended games added. See [Noteworthy events/Suspended Games]
3/2/2008: No-hitters now available sorted by franchise. See [No-hitters & cycles]
2/27/2008: Sporting News Umpire Cards, See [Umpires/TSN Cards]
12/10/2007: New Release with 1956 and 2007 data added. See [Boxscores'n'more]
12/10/2007: New event files now available for 1956 and 2007. See [Data Downloads]

Coming Sooner or Later
Post-season event files, 1999 play by play data

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