Bonilla: Box Scores since 1904 and play-by-play since 1918 now on Baseball Reference
From Alex Bonilla at Baseball-Reference.com on February 20, 2020:
Thanks to the efforts of our friends at Retrosheet, we have added box scores back to the 1904 season to Baseball Reference. Previously, our game log coverage was back to 1908. Additionally, we have added partial play-by-play coverage for games games as far back as 1918. Previously, our oldest play-by-plays were from 1925. Since our last major Retrosheet update, the final two missing full play-by-plays of 1973 were added which means we now have complete PBP data back to that season now. In addition to the boxes and PBPs themselves, this update allows for a variety of new information searchable in the play index, as well as new rows of information in team/player/league statistics tables.
Read the full article here: https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2020/02/box-scores-since-1904-play-by-play-since-1918-now-on-baseball-reference/
Originally published: February 20, 2020. Last Updated: February 20, 2020.