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Archive for May, 2026

Updated Negro Leagues Data on Baseball Reference

28th May 2026

Thanks to our partnership with the Seamheads Negro League database, we have released an update to our Negro Leagues dataset. Our last update, in April of 2023, was covered in this blog post. Like last time around, this update includes thousands of incremental improvements. The most significant new data revolves around expanded fielding statistics and refinement around the presentation of team records. Additionally, lots of new biographical data has been added. Here's a rundown of some of the improvements Baseball Reference users will now see: Read the rest of this entry

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NFL Transactions Extended Back to 1988

28th May 2026

Last September, we extended our coverage of NFL transactions back to 1994. Today, we're happy to announce that we have continued that work and now have coverage of NFL transactions back to 1988 on Pro Football Reference. We hope to continue extending this coverage further back in the future, though the 1987 season, with replacement players during the strike, looms as a challenge.

We would like to thank Pete Palmer for collecting this data for us.

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