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Welcome to the Old-time Base Ball Taskforce. This subproject, a branch of the Baseball WikiProject, is a task force devoted to improving articles of baseball players who played before 1900.

While surfing Wikipedia, I noticed that articles about players who played before 1900 aren't always as good as modern ballplayers' articles. I feel that these articles are important, since this is where our national pastime originated.

Contents 1 Joining 2 Article Template 3 Template 4 Articles that need improvement 4.1 Resources 5 Members

[edit] Joining

If you'd like to help out, just let us know at the discussion page. After you've joined, you can add your name to the Members section.

If you're interested, you can begin by browsing the "Articles that need improvement" section, doing some research, and fixing up the article. Thanks!

[edit] Article Template

On the talk page of articles of Pre-1900 players, simply put {{WikiProject Baseball|Oldtimetaskforce=yes}}.

This will show:

Portal	Baseball Portal WikiProject Baseball/Old-time Base Ball task force is within the scope of WikiProject Baseball, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of baseball and baseball-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, or contribute to the discussion.
NA	This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.
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[edit] Template

The template can now be found at Template:Old-time Base Ball Infobox.

[edit] Articles that need improvement

The following are articles on notable 19th century players that had successful careers. Many of these articles could be improved upon. Here is a list of them.

[edit] Resources

Here are some excellent resources you can use to improve player articles.

• Baseball-Reference.com
• BR Bullpen
• Baseball History: 19th Century Baseball
• Baseball in the Nineteenth Century
• Retrosheet

[edit] Members

• Bookworm1
• Borgarde
• GoldenIrish
• Neonblak (talk · contribs)
• Soxrock (talk · contribs) - Remember I only have so much time due to other commitments
• jj137 (talk · contribs)
• MrBaseball