Five years since I first looked at the Pacific Coast League, I returned to go over the league better, finding as many box-scores as I could (only missing 11 over the two season of existence). This is, as far as I know, the most in depth research done on this league. This time around, I found more players that were previously registered, removed a few who did not exist, and identified a handful whose previously were a mystery.
So the NEW numbers on the PCBL (and you can go back to the original postings in June 2017 which have been updated with new information where applicable) are as follows:Number of PCBL players: 125 (originally was 118 after 2017 research)
Unidentified/unknown whereabouts: 7 (down from 21 after 2017 research)
Surviving PCBL players: 0 (Ty Lovelace was the last surviving player and he passed away last month)
Longevity:
Of the 125 players, 19 players (15.20%) lived to see the age of 90. Three men (2.40%) died before the age of 50.
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