 James proposed the creation of Project Scoresheet, a network of fans that would work together to collect and distribute this information.While the resulting non-profit organization never functioned smoothly, it worked well enough to collect accounts of every game from 1984 through 1991.James's publisher agreed to distribute two annuals of essays and data – the 1987 and 1988 editions of "Bill James Presents The Great American Baseball Statbook" (though only the first of these featured writing by James).