In my database I began with a basic join using players' full names and debut seasons to match baseball-ref IDs with Fangraphs, Elias, BP, MLB, retrosheet etc....
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tangotiger
Feb 16, 2013 4:25 pm
The MASTER table in the Lahman database has the BRef ID. Tom ... The Book--Playing The Percentages In Baseball http://www.InsideTheBook.com...
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James Gentile
dangerwhatevs
Feb 16, 2013 4:49 pm
Also a correction: looks like there are 202 cases where the bbrefID != master table's playerID. -- Uh, what?...
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Theodore Turocy
arb1ter
Feb 16, 2013 5:23 pm
All, Chadwick Baseball Bureau maintains a master persons register and ID cross-reference, which is available under very good terms (basically: (a) share the...
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Brian L Cartwright
brianlcartwr...
Feb 16, 2013 8:58 pm
Those terms do sound very good, is there a url or any other instructions for acquiring the Chadwick Register? thanks Brian Cartwright From: Theodore Turocy ...
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nsmiceli
Mar 2, 2013 6:20 pm
Hi, I'm looking to calculate pitch counts, and I want to make sure that I'm reading these fields correctly. I used Chadwick (current version 0.6.0) to make the...
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tangotiger
Mar 2, 2013 8:21 pm
I'd stick with just pitches to the batter. Otherwise, if you want to include pickoff throws, you should also include fielding throws as well. Tom ... The...
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nsmiceli
Mar 3, 2013 6:54 pm
Ted, What's the best way to get in touch with you about getting access to the below referenced cross-reference database? Should I email you at ted.turocy <aht>...
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Casey Franklin
crfrank76
Mar 4, 2013 3:52 pm
Ted, I'd be *eternally grateful* for access to this as well. Ok, maybe that's hyperbole - but it would make my life much easier and I'd be happy to contribute...
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N. S. Miceli, Ph.D.
nsmiceli
Mar 4, 2013 5:52 pm
Ted Turocy & Chadwick Baseball Bureau are absolute lifesavers. Now I don't have to go through the pain of cleaning the tables up so that there are no duplicate...
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tangotiger
Mar 4, 2013 6:01 pm
I agree, Ted's resource is one of the best things out there (to say nothing of CWEVENT, CWGAME, CWSUB). Whatever Ted deems the best way to utilize the...
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Wells Oliver
xmutex
Mar 4, 2013 6:05 pm
It might be worth our (being the community) time to setup a public web service with this information and allow for easy of updating and adding. Just a thought....
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William Skelton
weskelton
Mar 4, 2013 8:55 pm
A few years back, there was a BaseballID working group formed. I believe it was started by Ted. At one point they had started to post the updated register...
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William Skelton
weskelton
Mar 4, 2013 8:55 pm
A few years back, there was a BaseballID working group formed. I believe it was started by Ted. At one point they had started to post the updated register...
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Brian L Cartwright
brianlcartwr...
Mar 4, 2013 10:19 pm
What I believe we need are convenient methods to both download the data and be able to send in additions/corrections. Last year, when the file was at SABR, the...
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Theodore Turocy
arb1ter
Mar 5, 2013 10:51 am
All, With full respect for the enthusiasm shown, I don't have any particular interest in trying to start a "community" project, or in building any tools, etc....
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N. S. Miceli, Ph.D.
nsmiceli
Mar 26, 2013 4:44 pm
Hi, I'm doing data management for ongoing research, and I need to indicate whether someone is a starting pitcher or a relief pitcher. I don't want to have to...
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tangotiger
Mar 26, 2013 4:49 pm
Assuming you mean at the game or event level (as opposed to seasonal level): You should be using CWEVENT to parse the data. There is a field there ...
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nsmiceli
Mar 26, 2013 5:16 pm
Tom, Thanks for that. Issue was me being unfamiliar with the data. Same dataset previously parsed with "cwevent". Will go back through the data dictionary to...
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Wells Oliver
xmutex
Mar 29, 2013 4:15 am
Hey everyone. Was wondering if team IDs are ever re-used (ANA, WAS, etc). Would team/year be the PK, or is team ID sufficient? Thanks. -- Wells Oliver ...
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tangotiger
Mar 29, 2013 4:45 am
teamID is unique Tom ... The Book--Playing The Percentages In Baseball http://www.InsideTheBook.com...
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Wells Oliver
xmutex
Mar 29, 2013 8:06 pm
I'm not sure if this is a RetroSQL or a Chadwick question, but why are we exporting dates in these wild and wooly integer formats? Wouldn't the world be a lot...
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Theodore Turocy
arb1ter
Mar 31, 2013 10:19 am
All, As this was mentioned on these lists recently: I have given the Chadwick Bureau persons register a stable home at ...
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Wells Oliver
xmutex
Apr 2, 2013 5:28 am
What am I missing here? I am including: Out, K, 1B, 2B, 3B, and HR. Jeter's add up only to 682, but Reference has 683. Discrepancies in the data sets? The...
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Brian L Cartwright
brianlcartwr...
Apr 2, 2013 5:55 am
Looking Jeter up on B-Ref, he's credited with 740 PA and 683 AB, so 57 non-AB events - 45 BB, 5 HBP, 6 SH and 1 SF, plus 1 IBB. I have those exact same totals...
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Michael Donato
ceetar
Apr 2, 2013 12:11 pm
I remember this, I think the discrepancy was a catcher's interference call, but I can't recall the specific event. Doesn't look like I saved my notes when I...
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Freddy
fredcolina
Apr 13, 2013 6:47 pm
Hello, I was following the thread but it's not clear to me the steps to follow if I will be interested on the Chadwick's master persons register and ID...
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Michael Thain
mthain333
Apr 19, 2013 4:51 am
Freddy - here's the link: http://chadwick-bureau.com/the-register/ Michael Thain...
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Freddy
fredcolina
Apr 20, 2013 7:00 pm
Thanks Michael. It's a really good work......
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Freddy
fredcolina
Apr 20, 2013 7:03 pm
Hi everybody, Trying to find a table with the Yahoo Players ID. Any ideas? Regards, Freddy...