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Re: Unbalanced Statistics

--- In baseball-databank@yahoogroups.com, "dsreyn" <dreynolds@...> wrote:
>
> Cliff -
>
> See post 2977 for some information on discrepancies in the data. In
> short, there are quite a few cases where individual totals don't add
> to the team totals, and where batting and pitching totals for a season
> don't balance.
>
> I've been working on tracking down some of these problems (though I
> haven't done much of this lately). Posts 2930, 2931, 2932, 2933,
> 2935, 2936, 2941, 2943, 2944, and 2951 have some proposed data
> corrections (and follow-up discussion).
>
> Doug

So I see, and one of the earlier posts tells how you've been going
about this. (Not that I really understand what you mean by scripts.)
Then my questions remain, is anyone besides you working on this
problem, and what would it take to fix some of the large discrepancies
in the earlier seasons?

And don't let me forget: thanks for your efforts, Doug.

Cliff







Wed May 10, 2006 12:55 am

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I'm posting this to both Retrolist and Baseball Databank. Apologies to those who get it twice. I was aware of the problem of unbalanced statistics in distant...
Clifford Blau
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May 7, 2006
2:49 am

Cliff - See post 2977 for some information on discrepancies in the data. In short, there are quite a few cases where individual totals don't add to the team...
dsreyn
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May 9, 2006
5:59 pm

... So I see, and one of the earlier posts tells how you've been going about this. (Not that I really understand what you mean by scripts.) Then my questions...
cliffordblau
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May 10, 2006
12:56 am

Cliff - I'm not sure if anyone else (other than Retrosheet efforts) is working on this. Regarding your other question, I think fixing problems in earlier ...
dsreyn
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May 12, 2006
2:29 pm

I've looked at this off and on for a few years, mostly focusing on league totals for hitting and pitching.. Home Runs and Runs League Totals reconcile...
KJOK
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May 20, 2006
1:05 am

... I think the question is how to set priorities, including where it is worth doing at all. We (bb-db) should have a guide to major league statistics that...
Paul Wendt
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May 14, 2006
4:46 pm
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