Hey folks, I was playing around with the MLB AM XML data today and created a live daily downloader for batting stats to CSV. Feel free to check it out. Works...
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Clem Comly
ccomly2003
Mar 14, 2013 8:00 pm
As I understand it, if a manager manages 100% of his team’s games he gets inseason = 0. If he starts the season but is replaced he gets a 1 and the man who...
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railsplitter_44
Mar 21, 2013 8:16 pm
Hello, I'm preparing my personal database for the upcoming season and I like to keep team/franch ID's the same as the databank's. Is there a plan for...
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emiduplam
Mar 22, 2013 9:36 am
Should be 4/9/2009 I believe. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4055343 --James...
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David
dkeeney2000
Mar 22, 2013 5:39 pm
Fans of Baseball Statistics: I put the Baseball Databank into an online database, where you (anonymously even) can query the database with SQL. Look at:...
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dsreyn
Mar 25, 2013 2:01 am
In AwardsPlayers, this line is wrong: cabremi01,Triple Crown,2012,NL,, The league should be AL, not NL. Doug...
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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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KJOK
kjokbaseball
Apr 2, 2013 5:02 pm
I don't see a good reason to change the TeamID as it's still the same Houston Astros team. We have a LeagueID that will handle the change from NL to AL. ...
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Tangotiger
tom@...
Apr 2, 2013 5:18 pm
The change for Brewers was a bad idea. We don't need to perpetuate bad ideas. Imagine the NHL, which moves teams in and out of conferences every ten years,...
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Michael Westbay
westbaystars
Apr 3, 2013 1:02 am
Handling name changes (or conference changes) in a database is tricky. One still wants the older name (or conference) to come up when querying past seasons. I...
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Tangotiger
tom@...
Apr 3, 2013 1:11 am
I agree about using the year (or date) to extract time-based data. Sometimes you want Fausto Carmona to show, and sometimes you want Roberto Hernandez to show,...
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Michael Westbay
westbaystars
Apr 3, 2013 1:15 am
I agree. I wouldn't want to change it either. This is just a potential use case where it might be considered. 2013/4/3 Tangotiger <tom@...> ... -- ...
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Clay Dreslough
upa2112
Apr 3, 2013 2:05 pm
This. :) Clay...
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robert bluestein
robertbluest...
Apr 3, 2013 2:05 pm
i agree, michael is right. No to the change. ... From: Michael Westbay <westbaystars@...> Subject: Re: [baseball-databank] Re: Houston teamID ...
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Chris Lambrou
chrislambrou
Apr 3, 2013 2:06 pm
I would think the only time a teamID should ever change would be when there is change to the actual team name (location and/or nickname). Although one could...
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Tangotiger
tom@...
Apr 3, 2013 2:20 pm
... Are you suggesting that when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays became the Tampa Bay Rays, that you would change their teamID? Mighty Ducks to Ducks? Anaheim ...
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Sean Lahman
anson2995
Apr 3, 2013 2:25 pm
I agree with Tom on this one. The TeamID should never change. We can capture all other information in the Teams or Franchise tables (although in practice,...
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Chris Lambrou
chrislambrou
Apr 3, 2013 2:49 pm
...  Sorry but I'd say Y to each of these and any location change that warranted a change to the official team name. Let's say my Cubbies move to Rosemont,...
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chrislambrou
Apr 5, 2013 3:01 pm
Could next years database NOT have aardsda01 at the top of the pitching table? It just won't be the same. ...
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bonzai543
Apr 8, 2013 6:23 pm
I just wanted to let everybody know that I created an Android app with most of the data from the Lahman MLB database. It's a free app and can be found at...
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mirv
Apr 8, 2013 6:36 pm
Cool. I have an iPhone app that I keep updating every year. It's "Baseball Statistics 2013 Edition". Cost is $2.99. The app uses the Lahman data and also a...
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David
dkeeney2000
Apr 9, 2013 5:11 pm
If the app keeps all data on the device, and does not need or use an internet connection, how does it maintain current year stats? David -- ...
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mirv
Apr 9, 2013 6:32 pm
Speaking for my (iPhone) app, it doesn't do current year stats. I'd like to do that but I have not found a data source that is affordable. Users can just go to...
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bonzai543
Apr 9, 2013 8:28 pm
David, Currently I am updating the current year stats via an app update, which also updates the database. I guess technically that is using the internet, but...
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bonzai543
Apr 9, 2013 8:28 pm
David, Currently I am updating the current year stats via an app update, which also updates the database. I guess technically that is using the internet, but...
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mirv
Apr 28, 2013 10:56 pm
I notice that there is no attendance data for 2010 in the Teams table. This has been the case ever since stats were released after the 2010 season. (Does...
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John Rickert
john_rickert
Apr 29, 2013 1:43 am
I needed to add the correct data for my statistics class, so here's a copy of the relevant lines - 2010,AL,BAL,1733019 2010,AL,BOS,3046445 2010,AL,CHA,2194378 ...
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Clay Dreslough
upa2112
Apr 29, 2013 2:14 am
... Attached is a CSV version of the Teams file, including 2010 attendance data. Clay...
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Chris Lambrou
chrislambrou
Apr 29, 2013 2:57 pm
While we are on the subject - has anyone attempted to research attendance records from 1871-1915? -Chris ________________________________ From: Clay Dreslough...
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Don Mortenson
don_mortenson
May 15, 2013 11:40 am
Does anyone have the home/road team tables or equivalent for the pre-1918 splits constructed yet? Thanks,Don Mortenson...
