While spot-checking some things, I noticed a discrepancy in the 1975 Red Sox ALCS batting statistics. According to BDB (and Retrosheet), Cecil Cooper had 4...
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KJOK
kjokbaseball
Jul 5, 2005 8:28 pm
Sporting News, NY Times, Washington Post, etc. all show Cooper with a sacrifice in the following day boxscore, so I would say that the official scorer gave him...
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Chris Long
vertex_operator
Jul 6, 2005 10:13 pm
I'd be quite interested in participating in this process. I'm a mathematician and statistician who works for the Padres, and I use PostgreSQL and Linux daily. ...
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tangotiger
Jul 8, 2005 2:55 am
Note: This message is being cross-posted to retrolist and baseball-databank. ... I'm going to be doing the Fans' Scouting Report for a third year, but this...
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trumadskills
Jul 10, 2005 8:44 pm
... as ... bump, anyone? thanks...
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tangotiger
Jul 11, 2005 1:01 am
I'm almost positive the 02, 03, and 04 schedules are in the files section of the baseball-databank group (or maybe Retrolist). I think as well, if you go to...
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Ben Baumer
ivotedforkodos
Jul 11, 2005 5:47 pm
... Exactly. I realize that I might be in the minority as far as having a use for some of this stuff, but...well I can't really think of a way to finish that...
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dsreyn
Jul 12, 2005 2:34 am
There seems to be a problem with some of the fields for 2004 in the PitchingPost table. The problem fields are 16 (earned runs), 17 (home runs), and 27 (runs...
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KJOK
kjokbaseball
Jul 12, 2005 3:43 am
I think I know what may have happened. Prior to 2003, the Pitchingpost table had only limited HR and R data. When I added the 2003 Post-season pitching data to...
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tangotiger
Jul 12, 2005 11:34 am
I received multiple responses to my earlier request. I now have what I need. Many thanks for those that came through. Tom ... http://www.tangotiger.net ... ...
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timmermant
Jul 13, 2005 6:31 pm
Hello all, The Master file is missing about 395 retroIDs. I found about 180 of them in a file posted by Michael M. last April. I'm still missing 208. Does...
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dsreyn
Jul 14, 2005 3:31 am
If anyone is interested, a revised 2004 postseason pitching data set is available at http://alum.wpi.edu/~dreynolds/baseball/baseball.html in the "Database...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 14, 2005 1:05 pm
... Sorry, but I don't have them for the 2004 debuts. -- Sincerely, Sean Forman Baseball Stats! http://www.Baseball-Reference.com/...
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timmermant
Jul 14, 2005 5:39 pm
I was able to match them up today. 390 of the missing retroIDs are from 2003 & 2004. I used the newly posted RetroData to get these IDs. Four of the missing...
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baseball-databank@yah...
Jul 14, 2005 5:40 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the baseball-databank group. File :...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 15, 2005 8:51 pm
He is credited with the same first and last day played, but played 8 games. -- Sincerely, Sean Forman Baseball Stats! http://www.Baseball-Reference.com/...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 15, 2005 9:00 pm
I've just moved the databank over to a new server and I'm working on setting up an update system for the BDB to distribute the keys to the db, as it were. I'm...
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KJOK
kjokbaseball
Jul 15, 2005 10:56 pm
I believe his last game played should be Sept. 16th (hard to tell for sure as Sporting News is hard to read in 1892...) It appears Delahanty was injured for...
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Theodore Turocy
arb1ter
Jul 18, 2005 2:09 pm
... <discussion of DB and triggers elided> I'm coming late to this party, and so my thoughts may have already been suggested and rejected for good reason, but...
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tangotiger
Jul 18, 2005 8:53 pm
Ted, how about changing your focus, maybe 90 degrees? ... A DBMS is many things, and you don't have to discard one because you don't like parts of it. For...
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tangotiger
Jul 19, 2005 12:05 pm
Oh, I also forgot about referential integrity. You don't want to see LAN in one table and LAD in another, when referring to the Dodgers. You don't want to...
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Theodore Turocy
arb1ter
Jul 20, 2005 4:47 pm
... I think you misapprehended the point I was trying to make. I'll try again. The philosophical concept is that the data is independent of the tools used to...
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Paul Wendt
pgw02472
Jul 20, 2005 5:34 pm
... degrees That's a perspective not a focus, but Ted asked for it. ... I suspect that if the DBMS-embodied data is official, there will be times when the...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 20, 2005 6:13 pm
... [glossary: cvs, concurrent versioning system (version control) csv, comma-separated values (plain text data files)] Ted, I think I understand your...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 20, 2005 6:18 pm
... This isn't quite what I had in mind. I would say that the maintenance and storage of the data would be done in the DBMS. The data would then be available...
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Paul Wendt
pgw02472
Jul 21, 2005 8:28 pm
Sean Forman <sean-forman@...> wrote ... . . . ... OK. I didn't understand that. My remaining concern regarding baseball-databank is that...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 21, 2005 9:40 pm
... Well, I'm hoping that the turnaround on new data will drop from two years to two months, but yes, there should be someplace where it can be reviewed and...
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SABRscouts@...
rockymtnsabr
Jul 23, 2005 3:20 am
What's snoo, you ask? BR Bullpen is snoo. And it's Wiki and wacky, too. _http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Main_Page_ ...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 23, 2005 3:31 am
... I see it as perpendicular to the BDB. The wiki is primarily for capturing biographical or historical info (how do you pronounce Doug Gwosdz?). The BDB...
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trumadskills
Jul 26, 2005 5:15 pm
... thanks tom but only 03 an 04 schedules are in tha files section, an didnt find one at retrosheet. any other options?...
