Just curious the status of adding the 2005 data to the DB, including the post-season..... THANKS, Kevin...
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pkreutzer
Nov 15, 2005 5:36 am
... What is the procedure for updating? Do we have one? Where does the data come from? Who compiles it? If there isn't something in place now, there should be....
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Nov 15, 2005 9:48 pm
I may or may not be able to use my stats in the BDB this year. This year I contracted with a third-party supplier, so I need to get a go ahead from them as to...
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Keith Hemmelman
khemmelman
Nov 18, 2005 3:06 am
... This year I ... ahead from ... I have to ask the obvious question. If you can't use your stats in the BDB does that mean there will not be an update...
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Derek Adair
D_Adair
Nov 18, 2005 3:09 am
... There will be an update for 2005. Sean's data would obviously be the easiest to use, but if we can't, we'll work something out. Regards, Derek...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Nov 18, 2005 4:03 am
There should still be an update with the 2005 stats. I will just need to be gotten from a different source and perhaps compiled by someone other than myself. ...
2843
tangotiger
Nov 18, 2005 4:13 am
Sean, or Zach, or others: It's an easy task to just download the data straight from MLB.com. The "problem" is that MLB has their own sets of player IDs. If...
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Sean Lahman
anson2995
Nov 18, 2005 1:32 pm
We kinda go through this confusion every year, and we really ought to be more deliberate about how we make the yearly updates. Here is what I'd like to...
2845
Holmes, Dan
hof_boone
Nov 18, 2005 2:22 pm
As part of a relaunch to my website, I plan to have the 2005 data. I've actually entered a lot of it myself, primarily the new debut players for 2005. But...
2846
Holmes, Dan
hof_boone
Nov 18, 2005 2:28 pm
I respect the people on this message board and the work they do to ensure that stats are available free and open-source. I plan a relaunch of my website very...
2847
tangotiger
Nov 18, 2005 2:35 pm
1 - use a "download manager" (which you can find at www.download.com) to download all the html files you need. (The URLs have some pattern in them, so it's ...
2848
Paul DuBois
pdubois20
Nov 19, 2005 11:45 pm
I've begun to work on MySQL Cookbook, second edition. In the first edition, Sean was kind enough to allow the use of the baseball1.com database, which at that...
2849
tangotiger
Nov 20, 2005 1:39 am
My guess is that whatever Sean Lahman will publish will be the most stable. Tom ... __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it...
2850
tangotiger
Nov 20, 2005 2:57 am
I wrote the following to someone I know at MLB.com . I came across this, as I was trying to cross-reference data supplied to me by two different sources. I am...
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Paul Wendt
pgw02472
Nov 21, 2005 3:52 am
... This is official in one sense (from the office) and it may be "correct" also. The question is, what do they mean by "Red Sox stats"? The Boston Globe...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Nov 21, 2005 4:28 am
Yes, i would say that it is in flux and still up in the air. I don't speak for Sean Lahman, so I can't say whether you can use that db for the new edition....
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Joseph Adler
joseph_adler
Nov 21, 2005 4:28 am
Hi Tom, MLB.com actually does present player statistics in two forms: by team, and in a rolled up form. Take a look, for example, at Mark Bellhorn. If you look...
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Craig Burley
tybalt4
Dec 2, 2005 4:23 am
Preparing for my DMB league draft for the 1929 season, I found what I believe is an error in DMB's data. BB-Ref and the Baseball Almanac repeat this, so I...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Dec 2, 2005 4:47 am
Steve Moyer of BaseballInfoSolutions has graciously allowed the Baseball-Databank to use its copy of the 2005 stats in the 2005 season update. I will be...
2856
KJOK
kjokbaseball
Dec 2, 2005 4:07 pm
I believe this is a "typo", and should be 538. THANKS, Kevin Craig Burley <craig.burley@...> wrote: Preparing for my DMB league draft for the 1929...
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Keith Hemmelman
khemmelman
Dec 4, 2005 4:38 am
This is great news Sean. I agree about the book. I have it sitting in front of me right now. I've bought them all too and they're well worth the price. My...
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Paul Wendt
pgw02472
Dec 11, 2005 2:10 am
I skimmed the nameNote field for 1871 to 1920 and noticed problems for George Daisey and Harry Jacoby. (The nameNote field is literally displayed on the...
2859
Sean Forman
sforman71
Dec 12, 2005 10:47 pm
Thanks, I'll get those fixed. ... -- Sincerely, Sean Forman Baseball Stats! http://www.Baseball-Reference.com/...
2860
cliffordblau
Dec 15, 2005 8:53 pm
Is there a table that maps the BDB IDs to Retrosheet IDs? Cliff Blau...
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tangotiger
Dec 16, 2005 12:17 am
yes, it's in the MASTER table ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
2862
Jon
jon_fifer
Dec 16, 2005 8:03 pm
hello there I've been lurking here for a few months; I'm not sure that I have much to offer this enterprise except perhaps data entry, but I do have a few...
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KJOK
kjokbaseball
Dec 16, 2005 8:59 pm
I'll answer the data questions I know the most about - others are more expert about the technical questions: "Can anyone point me to comprehensive minor...
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Derek Adair
D_Adair
Dec 16, 2005 9:24 pm
... To follow up KJOK's informative e-mail on the data side, I'll answer this technical question. I believe a set of .sql files is on the databank site that...
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Michael Westbay
westbaystars
Dec 16, 2005 11:03 pm
... The latest MySQL build is available from: http://www.baseball-databank.org/ However, that version is from August of 2005. The newer version is being kept...
2866
Dave
studes
Dec 17, 2005 2:03 pm
I have an Excel file with Win Shares through the year 2004 on my baseball graphs site. The URL is ftp://ftp.baseballgraphs.com/winshares. I hope to add 2005...
