I joined and searched retrosql and did not see anything for current year stats. Is there some kind of guide or readme on how things work on the group?...
3808
Judson Green
htlfkbz
Sep 12, 2009 7:05 pm
Baseball Reference has had the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia for quite some time. It was announced by Sean on May 19, 2009: ...
3809
tjruane
Sep 13, 2009 3:13 am
... Thanks for the update. I have changed the linked chapter accordingly. Tom Ruane...
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Alberto Perdomo
albertop69
Sep 17, 2009 9:12 pm
Why not using >,<,=,>=,<=,<> instead of 'like' operator? Like operator is normally used for strings values. Ex. Select * from batting 3B > 23 .. Also you...
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Maury Brown
maurybasebal...
Sep 17, 2009 9:13 pm
Question... Somewhere, someone said that they were matching agents to players using the Baseball Databank. I'm not seeing this data, but then... I may have...
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Larry Granillo
lgranill
Sep 17, 2009 9:13 pm
What is the actual algorithm for determining how many games behind a team is on a given date? I mean, I can do it in my head, but I'd like to be able to do it...
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Paul Riker
paulriker
Sep 17, 2009 9:14 pm
Does anyone know where to download minor league stats? Any _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more...
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Maury Brown
maurybasebal...
Sep 17, 2009 9:14 pm
Question... I've been looking high and low for a resource that will allow me to query MLB service time + position (and in my dream world, salary). This goes to...
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Tom Stillman
giantsfan_94121
Sep 18, 2009 12:55 pm
I believe the standings are given by winning percentage. I do recall early in the season sometimes where the first place team is 1/2 GB. Tom Stillman ... ...
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Clem Comly
ccomly2003
Sep 18, 2009 12:57 pm
It is correct. Standings list by win% so first place team can be GB second place team. The team that is 0 GB is the team with the highest net wins (W-L). ...
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Clem Comly
ccomly2003
Sep 18, 2009 12:59 pm
http://research.sabr.org/minors/historical-statistics/ eventually. When this question came up before, Chuck Kuhn told us that one can buy all the minor league...
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Judson Green
htlfkbz
Sep 18, 2009 1:00 pm
Are you talking about historical data? Baseball Almanac has a database for purchase: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/minor-league/ I have a spreadsheet on my...
3819
wyerscj
Sep 18, 2009 3:13 pm
Maury, Salary information is included in the BDB. There really isn't a centralized repository for service time - I have a set of data gotten from the guy who...
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Tangotiger
tom@...
Sep 18, 2009 4:09 pm
I posted the service time data on my site last year, mapped to some ID (MLBAM? BDB?). I think it was for the 2008 season. Tom ... The Book--Playing The...
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Matthew Gargano
tkestars
Sep 18, 2009 4:13 pm
Tom - I joined and searched retrosql and did not see anything for current year stats. Is there some kind of guide or readme on how things work on the group? ...
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Wells Oliver
xmutex
Sep 18, 2009 4:22 pm
Retrosheet doesn't have the current year stats. There's probably some stuff floating around- I've written a python script to scrape the stuff from ...
3823
Tangotiger
tom@...
Sep 18, 2009 4:27 pm
I haven't tried it, but Baseball On a Stick probably might satisfy you. Tom ... The Book--Playing The Percentages In Baseball http://www.InsideTheBook.com...
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Matthew Gargano
tkestars
Sep 18, 2009 4:30 pm
Would you be willing to share that py script Wells?...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Sep 18, 2009 4:41 pm
... I would point out that this is a violation of the terms of use of Sports Reference sites. I find it a bit ironic that I'm approving messages that ...
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Matthew Gargano
tkestars
Sep 18, 2009 4:48 pm
I didn't even think about it violating the TOS. I have been meaning to sign up for the play index anyway and I wouldn't scrape SR being that it is a TOS ...
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craig timberlake
craigt58
Sep 18, 2009 5:34 pm
I believe it's winning percentage...but usually that only happens when there is an uneven number of games(or in head to head fantasy where they count ties, I...
3828
Tangotiger
tom@...
Sep 18, 2009 7:09 pm
... As a matter of good conscience, one should not spider a site on a daily or weekly basis. I would think being able to spider a site once a year should be...
3829
htlfkbz
Sep 28, 2009 1:39 pm
Baseball Reference and Retrosheet have Valverde born July 24, 1979, but ESPN, CBS Sportsline, and Fan Graphs have him born March 24, 1978. MLB Trade Rumors has...
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KJOK
kjokbaseball
Sep 28, 2009 3:21 pm
Here is an article addressing it: Â http://mvn.com/theastrosdugout/2009/09/what-is-jose-valverdes-real-birthday.html ... From: htlfkbz <judsongreen@...>...
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nsmiceli
Sep 28, 2009 7:58 pm
Hello, I am getting familiar with the Retrosheet play by play data which is ready to be imported into a relational database. I was wondering what methodology...
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Judson Green
htlfkbz
Sep 28, 2009 8:09 pm
Thanks, KJOK. Looks like he aged another month after that article....
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Mike Emeigh
mwemeigh
Sep 28, 2009 8:24 pm
... It's hard to suggest a method without knowing what you're trying to learn. What kinds of questions do you want to try to answer using PBP data? (And yes,...
3834
nsmiceli
Sep 29, 2009 2:35 pm
I want to get better levels of predictive validity for fielding that are presently possible with available summary measures. -- NSM...
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Mike Emeigh
mwemeigh
Sep 29, 2009 8:47 pm
... This is definitely moving off-topic for this group. What I'm going to suggest is that you put together a summary of the information that you would LIKE to...
3836
paulriker
Oct 31, 2009 1:30 am
Is there a list that maps either the mlbmaster table to the player_id mlb.com uses? Also, does anyone know when the new data is generally available on...
