Slightly off subject from just data, but I think many members of this group might be interested - An interview I conducted with sabermetric pioneer Craig...
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Dan
draysgorocco
Jul 4, 2010 12:16 am
I just went through the SchoolsPlayers file and updated it. I added about 220 missing players, most of whom made their debuts in the past couple of seasons....
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Jul 6, 2010 12:59 pm
Dan, Thank you for this update. sean ... Sean Forman Sports Reference LLC, President http://www.sports-reference.com/...
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Rod Nelson
rockymtnsabr
Jul 27, 2010 2:56 am
*From SABR Baseball Records Committee Newsletter - August 2010 *http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/records%20aug%202010.pdf * 1961: ROGER MARIS, MICKEY MANTLE,...
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jarnold1949
Jul 27, 2010 12:10 pm
I'm a newbie here with an interest in splits (l/r, home/away especially). I read somewhere long ago that somebody was working on compiling l/r splits from...
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JLAC
tybalt4
Aug 17, 2010 12:56 pm
On July 5th, 1920 in the second game, both Retrosheet and BR.com list Stuffy McInnis with a line of 4 0 1 1 but hitting a home run. All the dailies I can find...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Aug 17, 2010 12:58 pm
Craig, There are thousands of such discrepancies for all of those pre-1960's seasons. Retrosheet is undertaking a means to categorize all such discrepancies,...
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tjruane
Aug 21, 2010 11:05 pm
Craig, Thanks for pointing this out. It looks like there were three official errors in the runs scored column that day. McInnis should have been credited with...
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williamsonstephen52
williamsonst...
Sep 29, 2010 4:58 pm
i am new to this site,i have baseball yearbooks also factsand stats books.unfortunately my book supplier has folded his buisness up, can anyone suggest where i...
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Clem Comly
ccomly2003
Oct 7, 2010 12:43 pm
I was using the data from last spring to look at BFP/IP. Doing this I found a few impossible BFP numbers and a few inconsistencies with Retrosheet/Palmer data...
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David Carter
terpsfan101
Oct 10, 2010 9:32 pm
Clem, I spent alot of time cleaning up the BFP data earlier this year. I worked from multiple sources (Spalding/Reach Guides, Newspapers, and Palmer's Data)...
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Mauhtashim
mauhtashimra...
Nov 1, 2010 12:49 pm
hi Iam a new mamber of the group. i want safe and right technque for diving and sliding during the fielding. regards mauhtashim...
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Clay Dreslough
dreslough
Nov 4, 2010 12:47 pm
If a pitcher takes the mound before a game, but leaves (such as due to injury while warming) before throwing a pitch, I know that an 'appearance' is not...
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Clem Comly
ccomly2003
Nov 4, 2010 1:24 pm
If no appearance, no start. After some Mauch shenanigans in the 1960s, the rule was put in that the starting pitcher unless injured must face one batter. Clem...
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Tim Collins
elsrbueno
Nov 5, 2010 1:54 pm
Clay, Â I downloaded the official baseball rulebook, and the closest thing I could find was a comment within rule 10.20, which I have copied and pasted...
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Mike Emeigh
mwemeigh
Nov 5, 2010 4:34 pm
... Per rule 10.20, if a player is listed in the starting lineup and is substituted for before he plays on defense, he shall not receive credit in the...
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swprod@...
jarnold1949
Nov 5, 2010 5:02 pm
I don't see any reason to question whether ANY player who is scratched before a game begins would or should be credited in any way with being in the game....
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Mike Emeigh
mwemeigh
Nov 5, 2010 5:21 pm
... Except that it IS explicitly discussed in rule 10.20. -- Mike Emeigh MWE55inNC@... "ManagementSpeak: Phase II. Translation: Never." -- Bob Lewis...
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Tangotiger
tom@...
Nov 5, 2010 5:36 pm
... There might good reasons for that. For one, I presume that any pitcher scratched due to injury prior to pitching will not be available that game even if...
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Clem Comly
ccomly2003
Nov 7, 2010 1:54 pm
It is important to note that this rule was not in place throughout the history of baseball. Dave Smith and I call these Chisms in honor of the first guy who...
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robert bluestein
robertbluest...
Nov 7, 2010 1:54 pm
Jim, Lou Gehrig had to play in the games during his streak. One series of games he had Lumbago and he was slated to bat leadoff for the Yankees (they were the ...
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swprod@...
jarnold1949
Nov 7, 2010 1:54 pm
... I don't see it - nothing about a pre-game scratch, just about a game being called. Rule 10.20 Comment: The official scorer shall credit a player with...
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Mike Emeigh
mwemeigh
Nov 7, 2010 3:15 pm
... You're looking at the comment, not the cite in the body of the rule: When a player listed in the starting lineup is substituted for before he plays on...
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Clem Comly
ccomly2003
Nov 8, 2010 12:12 pm
Under current rules, he can get a game but it snaps his consecutive game played streak. In other words, all games are not created equal. See 10.23 (c) in...
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swprod@...
jarnold1949
Nov 8, 2010 2:27 pm
I wonder if Gehrig ever got thrown out of a game while exchanging lineup cards......
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lukegofannon
Nov 8, 2010 3:49 pm
Not sure if this is a related event in the Gehrig streak. Mentioned on pp. 64-65 of William C. Kashatus's biography of Gehrig: on July 14, 1934, Gehrig was...
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robert bluestein
robertbluest...
Nov 9, 2010 1:35 pm
Interesting... * On April 23, 1933, an errant pitch by Washington Senators hurler struck Gehrig in the head. Although almost knocked unconscious, Gehrig...
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Bruce Walker
w1bw
Nov 29, 2010 10:31 pm
Any word on a 2010 BDB release? In the past several years, the BDB has been posted in November, but I seen anything about it yet. --bruce...
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Sean Forman
sforman71
Dec 1, 2010 10:18 pm
I've uploaded 2010 files to the http://www.Baseball-Datank.org/ There will likely be one or two additional bug fixes, so please let me know any issues you...
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Tangotiger
tom@...
Dec 2, 2010 3:06 am
Sean, A couple of records didn't load, so I'll look into the problem there. *** All: I calculate the primary position for each player. This is what I came up...
