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...
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 ... ...
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). ...
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...
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...
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...
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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Sep 18, 2009 4:09 pm
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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? ...
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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Sep 18, 2009 4:27 pm
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Would you be willing to share that py script Wells?...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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...
... 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...
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Sep 18, 2009 7:09 pm
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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...
Here is an article addressing it: Â http://mvn.com/theastrosdugout/2009/09/what-is-jose-valverdes-real-birthday.html ... From: htlfkbz <judsongreen@...>...
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...
... 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,...
... 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...
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...
I just happened to notice that the combined outfield fielding line was not included in the Fielding table for the 2008 season - only separate LF/CF/RF entries...
Is there any existing cross reference for any of the IDs in the Master table (lahman, retro, etc) to those used by MLB.com? Thanks. -- Wells Oliver ...
... For the active players through 2008, it's here: http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/mlb_milb_8833/ I'll be doing it for the 2009...
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Nov 3, 2009 4:11 pm
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Cool. Who can we petition to get this included as a column in the Lahman DB? Lahman, I'm assuming? ... -- Wells Oliver wells@......
We've aimed to generate such a repository, which authorized folks can help keep up-to-date: http://www.SportsCodes.org If memory serves, we've got MLBAM codes...
MLB.com codes *are* MLBAM codes. Sometimes you hear "Elias player ID", but those are different. Tom ... The Book--Playing The Percentages In Baseball ...
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