http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/ Baseball Databank Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:24:47 GMT dsreyn http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3778 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3778 There are a number of entries in the Pitching table that have invalid 0 entries in the BFP field, where it's fairly clear that the actual value is unknown and Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:23:16 GMT Clem Comly http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3777 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3777 Clem Comly Sat, 30 May 2009 07:01:48 GMT KJOK http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3776 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3776 I don't yet have such a dataset (although I plan to in the future).    You might try posting an inquiry in the Negro Leagues Yahoo Group to see if someone Tue, 26 May 2009 15:06:06 GMT Tangotiger http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3775 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3775 ... There is no "official" way, is there? The convention is whatever it is. In some sports, they simply show whoever has the most "points", pts% be damned. Tue, 26 May 2009 13:23:02 GMT Clem Comly http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3774 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3774 That looks correct. Standings are by winning % so the team with 0 G.B. is not necessarily in first place. Clem Comly ... From: Larry Granillo To: Tue, 26 May 2009 03:32:54 GMT Larry Granillo http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3773 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3773 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 Tue, 26 May 2009 03:32:27 GMT Jeff Zimmerman http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3772 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3772 I need the negro league team they played for. Thanks. Jeff ... Talking about baseball, Giamatti wrote: "It will break your heart. It is designed to break your Sun, 24 May 2009 00:17:44 GMT KJOK http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3771 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3771 Jeff:   Do you mean what MAJOR LEAGUE teams they were on, or what Negro League teams they were on?   If you mean major leagues, there should be a file in the Sat, 23 May 2009 21:30:33 GMT wydiyd http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3770 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3770 Does anyone have a dataset of Negro League players and the team they were on? Other information is not needed as long as I have those two facts. I am mainly Wed, 20 May 2009 19:59:34 GMT William http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3769 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3769 You are right, it looks like I don't need to convert it to string. Thu, 14 May 2009 13:16:27 GMT Bryan Walko http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3768 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3768 If you just want an arbitrary winner, it's very easy to do it in the fashion that the hack does (which is just choosing the player with the highest ID, Thu, 14 May 2009 11:25:44 GMT Tangotiger http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3767 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3767 Great, thanks. Ok, so the cleanest, correct method would be to do: CAST(1000+g as CHAR) Tom ... The Book--Playing The Percentages In Baseball Thu, 14 May 2009 11:00:19 GMT William http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3766 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3766 No, I get the same results as before. CAST() seems to behave the same way Str() does for Access. From dev.mysql.com: The CAST() function takes a value of one Wed, 13 May 2009 10:48:31 GMT Tangotiger http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3765 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3765 Ah-ha, so CHAR does not use any particular property. If you do this: CAST(g as CHAR(3) Then do you get the desired results? Tom ... The Book--Playing The Tue, 12 May 2009 23:51:56 GMT William http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3764 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3764 These are the results if I use MAX(CONCAT(CAST(g as CHAR),"_",pos)) AS PrimPos yearid,playerid,PrimPos 1914,ruthba01,4_P 1915,ruthba01,32_P 1916,ruthba01,44_P