http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/ Baseball Databank Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:22:16 GMT KJOK http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3845 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3845 PlayerID smithch07 is I think supposed to be CHUCK Smith, who played for the Marlins, not CHRIS Smith?  Or maybe I'm confused! Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:19:49 GMT Wells Oliver http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3844 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3844 This also exists in the MySQL version. Maybe I'm misreading things, but... there's a player with playerID smithch07 in the Master table, Chris Smith. The Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:52:08 GMT Tangotiger http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3843 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3843 MLB.com codes *are* MLBAM codes. Sometimes you hear "Elias player ID", but those are different. Tom ... The Book--Playing The Percentages In Baseball Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:51 GMT karben http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3842 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3842 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 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:05:46 GMT Wells Oliver http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3841 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3841 Cool. Who can we petition to get this included as a column in the Lahman DB? Lahman, I'm assuming? ... -- Wells Oliver wells@... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:11:18 GMT Tangotiger http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3840 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3840 ... 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 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:56 GMT Wells Oliver http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3839 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3839 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 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:14:00 GMT Sean Forman http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3838 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3838 An oversight. Remind me if it doesn't get fixed for 2009. sean ... Sean Forman Sports Reference LLC, President http://www.sports-reference.com/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:13:29 GMT dsreyn http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3837 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3837 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 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:30:11 GMT paulriker http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3836 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3836 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 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:47:31 GMT Mike Emeigh http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3835 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3835 ... 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 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:35:35 GMT nsmiceli http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3834 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3834 I want to get better levels of predictive validity for fielding that are presently possible with available summary measures. -- NSM Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:24:11 GMT Mike Emeigh http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3833 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3833 ... 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, Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:09:18 GMT Judson Green http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3832 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3832 Thanks, KJOK. Looks like he aged another month after that article. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:58:56 GMT nsmiceli http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3831 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/baseball-databank/message/3831 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