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Originally Posted by rdklein
No, that ID is what the program uses to place each player to the team they played on. If you made up you own ID and it didn't match that of lahman (or whatever you are using), i believe those player called up for that year would go to free agent list instead of the team they origionally played for.
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think what Carplos meant was that if Lehman uses 'Historical Team ID', then can the 'Abbreviation' (a seperate field) be set to anything the player wants. Logically, I'd guess yes; that the 'Abbreviation' is for display purposes only.