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Originally Posted by thehef
I was wondering about this. Thanks!
Questions re the PCL guys... What players are included? Basically all of them since the early 1900's thru 2015? Or mostly the notable ones? And for guys who spent significant time in the PCL but also played in other minor leagues, is their full MiLB record included, or just their PCL years?
And re "life long minor leaguers" ... does this mean notable guys who never made The Show, and excludes long-time minor-leaguers who had a cup of coffee in the bigs, or?
An example of both would be Buzz Arlett. I would assume he'd be included as a PCL player since he was a significant one over several years, but he also spent time in the Int'l League, American Assoc, and Southern Lg. Are his IL, AA, and SL years included? In addition, he would be included as an MLBer due to his single season (1931) in the bigs, but would he also be included - minor league stats, that is - as a life-long minor-leaguer, even though technically he wasn't a minor-league-only player? (Arlett is an obvious example, but there are lesser-known guys who share similar scenarios.)
Thanks in advance!
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Arlett would fit into the MLB category i.e. he'd have his MLB Lahman ID, but Spritze probably cooked up some MLB Equivalencies for him, to take him back to a younger age.
In the master.csv file, it will indicate in the School column whether a player is a Negro Leaguer, or a PCLer, or a NPBer etc. This is done for some, but not all players, for some reason. Not sure why.