Roster Project Doomed to Failure

Kelric · 09-04-2002, 01:55 AM

Alright, I'm getting bored with myself and decided to waste some time trying to put together a roster. With September call-ups on the way, I need minor league stats.

I can find the hitting stats for minor leaguers easy enough at milb.com or their own team's website. What I haven't been able to find yet are fielding statistics, hitting charts (so I can determine pull, normal, spray), and any injury history.

Does anyone know of any good websites out there that could provide this kind of information? Help!

Thanks.

alinkens · 09-04-2002, 11:11 AM

try www.minorleaguebaseball.com

Kelric · 09-04-2002, 12:28 PM

Yeah that is the same site as www.milb.com

As far as I have been able to see so far, they just have hitting and pitching statistics.

y2kornhusker · 09-04-2002, 05:05 PM

www.baseballamerica.com

fluharty · 09-04-2002, 05:40 PM

BA doesn't have fielding stats either, unless I am missing something... # games played and # errors isn't really enough, not when you have to give the guy a range, maybe a arm rating...

Kelric · 09-05-2002, 01:13 AM

Well, I now have four players completely done! Yay me!!

Goody · 09-05-2002, 05:31 AM

I'm so glad I prefer fictional leagues. One button click and my minor leagues rosters are completely accurate! :P

Kelric · 09-05-2002, 11:50 AM

I need something to do, and I'm always bitching to myself about other rosters, so I'm owning up and making one myself.

Boy am I an idiot.

GForce22 · 09-05-2002, 01:51 PM

hehehe...if you're serious just hang with it. But do yourself a favor...come up with a plan of exactly how you want to go about it and then just stick to that plan.

In retrospect, I really wish Rolen and I had gone about the plan better. If we had divided the earlier work better this would have been done a while ago. Fact is, it doesn't take THAT long to enter guys once you have the info there. The spreadsheets I work from are very effective, but they were developed for another game and were modified, etc. Rolen and I should have gone about this a bit different and it would have been done sooner (though not by much as there was still a lot going on). I just know I laid out the All-time project, wrote exactly the process I wanted to do, and already have 4 teams entered completely and spreadsheets ready for 10 teams out of 28 total. And I've been at this for less than 2 weeks.

Just my input.

GH

Kelric · 09-05-2002, 02:40 PM

Thanks for the tip. I pretty much have it planned on how I want to do it, I just need to find some place with those minor league fielding statistics, argh. I can't believe even the minor league teams just keep a record of how many errors and not how many chances and assists and how many games played at each position...

GForce22 · 09-05-2002, 03:01 PM

minor league fielding stats are very hard to come from. What I always went with for prospects was the scouting reports...find league fld% averages for each position and then just adjust the player's % related to that based on the scouting report.

GH`

Kelric · 09-05-2002, 03:22 PM

That'll work, thanks.

09-04-2002, 01:55 AM	#1
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Roster Project Doomed to Failure Alright, I'm getting bored with myself and decided to waste some time trying to put together a roster. With September call-ups on the way, I need minor league stats. I can find the hitting stats for minor leaguers easy enough at milb.com or their own team's website. What I haven't been able to find yet are fielding statistics, hitting charts (so I can determine pull, normal, spray), and any injury history. Does anyone know of any good websites out there that could provide this kind of information? Help! Thanks.

09-04-2002, 05:05 PM	#4
y2kornhusker Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 135	www.baseballamerica.com __________________ Omaha Commanders - BBSC Classic Draft League Seattle Mariners - BBSC Current Draft League Philadelphia A's - BBSC Historical Replay League

09-05-2002, 05:31 AM	#7
Goody Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Korea Posts: 3,530	I'm so glad I prefer fictional leagues. One button click and my minor leagues rosters are completely accurate! :P __________________ In the past: Laseron Baseball Association creator. Present: I am Rezulm on PT and OOTP Discord. Future: I wish it was the past.

09-04-2002, 11:11 AM	#2
alinkens All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: CT Posts: 1,072	try www.minorleaguebaseball.com

09-04-2002, 12:28 PM	#3
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Yeah that is the same site as www.milb.com As far as I have been able to see so far, they just have hitting and pitching statistics.

09-04-2002, 05:40 PM	#5
fluharty All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 1,023	BA doesn't have fielding stats either, unless I am missing something... # games played and # errors isn't really enough, not when you have to give the guy a range, maybe a arm rating...

09-05-2002, 01:13 AM	#6
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Well, I now have four players completely done! Yay me!!

09-05-2002, 11:50 AM	#8
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	I need something to do, and I'm always bitching to myself about other rosters, so I'm owning up and making one myself. Boy am I an idiot.

09-05-2002, 01:51 PM	#9
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	hehehe...if you're serious just hang with it. But do yourself a favor...come up with a plan of exactly how you want to go about it and then just stick to that plan. In retrospect, I really wish Rolen and I had gone about the plan better. If we had divided the earlier work better this would have been done a while ago. Fact is, it doesn't take THAT long to enter guys once you have the info there. The spreadsheets I work from are very effective, but they were developed for another game and were modified, etc. Rolen and I should have gone about this a bit different and it would have been done sooner (though not by much as there was still a lot going on). I just know I laid out the All-time project, wrote exactly the process I wanted to do, and already have 4 teams entered completely and spreadsheets ready for 10 teams out of 28 total. And I've been at this for less than 2 weeks. Just my input. GH

09-05-2002, 02:40 PM	#10
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Thanks for the tip. I pretty much have it planned on how I want to do it, I just need to find some place with those minor league fielding statistics, argh. I can't believe even the minor league teams just keep a record of how many errors and not how many chances and assists and how many games played at each position...

09-05-2002, 03:01 PM	#11
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	minor league fielding stats are very hard to come from. What I always went with for prospects was the scouting reports...find league fld% averages for each position and then just adjust the player's % related to that based on the scouting report. GH`

09-05-2002, 03:22 PM	#12
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	That'll work, thanks.