Is the search function convoluted

Reggie · 05-07-2018, 08:53 PM

Or am I simple? Trying to do my own leg work before asking questions on the forum. A simple search on how to find player ID's, so I can manually add real players to a fictional league, is like solving a rubiks cube to me. I haven't a clue how to narrow things down to get the returns I want.

mitchkenn · 05-07-2018, 09:05 PM

you can find the player's ID in the .csv files. there are two .csv files - MLB and MiLB. they are located in the stats folder.

just a heads up, you can only search by one name in the .csv files, not a full name like Willie Mays.

good luck/

stealofhome · 05-07-2018, 09:09 PM

Do you mean the forum search function? It definitely can be hard to find stuff in here. I usually try to do advanced search and then look at the titles only trying to get lucky. Otherwise it involves a bunch of looking through the titles for however many pages of search results you're willing to go.

Reggie · 05-07-2018, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchkenn

you can find the player's ID in the .csv files. there are two .csv files - MLB and MiLB. they are located in the stats folder.

just a heads up, you can only search by one name in the .csv files, not a full name like Willie Mays.

good luck/

It's that easy? Thanks!

Reggie · 05-07-2018, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stealofhome

Do you mean the forum search function? It definitely can be hard to find stuff in here. I usually try to do advanced search and then look at the titles only trying to get lucky. Otherwise it involves a bunch of looking through the titles for however many pages of search results you're willing to go.

Yep..the forum search. So it does require some strategy. Thank you.

Reggie · 05-08-2018, 11:08 PM

So as a test..before I sprinkle players into the draft pool..I put a 20 year old Ron Guidry in my free agent pool. I figured I would wait a week to see if other teams would pay attention to him. The team from Oakland signed him that day to their minors. I find that so cool I feel excited like I did when I was 16 and messing around creating leagues.

05-07-2018, 08:53 PM	#1
Reggie Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 442	Is the search function convoluted Or am I simple? Trying to do my own leg work before asking questions on the forum. A simple search on how to find player ID's, so I can manually add real players to a fictional league, is like solving a rubiks cube to me. I haven't a clue how to narrow things down to get the returns I want.

05-07-2018, 09:05 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	you can find the player's ID in the .csv files. there are two .csv files - MLB and MiLB. they are located in the stats folder. just a heads up, you can only search by one name in the .csv files, not a full name like Willie Mays. good luck/ __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

05-07-2018, 09:09 PM	#3
stealofhome Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,282	Do you mean the forum search function? It definitely can be hard to find stuff in here. I usually try to do advanced search and then look at the titles only trying to get lucky. Otherwise it involves a bunch of looking through the titles for however many pages of search results you're willing to go.

05-08-2018, 11:08 PM	#6
Reggie Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 442	So as a test..before I sprinkle players into the draft pool..I put a 20 year old Ron Guidry in my free agent pool. I figured I would wait a week to see if other teams would pay attention to him. The team from Oakland signed him that day to their minors. I find that so cool I feel excited like I did when I was 16 and messing around creating leagues.