post season limitations

jff1515155 · 03-28-2003, 07:01 PM

Has anyone else encountered this? After 15 post season years post season stats for players stop being saved and dissapear at the start of the next season.. e.g. player's batting stats for 2003 thru 2017 OK, but 2018, and after dissapear.

Treches · 03-28-2003, 07:59 PM

I'm not positive but, if I recall correctly, both postseason and minor stats are only tracked for 15 years.

dbacks · 03-28-2003, 08:42 PM

I think that's correct, Treches. That used to be an issue in v4, where the computer would stop calculating a player's stats after like 20 some years. But back to the issue here, I think that the postseason and minor stats are only tracked for 15 years. In most cases, that's okay, because any guy who is about to stay in the minors 15 years will retire after 5 or 6, and for the lucky guy who gets the chance to play 15 years in the bigs, he isn't gonna make the pseason every year of his career (unless he's with the darn Yanks

).

D Love · 03-28-2003, 10:28 PM

What's the reason for the 15 year cap? And so if a player plays for 20 years, his minor league stats will not be kept?

What of retired players? If you retire after 10 years of major league service, would your minor legaue stats be saved?

Steve Kuffrey · 03-28-2003, 11:48 PM

Every game has to have limits, you will not find a game w/o them in some way shape or form.

D Love · 03-29-2003, 10:25 AM

No offense, but your response is thoroughly uninsightful. The fact that "every game has to have limits" could mean that you would not allow players information or ratings to be edited. You COULD do that and justfy that with your comment. You could basically remove any current feature of the game and defend it by saying "every game has to have limits".

I simply asked why the limit is at 15 years. Since players going for more than 15 years is not so extremely rare that it would not have to be taken into account, it seems odd that minor league stats would be ditched then. It would seem to me that 20 or 25 would have been a better limit as the number of players playing that long is very rare.

I just thought that perhaps the value 15 was somehow a limit related to programming rules. I didn't say that the game SHOULDN'T have this limit. I just asked why.

Don't mean to flame you or anything. I just thought your response didn't address my question.

Steve Kuffrey · 03-29-2003, 10:40 AM

Because of the sheer volume of data that the game currently saves:

Major league career stats
Stats for each season(more detailed than career)
Minor league stats season
Minor League stats career(20 seasons I think)
Post-season stats season
Post-season stats career(not certain of the length, 15 you say-not doubting just don't remember)

This is just for players, lots of team data stored as well as player records, highs for career, etc

For every player in every league these are possible, so I'm sorry about the lack of detail in my first response. I hope this clears it up.

03-28-2003, 07:01 PM	#1
jff1515155 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 42	post season limitations Has anyone else encountered this? After 15 post season years post season stats for players stop being saved and dissapear at the start of the next season.. e.g. player's batting stats for 2003 thru 2017 OK, but 2018, and after dissapear. Last edited by jff1515155; 03-28-2003 at 07:03 PM.

03-28-2003, 07:59 PM	#2
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	I'm not positive but, if I recall correctly, both postseason and minor stats are only tracked for 15 years. __________________ The Computer Baseball League

03-28-2003, 11:48 PM	#5
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,023	Every game has to have limits, you will not find a game w/o them in some way shape or form. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

03-29-2003, 10:40 AM	#7
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,023	Because of the sheer volume of data that the game currently saves: Major league career stats Stats for each season(more detailed than career) Minor league stats season Minor League stats career(20 seasons I think) Post-season stats season Post-season stats career(not certain of the length, 15 you say-not doubting just don't remember) This is just for players, lots of team data stored as well as player records, highs for career, etc For every player in every league these are possible, so I'm sorry about the lack of detail in my first response. I hope this clears it up. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

03-28-2003, 08:42 PM	#3
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	I think that's correct, Treches. That used to be an issue in v4, where the computer would stop calculating a player's stats after like 20 some years. But back to the issue here, I think that the postseason and minor stats are only tracked for 15 years. In most cases, that's okay, because any guy who is about to stay in the minors 15 years will retire after 5 or 6, and for the lucky guy who gets the chance to play 15 years in the bigs, he isn't gonna make the pseason every year of his career (unless he's with the darn Yanks ).

03-28-2003, 10:28 PM	#4
D Love All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 904	What's the reason for the 15 year cap? And so if a player plays for 20 years, his minor league stats will not be kept? What of retired players? If you retire after 10 years of major league service, would your minor legaue stats be saved?

03-29-2003, 10:25 AM	#6
D Love All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 904	No offense, but your response is thoroughly uninsightful. The fact that "every game has to have limits" could mean that you would not allow players information or ratings to be edited. You COULD do that and justfy that with your comment. You could basically remove any current feature of the game and defend it by saying "every game has to have limits". I simply asked why the limit is at 15 years. Since players going for more than 15 years is not so extremely rare that it would not have to be taken into account, it seems odd that minor league stats would be ditched then. It would seem to me that 20 or 25 would have been a better limit as the number of players playing that long is very rare. I just thought that perhaps the value 15 was somehow a limit related to programming rules. I didn't say that the game SHOULDN'T have this limit. I just asked why. Don't mean to flame you or anything. I just thought your response didn't address my question.