New Lahman Database Out!

ctorg · 11-19-2004, 07:41 AM

And there are a couple of very cool things I noticed. For one, there is a spreadsheet version. Everything in Excel files. For another - and this should make some things easier - the spreadsheet version includes a "career" sheet for both batters and pitchers, giving their total career stats. If you like manipulating the database like me, this removes a sometimes time-consuming step.

To my knowledge, these are new features, though perhaps I just overlooked them last year.

statfreak · 11-19-2004, 08:22 AM

http://baseball1.com/statistics/

tbarnes69697 · 11-19-2004, 11:17 AM

I've never messed with lahman much, I always used the roster sets, but will lahman give me 2005, possible rosters or will it make me start at 2004.

gmo · 11-19-2004, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tbarnes69697

I've never messed with lahman much, I always used the roster sets, but will lahman give me 2005, possible rosters or will it make me start at 2004.

The database relies on past data, so you cannot have a league using it begin in an in-progress or future season.

ctorg · 11-19-2004, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tbarnes69697

I've never messed with lahman much, I always used the roster sets, but will lahman give me 2005, possible rosters or will it make me start at 2004.

Any year in history, post 1900. And you can call up any player in history with no year restrictions.

Bonedwarf · 11-19-2004, 03:30 PM

Wasn't there always an Excel version?

eriqjaffe · 11-19-2004, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonedwarf

Wasn't there always an Excel version?

Nope. There was always a Comma-Delimted Text (.CSV) version, which Excel can open. But the .CSV format doesn't support multiple Excel worksheets or, um, any formatting whatsoever.

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