
1898-071407

Features of this first edition of 1898 include:

1. Estimated times caught stealing (CS) stats
2. Estimated strikeouts for batters
3. Three Retrosheet game schedules:  original regular season, as-played game log with ties, and as-played game log with ties deleted
4. Genuine KJOKBASEBALL park factors
5. Composite players for those involved in trades.

This database is populated fully with player stats and matches the Lahman 5.3 database.  In some instances, like outfielder splits or a few times for caught-stealing figures, numbers were drawn from Retrosheet or Baseball Prospectus.  

The DMB organizer information has been completed forteams, parks, players, leagues, default eras, and schedules.

Wiki Season settings and player ratings have been defaulted to AV or neutral. For pitchers, games pitched limits has been changed from 0 to real-life numbers. Future editions will adjust these ratings.

The team roster/manager profile section is incomplete.  These will be tuned to specifications in a later version.

The saved lineups for each team have been generated through a DMB feature.  These lineups will be updated soon from SABRs Deadball Stars books and from Leadoff Batters of Major League Baseball by Herman Krabbenhoft.

Park images will be added soon.

See the organizer note, About the Wiki Seasons Project, to learn more about the wiki concept for DMB database development.

Robert Bofors
July 1, 2007




