(1) Update the starting lineups to the player who played the most games at each position. There were some teams/positions where the starter specified only played 1 or 2 games at that position.  (AL & NL only)
(2) Update the Depth Chart for all 16 AL & NL teams. Previously there were zeros for all non-starters. I didn't differentiate between vs. LHP and RHP. I did the percentages out equally for both sides (except the Braves' outfield).  (AL & NL only)
(3) Corrected and added defensive positions for players. Some players played many games at a position but the database didn't have a rating. I made the rating similar to the ratings of their other positions.  (AL & NL only)
(4) Added 3players. I added Bressler (PhA), Warhop (NYA) and Schneider (Cin).  They were missing.
(5) Corrected a player. I found a player who started most games for the Athletics, but in the database he was put on the Yankees' team.
(6) Broke out the schedules and leagues. I reorganized the teams into AL, NL and FL and broke the schedule out by league also. I then set up an Org of the AL & NL together (combined schedules).
(7) Schedules by Shane Holmes are "as-scheduled."  I added "as-played" schedules.  (AL & NL only)
(8) Separated eras for both the AL & NL. Before the era was for AL & NL combined.
(9) AddedMLB debuts (signed to roster) and MLB final games (removed from roster) to the Transactions file. There are a couple of players in which the player debut occurred before the existing transaction for being signed to roster. In these cases, I am deleting the existing "signed to roster" entry that is after the MLB debut.  (AL & NL only)
(10) Prior ballpark ratings were for the 1915 season.  I left Hits, 2B's and 3B' alone since they're close to 100 for all teams.  I updated the HR ballpark factors for all parks (AL, NL & FL).  Used more correct formula from KJOK (agreed to as most accurate on DMB forum).
(11) Modified era pitchs for starters and relievers. I adjusted things (in correlation with manager and player ratings) to get total league complete games and league leaders in complete games to be very close to actual.  (AL & NL only)
(12) Added manager profiles for every team (same for every team) to reduce the frequency that pitchers are pinch-hit for, relievers are used and closers are used.  (AL & NL only)
(13) Added player profiles for a few select pitchers to get them a few more complete games. These are the league leaders.  (AL & NL only)
(14) Added platooning for the Braves' outfield.  The 1914 Braves were the first team to widely use platooning.
(15) Added HR's given up by pitchers.
(16) Ken Schmidt (thanks, Ken) looked over all batting data in detail and found around 20 individual stats that were incorrect.  These were things like a player's hits or walks being off by 1 or 2.  These were corrected.
(17) Re-saved the batter & pitcher event tables for all players, which estimated values for the following:  Batters (HBP, IBB, SF, GDP) and Pitchers (SH, SF, GDP, HBP, IBB, 2B/3B).  They were not entered and showed up in the event tables as zero.

If you find anything else that should/needs to be changed, please email me at blackbelt65@msn.com.
If you decide to modify this database further, please shoot me an email.  I'd like to tell you in more detail the things I learned from this season database.

I want to thank Paul Dunwoody for being the original creator of this 1914 season database.  The work that he put into creating it was far greater than the work I put into cleaning it up.  Thanks, Paul.
Also, I want to thank Shane Holmes for his input into this project.  He's the prior person to modify this database and I benefited from his knowledge.

(May 30, 2005)


