ATB XIII Corrections

During this off season I have decided to do a thorough double check the data entry over the past few years. I will update this post will the pertinent corrections.

1) First up is a general statement. For all player seasons 2005 through current, DMB did not provide true park or era data. Instead, I had to create my own era and parks based upon data found in baseball reference.

DMB has recently created an updated park disk, that updates this information through 2009. I have refreshed all player data from 2005-2009 (120 players) to utilize this new information.

I do not expect any appreciable changes in performance, but didn't want to hold back this information. Still wondering why Mariano Rivera is so streaky, maybe this will solve it!

1800s Batter Corrections

• 1886 Cap Anson loses 55 AB and 9 H R. He was batting .335 / .395 / .538 and is now batting .371 / .434 / .544
• 1886 Jack Glasscock gains 10 2B; slugging increases from .375 to .432
• 1887 Tip O'Neill loses 9 BB; on base goes from .494 to .486
• 1887 Sam Wise loses 43 AB. His old slash line was .306 / .357 / .478 and it is now .334 / .387 / .522
• 1891 Jack Clements gains 10 2B; his slugging went from .400 to .426
• 1894 Joe Kelley gains 20 2B; his slugging jumps from .562 to .602

1900-1929 Batter Corrections

• 1925 Al Wingo loses 9 triples; his slugging drops from .568 to .527
• 1928 Heinie Manush loses 9 triples; his slugging drops from .603 to .575

1930-1970 Batter Corrections

• 1930 Babe Herman loses 11 walks; on base percentage drops from .460 to .451
• 1930 Woody English gains 20 doubles; slugging increases from .427 to .511
• 1956 Harvey Kuenn loses 223 walks!; on base drops from .542 to .367

1970-2000 Batter Corrections

• 1974 Mike Schmidt gains 30 hits; AVG jumps from .229 to .282, I am sure he'll still suck though.
• 1975 Ted Simmons gains 11 2B; SLG jumps from .472 to .491
• 1984 Eddie Murray loses 90 walks; OBP plummets from .477 to .410
• 1995 Tim Salmon loses 40 AB; slash line jumps from .307 / .404 / .553 to .330 / .429 / .594
• 1997 Charles Johnson loses 68 AB; slash line rockets from .215 / .304 / .390 to .250 / .347 / .454

2000s Batter Corrections

• 2000 Richard Hidalgo lost 30 AB; his rate stats go from .298 / .374 / .604 to .314 / .391 / .636
• 2000 Todd Helton gains 20 2B increasing his slugging from .595 to .630

Pitchers looked much cleaner, it must be easier to input them I guess.

• Earl Moore 1903 jumps 100 IP to 247.7
• Shane Reynolds 1996 have his walks worsen from 5 to 44
• Doug Brocail 1999 have his K's jump from 25 to 78
• Frankie Rodriguez 2008 now has 4 HR's against instead of 0

There were a multitude of other corrections for batters and pitchers, but these were irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. A third of an IP here, or an extra single there, etc.