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I'm trying to create a comprehensive Lahman-style database of Japanese Baseball statistics for use in the German baseball simulator Out of the Park 4 (http://www.ootp4.com). Does any such database exist or will I have to collect all data myself?
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Re: Database
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Sep 23, 2002 10:29 AM
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Wanting to make my database more compliant with any standards out threre, I had a look at the Lahman baseball database. While the concept is exactly want I want to do with mine, the schema of the database is not very RDBMS (Relational DataBase Management System) friendly.
My conclusion to investigating the Lahman DB was that I would be losing too much data and relation functionality to be useful.
I looked through a good portion of the Out of the Park 4 site, including their FAQ, but was unable to find data schemas.
Entering data is still an ongoing project for me. I've got most of the star players entered, but it's by no means an exhostive list. And I have no fielding data entered. If you tell me what you want the tables to look like, I can generate them for the players I have (plus a reasonable sized list to enter). Just look through the Players section for an idea of what data I have.
If the data is similar to that used by the APBA simulation game, RobsJapaneseCards has an APBA page from which you can download Japanese team, all-stars, and season disks.
I'm sure there are more simulation fans out there who can be more helpful.
My conclusion to investigating the Lahman DB was that I would be losing too much data and relation functionality to be useful.
I looked through a good portion of the Out of the Park 4 site, including their FAQ, but was unable to find data schemas.
Entering data is still an ongoing project for me. I've got most of the star players entered, but it's by no means an exhostive list. And I have no fielding data entered. If you tell me what you want the tables to look like, I can generate them for the players I have (plus a reasonable sized list to enter). Just look through the Players section for an idea of what data I have.
If the data is similar to that used by the APBA simulation game, RobsJapaneseCards has an APBA page from which you can download Japanese team, all-stars, and season disks.
I'm sure there are more simulation fans out there who can be more helpful.
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