About Me

I am a long time baseball fan who became interesting in documenting the "missing" batter strikeouts a few years back as an outgrowth of my interest in the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. Grew up w/ the Big Red Machine. I now follow them and my new hometown, Detroit Tigers. Member of SABR off and on since 1979.

Monday, January 2, 2012

All Done!

Well, technically I "completed" my batter strikeout research a couple of months ago when I sent off my revised data to Pete Palmer.   1910, 1911, & 1912 AL research has been completed.

I am not much of a writer/blogger as you can see from the Long lag in posting - data is more my thing.

Anyway,...
My final percents of completed player-game data were:

1910 AL - 90.2 %
1911 AL - 88.5 %
1912 AL - 92.7 %

Here are the numbers for all of the seasons:
Pct Complete


NL AL
1897
92.1%  
1898
90.5%  
1899
92.5%  
1900
98.7%  
1901
93.5% 84.6%
1902
93.3% 82.8%
1903
91.6% 89.0%
1904
92.4% 87.1%
1905
90.1% 80.6%
1906
90.0% 81.9%
1907
95.0% 88.8%
1908
98.7% 94.9%
1909
92.0% 91.2%
1910
  90.2%
1911
  88.5%
1912
  92.7%



Pete loaded into his master database and as I checked this morning,  Baseball Reference.com has populated its database with the data as well.
 

In addition to the 1910-12 additions,  I went back to earlier seasons and got new information to further tighten the numbers.  I looked at some older ICI files to pull some missing Milwaukee & Baltimore data.  Not sure what papers that ICI pulled the data from as there is no specific sourcing info in the day by day..   Here is partial history of where I pulled data from in the past year & half.  It doesn't include online sources that I have pulled myself, but does include microfilm from Missouri that I had shipped to me (thanks Mo. Hist. Society).  



Date City Year Newspaper Source
11/05/10 Detroit 1909 Times me - copies/scans from L of Mich
11/12/10 Detroit 1908 Free Press me - Proquest scans
11/16/10 Detroit 1909 Free Press me - Proquest scans
11/16/10 Chicago 1904 Daily News 1 game from Walt Wilson
11/17/10 St. Louis  1901 Globe Democrat Dwayne Ispring scans
12/02/10 Philadelphia 1906 Evening Telegraph scans of AL and NL from Ed Morton
12/06/10 Louisville 1898 Times scans of some pbp
12/06/10 Philadelphia 1908 Evening Telegraph scans of Sept missing games
12/06/10 St. Louis  1907 Globe Democrat 1st scans from S Halstead - thru Apr 24
12/09/10 New York 1910 Evening Telegram FultonHistory - up through mid-July - referred by Ed Morton
12/10/10 St. Louis  1901 Globe Democrat more scans from D Ispring - July/Aug
12/11/10 Baltimore 1901-02 American Found in Google Archives - referred by Ed Morton
12/11/10 Milwaukee 1901 Journal Found in Google Archives  
12/13/10 Baltimore 1901-2 Morning Herald Found in Google Archives - referred by Ed Morton
12/14/10 Baltimore 1897-99 American Found in Google Archives  
12/14/10 St. Louis  1907 Globe Democrat more scans from S Halstead - thru May 30
12/17/10 St. Louis  1901 Globe Democrat rest of 1901 scans from D Ispring
12/20/10 Philadelphia 1910 Evening Telegraph scans of July arrived
12/21/10 St. Louis  1907 Globe Democrat rest of 1907 scans - working on July/Aug review
12/22/10 St. Louis  1907 Globe Democrat Sept/Oct
01/06/11 Cleveland 1908 Leader Visit to OHS library - July-Oct
01/06/11 Cleveland 1910 Leader Visit to OHS library - Apr-Sept
01/23/11 Louisville 1898 Times Rest of games - missing 10/10 -14 from m-film
01/30/11 Philadelphia 1910 Evening Telegraph scan of Sept/Oct pbp
02/05/11 St. Louis  1897 Republic GeneologyBank.com
02/04/11 Detroit 1910 Free Press Scanned from Wayne State Oakland branch -  thru beg on July
02/04/11 Pittsburgh 1906-09 Gazette Times Found in Google Archives - referred by Ed Morton
02/13/11 Philadelphia 1910 All Ed Morton - fill in (NA, Ledg, PR)
02/18/11 St. Louis  1902 Globe Democrat more from D Isgrig - may-June
03/01/11 Louisville 1899 Evening Post July so far from Esta Day scans - partial Pbp
03/03/11 St. Louis  1909 Globe Democrat scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society
03/03/11 St. Louis  1902 Globe Democrat more from D Isgrig - may-June
03/06/11 St. Louis  1909 Globe Democrat scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - thru aug 7
03/13/11 New York 1910 Evening World copies of scatter missing games from Cliff Blau
03/16/11 St. Louis  1909 Globe Democrat scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - aug 8 to end of season
03/23/11 St. Louis  1910 Globe Democrat scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - up to june 19
03/28/11 Detroit 1910 Times very complete pbp scanned from L of Mich
03/30/11 Louisville 1899 Evening Post pbp scans from Esta Day - Aug 1899
03/30/11 St. Louis  1910 Globe Democrat scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - june 20 - july 31
04/03/11 Cleveland 1910 Leader Sept home games from Rick Huhn
04/14/11 St. Louis  1902 Globe Democrat 4 more games from D Isgrig
04/15/11 St. Louis  1902 Globe Democrat 4 more games from D Isgrig
04/16/11 St. Louis  1906 Republic scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society -april - july 31 (AL)
04/16/11 St. Louis  1906 Republic scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society -april - july 31 (AL)
04/25/11 Boston 1910 Multiple Misc road games from Bob Richardson
04/27/11 St. Louis  1906 Republic scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - aug & oct (AL)
04/27/11 St. Louis  1906 Republic scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - aug & oct (NL)
05/01/11 St. Louis  1906 Republic scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - sept (AL)
05/01/11 St. Louis  1906 Republic scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - (NL)
05/02/11 St. Louis  1907 Republic scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - apr (NL)
05/11/11 Louisville 1899 Evening Post Sept/Oct
05/17/11 Boston 1912 Multiple Home games from Bob Richardson
05/26/11 Detroit 1912 Times very complete pbp scanned from L of Mich
05/30/11 Cincinnati 1898 Enquirer scans from Esta Day - May/June
05/31/11 Philadelphia 1912 Evening Telegraph Sept/Oct
06/01/11 St. Louis  1912 Globe Democrat scans from rools sent from Mo. Hist Society (Apr, May, June, Aug, Sept
06/14/11 Cleveland 1912 Leader copies of home games from Stephanie Liscio
06/15/11 Milwaukee 1901 ICI went through ICI logs to pull missing k's & validated vs. totals
06/15/11 Baltimore 1901 ICI went through ICI logs to pull missing k's & validated vs. totals
06/16/11 Washington 1901 ICI went through ICI logs to pull missing k's & validated vs. totals
06/16/11 Cleveland 1901 ICI went through ICI logs to pull missing k's & validated vs. totals
06/16/11 Detroit 1901 ICI went through ICI logs to pull missing k's & validated vs. totals
06/16/11 St. Louis  1897 Globe Democrat scans from rolls sent from Mo. Hist Society - apr-aug
06/18/11 Philadelphia 1912 Reading Eagle misc home games from Ed Morton
06/20/11 Philadelphia 1912 Evening Times misc pbps from Ed Morton
06/22/11 Detroit 1912 Free Press Scanned from Wayne State Oakland branch 
06/26/11 Philadelphia 1901 ICI went through ICI logs to pull missing k's & validated vs. totals
06/28/11 Baltimore 1902 ICI went through ICI logs to pull missing k's & validated vs. totals
07/07/11 St. Louis  1907 Republic May & June; also fixed error w/ 7/12 Boston game
07/08/11 St. Louis  1907 Republic May & June rolls from Mo. Hist. Soc.
07/08/11 New York 1912 Evening Telegram copies from Cliff Blau
07/16/11 St. Louis  1907 Republic July-Oct rolls from Mo. Hist. Soc.
07/16/11 St. Louis  1907 Republic July-Oct rolls from Mo. Hist. Soc.
07/20/11 Philadelphia 1912 Multiple misc games from Ed Morton
07/28/11 St. Louis  1910 Republic/Star April-July
07/28/11 St. Louis  1910 Republic April-July
08/09/11 Cincinnati 1898 Enquirer July so far from Esta Day scans
09/15/11 Cincinnati 1899 Enquirer may-July from Esta Day scans
09/26/11 Cincinnati 1898 Enquirer July - Oct from Esta Day scans
10/31/11 Boston 1911 Multiple from Bob Richardson


In addition, here is my "final" list of sources for all of the years that I researched.  In my season lineup databases, I have specific documentation by game and batter (many instances inning).



City Paper 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Baltimore American notes notes notes   notes notes                    
Baltimore Morning Herald


  notes notes                    
Baltimore Sun box-h box-h box-h   box-h/notes notes                    
Boston Advertiser











notes
notes
Boston American








notes

notes notes note notes
Boston Globe box-h box-h box-h box-h notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes/pbp notes notes notes notes
Boston Herald notes notes notes notes notes
box-h box-h
notes box-h

notes notes notes
Boston Journal notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes
Boston Post notes notes notes notes box-h



notes
pbp pbp notes notes notes
Boston Record 







notes




pbp pbp
Brooklyn  Eagle box-h notes notes notes notes notes
notes notes notes


     
Chicago (Record-)Herald



notes notes notes notes notes notes notes box-h



Chicago Chronicle



notes notes notes notes notes notes notes




Chicago Daily News



pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp



Rockford Morning Star













box-b
Chicago Inter-Ocean



notes notes notes notes notes notes box-h notes



Chicago Tribune box-b box-b box-b box-b box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-b box-b box-b box-b
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune box-h notes notes box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h      
Cincinnati Enquirer
notes notes



notes notes notes notes notes notes      
Cleveland  Leader


  box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h
Cleveland  Plain Dealer box-h box-h box-h   notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes
Detroit Free Press         box-h box-h box-h box-h/notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes/box-h notes
Detroit Times        




pbp

pbp pbp pbp pbp
Louisville  Courier Journal notes notes notes                          
Louisville  Evening Post

pbp                          
Louisville  Times
pbp pbp                          
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin        
                     
Milwaukee Sentinel         notes                      
Milwaukee Journal         notes                      
New York Evening Telegram pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp
New York Evening World pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp pbp
New York Times



notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes
box-h
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph



pbp pbp

pbp pbp pbp
pbp pbp pbp pbp
Philadelphia Evening Times













pbp pbp
Philadelphia Inquirer box-h box-h box-h box-h




notes

notes notes notes notes
Philadelphia North American notes notes notes notes box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h
box-h notes box-h
Philadelphia Press notes notes notes notes box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h
box-h
box-h
Philadelphia Public Ledger



box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h notes box-h
Philadelphia Record 



box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h
Pittsburg Post box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h
     
Pittsburg Press box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h box-h      
Pittsburg Gazette Times








notes notes
notes      
Reading Eagle












pbp box-h box-h
St. Louis  Chronicle




pbp pbp pbp
             
St. Louis  Globe Democrat
notes box-b box-b notes notes notes notes notes notes notes box-b notes notes notes notes
St. Louis  Republic notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes notes

notes notes
St. Louis  Post Dispatch notes




notes notes







St. Louis  Star








   

notes
pbp
Washington  Evening Star


  notes                      
Washington  Evening Times


  notes notes                    
Washington  Herald                  

notes
notes notes
Washington  Post box-h box-h box-h   notes notes notes notes notes notes box-h box-h box-h box-h/notes notes box-b
Washington  Times


  notes notes notes notes notes notes
notes
notes notes
ICI




notes notes















 Although I have concluded research on batter strikeouts, there may still be sources out there - missing play-by-play accounts, sporting extra editions of papers I haven't discovered - which will further "enhance" the record.

Based on my approach and the high percentage of strikeout games accounted for (and Pete Palmer's blessing :)  ), I feel have fulfilled my mission in filling in the missing record, a gap that now shows data.

As I mentioned in a earlier blog post, where a player's percent of batter k games was less than 100%, I "projected" the remainder based on the player's k/g rate and adjusted for the team's k total.  Pete used as similar approach in his RBI research.  (Note:  A response in a B-R blog implied that I arrived at my k numbers in a method similar to the CS projection method - this is completely inaccurate as I had ACTUAL k data while the CS research was based on catcher assist data.)

My summary Excel workbook as well as my seasonal lineup databases (where the game by game data is stored) are stored in my Google cloud.  If anyone is interested in gaining access to any of the data, please let me know.

There will, of course, be those that may feel that unless you have 100% of the data and have it verified by multiple sources, it should not be considered "official".  That is fine.   However, in cases where this is not realistically feasible, we use the best statistical analysis tools to get that record.   Like Pete Palmer's RBI 19th century research, in which over 90% of the data was captured and the rest was "projected"/"prorated", I have worked to do so.

I hope baseball researchers and others interested in baseball statistics will enjoy my addition to the record and form a new appreciation for players such as Lave Cross, Billy Maloney, Jake Stahl, Kid Elberfeld, and newly marvel at Willie Keeler.

In closing, I do not know where I will go next - 1882-91 AA batter k's?  1899 Baltimore Orioles SB's?  I think I will take a little break and catch up on some reading - history, of course.

I have enjoyed completing my research, but in the ride, I have learned so much about the era that I researched - the players, the teams, and most of all,. the coverage.   I have learned so much about how to research baseball - online databases such as GeneologyBank.com has been a godsend as well as LOC Chronicling America, and Google News Archives.  Most of all, I am so grateful to all of the people, both SABR members and others, who have spent time to assist me in this endeavor.  I may have said this in a previous blog post, but it deserves to be said again - I want to especially thank Ed Morton for his diligent and tireless research of the many Philly papers, cross-checking papers.  You have been a godsend!   Bob Richardson in Boston performed similar yeoman's duty.    I also want to say special thanks to Tom Ruane & Dave Smith of Retrosheet for sending my their "unofficial"  (unproofed) play-by-play data as well as lineup data from many of the seasons.   This information helped me tremendously in creating my season lineups which were the basis of my strikeout data entry.   And, of course, lastly, thank you to Pete Palmer (and others) for encouraging me to "bring it public" as well as proofing my player entries (I will get Bill Din(n)een as 1 entry one of these days! :) )
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