As I wrapped up my batter strikeout research, Pete Palmer asked me if I might be able to help him on some stuff he had been working on - filling in the hit batters in the early 1900's. His records had cases where the pitcher was identified (via ICI), but no batter had been identified. He had filled in a bunch already through his own research as well as help from others such as the late John Schwartz, Walt Wilson, Lyle Spatz, Bob Tiemann.
So, I started helping him fill in a few that were still missing - so far, I have helped him with 1907 NL, 1906 AL, and I am currently finishing up 1902 AL.
Due to my scanning of many of the era's papers for my batter k research, I had access to papers that are not yet online, plus I went through some "newer" online resources (e.g. NY Evening World had scans in the LofC site for the 1901-1910 timeframe that were new as of the past year or two). For 1907 NL, I was able to assist Pete in getting above 95%.
I was able to find some of the "missing" batters hit through couple methods:
1. Of course, an explicit mention in the game account, play-by-play, or box score.
Recently, while working on 1906 AL, I discovered that the Detroit Free Press have explicit mentions of the batter hit in their home game boxes - though it looks like they started doing this midway through the season.
2. Process of elimination - looking at the boxscore, I listed each batter's at-bats. Then I looked in the box for mentions of sac hits and base on balls. Most of the time, the batter specific walks were not there, but I would make note of the opposing pitcher's walk total. Then, in the latter case, I would go through the game write-up and make note of any mentions of walks. After I gathered all of this info, I added up all of the plate appearances for each player, taking into account the listed at-bats, sac hits, any documented walks, and any other documented hit by pitchers. Then it was a matter of looking for the missing plate appearances. In a number of cases, I was only able to narrow down the potential batter hit to 2 or 3 players, but I relayed that info onto Pete anyways.
This leads me to the main crux of my post, online newspaper resources. Many of these are known by researchers, but I am always running across new ones as they are added. Sometimes they are documented, other times they are not (or I don't know it!).
Anyway, here are the main sites of newspapers w/ lists of papers that I have used for my batter k & hbp research:
L of Congress Chronicling America - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/
1. NY Evening World
2. St. Louis Republic (1901-06)
3. Washington Times/Evening Times
4. Washington Herald
GeneologyBank.com (subscription): http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/keyword.html
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer
2. Cleveland Leader (this is a very new add & a great complement to the PD)
3. Boston Herald
4. St. Louis Republic (before 1901)
5. Rockford Morning Star (I used in some games for 1911 that the Chi Trib had inadequate coverage)
6. Baltimore Sun
Google Newspaper Archives (not adding any new content): http://news.google.com/newspapers#M
1. Baltimore American
2. Baltimore Morning Herald
3. Milwaukee Journal
4. Philadelphia Record
5. Pittsburgh Commercial/Gazette/Commercial Gazette
6. Pittsburgh Press
7. Reading Eagle (Philly play-by-play on certain Sundays)
FultonHistory.com (search tool is poor): http://www.fultonhistory.com/my%20photo%20albums/all%20newspapers/Page3.html
1. New York Evening Telegram (great play-by-play)
2. Brooklyn Eagle (Eagle has its own site too, but that site ends its coverage at 1902, this one is more extensive)
3. Bunch of other good resources (Spirit of the Times) that I did not use.
Next post I will add info on the scans that I have stored in at my Google docs site.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Posts from my previous blog
Going through some old bookmarks and I found the blog I started in 2008 as a first attempt at chronicling my research adventure. Here is the copy/paste of the entries (in reverse date order):
1903 - Started receiving St. Louis Chronicle print-outs from the St. Louis Public Library. So far games through May 4.
So far (guardedly written) the play-by-play is more complete than 01 or 02. Hoping this continues.
Finished doing scannings for Retrosheet of various NY and StL sources.
1907 - got AL database up and going. Entered in Wash, Chicago (what I had), and NYA. Hope to get to Lib of Mich next week to pull the Det stuff. Have ILL request in for Cleveland Leader. Ed Morton is compiling the Philly stuff. Boston - who knows.
Recording Brook and NYN batter k's from NYET retrosheet info and NYEW online. Once done, I will setup the database and send my requests out to Cincy and Pitt for copies/scans.
I received and reviewed the following microfilm last week:
1903 Cleveland Leader
1903 NY Herald
1901 Chicago Daily News
I was able to get almost all of the 1903 Cleveland home games documented - 2 missing, 1 was played in Canton and the other in Columbus. May need to check local papers there for additional data.
I requested the NY Herald on a tip that they might have BK's, but in 1903 they did not. I have re-requested the NY Evening Telegram as well as the NY Evening World from the NY State Library (the online World is not the "Late Extra" edition). Hopefully I will see them in the next month or two. :O
The Daily News (a heads up from Walt Wilson) has partial play-by-play, allowing me to fill in a few more blanks in my missing games (particularly Washington, Milwaukee, and St. Louis).
Also, got more scans from the Cincy PL of 1902 and 1903 box scores. Coming along nicely in groups of 5-6.
Got photocopies of selected games from 1897, 1901, and 1902 from the St. Louis Chronicle - I discovered that the Chronicle was an Afternoon/Evening paper and had play-by-play, mostly partial games. Considering the lack of data in the other 4 St. Louis newspapers I had search (1901-2), this is a great revelation. I still will have some big gaps there, but slowly I will be able to get some of those numbers up. I have sent a photocopy request to the St. Louis PL for the 1901 St. Louis box scores from the Chronicle.
Current percentage completions (main home games missing):
1897 - 88.8 (St. Louis, Louisville)
1898 - 86.4 (Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis)
1899 - 88.3 (Louisville, Cincinnati)
1900 - 98.9
1901 NL - 86.4 (St. Louis)
1901 AL - 69.1 (Milwaukee, Washington, Baltimore)
1902 NL - 86.4 (St. Louis)
1902 AL - 62.2 (St. Louis, Baltimore, Washington)
1903 NL -42.9 (Boston, NY, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Cincinnati)
1903 AL - 56.2 (Boston, NY, St. Louis, Washington)
I have sent out requests for the Louisville Dispatch and the Evening Wisconsin to see if I can fill in some more gaps in Louisville and Milwaukee. Both are evening papers and hopefully have play-by-play (partial) - the Dispatch does for sure, though it is "touch and go" in the pbp coverage details.
Received copies of boxscores from the Boston Herald from Lee Panas (thanks Lee).
As a result, here are my completion percentages for 1907 AL and NL:
1907 NL: 82.8%
1907 AL: 71.3%
St. Louis and, to a lesser extent, Chicago, are my NL trouble spots.
Detroit and St. Louis are my AL trouble spots.
Leaders (based on data so far):
1907 AL:
Most projected K's:
1. Bill Hinchman - 108 (83 k's in 117 of 152 games - 77.0%)
2. Danny Hoffman - 104 (91 k's in 120 of 137 games - 87.6%)
BK+:
1. Kid Elberfeld - 591 (7 k's in 105 of 120 games, 87.5%)
2. Willie Keeler - 458 (8 k's in 93 of 107 games, 86.9%)
1907 NL:
Most projected K's:
1. Bill Maloney - 100 (96 k's in 138 of 144 games - 95.8%)
2. MIke Mitchell - 81 (71 k's in 130 of 148 games - 87.8%)
BK+:
1. Larry McLean - 306 (11 k's in 96 of 113 games, 85.0%)
2. Johnny Evers - 250 (15 k's in 107 of 149 games, 71.8%)
As a result, here are my completion percentages for 1907 AL and NL:
1907 NL: 82.8%
1907 AL: 71.3%
St. Louis and, to a lesser extent, Chicago, are my NL trouble spots.
Detroit and St. Louis are my AL trouble spots.
Leaders (based on data so far):
1907 AL:
Most projected K's:
1. Bill Hinchman - 108 (83 k's in 117 of 152 games - 77.0%)
2. Danny Hoffman - 104 (91 k's in 120 of 137 games - 87.6%)
BK+:
1. Kid Elberfeld - 591 (7 k's in 105 of 120 games, 87.5%)
2. Willie Keeler - 458 (8 k's in 93 of 107 games, 86.9%)
1907 NL:
Most projected K's:
1. Bill Maloney - 100 (96 k's in 138 of 144 games - 95.8%)
2. MIke Mitchell - 81 (71 k's in 130 of 148 games - 87.8%)
BK+:
1. Larry McLean - 306 (11 k's in 96 of 113 games, 85.0%)
2. Johnny Evers - 250 (15 k's in 107 of 149 games, 71.8%)
Well, it has been quite awhile since I have submitted an update.
Work and life have taken me away from my research for some time.
I have started creating 1904 and 1905 lineup databases. Once these are done, I will fill-in what I have so far.
Ed Morton, Philly, has been able to start sending me philly k's again. He is pulling some 2ndary source info for 1905 Phil and A games.
More to come...
Work and life have taken me away from my research for some time.
I have started creating 1904 and 1905 lineup databases. Once these are done, I will fill-in what I have so far.
Ed Morton, Philly, has been able to start sending me philly k's again. He is pulling some 2ndary source info for 1905 Phil and A games.
More to come...
2/6: Updated leader pages on Website w/ revised 1902 info and 1903 info,
1907 Pittsburg boxscores came in!
1907 NL is now up to 67.5% complete
1903 Boston NL and AL boxscores came in (Thanks to Lee Panas!)
1903 AL is up to 81%. Still inputting the Bos NL info - will be well north of 80% though.
1903 Roadblocks: St. Louis and Washington!!
1907 Pittsburg boxscores came in!
1907 NL is now up to 67.5% complete
1903 Boston NL and AL boxscores came in (Thanks to Lee Panas!)
1903 AL is up to 81%. Still inputting the Bos NL info - will be well north of 80% though.
1903 Roadblocks: St. Louis and Washington!!
Latest update:
St. Louis - got more play by play copies from the St. Louis Chronicle. Unfortunately, most of the games are fairly incomplete (better than nothing). I also requested sample dates for 1903 and 1907 from the Globe Democrat, World, Star (and Star-Chronicle), and Post Dispatch. Alas, no luck. Hopefully, I am missing a St. Louis newspaper somewhere or there is some St. Louis pbp hiding somewhere. :(
Cincinnati - got all of 1907 home game scans from the Cincinnati Public Library - so these games are complete.
Pittsburg(h) - awaiting copied of 1907 home games from the Carnegie Library from the Pittsburg Press.
Boston - A good friend and fellow SABR'ite has graciously photocopied 1903 Boston Herald boxscores for me. He is through June so far. I have the 1907 Herald on ILL request.
NYA/NYN/Brooklyn - got play-by-play accounts from the NY Evening Telegram for 1904, 1905, 1906 from Dave Smith of RetroSheet. I am using these, along w/ the LofC's Chronicling America scans of the NY Evening World to start to document the NY teams' k's for these seasons. Coverage is really good - home AND away.
Chicago - working my way through the Tribune 1904-06 getting the home games. Sent an ILL request for the Inter-Ocean to hope fill in missing 1907 home games. Also got some RetroSheet pbp from the Daily News to fill in blanks for 1903 and 1907.
Cleveland - got Leader for 1907 and documented k's. Made ILL request for 1904 Leader
Detroit - Checked 1907 Free Press and found that after the 1st game of the year, batter k's were not documented in the boxscore. Checked Times, News, and Today(?) without any success there either. Put ILL request in for 1904-06 Free Press.
St. Louis - got more play by play copies from the St. Louis Chronicle. Unfortunately, most of the games are fairly incomplete (better than nothing). I also requested sample dates for 1903 and 1907 from the Globe Democrat, World, Star (and Star-Chronicle), and Post Dispatch. Alas, no luck. Hopefully, I am missing a St. Louis newspaper somewhere or there is some St. Louis pbp hiding somewhere. :(
Cincinnati - got all of 1907 home game scans from the Cincinnati Public Library - so these games are complete.
Pittsburg(h) - awaiting copied of 1907 home games from the Carnegie Library from the Pittsburg Press.
Boston - A good friend and fellow SABR'ite has graciously photocopied 1903 Boston Herald boxscores for me. He is through June so far. I have the 1907 Herald on ILL request.
NYA/NYN/Brooklyn - got play-by-play accounts from the NY Evening Telegram for 1904, 1905, 1906 from Dave Smith of RetroSheet. I am using these, along w/ the LofC's Chronicling America scans of the NY Evening World to start to document the NY teams' k's for these seasons. Coverage is really good - home AND away.
Chicago - working my way through the Tribune 1904-06 getting the home games. Sent an ILL request for the Inter-Ocean to hope fill in missing 1907 home games. Also got some RetroSheet pbp from the Daily News to fill in blanks for 1903 and 1907.
Cleveland - got Leader for 1907 and documented k's. Made ILL request for 1904 Leader
Detroit - Checked 1907 Free Press and found that after the 1st game of the year, batter k's were not documented in the boxscore. Checked Times, News, and Today(?) without any success there either. Put ILL request in for 1904-06 Free Press.
1903 - Started receiving St. Louis Chronicle print-outs from the St. Louis Public Library. So far games through May 4.
So far (guardedly written) the play-by-play is more complete than 01 or 02. Hoping this continues.
Finished doing scannings for Retrosheet of various NY and StL sources.
1907 - got AL database up and going. Entered in Wash, Chicago (what I had), and NYA. Hope to get to Lib of Mich next week to pull the Det stuff. Have ILL request in for Cleveland Leader. Ed Morton is compiling the Philly stuff. Boston - who knows.
Recording Brook and NYN batter k's from NYET retrosheet info and NYEW online. Once done, I will setup the database and send my requests out to Cincy and Pitt for copies/scans.
Received the NY Evening Telegram copies from Cliff Blau. Thanks to Cliff again for his tremendous help.
I was able to fill in a big chunk of the AL and NL NY games.
I got the 1903 Boston Post finally. Unfortunately, the Post only had batter k's in April.
I am hoping that I can have someone in Boston check in the Herald to see if it has the data (it had it in 1901) .
Also compiling my missing St. L games (AL & NL) list and send it off to a fellow SABRite or to the St. Louis PL.
1903 percent complete #'s.
NL - 73.9%
AL - 68.6%
I was able to fill in a big chunk of the AL and NL NY games.
I got the 1903 Boston Post finally. Unfortunately, the Post only had batter k's in April.
I am hoping that I can have someone in Boston check in the Herald to see if it has the data (it had it in 1901) .
Also compiling my missing St. L games (AL & NL) list and send it off to a fellow SABRite or to the St. Louis PL.
1903 percent complete #'s.
NL - 73.9%
AL - 68.6%
While waiting on some NY 1903 stuff, I decided to jump ahead to 1907. Why 1907? Because, this is the year that the Washington Post decided to start listing batter strikeouts again. Unfortunately, the Chicago Tribune had a weird setup that year (at least that year, that is). The boxscores associated with the games that the reporter known as "Sy" covered had batter strikeouts, no matter whether "he" was home or away. Conversely, boxscores associated with "Charles Dryden" do not. Between the two of them, they covered the Cubs and White Sox interspersedly (I know, not a word).
On a good note, I am currently going through the NY Evening World and the online scans are of the "Final Results Edition" - which has most (through May so far) of the complete play by play. Not sure if this was a new Edition version by 1907 or the earlier years just didn't have that edition scanned.
Still looking for help in Boston...
On a good note, I am currently going through the NY Evening World and the online scans are of the "Final Results Edition" - which has most (through May so far) of the complete play by play. Not sure if this was a new Edition version by 1907 or the earlier years just didn't have that edition scanned.
Still looking for help in Boston...
Mark O'Hara in Washington generously took the time to check the 1901 Washington Times for me and found a few more games for me - about 12 new bk games. The Times, unfortunately, stopped doing batter k's after July 1 (they were scattered/inconsistent prior to that date). Regardless, a nice find and greatly appreciated. This moved the 1901 AL total documented games up to 71%. If I could find a decent Milwaukee source, I would be in much better shape.
In the meantime, Clif Blau is copying 1903 NY Evening Telegram PBP for NYG, Broo, and NYH. Hope to have that in a few weeks (a good deal of copies).
In the meantime, Clif Blau is copying 1903 NY Evening Telegram PBP for NYG, Broo, and NYH. Hope to have that in a few weeks (a good deal of copies).
I received and reviewed the following microfilm last week:
1903 Cleveland Leader
1903 NY Herald
1901 Chicago Daily News
I was able to get almost all of the 1903 Cleveland home games documented - 2 missing, 1 was played in Canton and the other in Columbus. May need to check local papers there for additional data.
I requested the NY Herald on a tip that they might have BK's, but in 1903 they did not. I have re-requested the NY Evening Telegram as well as the NY Evening World from the NY State Library (the online World is not the "Late Extra" edition). Hopefully I will see them in the next month or two. :O
The Daily News (a heads up from Walt Wilson) has partial play-by-play, allowing me to fill in a few more blanks in my missing games (particularly Washington, Milwaukee, and St. Louis).
Also, got more scans from the Cincy PL of 1902 and 1903 box scores. Coming along nicely in groups of 5-6.
Got photocopies of selected games from 1897, 1901, and 1902 from the St. Louis Chronicle - I discovered that the Chronicle was an Afternoon/Evening paper and had play-by-play, mostly partial games. Considering the lack of data in the other 4 St. Louis newspapers I had search (1901-2), this is a great revelation. I still will have some big gaps there, but slowly I will be able to get some of those numbers up. I have sent a photocopy request to the St. Louis PL for the 1901 St. Louis box scores from the Chronicle.
Current percentage completions (main home games missing):
1897 - 88.8 (St. Louis, Louisville)
1898 - 86.4 (Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis)
1899 - 88.3 (Louisville, Cincinnati)
1900 - 98.9
1901 NL - 86.4 (St. Louis)
1901 AL - 69.1 (Milwaukee, Washington, Baltimore)
1902 NL - 86.4 (St. Louis)
1902 AL - 62.2 (St. Louis, Baltimore, Washington)
1903 NL -42.9 (Boston, NY, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Cincinnati)
1903 AL - 56.2 (Boston, NY, St. Louis, Washington)
I have sent out requests for the Louisville Dispatch and the Evening Wisconsin to see if I can fill in some more gaps in Louisville and Milwaukee. Both are evening papers and hopefully have play-by-play (partial) - the Dispatch does for sure, though it is "touch and go" in the pbp coverage details.
I have contacted the Cincinnati Public Library and they have generously agreed to run scans of all the (needed) 1902 and 1903 home boxscores from the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. They are emailing them to me every day or two in batches of 5 games. And for FREE! Have about 2/3 of 1902 so far. 1902 NL at 84.5% currently.
My library just received the 1903 Cleveland Leader and NY Herald. I will begin to glean the Cleveland stuff Friday and see if the Herald has any BK info.
My library just received the 1903 Cleveland Leader and NY Herald. I will begin to glean the Cleveland stuff Friday and see if the Herald has any BK info.
Finished updating 1901 information w/ Pitt, NY, Brook, and Chicago info.
Got Chicago info from Walt Wilson this morning.
Pct complete jumped from 68 to 85%. St. Louis is still the problem child.
Updated the BK+, Misc, and Most tabs w/ the new info.
Will go back and update 1897, 1900, 1901 AL, and 1902 NL in the next couple of days.
Got Chicago info from Walt Wilson this morning.
Pct complete jumped from 68 to 85%. St. Louis is still the problem child.
Updated the BK+, Misc, and Most tabs w/ the new info.
Will go back and update 1897, 1900, 1901 AL, and 1902 NL in the next couple of days.
It's been awhile since I have posted anything. Been on vacation in DC w/ the family (which was a blast, but a TON of walking - but that is another story) as well as waiting on microfilm and photocopies.
Upon my arrival home, I had mail from the Carnegie Library with box scores for missing Pitt games from 1897, 1901, and 1902 (mostly). The 1897 (and 2 1900) games were from the Post for the ones that the Press did not have BK's for. 1901 & 1902 were from the Press.
I also received a mailing from the St. Louis Public Library with my "survey" of the St. Louis papers for 1897, 1901, and 1902. I had them copy various games from those years from the Republic, Star, Globe-Democrat, and Post Dispatch.
Upon quick review, none of the papers have explicit batter strikeout information, unfortunately. The best from a game summary looks like it was the Republic, but I need to go back through again. Still wonder if there is another paper (or source) that might have the info.
In the meantime, I have contracted Walt Wilson, in Chicago, to pull the missing Chicago games for 1901 and 1902 from whatever paper he can. He has sent me some of the stuff. Apparently, the Chicago Daily News has play-by-play (or at least partial PBP). He was able to pull BK info from that paper as well as the Chronicle and Herald.
Cliff Blau mailed me copies of the NY Evening Telegram from the 1st part of 1901 as well as a few scattered games in the 2nd half. This should help fill in more of the Brook and NY gaps in this year.
Once I have completed reviewing and updating the various databases, I will uupdate the various pages here with updated information.
Also, I have sent out ILL requests for 1899 Louisville Dispatch, which has partial play-by-play and 3 1901 Milwaukee papers - with the intent of trying to fill in as many blanks as possible, even if only partially.
I have started 1903 NL - entering in Chicago info. I think I will hold off on any further entry until I can make more headway on the other seasons I am working on.
On a sidenote, I have decided to consolidate my blog entries to the "General" blog instead of maintaining one for each year.
Upon my arrival home, I had mail from the Carnegie Library with box scores for missing Pitt games from 1897, 1901, and 1902 (mostly). The 1897 (and 2 1900) games were from the Post for the ones that the Press did not have BK's for. 1901 & 1902 were from the Press.
I also received a mailing from the St. Louis Public Library with my "survey" of the St. Louis papers for 1897, 1901, and 1902. I had them copy various games from those years from the Republic, Star, Globe-Democrat, and Post Dispatch.
Upon quick review, none of the papers have explicit batter strikeout information, unfortunately. The best from a game summary looks like it was the Republic, but I need to go back through again. Still wonder if there is another paper (or source) that might have the info.
In the meantime, I have contracted Walt Wilson, in Chicago, to pull the missing Chicago games for 1901 and 1902 from whatever paper he can. He has sent me some of the stuff. Apparently, the Chicago Daily News has play-by-play (or at least partial PBP). He was able to pull BK info from that paper as well as the Chronicle and Herald.
Cliff Blau mailed me copies of the NY Evening Telegram from the 1st part of 1901 as well as a few scattered games in the 2nd half. This should help fill in more of the Brook and NY gaps in this year.
Once I have completed reviewing and updating the various databases, I will uupdate the various pages here with updated information.
Also, I have sent out ILL requests for 1899 Louisville Dispatch, which has partial play-by-play and 3 1901 Milwaukee papers - with the intent of trying to fill in as many blanks as possible, even if only partially.
I have started 1903 NL - entering in Chicago info. I think I will hold off on any further entry until I can make more headway on the other seasons I am working on.
On a sidenote, I have decided to consolidate my blog entries to the "General" blog instead of maintaining one for each year.
I have updated my 1897 database with the Pittsburg and New York strikeout info.
Now up to 87.5%.
Need to get missing Pitt games from Pittsburg Post and hope to get the missing NY games from a microfilm version that has "Night Extra" of either the NY Evening Telegram or Evening World.
Tommy Corcoran dropped out of the lead, so Willie Keeler looks like he is the leader for 1897 as well.
Now up to 87.5%.
Need to get missing Pitt games from Pittsburg Post and hope to get the missing NY games from a microfilm version that has "Night Extra" of either the NY Evening Telegram or Evening World.
Tommy Corcoran dropped out of the lead, so Willie Keeler looks like he is the leader for 1897 as well.
I went to the library yesterday and went through the 1897 Pittsburg Press and New York Evening World that came in from Kent State (via Commerce Library).
The results:
Got most of the Pitt games from the Press except about a dozen early season games. I got only a couple of games prior to 5/27/1897. I will have someone in Pitt check the Post for the missing games.
Also, it should be noted, that each Monday, the Press published the Pirate stats, including batter walks and Strikeouts!
Made a copy of the final one, on the Monday after the final Pirate game. Press has 341 total k's for the Pirates (Davis leads w/ 43 - real close to the projection). In essence, I have 100% of the Pirate k's, just have to figure out how to override my DB table to take the totals. :)
Got most of the NY games (home and partial away) after 5/22/1897. This is when the microfilm started using the "Night Extra". The "Eveninig" edition was not late enough in the day to publish any pbp. Slowly reviewing the pbp, gleaning the k's and entering them into the db.
Update: Got through copying the play-by-play in the NY Evening World (including the Temple Cup). Now the "fun" has begun, going through each pbp and trying to decipher what is a strikeouts. Descriptions tended to be quite flowerful and obtuse at times.
The results:
Got most of the Pitt games from the Press except about a dozen early season games. I got only a couple of games prior to 5/27/1897. I will have someone in Pitt check the Post for the missing games.
Also, it should be noted, that each Monday, the Press published the Pirate stats, including batter walks and Strikeouts!
Made a copy of the final one, on the Monday after the final Pirate game. Press has 341 total k's for the Pirates (Davis leads w/ 43 - real close to the projection). In essence, I have 100% of the Pirate k's, just have to figure out how to override my DB table to take the totals. :)
Got most of the NY games (home and partial away) after 5/22/1897. This is when the microfilm started using the "Night Extra". The "Eveninig" edition was not late enough in the day to publish any pbp. Slowly reviewing the pbp, gleaning the k's and entering them into the db.
Update: Got through copying the play-by-play in the NY Evening World (including the Temple Cup). Now the "fun" has begun, going through each pbp and trying to decipher what is a strikeouts. Descriptions tended to be quite flowerful and obtuse at times.
Pittsburg Press copies have been made by the Carnegie Library and will be mailed to me today. Hopefully, the Press continued their coverage.
Just got copies from St. Louis Globe-Democrat for the 1st 3 months of home games - no luck, no batter strikeouts. I have already requested copies for the same home dates from the Post Dispatch. Keep our fingers crossed.
Just got copies from St. Louis Globe-Democrat for the 1st 3 months of home games - no luck, no batter strikeouts. I have already requested copies for the same home dates from the Post Dispatch. Keep our fingers crossed.
Presently I stand at 67.8% of the team-games completed.
Here are the Home games (mostly) by team completed by source:
Cincinnati - Commercial-Tribune
Boston - Globe, Morning Journal, Post, and Herald (thanks, Bill Nowlin)
Philadelphia - Inquirer, Press, and Ledger (thanks, Ed Morton)
Chicago - Tribune (missing 16 home games)
Brooklyn & New York - New York Evening World and Evening Telegram (still need apr-june games)
Missing:
Pittsburg - just requested photocopies of Pitt home game boxscores from the Pitt Press from the Carnegie Library. Expecting fairly quick turnaround time.
St. Louis - St. Louis Public Library continues running copies of Globe-Democrat (continuing from the copies they did for me of 1900). Based on the 1st couple of dates for 1901, I asked for copies of the Post Dispatch as well.
Chicago - Need a secondary source - maybe the Inter-Ocean. Need to find someone or somewhere that will check on this for me.
Brooklyn/New York - thought I was getting Apr-June on microfilm from NY State Library, but ILL problems (a constant theme lately) have caused the microfilm not be sent yet. May have to resort to someone running copies remotely.
Here are the Home games (mostly) by team completed by source:
Cincinnati - Commercial-Tribune
Boston - Globe, Morning Journal, Post, and Herald (thanks, Bill Nowlin)
Philadelphia - Inquirer, Press, and Ledger (thanks, Ed Morton)
Chicago - Tribune (missing 16 home games)
Brooklyn & New York - New York Evening World and Evening Telegram (still need apr-june games)
Missing:
Pittsburg - just requested photocopies of Pitt home game boxscores from the Pitt Press from the Carnegie Library. Expecting fairly quick turnaround time.
St. Louis - St. Louis Public Library continues running copies of Globe-Democrat (continuing from the copies they did for me of 1900). Based on the 1st couple of dates for 1901, I asked for copies of the Post Dispatch as well.
Chicago - Need a secondary source - maybe the Inter-Ocean. Need to find someone or somewhere that will check on this for me.
Brooklyn/New York - thought I was getting Apr-June on microfilm from NY State Library, but ILL problems (a constant theme lately) have caused the microfilm not be sent yet. May have to resort to someone running copies remotely.
Today, I added 2 new headings: BK+ leaders and most BKs by Year.
These will be updated as I get more data in.
I also will be adding some misc. categories, including pct of k's by pitcher by team.
These will be updated as I get more data in.
I also will be adding some misc. categories, including pct of k's by pitcher by team.
So far, I have been able to document the following teams (w/ their source):
Home games:
Baltimore - Baltimore Sun
Brooklyn - Brooklyn Eagle
Boston - Boston Globe
Chicago - Chicago Tribune (home and away!)
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cleveland - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philadelphia - Sporting Life and Philadelphia Inquirer
Washington - Washington Post
Still to search:
Pittsburg - ILL of Pittburg Press is on its way from Kent State U.
New York - ILL of New York Evening World is on its way from Kent State U.
Louisville - Louisville Times will probably be my best bet for anything, but based on my 1899 experience (see 1899 eventually), I need to find the "Extra" edition which had rough play by play of the same day's game.
St. Louis - not sure what I am going to do here. The Globe Democrat in 1898 didn't start covering bk's until August. Not sure what to expect in 1897. Republic (from checking via Geneology.com) is not a source. Don't expect the Post Dispatch or Star to be, but will get copies made by the St. Louis Public Library to check.
Interesting notes on Brooklyn and Cincinnati -
The Eagle does not have bk's in 1898 forward, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found them in 1897 via their website.
Same with the Commercial-Tribune. I had Jim Farmer copy and scan each Cincy game for me, hoping to at least glean a few k's, but imagine my surprise when I found out that they had bk's! Amazingly, the C-T stopped bk's for 1898 and 1899 and then restarted the stat in 1900.
Home games:
Baltimore - Baltimore Sun
Brooklyn - Brooklyn Eagle
Boston - Boston Globe
Chicago - Chicago Tribune (home and away!)
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cleveland - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philadelphia - Sporting Life and Philadelphia Inquirer
Washington - Washington Post
Still to search:
Pittsburg - ILL of Pittburg Press is on its way from Kent State U.
New York - ILL of New York Evening World is on its way from Kent State U.
Louisville - Louisville Times will probably be my best bet for anything, but based on my 1899 experience (see 1899 eventually), I need to find the "Extra" edition which had rough play by play of the same day's game.
St. Louis - not sure what I am going to do here. The Globe Democrat in 1898 didn't start covering bk's until August. Not sure what to expect in 1897. Republic (from checking via Geneology.com) is not a source. Don't expect the Post Dispatch or Star to be, but will get copies made by the St. Louis Public Library to check.
Interesting notes on Brooklyn and Cincinnati -
The Eagle does not have bk's in 1898 forward, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found them in 1897 via their website.
Same with the Commercial-Tribune. I had Jim Farmer copy and scan each Cincy game for me, hoping to at least glean a few k's, but imagine my surprise when I found out that they had bk's! Amazingly, the C-T stopped bk's for 1898 and 1899 and then restarted the stat in 1900.
Just a quick note on who I have as the "leaders in the clubhouse" at 75% complete:
Fewest projected K's (pct complete):
Tommy Corcoran 2 (83%)
Willie Keeler 5 (85%)
Mike Griffin 9 (87%)
Hughie Jennings 10 (84%)
Ed McKean 10 (82%)
Most K's:
Tommy McCreery 64 (34%)
Tom Brown 63 (84%)
Billy Clingman 53 (49%)
Barry McCormick 50 (100%)
Corcoran is an interesting entry - every other year I have done (or worked on) had Keeler as the leader (97, 98, 99, 00, 01 NL). His previous year was not necessarily low.
McCreery's entry may be troublesome depending on my ability to get Lou. bk's from the Time and/or Courier Journal (and maybe the Dispatch and Evening Post). He doesn't play a full complement of games in any subsequent season, but in 1897, he played 140 between Lou and NY.
BK+ leaders (BK/game above/below BK/game league avg - kind of like OPS+)
Corcoran 1042
Keeler 630
Griffin 332
McKean 292
Jennings 280
Worst BK+:
McCormick 42
T Brown 42
Clingman 49
McCreery 50
Everitt 57
Fewest projected K's (pct complete):
Tommy Corcoran 2 (83%)
Willie Keeler 5 (85%)
Mike Griffin 9 (87%)
Hughie Jennings 10 (84%)
Ed McKean 10 (82%)
Most K's:
Tommy McCreery 64 (34%)
Tom Brown 63 (84%)
Billy Clingman 53 (49%)
Barry McCormick 50 (100%)
Corcoran is an interesting entry - every other year I have done (or worked on) had Keeler as the leader (97, 98, 99, 00, 01 NL). His previous year was not necessarily low.
McCreery's entry may be troublesome depending on my ability to get Lou. bk's from the Time and/or Courier Journal (and maybe the Dispatch and Evening Post). He doesn't play a full complement of games in any subsequent season, but in 1897, he played 140 between Lou and NY.
BK+ leaders (BK/game above/below BK/game league avg - kind of like OPS+)
Corcoran 1042
Keeler 630
Griffin 332
McKean 292
Jennings 280
Worst BK+:
McCormick 42
T Brown 42
Clingman 49
McCreery 50
Everitt 57
Well, kind of starting in the middle here, but....
So far, I have been able to pull bk's from:
Chicago - Tribune (partial home)
Detroit - Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia - Press and Record
Baltimore - Sun had them for first part of year and then basically stopped doing it (not in 1902 either it appears).
Boston - Journal (primarily)
Cleveland - Plain Dealer, Chicago Tribune (a few games), and Leader.
Ones that do not look very promising:
Washington - no bk's in Post, Herald, or News.
Milwaukee - no bk's in Sentinel or Journal
On Baltimore, I just got photocopies of the American and News from 1901 with no addtional success.
I discovered that the Cleveland Leader was/is a great source for bk's. I plan on going back and using it to fill in a few games in 1897 as well.
1901 AL is not looking very promising. :(
So far, I have been able to pull bk's from:
Chicago - Tribune (partial home)
Detroit - Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia - Press and Record
Baltimore - Sun had them for first part of year and then basically stopped doing it (not in 1902 either it appears).
Boston - Journal (primarily)
Cleveland - Plain Dealer, Chicago Tribune (a few games), and Leader.
Ones that do not look very promising:
Washington - no bk's in Post, Herald, or News.
Milwaukee - no bk's in Sentinel or Journal
On Baltimore, I just got photocopies of the American and News from 1901 with no addtional success.
I discovered that the Cleveland Leader was/is a great source for bk's. I plan on going back and using it to fill in a few games in 1897 as well.
1901 AL is not looking very promising. :(
As I mention in the General section, I have been able to get 98% of the team-games documented.
Eliminating Louisville and the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune beginning bk coverage again helped make it possible.
Still waiting on a few copies from the St Louis Public Library of the Post Dispatch to see if I can fill in 3 early season games that the Globe Democrat did not have bk's of.
Here is the city-by-city coverage:
Brooklyn - NY Evening Telegram and NY Evening World (home and away)
New York - same as Brooklyn
Cincinnati - Commercial Tribune (original hardcopies at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus!)
St. Louis - Globe Democrat (copies courtesy of the St. Louis Public Library)
Chicago - Tribune
Philadelphia - Inquirer, Sporting Life, and Ledger (I believe)
Pittsburg - Pittsburg Press (from Kent State U)
Boston - Globe
In the next post, I will list the leaders
Eliminating Louisville and the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune beginning bk coverage again helped make it possible.
Still waiting on a few copies from the St Louis Public Library of the Post Dispatch to see if I can fill in 3 early season games that the Globe Democrat did not have bk's of.
Here is the city-by-city coverage:
Brooklyn - NY Evening Telegram and NY Evening World (home and away)
New York - same as Brooklyn
Cincinnati - Commercial Tribune (original hardcopies at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus!)
St. Louis - Globe Democrat (copies courtesy of the St. Louis Public Library)
Chicago - Tribune
Philadelphia - Inquirer, Sporting Life, and Ledger (I believe)
Pittsburg - Pittsburg Press (from Kent State U)
Boston - Globe
In the next post, I will list the leaders
Well, I have finally decided to join the 21st century - I am creating my own web page.
This will definitely be a WIP (work in progress), but my ongoing work on Batter Strikeouts has spurred me to "publish" some of my ongoing work.
I did have my 1899 strikeout research published in the recent SABR Baseball Research Journal, which was really cool. Since that has happened, I have really started to get more into the research - in fact, I now am calling it a "project" (sounds more important, official).
Anyways, just finished getting all of the current information on 1897 into an Access Db and currently have 75% of the team-games (2 team games per game played).
The big recent news, which I will document in its own blog entry, is that I currently have 98%(!!) of the 1900 NL team-games documented. Kind of a perfect storm - no Louisville and the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune decided to include batter strikeouts(bk) in their home boxscores after a 2 year hiatus. In fact, I didn't realize the the Comm-Trib had bk's in 1897 until Jim Farmer provided scans of all of the boxscores for the year. A very pleasant surprise!
Anyway, I plan on having multiple posts on each year I am working on to start off with.
Besides 1897 (75%), I currently have and working on 1898 (86.5%), 1899 (88.9%), 1900 (98%), 1901 NL (67.8%), 1901 AL (65.6%), 1902 NL (70.8%), and 1902 AL (62.2%). I am going to try to fil-in as much on these years as I can before proceeding onto 1903 on up.
Hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.
This will definitely be a WIP (work in progress), but my ongoing work on Batter Strikeouts has spurred me to "publish" some of my ongoing work.
I did have my 1899 strikeout research published in the recent SABR Baseball Research Journal, which was really cool. Since that has happened, I have really started to get more into the research - in fact, I now am calling it a "project" (sounds more important, official).
Anyways, just finished getting all of the current information on 1897 into an Access Db and currently have 75% of the team-games (2 team games per game played).
The big recent news, which I will document in its own blog entry, is that I currently have 98%(!!) of the 1900 NL team-games documented. Kind of a perfect storm - no Louisville and the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune decided to include batter strikeouts(bk) in their home boxscores after a 2 year hiatus. In fact, I didn't realize the the Comm-Trib had bk's in 1897 until Jim Farmer provided scans of all of the boxscores for the year. A very pleasant surprise!
Anyway, I plan on having multiple posts on each year I am working on to start off with.
Besides 1897 (75%), I currently have and working on 1898 (86.5%), 1899 (88.9%), 1900 (98%), 1901 NL (67.8%), 1901 AL (65.6%), 1902 NL (70.8%), and 1902 AL (62.2%). I am going to try to fil-in as much on these years as I can before proceeding onto 1903 on up.
Hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Links to my data
My source and summary data resoides in a Google Docs folder.
Here is the link for those interested in examining the information:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4NEDe8uYbdlNjgwMDViYTgtYTlhMS00OGU2LTg4NTUtODFiMGMxNmNhNGU0
Here is the link for those interested in examining the information:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4NEDe8uYbdlNjgwMDViYTgtYTlhMS00OGU2LTg4NTUtODFiMGMxNmNhNGU0
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:
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).
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).
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! :) )
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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