I suspect that you aren’t running CWEVENT on the deduced games, which are in separate files? There is also a CSV version of ALL game events available here (which saves you the CWEVENT work): www.retrosheet.org/downloads/cs...
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I. DID. NOT. KNOW. THAT. EXISTED. Thank you. I will explore these today!
aug 16, 2025, 1:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, I can import the latest data into a SQL database in no time now—so much easier than running BEVENT or its cousin!
aug 16, 2025, 1:27 pm • 0 0 • view
Thank you for pointing this stuff out! I'm excited to dig into it. Also, good to know that I was skipping the deduced files. This is part of the problem with teaching yourself something. No matter how long you use it, you may not know what you don't know.
aug 16, 2025, 1:44 pm • 1 0 • view
I’m always excited to hear about when someone learns new ways to use the Retrosheet data! I’m happy to answer further questions either this way or via email jaywigley@mac.com
aug 16, 2025, 1:48 pm • 0 0 • view
So the plays file is not structured the same as BEVENT's output though, right? This may be an offseason task then...
aug 16, 2025, 1:31 pm • 0 0 • view
It is nearly identical to CWEVENT’s output, but may be in a different order (column order, I mean). There’s a field map (from one to the other) here: retrosheet.org/downloads/pb...
aug 16, 2025, 2:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Sweet! Now I don't have to change my entire process!
aug 16, 2025, 2:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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