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Got a book from the library called "The great encyclopedia of 19th century Baseball." Its a good book if you like 19th century baseball. I learned some new things. Like i didnt know the National League was actually called the League Association from 1892-1900 after it merged with the American Association. It talks about the rule changes each year as well.
Right now im creating separate Master lists for debut players for the
National Association 1871-1875
National League 1876-1891
American Association 1882-1891
Union Association 1884
Players League 1890
League Association 1892-1900
Federal League 1914-1915
Major League 1901-2009
Having players in the Master list for only one league should result in it debuting only one time. You just have to use the correct league database file.
Gonn a make a test to see if it will work. Not changing any other file because
i still need all the plyers stats its just his debut year that needs to be separated from other leagues.
As i do it ive been giving players with no first name the name of "John Doe"
for a first name so i will know the player had no real first name. Doesnt look right to have a player with no first name. But i also found some b-days were impossible because the database had the b-day for a couple of players after
his debut year. Cant really make your debut if your not born yet. So i just put their b-day 20 years prior to their debut year.
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