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Ive been working on a transaction file for the 19th century. I found that i could use some of the dates from retrosheet but there are sometimes i cant use the actual date because i think it may be cause problems.
For example when a player is signed to a new team in March. If players old team has folded the game would look to the transaction file and since the team is no longer active it may mess things up but im not sure if thats the case.
Never the less im just having players released by the end of the year and signing with new team the next year. Im gonna test the 1871 season and see how good it works with players being drafted to their correct teams. I think it will help when teams fold because the players should be in my file since obviously they had to with a real team.
I have to manually make the transactions but i dont think that will be a problem as i should just have to check the date in my file and it will tell me the next date i need to release or sign a player. Plus it gives me more time to watch each season more closer instead of just simming the whole season at once.
Anyway if it works ill share the file if anyones interested. I still have a lot of work to go. I still have to figure out the best way to handle transactions where theres no date for a player moving to another team during the season. If he was traded after the season its easy cause like i said i just release players at the end of the year and sign them at the start of the next year.
Been working on this off and on since October. Wish there was an easier way to do it but i dont think theres a way to do it automatically since i have to manually check each player. I dont think retrosheet has all the transactions and theres also the problem i mentioned above.
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