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Old 04-05-2016, 09:04 PM   #236
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Originally Posted by Spritze View Post
So what exactly is the "Ballplayer" problem? Just means their first name is currently unknown. Does not mean they were a bad player. 1,743 "Ballplayer"s were combined with other "Ballplayer"s of the same last name and position and birth year who played at the same time. The more unusual the last name the more likely this was to happen.
Sorry Spritze, I wasn't aware that the "ballplayers" were just players in the database with unknown first names. I thought something was going screwy in the database, especially when I saw one go 3rd overall.

Thanks for clearing that up.
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