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Amazin69 · 11-30-2016, 04:55 AM

Fair enough.

Small tangent: players with incorrect/missing birthplaces were being discussed on the previous page. I understand if you don't add Hart's (Hookerton NC, population 409) to the database, but you should know that Jerry Koosman is coming up as Appleton, WI, which is a mistake. Kooz is from Appleton, MN, of course.

Once more, thanks.

ETA: fired up a 1984 test league to check out some other candidates

Billy Jo Robidoux is listed as having "Jo Robidoux" as his surname, his Historic ID is missing, and all he has left are his MiLB stats, no majors included on his Real-Life stats

Roy Lee Jackson is the other side of this divide; name is correct, has the Historic ID but no Historic Minors ID, has his majors stats but no minors stats. Same thing for John Henry Johnson.

I'd assume that because Jackson and Johnson are currently (1984) in the majors where Robidoux is still only in the minors, the game is choosing which "half" of the career to keep and discarding the other. At least it's not generating a duplicate, as it did with the Jim Ray Harts (Jims Ray Hart?), but that's still an issue.

Potentially larger issue: it seems as though all retired players from before a certain point (looks to be "began their careers before 1950", but I don't really have it narrowed down that precisely as yet) lose their Historic Minors ID and their minor-league records. Is this a glitch? Working as designed? Or simply something I would need to toggle? Just wondering.

11-30-2016, 04:55 AM	#643
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 3,840 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Fair enough. Small tangent: players with incorrect/missing birthplaces were being discussed on the previous page. I understand if you don't add Hart's (Hookerton NC, population 409) to the database, but you should know that Jerry Koosman is coming up as Appleton, WI, which is a mistake. Kooz is from Appleton, MN, of course. Once more, thanks. ETA: fired up a 1984 test league to check out some other candidates Billy Jo Robidoux is listed as having "Jo Robidoux" as his surname, his Historic ID is missing, and all he has left are his MiLB stats, no majors included on his Real-Life stats Roy Lee Jackson is the other side of this divide; name is correct, has the Historic ID but no Historic Minors ID, has his majors stats but no minors stats. Same thing for John Henry Johnson. I'd assume that because Jackson and Johnson are currently (1984) in the majors where Robidoux is still only in the minors, the game is choosing which "half" of the career to keep and discarding the other. At least it's not generating a duplicate, as it did with the Jim Ray Harts (Jims Ray Hart?), but that's still an issue. Potentially larger issue: it seems as though all retired players from before a certain point (looks to be "began their careers before 1950", but I don't really have it narrowed down that precisely as yet) lose their Historic Minors ID and their minor-league records. Is this a glitch? Working as designed? Or simply something I would need to toggle? Just wondering. Last edited by Amazin69; 11-30-2016 at 08:54 AM.