Historical Player ID's

Eddie Paxil · 06-01-2007, 07:46 PM

Anyone now how I can find out what are the historical player ID's for various players? I might need to import some players individually. I have access to both Gambo 2.0 & Lahman 5.4 as databases.

Scoman · 06-01-2007, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Eddie Paxil

Anyone now how I can find out what are the historical player ID's for various players? I might need to import some players individually. I have access to both Gambo 2.0 & Lahman 5.4 as databases.

It is the first 5 letters of the last name followed by first 2 letters of first name,then a number value,example babe ruth, ruthba01.

Eddie Paxil · 06-01-2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoman

It is the first 5 letters of the last name followed by first 2 letters of first name,then a number value,example babe ruth, ruthba01.

Thanks. So I'm guessing multiple players with the same name are numbered sequentially 01,02 etc.

Scoman · 06-01-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Eddie Paxil

Thanks. So I'm guessing multiple players with the same name are numbered sequentially 01,02 etc.

Exactly. Based on who played first i think.

Eddie Paxil · 06-01-2007, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoman

Exactly. Based on who played first i think.

Thanks so much.

Scoman · 06-01-2007, 08:12 PM

No problem,welcome to the community.

metsgeek · 06-01-2007, 09:50 PM

Just go to their page on www.baseballreference.com.

Example - Joe Dimaggio: http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dimagjo01.shtml

His Lahman ID is dimagjo01

06-01-2007, 07:46 PM	#1
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06-01-2007, 09:50 PM	#7
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