Ed Bagley batting stats

BaseballMan · 04-19-2012, 07:19 PM

Cant find this player's batting stats in the lahman database. He is showing as playing in 1885 according to Retrosheet and Baseball Refernce.

swampdragon · 04-19-2012, 08:30 PM

Check Begley. I seem to remember that name.

BaseballMan · 04-19-2012, 10:03 PM

Ok ill check it out. Hes listed as Bagley for retrosheiet and baseball teference

Charlie Hough · 04-19-2012, 10:21 PM

He's in the Lahman database. ID is begleed01. Obviously the ID looks like it doesn't match the beginning of the last name like it normally does.

Spritze · 04-19-2012, 11:46 PM

Researchers changed his last name by finding out who the heck he really was. It happens pretty often. Same with players ages (birthdays). Even a players handedness may change over time as new information becomes available. When they find a right-handed player had the nickname "Lefty" it often causes a change in a players demographic details. That is just the way the cookie crumbles.

04-19-2012, 07:19 PM	#1
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,404	Ed Bagley batting stats Cant find this player's batting stats in the lahman database. He is showing as playing in 1885 according to Retrosheet and Baseball Refernce.

04-19-2012, 08:30 PM	#2
swampdragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Lonely Mountain Posts: 2,509	Check Begley. I seem to remember that name. __________________ “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -- C.S. Lewis

04-19-2012, 11:46 PM	#5
Spritze OOTP Historical Czar Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bothell Wa Posts: 7,253	Researchers changed his last name by finding out who the heck he really was. It happens pretty often. Same with players ages (birthdays). Even a players handedness may change over time as new information becomes available. When they find a right-handed player had the nickname "Lefty" it often causes a change in a players demographic details. That is just the way the cookie crumbles. __________________ It's madness, madness, I tell you! For the love of God, don't do it!

04-19-2012, 10:03 PM	#3
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,404	Ok ill check it out. Hes listed as Bagley for retrosheiet and baseball teference

04-19-2012, 10:21 PM	#4
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,640	He's in the Lahman database. ID is begleed01. Obviously the ID looks like it doesn't match the beginning of the last name like it normally does.