Site map with links to most of the
categories of information
Boxscores'n'more We are
tempted to call it the Retrosheet Encyclopedia because there is so much
here. However, we don't want you to think it is just another encyclopedia
because we don't have some of the items in the traditional ones and we
have information that you just won't find anywhere else. Explore the
seemingly countless number of links to discover the treasures that await
you. Included are:
Boxscores for every major league game from 1914 through 2014 plus
others from 1911. Also, National Association in 1871, 1872 and 1874.
Narratives (text play-by-play descriptions) for most of the games
for from 1940 on plus many from earlier yers.
Team and player seasonal and career statistics including many splits
Batter/pitcher matchups for players since 1940
Year-end and in-season standings
Post-season and All Star Game boxes and play-by-play narratives
Lists of transactions
All major league managers and their teams' records organized
by managers' names and by team
Coaches with records on individual and team pages
All major league umpires and data about their assignments
Numbers of ejections by year for each player, manager, and coach
Histories of every major league franchise
Top individual and team batting and pitching performances in the years
for which we have complete data
Members of the Hall of Fame and winners of more than 25 other types of awards and honors
Dates of individual milestones for season and career hits, homers, stolen bases, wins,
strikeouts, saves
Places of births and deaths and cemetery locations
Information organized in many ways: by year, by date, by player, by
team, by ballpark, by franchise
Data downloads
Play-by-play files (also called event files) -- Data
files containing literally every play in the included games. The files are
designed to be processed further using your own computer. We provide some
software to help and some documentation about the files and
the software. If you are looking for instant
information on-line, these files are not for you. Instead, look in
Boxscores'n'more.
Game logs -- Basic data for every major league
game since 1871, the first year of major league play, including date, score,
winning and losing pitchers, and a
lot more. What's available varies by years (less for the earlier years,
more for the later years). Read the descriptive text file for an
explanation of what is there. These are data files designed for input into
a database or spreadsheet program, so they probably won't make much sense
when seen on your screen.
Schedules -- The game logs show the results of the games as they
were actually played, which includes games that were postponed, most often due to poor weather,
and played later or in a few cases were never made up. The files on this page show the
schedules as the season began, which are of particular interest to those wanting to
replay seasons. We haven't gotten them for all years yet, but quite a few are posted and
we are working on the rest.
Features
Noteworthy events (previously called Special Lists) -- Here you will find lists of some of the more
unusual things that have taken place in games or related activities. Currently, these include
Batting out of turn
"Lost" home runs
Replay reviews, both homers and, starting in 2014, many other plays
Four homers in a row
Game ending non-homers (hits that are homers under current rules, but weren't before 1920)
Courtesy runners
Passing runners on the bases
Triple plays
First and last events for 20th Century and later ballparks
Neutral and alternate site games
Opening day appearances by Presidents and VPs
Suspended games
Forfeited games
Resumed protested games
No decision games
Special Features -- Links to some items that do not fit nicely
on the other pages on the site. There is an extensive section added in 2010 about postseason
regional and city series played from 1882 to 1942.
A 2007 addition honors the 60th anniversary of Jackie
Robinson's major league debut with quite detailed performance data including a list of
his steals of home and how he did against each of the 288 pitchers he faced in the
regular season.
There is also a list or All-Star Game replacement players, current teams' nicknames histories,
a description of and the rules used for the first Major League game, which was played in 1871,
a brief history of the score keeping system we use with an example scoresheet, a great picture of
Coors Field being built, a list of exhibition games played during the regular season.
and strange and unusual, mostly one of a kind, plays and happenings.
Research papers -- Papers with research done using Retrosheet data.
New contributions are welcome, so please let us know how you have used our data.
Most wanted -- Lists of the games from 1920-73 for which we
still are looking for play-by-play accounts. We have game accounts for all games from
1974 on. Obviously, we are very interested in accounts from earlier years also.
Organization
Who we are -- A brief description of Retrosheet and its
history. Also, reports and pictures from each of the annual meetings since the first
one in 1994 in Arlington, Texas as well as a listing of the members of Board of Directors
and pictures of that group at various times.
Discussion group -- The RetroList list server is on the Yahoo!Groups
site. In addition to providing information about and commenting on this web site, Retrosheet
volunteers and other interested fans also exchange comments about a variety of
not-so-common baseball topics such as interpretation of scoring rules and raise questions,
usually getting quick answers, about the availability and accuracy of historical data. Typically
there are fewer than ten messages a day. There is a link to sign up if you are interested.
Donations -- Retrosheet has been classified by the IRS as a
501(c)(3) charitable and educational organization, so donations are fully tax-deductible.
We accept donations, which are primarily used to support acquistion of materials vital to
our collection and proofing of historical data. PayPal can be used if desired.
Archives
Newsletters -- This
page contains the Retrosheet newsletters that were published until early
2002. The page also contains information about the publicity Retrosheet has
received in the media. Although the primary purpose of the
newsletters was keeping Retrosheet volunteers up to date, others will most
definitely find a great deal of interesting materials. As we have culled
through old newspapers looking for game accounts, we have run across many
baseball curiosities, some of which are quite funny or startling. The
newsletters also have some analysis and data, such as how Stan Musial
performed at Ebbets Field. Every baseball fan will enjoy browsing
them.
Site history -- Some of the items in the What's New section
of our home page are things that would have been appropriate for the newsletters we
used to publish. An example is a report on the Board of Directors meeting held at
the 2002 Society for Baseball Research (SABR) national convention. We collect these
type of items and a few others in the Archives when they are taken out of the What's New section.
