Stat accountant?

[Thorp]

Who does the posting of the batting averages and the era's on a daily basis?

[Thorp]

Anyone have a clue?

[RABID FAN]

The Stat Accountant Do!

[Thorp]

Are the Accountants the ones in the press box?

[RABID FAN]

Yeah, with a cell phone in one ear AND A beer in the other hand.I can't speak of a better way to enjoy the nat'l. pastime. Hiccup!

[retiredman111]

The official scorekeeper sends the box scores to a place called Howe Stats and they send the info to the media and websites.

[Thorp]

But,the stats are still kept and recorded in the press box by an individual,is this correct?

[Thorp]

I call in reports and list other games and really need the updated box scores in order to do this,why is it taking so long?

[Thorp]

Any clues? This information gives us the numbers to help these young men.

[DillasVoice]

Because HoweSportsData (or SportsTicker) doesn't update the stats until about 4 am. I don't know why they do it, but the boxscores are sent in immediately after the game is done by the scorekeepers.

If you want to know results of the games, you should check the specific team websites for the updates. That would probably be the best way.

You can also watch the news.

Oh and by the way, alcohol isn't allowed by the league in the press booths. Especially by someone who is supposed to pay as much attention as the scorekeepers. Come on now...

[preeths]

We also post scores as soon as we receive them.

[lefty's dad]

I go to this website every morning and get my info
www.unitedleague.org

[Thorp]

Sounds like the ULB is doing their job. What about the Howe stat company?

[superiorfan]

I've worked with the official scorekeeper in Duluth for both the Dukes an Huskies going back a number of years. Heres a run down of what goes on.

Official Scorekeeper uses a computer with a program call The Automated Scorebook to keep the game stats during the game and often also uses a hardcopy scorebook as a backup in case the computer dies during the game.

At the end of the game they print out the boxscore sheets and fax and/or email these to media outlets Home and visitors, visiting team and league office.

There is a game file called a .pak file that is uploaded to howesportsdata.
Sometime on the overnight howesportsdata updates the player, team and league states with this game .pak file. They post output files for standings, team stats and league leaders. The teams that subscribe can download these and post them on their web site.

Along with a program that Bill Tyler of nlfan.com wrote I've created a program that gets the stat files in the morning from the howe site, creates html pages from them and autoupdates the Duluth Huskies web site.

I don't know if any others have the full automation that we have done for the Duluth Huskies. Only time I need to make any changes is if there is a rainout and we get a double header the next day.

The howesportsdata site does this for MLB, Affiliate Minor Leagues, Most Independant Leagues and 2 summer college leagues Cape Cod and our Northwoods League.

It does take awhile to get all the files in and then run those updates.

www.duluthhuskies.com

[RABID FAN]

The computer program must not be right because the pitcher who ended a 12-2 found a save in the stats saturday morning[8-5-06]. Is not a save when a picther closes a game that can be tied with one swing of the bat?

[retiredman111]

Like any computer program, scorebook is as good as the data put in. My experience wil an older version was that the scorekeeper, or whoever entered the information, determined the save, winning and losing picture, etc.

As I understand, a save can only be given when the pitcher enters with a lead of three or less runs, or the tying run on deck, or something like that.

[DillasVoice]

Actually, there are a couple ways that a pitcher can get a save...

1) A new pitcher comes in with a lead of three runs or less in the ninth and ends the game in that half inning and gets the save
2) A new pitcher comes in for the eighth and faces a batter with (at most) the tying run on deck. That pitcher finishes the eighth and the ninth with the lead and the game ends and gets the save
3) A pitcher comes in and throws at least three effective innings without getting a win. A pitcher before has to be eligible for the win and leave the game with the lead. If that pitcher finishes the game with three or more effective innings of work (with the lead the entire time and no matter what the lead) he will get the save.

That comes out of the official scorebook.

[RABID FAN]

Thanks for the info DillasVoice--great job.