digitgopher / showdown-data

MLB Showdown baseball data collection.

Showdown Data

MLB Showdown card data - finally a comprehensive reference!

Developed for MySQL relational database.

Latest data set (CSV and JSON files available)

Quality

When you find errors in the data please contact Daniel Tixier.

Attribution

Data set created and compiled by Daniel Tixier.

• Modern cards from Colby Tallafus [blog]
• WOTC data originally compiled by ShowdownCards.com
• Baseball season data from Baseball-Reference

Showdown Schema

Common to pitchers and batters:

• nameFirst: First name
• nameLast: Last name
• nameFull: Full name
• yearID: Card year
• setID: BS = Base Set, TD = Trading Deadling, PR = Pennant Run, GU = Cards created by the Guru Colby Tallafuss
• cardNo: Card number
• team: Team
• SO: Number of SO values on chart
• GB: Number of GB values on chart
• FB: Number of FB values on chart
• BB: Number of BB values on chart
• 1B: Number of 1B values on chart
• 2B: Number of 2B values on chart; or if printed result range starts at > 20, minimum value to obtain a 2B result
• HR: Number of HR values on chart; or if printed result range starts at > 20, minimum value to obtain a HR result
• points: Points
• hand: Handed-ness of the player

TABLE batter-cards specific:

• onbase: On-Base value
• 1Bplus: Number of Single+ values on chart
• 3B: Number of 3B values on chart; or if printed result range starts at > 20, minimum value to obtain a 3B result
• speed: Speed, as a number
• startingPos1: A position the batter plays
• fielding1: The fielding (or throwing) value for startingPos1
• startingPos2: Another position the batter plays, if applicable
• fielding2: The fielding (or throwing) value for startingPos2
• startingPos3: Another position the batter plays, if applicable
• fielding3: The fielding (or throwing) value for startingPos3
• startingPos4: Another position the batter plays, if applicable
• fielding4: The fielding (or throwing) value for startingPos4
• TO: Total outs; sum of SO, GB, and FB.
• xbh: Extra base hits; sum of 1Bplus, 2B, 3B, and HR.
• numPos: Number of positions played, as printed on card, e.g. OF is one position, etc; Count of startingPos# attributes

TABLE pitcher-cards specific:

• control: Control
• PU: Number of PU values on chart
• IP: IP (1/3 IP Relievers encoded as integer 13)
• Pos: Position; Starter, Reliever, or Closer

Season Data

Additionally, there are collected MLB season data optimized for Showdown statistics in the br directory.