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  • Miz
    SBR Wise Guy
    • 08-30-09
    • 695
    #1
    MLB Backtesting Question
    I am currently backtesting my model for the 2008 season and I have a site that gives me historical data for everything from, say, the start of the 2008 season up through 06/08/08 (if testing games on 06/09/08) and every game in between, so I can get things like xERA for each starter at a given point in any season etc... I have a setup that scrapes it all etc.

    I was using vegasinsider to scrape the lines and starting pitchers for each date in the backtesting because they have a nice simple way that they list the starting pitchers in a given game. All my macros were setup for their format, and all was harmonious. However...

    They are missing quite a bit of data in August of 08. Anyway, I was looking for a different site that has the starting pitchers listed by the teams, and am having a hard time finding the STARTING pitchers listed - normally just the winner and the loser.

    I don't have my own game by game database in SQL just yet.

    If anyone has any websites that list the starters for each game, I'd appreciate it. (normally it is one layer deeper in the boxscores). I am trying not jump that hurdle unless I have to.

    Thanks in advance.
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    • LT Profits
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      • 10-27-06
      • 90963
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        • Miz
          SBR Wise Guy
          • 08-30-09
          • 695
          #3
          Yeah, the starters are one layer deeper in the recap or box... was trying to avoid that but looks like I am going to have to create a real DB using boxes... thanks for the input though
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            • skrtelfan
              SBR MVP
              • 10-09-08
              • 1913
              #4
              Statfox has them too.
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                • MrX
                  SBR MVP
                  • 01-10-06
                  • 1540
                  #5
                  I can send you a file with the starters if you'd like. Send me a PM.
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                    • skrtelfan
                      SBR MVP
                      • 10-09-08
                      • 1913
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Miz
                      Yeah, the starters are one layer deeper in the recap or box... was trying to avoid that but looks like I am going to have to create a real DB using boxes... thanks for the input though
                      Statfox has the starters listed on the individual page for each team. You can load the entire 2009 season for each team and each pitcher and each opposing pitcher is listed.
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                        • arwar
                          SBR High Roller
                          • 07-09-09
                          • 208
                          #7
                          SQL is a query language - maybe MySQL
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                            • Miz
                              SBR Wise Guy
                              • 08-30-09
                              • 695
                              #8
                              Originally posted by arwar
                              SQL is a query language - maybe MySQL
                              Yeah, that too I haven't dug into it yet, so this speaks to my inexperience with it.
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