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Baseball Statkeeper 1 Baseball Statkeeper 1.1 (C)1987 By Michael J. Himowitz 8134 Scotts Level Road Baltimore, MD 21208 301-521-4885 CIS 71655,1327 DELPHI MHIMOWITZ Baseball Statkeeper is a program for the IBM PC and close compatibles that will make you the statistical genius of your Little Leauge. It will keep track of batting statistics for 180 players on 12 teams. It will print out a variety of statistics for individual players and teams, sort the players on various stats and produce a variety of reports on the screen or printer. I designed it for little league play, but it can be used on virtually any level of competitive baseball or softball. The program is written in BASIC and runs under the BASIC interpreter. The current version needs some work before it can be compiled using the IBM Basic Compiler or Microsoft QuickBasic. This is so because it uses a machine language sort, as well as a routine that clears the screen quickly. As soon as I figure out how to get those working under the compiler, I'll get out a compiled version. I don't think it will pick up much speed from compilation, as the compiler doesn't do much for disk I/O or screen writing. Baseball Statkeeper stores its information on disk in files. A file can contain stats for a single team or a whole league. To begin, you must set up the teams in your league (or just one team, if that's all you're interested in) and establish a roster of players. You can add a player or team at any time. After each game, all you have to do is enter the stats from the game for each player. The program does all the calculating. Everything is menu driven. When the program starts, you'll see a Main Menu with the following choices: 1. LOAD A FILE 2. CREATE A NEW FILE 3. UPDATE A PLAYER 4. TEAM ROSTER 5. ADD A PLAYER 6. PLAYER REPORTS 7. TEAM REPORTS 8. SORT YOUR STATS 9. QUIT The menu choices are arranged in the order you're most likely to need them. However, we'll discuss them in the order you'll use them when you first set up your records. To select any menu item, just type its number. You do not have to hit <RETURN>. Baseball Statkeeper 2 CREATE A NEW FILE This is menu Item 2. When you select it, you will be asked whether you want to create a new file. This is typical of Baseball Statkeeper. Before you do anything permanent, you will always be asked if you want to go ahead. Type "Y" to continue or "N" to return to the Main Menu. When you have confirmed your choice, you will be asked to type the letter representing the drive that will hold your data files. Type the letter (A-D). You will be shown a directory of files on that drive. You will then be prompted to enter a filename. Enter a filename of up to eight characters. DO NOT add an extension. The program will do that for you, as it actually creates four separate files, each with the filename you have chosen and extensions that the program looks for when accessing and writing data. When you have entered the filename, you will be returned to the Main Menu, where that filename will now be displayed. SET UP A TEAM ROSTER This is menu Item 4. It will allow you to add the names of teams to your roster. When you choose this item, you will be shown a list of current teams. You will then be prompted to enter the name of the team you want to add. Team names may have up to 18 characters. When you have entered a team name, you will be asked if it is correct. If you type "Y" you will be asked if you want to enter another team. If you type "N" you'll be prompted to enter the team name again. This, too, is typical of the program any time you are asked to enter data. If it is not correct, you will get the chance to enter it again. After you enter each team name, you will be asked to enter another team. When you are through entering the names of the teams in your league, type "N" when asked if you want to enter another team. You will then be returned to the Main Menu. ADD PLAYERS This is menu Item 5. When you choose to add a player, you will shown a list of teams, with the numbers assigned to each team by the program. You will then be prompted to enter the last name, first initial and team number for each player. MAKE SURE YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY IS TURNED ON when you enter this information, or the players names will not be properly sorted. Also, be sure to enter the NUMBER of the player's team and not the team name. When you have finished entering each player's name and team, you will be asked if you want to enter another player. If you type "Y" you'll be prompted for the information about the new player. If you type "N" you'll return to the Main Menu. Baseball Statkeeper 3 UPDATE A PLAYER This is menu Item 3. It will allow you to update the latest game stats for each player (or enter stats for the initial game if you're just beginning your season). You will be prompted to enter the player's last name, then his first initial. Once again, make sure the CAPS LOCK key is depressed. The program will display the first match it comes to (including the team) and ask if this is the player you want. If it's not the player (in the unlikely event that you have two with the same last name and first initial), type "N" and the computer will look for further matches. If it is the player you want, type "Y." The player's current stats will be displayed, and you will be asked to enter the following information (a sample screen follows): ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ HERE ARE THE CURRENT STATS ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║LAST NAME FI T AB HITS AVG HR OBP RUN RBI ERR BB SO 1B 2B 3B ║ ║HIMOWITZ M 2 31 14 .452 5 .553 10 5 5 7 6 8 2 2 ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ LET'S ENTER STATS FOR THE LATEST GAME AT BATS: 5 HITS: 3 HOME RUNS: 1 RUNS SCORED: 1 ERRORS: 1 WALKS: 1 STRIKEOUTS: 2 SINGLES: 1 DOUBLES: 1 TRIPLES: 1 RBI'S: 3 IS THIS INFORMATION CORRECT? (Y/N) After typing each piece of information, hit the <RETURN> key. When you have confirmed the entire entry, the stats will be upated at the top of the screen and you will be asked if you want to update another player. Type "Y" to ask for another player or "N" to return to the Main Menu. LOAD A FILE This is menu Item 1. It will allow you to load a player file from disk if you are just starting the program. You must load a file (or create a new one) before you can update player stats. You will be prompted to enter the letter representing your data drive. Then you will be shown a directory of all the player Baseball Statkeeper 4 files on that drive (they have the extension .PLY). When asked, type in the name of the player file you want to load. DO NOT TYPE THE EXTENSION. Just type the file name. The information in the file will be loaded into memory, and you're ready to update the player stats. SORT YOUR STATS Menu Item 8 is one of the nicest features of the program. It allows you to sort the players based on a variety of different statistics. The kids will love it, because everyone is likely to be near the top of the list in one category or another. Even the shrimpiest kid on the team is likely have a good on-base percentage because he gets a lot of walks. When you choose the sort feature, you'll see the following choices: 1. BY BATTING AVERAGE 2. BY HITS 3. BY HOME RUNS 4. BY RBI'S 5. BY RUNS SCORED 6. BY ON-BASE PCT. Just type the number of your selection and the program will sort the players on that statistic. It may take a minute or two, particularly if you're working from floppy disks and have a large number of players. When the sort is complete, you'll be prompted to hit the <RETURN> key to return to the Main Menu. PLAYER REPORTS This feature will allow you to display your player stats on the screen or send them to your printer. You will see the following choices: 1. INDIVIDUAL PLAYER 2. ALL PLAYERS 3. RETURN TO MAIN MENU Just type the number of your selection. In either case, you will be asked if you want the report sent to the screen or printer. Type either "S" for screen or "P" for printer. If you ask for an individual player, you'll be prompted for the player's last name and first initial. Once again, MAKE SURE THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS DEPRESSED. The program will display the player's stats or send it to the printer, depending on how you asked for it. If you ask for a printout, you will be prompted to enter today's date first. Once the data has been printed, you will be asked if you want to start a new page before going onto the next player. Type "Y" or "N". This will allow you to save paper if you ask for a series of indivdual players. When you ask for a report showing all players, you will be asked if you want the CURRENT INDEX or the PLAYER INDEX. This refers to how you want the players displayed. If you ask for the Baseball Statkeeper 5 CURRENT INDEX, the players will be listed according to the last sort you asked for. If you specify the PLAYER INDEX, the players will be listed in alphabetical order. TEAM REPORTS Menu Item 7 will give you team reports in several different formats. Once again, you will have the choice of displaying the reports on the screen or printer, with one exception. The display of all teams with their players is a printer-only report. Here are the choices you'll see: 1. LIST ALL TEAMS 2. TEAM WITH PLAYERS 3. ALL TEAMS WITH PLAYERS 4. RETURN TO MENU 1. List All Teams--This will give you a report showing the composite statistics for all teams. It's a great summary for your whole league. 2. Team With Players--This will allow you to select an individual team. It will show you all the players on the team you select, with the team's composite stats at the bottom. 3. All Teams With Players--This will send reports for all your teams to the printer automatically, with a separate page for each team. The indivdual players and team totals will be shown on each page. If you ask for printed reports, you will usually be asked to enter a title that will appear at the top of the page along with the date. It's a good idea to make sure you have the correct date in the system before you run the program to eliminate any conflicts here. You will normally get the date prompt from DOS when you start your computer. If you're not sure whether you have it, just enter the command DATE at the DOS prompt (not while you're in BASIC) and then enter the date. TECHNICAL NOTES Baseball Statkeeper creates four disk files to store the information in each filename that you specify. Let's say you create a file called "LEAGUE." The four disk files created are as follows: LEAGUE.PLY -- A random access file with the players names, team numbers and statistics. LEAGUE.CNF -- A sequential file indicating the current number of players and teams. LEAGUE.TMS -- A sequential file containing composite statistics for each team. LEAGUE.PDX -- A sequential index file in which each entry is a player's name followed by his record number in the random file LEAGUE.PLY. The PDX file is sorted in alphabetical order. When you sort your stats, the program creates a second sequential file in memory with the same names and team numbers, but sorted in the order you specified. Baseball Statkeeper 6 PROGRAM NOTES While this program is copyrighted, you are free to use it and distribute copies. But you can't charge anything for those copies. The program is published under the "Leagueware" principle. If you like it and use it, don't send me anything. Instead, make a contribution to your local little league. If you don't have a local little league, you can make a contribution to our local little league, Pikesville Baseball Inc., P.O. Box 5965, Baltimore, MD 21208. I could include some silly language about only distributing unmodified copies of the program. But I know there are lots of hackers out there who may be able to improve it. If you should modify it and distribute it, you must include a copy of the original program and documentation. You must also make it perfectly clear in the modified version that it is in fact, a modified version and not the original. This will save me a lot of grief. The author makes the usual disclaimers of irresponsibility as to warranties, performance, merchantability, and fitness for any particular purpose. If you find any bugs or problems, or make improvements, I would appreciate hearing from you or getting a copy of the enhanced version. Mostly, I hope you and your players enjoy the program. Mike Himowitz 1/20/86