# Downloadable baseball data

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-baseball-data/506419>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 14, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-baseball-data/506419 "2009-08-14T16:16:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-baseball-data/506419/1 "2009-08-14T16:16:06Z")

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Is there a site where one can download raw baseball statistics, so one can do one’s own analysis?

I don’t need everything in the Baseball Encyclopedia…just Player, Year, and Home Runs. That should only be a few thousand rows of data.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-baseball-data/506419/2 "2009-08-14T17:45:16Z")

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The [Lahman Baseball Database](http://baseball1.com/content/view/57/82/) is what you want.

It’s big, but it has all the stats and if you know how to use a database, you can create any query you want.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-baseball-data/506419/3 "2009-08-14T18:10:44Z")

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Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for.

If this turns out as cool as I think it might, I’ll let you know.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-baseball-data/506419/4 "2009-08-14T19:35:49Z")

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And since there isn’t any good place to ask this without opening another thread…

Where can I find out when the last time (other than today) the Cubs got through their lineup without surrendering an out? Can’t seem to find it on [b-r.com](http://b-r.com)…

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloadable-baseball-data/506419/5 "2009-08-14T20:09:23Z")

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You mean 9 consecutive batters reached base? Pretty cool.