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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The long-awaited Injury Database
Last year, when Corey Dawkins unleashed his online injury database, I said this:
A few years ago, I went through all the DL transactions for a given year. I created a pretty good model for an Injury Database. I published the model, but then let it die there. No one picked it up. Now, someone has decided to spend the time to do it. Not only that, but he’s gone back several years, and given us a very nice interface as well. His name is Corey. Great job!
The next step was to get it in downloadable form. Well, say hello to Josh:
The database uses the data model developed by Tom Tango, where each injury is broken out by body part injured, side and description. This allows for a pretty granular analysis. The work was hard, but I’m pleased to report my portion of it is finished (for now). I’m making the CSV file and the SQL dump available for download here. I’m hoping the community will find it useful enough to help me keep it updated.
All players are referenced using retroIDs.
There are only two restriction on using the data, and folks can use it for commercial purposes if they choose. 1. You must post a link back to Rotobase. 2. You must make any additions to the database public in CSV or SQL dump form for other to use and enjoy.
I look forward to seeing what the saber community does with the info. For my part, I’ll be posting my analysis of some of the data in the next few days.
This is also an easy call for the BtB Sabermetric resource award nomination. I just love being part of this community, this sabermetric-utopia. Have at it boys. (zip file)