#10 birthdays

[Deez Nutz]

Birthdates, when reported, are in the batters and pitchers folders, one .xml for each player. It doesn't look like you are putting these in the db.

Player team="cmc" id="445162" pos="OF" type="batter" first_name="Sean" last_name="Henry" jersey_number="17" height="5-10" weight="180" bats="R" throws="R" dob="08/18/1985">

I'd like to see a player register that has id, first_name, last_name and dob. These items are not supposed to change in a person's lifetime, so one record per player for all years. Other columns may be added later from outside sources.

Then, a yearly team roster, everyone who played on each team each year, that has id, team, pos, jersey_number, height, weight, bats, throws

[Michael Thain]

I love this idea. Birthdate info is about the hardest thing to gather.

[Deez Nutz]

This was closed a few versions ago. The playerBio scripts load birthdate information.