The Lahman Baseball Database (PostgreSQL)

Conversion of the Lahman Baseball Database structure to PostgreSQL.

Changes

Postgres doesn't like columns that begin with numbers without switching to quoted column names. So all 2B and 3B columns have been converted to H2B and H3B.

Importing

Download the latest CSV and import.

COPY AllstarFull FROM '/path/to/AllstarFull.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Appearances FROM '/path/to/Appearances.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY AwardsManagers FROM '/path/to/AwardsManagers.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY AwardsPlayers FROM '/path/to/AwardsPlayers.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY AwardsShareManagers FROM '/path/to/AwardsShareManagers.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY AwardsSharePlayers FROM '/path/to/AwardsSharePlayers.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Batting FROM '/path/to/Batting.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY BattingPost FROM '/path/to/BattingPost.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Fielding FROM '/path/to/Fielding.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY FieldingOF FROM '/path/to/FieldingOF.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY FieldingPost FROM '/path/to/FieldingPost.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY HallOfFame FROM '/path/to/HallOfFame.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Managers FROM '/path/to/Managers.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY ManagersHalf FROM '/path/to/ManagersHalf.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Master (playerID,birthYear,birthMonth,birthDay,birthCountry,birthState,birthCity,deathYear,deathMonth,deathDay,deathCountry,deathState,deathCity,nameFirst,nameLast,nameGiven,weight,height,bats,throws,debut,finalGame,retroID,bbrefID) FROM '/path/to/Master.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Pitching FROM '/path/to/Pitching.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY PitchingPost FROM '/path/to/PitchingPost.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Salaries FROM '/path/to/Salaries.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Schools FROM '/path/to/Schools.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY SchoolsPlayers FROM '/path/to/SchoolsPlayers.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY SeriesPost FROM '/path/to/SeriesPost.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY Teams FROM '/path/to/Teams.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY TeamsFranchises FROM '/path/to/TeamsFranchises.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;
COPY TeamsHalf FROM '/path/to/TeamsHalf.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV;

Things To Do

• Optimize, database needs more indexes.
• Create advanced statistics table instead of calculating for each query (things like ISO, FIP, etc).

Copyright Notice & Limited Use License

This database is copyright 1996-2013 by Sean Lahman.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

For licensing information or further information, contact Sean Lahman at: seanlahman@gmail.com