<« BALLSTAT Version 3.0 Copyright 1993 James P. Habel Jr. < < For technical assistance : < <« Call Delphi Prodigy <« ------ -------- --------- < 717-291-4637 JHABEL HGVR05A <«TIPS < <«PRINTED REPORTS < To get your printed reports to look the most attractive < run the printcnf.exe program and make sure to fill in the< fields for Near Letter Quality, Unidirectional printing and< Termination of Proportional Print and save the file to disk< by pressing the F3 function key. The next time you run the < BallStat program choose MISC then PRINTER OPTIONS and se- < lect the above three items. < <«CREATING LEAGUES < When you first create a league make sure you fill in any < divisions that you plan on using. This will save you the < trouble of having to edit all the teams in the league if < you add divisions after you created the teams. < <«MORE THAN ONE GAME PLAYED ON THE SAME DATE < If you enter game stats for more than one game played on < the same date then use the following convention for enter- < ing the game date. For 2 games played on July 4 enter the < date for the first game as 07/04/01 and the second game as< 07/04/02. Since most leagues do not cross from one year to < another the last 2 digits in the date (the year) are really< immaterial. This convention of saving dates will let you < view seperate games played on the same date with Stat View-< er 1.0. < <«CUSTOM DISPLAYS < When creating custom displays remember to use the TEAM < field for all reports that will contain players from more < than one team as this is the only way of telling which team< a player plays for. If you only create reports for use with< one team then the TEAM field can be ommitted to leave room < for an extra stat. < < < < < <Select the location where the game was played. <Select the game that you wish to work with. <Select the player that you wish to work with. <«KEY USAGE <« Function keys <« ------------- < <F1> Print statistics or information from data base. < <F3> Save statistics or information to disk. < <F5> Sort statistics or information from data base. < <F8> Set qualifying status for statistics or information.< <F10> Access help screens anywhere in program. <« The first 4 items above are available only when displayed <«at the bottom of the screen. <« Menu Keys < --------- < <UpArrow> Move selection bar up one line. < <DnArrow> Move selection bar down line. < <ENTER> Select highlighted option. < <ESC> Abort current menu. <« <Pop Box only> < <HOME> Move selection bar to first item in list.< <END> Move selection bar to last item in list. < <PgUp> or <PgDn> Move up or down one page at a time. <« Data Entry Keys < --------------- < <HOME> Move cursor to first field on screen. < <END> Move cursor to last field on screen. < <RightArrow> Move cursor one field to the right. < <LeftArrow> Move cursor one field to the left. < <DownArrow> Move cursor one field down. < <UpArrow> Move cursor one field up. < <DEL> Delete the character under the cursor. < <INS> Toggle insert and typeover modes. < <BkSp> Delete character to the left of the cursor. < <Ctrl+RtArr> Move cursor one character to the right. < <Ctrl+LfArr> Move cursor one character to the left. < <F3> Save data on screen to disk. < <ESC> Abort data entry or bring up options menu. < <PgUp><PgDn> Act the same as <HOME> and <END> < <TAB> Display next record. < <Shift+TAB> Display previous record. <« NOTE: The above 2 keys work only when displayed at <« the bottom of the screen. <Enter the 3 letter abbreviation for your opponent. <Enter the minimum amount to qualify for reports. <Enter the date the game was played. Use form 00/00/00. <Select the type of game. L=League X=Preseason etc. <Select whether game was played at home or away. <Select the statistic that you wish to qualify with. <Select the statistic that you wish to sort with. <Select the league that you wish to work with. <Select the team that you wish to work with. <Select the division that you wish to work with. <« ( BATTING ) <AB -At bats SB -Stolen bases <R -Runs scored CS -Caught stealing <H -Hits HP -Hit by pitch <RBI-Runs batted in CI -Catchers interference <2B -Doubles SH -Sacrifice hit <3B -Triples SF -Sacrifice fly <HR -Homeruns G -Games played <BB -Base on balls IBB-Intentional base on balls <SO -Strikeouts GDP-Grounded into doubleplays <TB -Total bases AB/BB -At bats per base on balls<SNG -Singles AB/H -At bats per hit <PA -Plate appearances AB/2B -At bats per double <XBH -Extra base hits AB/3B -At bats per triple <CHS -Current hit streak AB/HR -At bats per homerun <LHS -Longest hit streak SBP -Stolen base percentage <BA -Batting average BB/SO -Base on balls to SO ratio<SLP -Slugging percentage <OBP -On base percentage <AB/K-At bats per strikeout <« ( Pitching ) <INN-Innings pitched HB -Hit batters <R -Runs allowed WP -Wild pitches <ER -Earned runs allowed BK -Balks <H -Hits allowed W -Wins <2B -Doubles allowed L -Losses <3B -Triples allowed S -Saves <HR -Homeruns allowed CG -Complete games <BB -Base on balls allowed SHO-Shutouts <SO -Strikeouts GP -Games pitched <CWS -Current win streak <LWS -Longest win streak H/G -Hits allowed per game <CLS -Current losing streak 2B/G -Doubles allowed per game <LLS -Longest losing streak 3B/G -Triples allowed per game <HST -Highest SO total HR/G -Homeruns allowed per game<QS -Quality starts HB/G -HB allowed per game <ERA -Earned run average WPCT -Winning percentage <OBA -Opponents batting average <SO/G -Strikeouts per game <BB/G -Base on balls per game <« ( FIELDING ) <PO -Put outs RTO -Runners thrown out <A -Assists OSB -Opponents stolen bases <E -Errors RTO% -RTO percentage <PB -Passed balls FLD% -Fielding percentage <« ( STANDINGS ) <W -Wins L -Losses WP% -Winning % GB -Games back <XW -Extra inning wins HW -Home wins HL -Home losses <XL -Extra inning losses 1W -1 run wins 1L -1 run losses <MR -Most runs scored AL -Away wins AL- Away losses <« ( GAMES ) OURS OPPONENTS <DATE -Date game was played AB- At bats -OAB <TEAM -Name of team R - Runs -OR <LOCATION -Where game was played H - Hits -OH <T -Type of game played 2B- Doubles -O2B <INN -Innings played 3B- Triples -O3B <H/A -Home or away HR- Homeruns -OHR <OPPONENT -Name of opponent BB- Walks -OBB <E -Errors SO- Strikeouts -OSO <OE -Opponents errors SB- Stolen bases -OSB <« ( INDIVIDUALS ) BATTING PITCHING <NAME -Players name AB -At bats INN-Innings <OPP -Name of R -Runs ER -Earned runs< opponent H -Hits H -Hits < RBI-Runs batted in HR -Homeruns <DATE -Date game 2B -Doubles SO -Strikeouts < was played 3B -Triples BB -Walks < HR -Homeruns W -Wins <T -Type of game BB -Walks L -Losses <H/A -Home or away SO -Strikeouts S -Saves < < < < < < < < < < <«MOUSE HELP < To select an item from a menu, pick box or any text that <is enclosed in <> signs, simply position the cursor over <your selection and click the LEFT button one time. For text<enclosed in <> signs you can also click anywhere on the text<that is associated with it. For example if you see the line <« <ESC> Exit <you can click anywhere from the < sign to the last letter in<the word Exit. Clicking on text enclosed in <> signs has the<same affect as pressing the key that is enclosed between the<brackets.(The ESC key in the above example). When clicking <on menu or pick box items the affect is the same as moving <the highlighted cursor over your selection and pressing the <ENTER key. Clicking the RIGHT mouse button has the same af- <fect as pressing the ESC key whenever a menu or pick box is <present on the screen. If a small box is present on the <screen with the name or symbol of a key on it you can click <on the box or press the key. The middle button of a 3 button<mouse is not used. < <«LOAD HELP < Before any data can be viewed or printed it must be loaded<into memory by using the LOAD menu. Four different types of <data can be loaded into memory but only one at a time. The <four types are player data, game data, individual data and <data for league and divisional standings. Each time you load<new data from disk into memory the previous data in memory <will be erased. To use this menu simply select the type of <data you wish to load from disk. Changes made to the data on<disk will not show in memory unless you reload the data. <«ADD HELP < Use this menu to add new data to any of data bases that <are already on disk or to create a new data base. If you <want to change data that already exists you have to use the <EDIT menu. <«EDIT HELP < Use the EDIT menu to change data that already exists on <disk. You cannot use this menu to add new data, for that you<must use the ADD menu. <«VIEW/PRINT HELP < Different menus will appear here depending on which type <of data is currently in memory. Use these menus to view or <print the data. To leave this menu press ESC or choose Exit.<«SORT HELP < Different menus will appear here depending on which type <of data is currently in memory. Use these menus to sort the <data in memory any way you like. When data is first loaded <into memory it is sorted by the order it was first entered <into the data base. Large data bases may take a couple of <seconds to sort. <«MISCELLANEOUS HELP < This menu contains all the options that could not find a <a place on any of the other menus like changing colors. <«HELP on HELP < Help can be accessed anywhwere in the program by pressing <the F10 function. If the message <F10> Help appears at the<lower right of the screen you can also click with the mouse.<Select personal data to use as the sort key. < < < Use this menu to set the qualify status of the data you <wish to view. After making a selection from this menu all <previous selections are ignored. Select SET ALL to make all <records available for viewing and printing. SET ALL is the <default status when data if first loaded. < This menu allows you to insert line feeds between printed <reports so that they do not run together. This menu will <appear after each report is printed. Choose FORM FEED to <move your paper to the top of page. < Select the top ten report that you wish to view or print. <Run the program configtt.exe to choose which stats to in- <clude and the order in which to sort each stat. < Select the report you wish to view or print. < Select from the pick box the statistic or data you wish to <use. Press HOME to go to the first statistic or End to go <to the last. The up and down arrow keys will move the cursor<one line at a time. PgUp and PgDn will move the cursor one <page at a time. Press ESC to abort this menu. < < < Use this menu to ADD another team to your league, EDIT a <team that already exists on disk, VIEW all the team that are<currently a part of this league or SELECT a division name <for this team from a pick box. Press ESC to abort this menu <or QUIT to return to the title screen. < Use this menu to ADD another game to your team file, EDIT <a game that already exists on disk, VIEW all games that are <currently on disk, SELECT an opponent name from a pick box <or PICK the game location from a pick box. Press ESC to <abort this menu or QUIT to the title screen. < Use this menu to ADD a player to the current roster, EDIT <a player that is already present on the roster or VIEW all <the players on the current roster. Press ESC to abort this <menu or QUIT to the title screen. < < < < < Select another player to EDIT or press Q to return to the <title screen. < Change any data that needs to be changed then press F3 to <save your changes back to disk. Press ESC for the options <menu. < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <«ADD PLAYER GAME STATS < This is where you add individual game stats for each play-<er. Stats can be entered in 2 different modes. <« Game Mode or Bulk Mode < Use game mode when you want to keep all players individual <game stats. These stats will allow you to track how each <player did in each individual game. < Use bulk mode if you just want to make adjustments to the <players data base or if you do not want to keep individual <game stats. < Player stat totals will be accumulated the same regardless <of which mode you use. < After entering a players stats press F3 to save that play- <ers stats to disk. Press ESC to abort the current player. <When you save a players stats to disk the program will auto-<maticly advance to the next player. To advance to the next <player without saving stats press TAB. Press SHIFT+TAB to <go back to the previous player. Press ESC to show the opt- <ions menu. The selections for the options menu are explained<below. <«Update another player < This options will display your teams roster. Select the < player you wish to update from the pick box. <«Enter game statistics < Use this option after you have entered ALL your players < individual stats. This option will allow you to enter all < the game totals and other information such as date, op- < ponent, location etc. <«Date < Use this option to change the date that the game was play-< ed on. The date is very important if you are entering < stats under game mode. <«Home or Away < This option allows you to select whether the game was a < home game or away game. <«Change game type < Use this option to select the game type. This information < is also saved with each players individual game stats. <«Opponent < This option allows you to enter a 3 letter abbreviation < for the team you were playing against. This information < will be saved with each players individual game stats <«Toggle player stats < This option will display a players current stat totals < above their respective headings. This feature was mainly < designed to help when editing stats that were previously < entered into the data base. They may be toggled on and off< to your liking. <«Game mode toggle < This toggle will determine whether a players individual < stats will be saved to disk. The current toggle status is < shown on the screen at the bottom right hand corner. When < ON a players individual stats will be saved to disk along < with the players totals. When OFF just a players totals < will be saved to disk. < < < < < <«Press To < F1 - Print the data currently in memory to your print- < er. Make sure your printer is turned on or the < operation will be aborted and you will be returned< to the title screen. < F5 - Sort the data currently in memory. After you se- < lect the statistic to use as the sort key you will< be asked to select whether to sort the data in as-< cending or descending order. < F8 - Set minimum qualifying status for players to be < included in reports. < F10 - Open help window. < ENTER - If more than 1 screen of data is currently in mem-< ory ENTER will clear the display and show the next< screen full of data. < ESC - Returns you to the title screen < < Select the size of the mailing labels that are to be used < in your printer. < Select the printer option that you wish to use. <«Press To < SPACE - Advance to the next statistic. < F1 - Print the Top Ten Statistic that is currently dis-< played on the screen. After printing the display < will advance to the next statistic. < F5 - Print all statistics starting at the beginning. < Press ESC to abort this function at anytime. < ESC - Returns you to the title screen. <«NOTE - Unless you run the seperate program configtt.exe <« the top ten report will include ALL statistics. < < < < < < < < < < <«CUSTOMIZE COLORS < Use this function to customize most program colors to your<taste. Background, foreground, highlighted, selection bars <menus, pick box and data entry colors can all be changed to <whatever color you choose. If you are using a CGA video card<there are 16 colors to chose from. EGA and VGA users can use<any 16 colors they choose from a palette of 64 colors. < <«CHANGING COLORS < Select from the title bar at the top of the screen the <display type that you wish to change. (Back, fore, etc). <Now select from the pulldown menu the specific part of the <program that you wish to change. (Main, menu, pick box etc).<Use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to change the current col-<or then press ENTER when you are done. Repeat the above pro-<cess to change any other part of the program. To save your <changes to disk select SAVE from the title bar. Once colors <are saved to disk they will be loaded every time the program<is run. < <«ALTER PALETTE (EGA & VGA) < Select the palette register to change by pressing the ap- <propiate key (A-P). Use the + or - keys to change the pal- <ette to the color of your liking. The current color will be <displayed in the box on the right of the screen. Press ENTER<when done. Repeat the above process to change any of the <other palette registers. Press S to save the new palette <registers to disk. Once a palette is saved to disk the pro- <gram will use them every time it is run. < < < < < < < < < < < <«EDIT STANDINGS < Use this feature to correct mistakes you made when saving <game data for a team. For example if a team has 20 wins but <is only supposed to have 19 then delete the 20, type in 19 <and save the standings back to disk. The next time you load <standings back into memory the new values will be used to <compute the standings. You may also use this feature to keep<standings for a league even though you do not wish to save <game data for every team. Just save one dummy game for each <team you wish to include then come here and edit the stand- <ings any time you wish. Remember that once you edit stand- <ings you will have to reload the standings data from disk in<order for the new data to be included. < < < < < < < <«PRINTER CONFIGURATION < Use this program to be able to configure you printer to <work properly with the BallStat 3.0 program. To use this <program you will need the manual that came with your print- <er. Look up the codes that need to be entered in each field <in the back of your manual. You need to enter the DECIMAL <numbers that are listed in your printer manual. If some of <the field names are not supported by your printer then leave<those fields blank or enter all zeros. When you are done en-<tering all the fields press F3 to save the file to disk. To <be sure that the BallStat program can find the saved file <you must run this program from the same directory that the <BallStat program is located in. The next time you run Ball- <Stat you will be able to select these printer options from <the MISC menu. < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <«ADD CUSTOM DISPLAY < Create custom displays to view only the stats you want when<displaying reports to the screen or printer. All batting, <pitching, fielding and personal information stats can be in-<cluded. Each display will include the players name and up to<14 other stats. To create a display simply press the letter <of the function you wish to use that is enclosed in the <> <signs. If the display will be used for viewing more than one<team be sure to include function <T> somewhere on the dis- <play so you know what team each player belongs to. To make <reports look better you may also press the numbers 1 thru 5 <to add blank spaces anywhere on the display line. The amount<of spaces left on the display line and the number of stats <remaining are shown on the middle of the screen. As a gen- <eral rule stats that do not use a decimal point, AB,R,H etc.<will use 5 spaces on the display line and stats that do use <a decimal point, ERA,BA,AB/HR etc. , will use 8. Personal <information stats will use the same number of spaces that <they use when entering them into the database. To save a <custom display to disk press <S> after you have chosen all <the stats that you want included in the display. Chose <Q> <to exit to the main menu. < < < < < < < < <«ADD LEAGUE < Fill in all known information that the screen asks for. If<any information is not known at the time the league is being<created you can enter it later by using the EDIT menu. Press<F3 to save the file to disk or ESC to completely abort the <whole process. Below is some important information about <some of the fields included on this screen. <« CUSTOM FIELD TITLES < These fields allow you to create 5 of your own personal <information fields. The titles entered here will be display-<ed when you enter information for each individual player. <An example use of this field would be to enter the title- <« Date contract received <When you enter a players personal info the above title will <appear on the screen along with a blank field to enter the <date the player handed in his contract. <« CUSTOM STAT TITLES < Enter here the abbreviations for up to 10 different stats <that you would like to create. The titles entered here will <be displayed when you enter a players individual stats after<each game. These stats will be accumulated the same as any <stat already included in the program. Examples of these <titles would be IP for innings played or GS for games <started. <«NOTE: < The game length entry will be used as the default value <when creating teams for this league. < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <«ADD TEAM or EDIT TEAM < Fill in all information that is requested. Any information<that in not known when the team is being created can be add-<ed later by using the EDIT menu. Press ESC to view the <options menu or F3 to save the team to disk. Use the Name <field to enter a 3 letter abbreviation for the team you are <creating. This name will be used in the printed reports to <identify players from different teams. The game length will <default to the length you entered when you first created the<league and should not have to be changed. All the current <teams in your league can be viewed at any time by pressing <ESC then V. Press ESC then Q to quit to the main menu. If <you are editing a team that already exists on disk then make<whatever changes are necessary and press F3 to save your <changes back to disk. You may then press TAB or SHIFT-TAB to<edit a different team. < < < < <«Configure Top Ten < A check in the USE column means that stat will be shown on<the screen when you run the TOP TEN report from Ballstat 3. <A check in the A/D column means that stat will be sorted in <ascending order when shown with Ballstat 3 ( Leave the A/D <column blank to sort a stat in descending order ). After <customizing each stat save the file to disk by pressing the <F3 function key. Press the SPACE BAR to toggle the check <marks on and off. Press ESC to exit the program. You must <save the file to the same directory that the Ballstat 3 pro-<gram is located in. To make sure this happens simply place <this program in the Ballstat 3 directory. Ballstat 3 has its<own default configuration for Top Ten reports that it will <use if it does not find the TT.CNF file created by this pro-<gram. < < < < < <«ADD GAME or EDIT GAME < Adding a game to the data base is usually done after you <have entered all the players individual statistics for the <game. The information you enter here will be used to compile<league and divisional standings. However if you have to edit<a game record later then the new data will be reflected in <the standings replacing the previous data. The best reason <to enter a game after entering individuals stats is that all<the fields will be filled in for you with the possible ex- <ceptions of INNINGS and OPPONENT. The program will try to <figure the innings for you but may be off by one inning so <it is best to double check it yourself. Select your opponent<by pressing ESC then S. If your opponent is not listed on <the pop box then you will have to enter the name manually. <«IMPORTANT NOTE: < To have a game included in the league and divisional stand-<ings you MUST save the game with with game type L. Games <saved with any other type will NOT be included in standings.< < < < < < < < < < < < <«ADD PLAYER or EDIT PLAYER < You must add players to a roster before any statistics can<be added to the data base. Once you add a player to the data<base that player can not be deleted. However you can prevent<a player from being read from disk into memory simply by <changing the FIRST letter in the players name to an asterisk<(*). If you decide to reinstate the player later you can al-<ways change the name back. The number of players that can be<put on each teams roster is limited to 100. To place a play-<er on the roster simply fill out all the requested informa- <tion and and press F3 to save the data to disk. To abort the<current player press ESC. All player information can be re- <edited later if you would have to. <«NOTES: < If a players main position is pitcher, make sure the first<letter under the Positions heading is a capital P. < If you ever plan to sort by using birthdate as the sort <key it is best to put the year first. (EX: 93/01/31) < Names should be entered last name first. (EX: Habel, Pete)< < < < < < < < < < < <«ADD BALLPARKS < Add the names of all the ballparks in your league here. <This will enable you to select the game location from a menu<rather than having to type in the location each time you add<a game. Spaces are provided for up to 30 different ballpark <names. < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
