Removed Master table which has been replaced by the
People table
Version 9.0-0 (2021-04-09)
Updated with data for the 2020 season
Version 8.0-1 (2021-01-20)
RData files now compressed with version=2 to avoid
dplyr warnings
Version 8.0-0 (2020-06-06)
Updated with data for the 2019 season
Added the FieldingOFsplit and HomeTeams
tables
Version 7.0-1 (2019-05-01)
Updated with data for the 2017 and 2018 seasons
Added the People table. The Master table
is now the People table in the Lahman dataset. Master is
now a copy of People and is being retained for backward
compatibility
Added the Parks table
Added introductory and example vignettes
Added ability to check reverse dependencies
Version 6.0-0 (2017-08-07)
Updated with data for the 2016 season
Version 5.0-0 (2016-08-08)
Updated with data for the 2015 season, plus numerous corrections
of errors and inconsistencies discovered in previous tables.
Documentation examples are now provided for all data tables
[Martin Monkman]
Documentation examples were rewritten to make extensive use of
dplyr for data manipulation and ggplot2 for graphics [Denis
Murphy]
Version 4.0-1 (2015-09-04)
Updated with data for the 2014 season
Changes to reflect alterations in the 2014 schema:
Removed from Batting: G_batting,
G_old
Replaced SchoolsPlayers with
CollegePlaying
Version 3.0-0 (2014-07-20)
Updated with data for the 2013 season
Changes to reflect alterations in the 2013 schema:
HallOfFame$hofID is now
HallOfFame$playerID
managerID is now playerID in all
tables
Removed from Master:
managerID, hofID, holtzID, lahmanID, lahman40ID, lahman45ID, nameNote, nameNick, and college
Version 2.0-3 (2013-05-29)
largest RData files are now compressed via
R CMD build --resave-data
Version 2.0-2 (2013-05-23)
Fixed problems with the Teams*.RDatafiles not having
been updated to the 2012 Versions.
The project for this package now has a web page at
http://lahman.r-forge.r-project.org/
Version 2.0-1 (2013-04-18)
Added Label() and data frames for variable labels
Added more examples and plots to Salaries, Pitching, etc. from
Dennis Murphy
Master$bats, Master$throws` made into
factors
Added some examples to Schools.Rd
Version 2.0-0 (2013-04-08)
New major version, now reflecting the 2012 Lahman database. Some
deprecated or defunct tables were dropped.
readLahman.R added to inst/scripts for documentation of how the data
files were created. The scripts there can be used to simplify future
updates.
More examples added to various datasets
Version 1.0-10 (2012-10-04)
Fixed deprecated warnings stemming from changes in ggplot2
Version 1.0-8 (2011-10-02)
Added examples in HallOfFame.Rd
Fixed definitions of BABIP and OBP in
battingStats()
Added examples in Manager.Rd
Version 1.0-7 (2011-09-27)
Extended examples in Batting.Rd
Initial release to CRAN
Version 1.0-6 (2011-09-26)
Added battingStats() function to calculate BA and
friends