                      1945 Deluxe Past Database Notes
                      -------------------------------

Thank you for purchasing this Diamond Mind Baseball season database.
Please take a moment to read through this note.

These topics are covered in this note:

  Copyright notices
  License agreement
  Database contents
  Real-Life Transactions, Game-by-Game Lineups, and Schedules
  Parks and Weather Information
  The Accuracy of Real-life Statistics
  Real-life Salaries
  Parting Thought


Copyright notices
-----------------

Much of the statistical data in this product was compiled using files
downloaded from Retrosheet.org.  The information used here was obtained 
free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.  Interested parties 
may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711.

This document and all other information in this 1946 Season Database are
the copyrighted property of Diamond Mind, Inc.  Any commercial use or
distribution without the express written consent of Diamond Mind is
strictly prohibited.


License agreement
-----------------

Please read this license agreement carefully.  Use of Diamond Mind Baseball
("the Software") and related Season Databases constitutes your acceptance of
these terms and conditions and your agreement to abide by them.

The Software and Seasons are protected by copyright laws and international
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This license agreement grants you the nonexclusive right to use this
Season Database for personal and recreational use.  Commercial use of
this Season Database is not permitted.  You may not rent or lease this
Season Database.

You are authorized to make backup copies of this Season Database for the
sole purpose of protecting your investment.  You may transfer the
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possibility of it being used by two people in two places at the same time.

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this Season Database, you are authorized to distribute copies of this Season
Database to other league members, PROVIDED YOU FIRST RECEIVE CONFIRMATION
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This Season Database is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind.
Diamond Mind will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential,
indirect, or similar damages.


Database contents
-----------------

We have created player records for everyone who appeared in the big leagues 
this season, including:

* basic player facts:  names, batting and throwing hands, birthdates

* official batting and pitching statistics, including left/right splits

* fielding statistics by position

* games started at each position against left- and right-handed pitchers

* thousands of player ratings that you can see:  injury, bunting, range, 
running, throwing, and so on 

* thousands more player ratings that you can't see:  the event tables and 
pitch-by-pitch ratings that make the game produce accurate results

* opening day rosters for every team, plus more than 850 real-life
transactions
  
* manager profiles for every team, including starting rotations, bullpen
roles, saved lineups, depth charts, manager and player tendencies
  
* ballpark data, including dimensions, park factors, and weather ratings
  
* the original (as-scheduled) and as-played schedules for the season

* real-life starting lineups for every game played this season
  

If a player appeared on more than one team in real life, we have created a
player record for each team (for people who do season replays using the real 
rosters) plus a combined record (for use in draft leagues).  The combined 
records appear in the free agent listings.


Real-Life Transactions, Game-by-Game Lineups, and Schedules
-----------------------------------------------------------

We have compiled a complete set of real-life transactions (trades,
promotions and demotions, disabled list moves, and so on) and game-by-game
starting lineups.  If you play seasons using the real-life rosters and
schedule, Diamond Mind Baseball will process real-life transactions on the
appropriate dates and will choose the real-life starting lineups for each
game.

  NOTE:  If you want to change the real-life rosters in any way, either
  by moving one or two players around or by drafting entirely new teams,
  you'll need to modify the settings for your league or organization to
  turn off the use of real-life transactions and game-by-game lineups.
  Those transactions and lineups are meaningless once you change the
  rosters.

To make all this work, we provide a league schedule that shows games when 
they were actually played.  (We call this the "as-played" schedule.)  If, 
for example, a game was originally scheduled for April, but was rained out 
and replayed in September, it shows up on the schedule in September.  That's 
the only way to do it, since the starting lineups for a game in September 
might include a player who was not on the roster on the original April date.
(One exception:  if there was a tie game, that game is not included in the
schedule since it is replayed later most of the time.)

Because some of you might like to use the original schedule, we've included
two of them.  (We call these "as-scheduled" schedule, because all games
are listed on the dates when they were originally scheduled.)  You can
find them on the Schedules tab in the Organizer window and they're available
to be assigned to your organization.

  NOTE:  If you switch to the as-scheduled schedule, remember to turn off
  the use of real-life lineups.
  

Parks and Weather Information
-----------------------------

Every Diamond Mind season database contains detailed information about the
home parks for the teams included. The park information includes physical
details (such as wall distances and heights, size of foul territory, playing
surface), weather information (temperature, rain frequency, wind strength and
direction), and statistical park factors.

For seasons prior to the mid-1990s, we do not have access to weather
information for each of the games played that year, so the ballparks
have weather settings matching those from the 1990s (if the stadium is
still in use) or standard values (if we have nothing else to go on).

Between the years 1932 and 1946, Cleveland split their home games between
League Park and Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

We have created three sets of park information for Cleveland -- League Park,
Cleveland Municipal Stadium and a hybrid of the two parks.  

If you're planning to play the real season, you can do that without
having to any additional work.  Starting with DMB version 12, our 
schedules identify any alternate parks -- a park other the home team's
primary venue -- that were used for particular games.  

Whether you choose the default "as-played" schedule or the optional
"as-scheduled" schedule, the specific park is noted for each of Celeveland's
home games. When you play (or autoplay) these games, DMB will choose the
correct park for each game.
 
In addition, if you plan to modify the event tables of any Celeveland 
players, use the hybrid park because it reflects the combined park 
factors of the two venues they used.  

Beginning with the release of Diamond Mind Baseball version 8 in 2000, 
we began supplying scale drawings of each park that are displayed on the
main game window.  These images are quite large, and most of them don't
change from year to year, so we don't include them when we ship a
season database.  You can download any new and updated park images
from our web site (www.diamond-mind.com) at no charge.


The Accuracy of Real-life Statistics
------------------------------------

As always, this Season Database is the product of extensive research into
player performance.  Using detailed information, we compile batting,
pitching and fielding statistics.

We begin with play-by-play data for every big-league game.  Using this
detailed information, we compile batting, pitching and fielding
statistics and carry out computerized studies that help us rate players 
for skills such as baserunning, throwing, bunting, and defense.

After years of compiling and licensing statistics from the leading
statistics companies, we have learned that there is not always 100%
agreement on the official stats and various breakdowns.  Small
differences often exist in the data published by different companies
and by baseball's official statisticians.

In our experience, fielding stats get less attention than batting and
pitching stats when it comes to finding and correcting mistakes.  There
are always small differences between the fielding statistics published
by various data suppliers and the official statistics.  This is 
especially true for older seasons.  

The bottom line is that if you see a small difference between the stats
we publish and your favorite book or web site, don't be surprised.
Of course, if the difference is significant, please let us know so we
can research it and make any necessary correction if it turns out that
the error is in our data.


Real-life Salaries
------------------

Because salary information was not routinely published for much of 
baseball history, this Season Database does not contain player salaries.
We began compiling salary information for the 1999 season and will continue
to do so for future seasons.  We currently have no plans to compile a salary
database for past seasons.


Parting Thought
---------------

We put a significant effort into our Season Database each year -- slogging
through reference sources to track down batting and throwing hand
discrepancies, compiling stats and checking them against other sources,
entering and checking thousands of player transactions, and poring over
thousands of pages of analytical data and player notes to come up with 
what we believe are highly accurate player ratings.

We hope you are pleased with the results, and thanks again for choosing to 
play Diamond Mind Baseball.
