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- Page 1 ™ Electronic Publishers CARTRIDGE ™ Total Baseball ENCYCLOPEDIA User’ s Guide BLB-2017...
- Page 2 TRIDGE contains Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable electronic reference with a built-in book and a slot in the back for more books. With this Total Base- ball Encyclopedia you can find players’ career Installing Cartridges ... 3 Selecting Books ... -
Page 4: Key Guide
Function Keys Clears a request. CLEAR No effect. MENU (red) Types MAX to find maximum statistics. (green) Types MIN to find minimum statistics. GT/LT (yellow) Types Greater Than/ Less Than limiter in a request. (blue) Switches between bat- BAT/PIT ting and pitching statistics. Exits the selected book. -
Page 5: Installing Cartridges
Installing Cartridges Warning: Never install or remove a cartridge when your BOOKMAN is turned on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an installed cartridge will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3. -
Page 6: Using The Color Keys
Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book in a cartridge is selected, the color keys function as labelled on its cartridge. -
Page 7: Finding Player Stats
Finding Player Stats One of the simplest and most common functions is to find information about a specific player. You accomplish this by simply entering his name. You can find both a player’s pitching and batting stats by entering his name. If a player is primarily a pitcher then his pitching statistics will be displayed, and vice versa. -
Page 8: Finding Team Stats
Finding Player Stats Misspelling a Name If you misspell a name, or if you enter a name shared by more than one player, you must select a player from a list of players. Use highlight a player. When the player you want is highlighted press Finding Rookies To find all the rookies of a given... -
Page 9: League Standings
Finding Team Stats 4. Press to see team BAT/PIT pitching stats. To see more pitching totals, press 5. Press repeatedly to see team member’s pitching stats. To see the following year’s stats hold and press previous year’s stats hold press 6. -
Page 10: Finding Winners
League Standings 5. To view a previous year hold and press the following year’s stand- ings hold and press 6. Press when done. CLEAR More About Standings You can find teams’ won/loss records and winning percentages over seasons by entering their league and a year range. -
Page 11: Finding Bests & Worsts
Finding Bests & Worsts You can search for the best and worst players for a specific stat by using the MAX and MIN keys followed by a stat abbreviation. 1. Press and then type a stat abbreviation. The space after MAX is typed automatically. -
Page 12: Adding Ratios
Adding Ratios A ratio is one stat divided by another. You can type a ratio rather than a single stat after MAX or MIN in your requests. However, •you can’t divide a batting stat by a pitch- ing stat or vice versa (e.g. AB/IP), and •you can’t use stats in ratios that are already ratios (i.e., BA, ERA, SLG). -
Page 13: Adding Limiters
Adding Limiters To limit the statistical range of your list re- quests, type a limiter after MAX or MIN and the stat or ratio. Requests with limit- ers always have this structure: a stat or ratio + GT or LT + a number GT means greater than, LT less than. -
Page 14: Adding Qualifiers
Adding Qualifiers Team Qualifiers To narrow your lists to a single team, add a team qualifier to your requests. You can type only one team qualifier to a request. If you type a team that has had more than one home city, or a city with more than one team, you’ll see a list of team choices first. -
Page 15: Putting It All Together
Adding Qualifiers Other Qualifiers You can also narrow your lists by adding one or more qualifiers to your requests. Qualifier Meaning AL, NL American or National League BR, BL, BS bats right, left, or switch HOF, NHOF Hall of Famers or not QUAL qualifier for league leader title pitchers... -
Page 16: Resetting Bookman
Putting it All Together 2. Press ENTER 3. Press the arrow keys to view players and stats. 4. Press to see a player’s ENTER career stats. 5. Press when done. CLEAR Sample Advanced Requests • MIN BA HR GT 30 SS •... -
Page 17: Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters
Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters Sample Ratios Qualifiers Limiters Greater Than (only one per request) Batting Pitching HR/AB R/AB RBI/AB RBI/H 3B/AB Team team name single year city starting year city abbrev. --ending year name + city year-range Less Than Biographical HR/WT... -
Page 18: Appendix B: Abbreviations
Appendix B: Abbreviations Here are the abbreviations that you can use in your list requests with the Total Baseball Encyclopedia. Batting Stats at-bats ... AB batting average ... BA doubles ... 2B hits ... H home runs ... HR runs batted in ... RBI runs scored ... -
Page 19: Cartridge Care
Cartridge Care • Do not damage the contacts on the cartridges or slot. Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged ob- jects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a car- tridge or built-in book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the cartridges. -
Page 20: Specifications
BOOKMAN PRODUCT. This warranty does not apply if, in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN, the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been tampered with, damaged by accident, abused, misused, or misapplication, or as a result of service or modification by any party, including any dealer, other than FRANKLIN. - Page 21 Abbreviations 16 About infinite ratios 10 Achievements, finding 8 Adding limiters 11 qualifiers 12 ratios 10 Advanced list requests 13 AL standings 7 Arrows, flashing 4 Awards 8 Bad requests 8 Batting stats 5 Bests & Worsts 9 Biographical information 9 Biographical stats 11 CARD key 3 Cartridges...
- Page 22 Infinite ratios 10 Installing cartridges 3 Keys color (red, green, yellow, blue) 2, 4 direction keys 2 function keys 2 other 2 star key combinations 2 League standings 7 Limiters adding 11 sample 15 understanding 11 Limiting biographical stats 11 MAX key 2 MIN key 2 Misspelling a name 6...
- Page 23 Typing numbers 2, 6 Understanding limiters 11 Using NEXT and PREV 2, 8 Using ratios realistically 10 Viewing help messages 4 Warranty 18 Western Division records 7 Winners 8 World Series results 8 FRB-28018-00 P/N 7201193 Index Printed In U.S. Rev B...
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