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- Page 1 ® Electronic Publishers CARTRIDGE Total Baseball ™ Encyclopedia 1996 User’ s Guide BLB-2039...
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Page 2: 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 Baseball Encyclopedia you can find players’ career bat- Installing Cartridges & Selecting Books ... 3 Using the Color Keys ... -
Page 3: 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. (yellow) Types a Greater Than G T / L T (GT) or Less Than (LT) limiter in a request. -
Page 4: Installing Cartridges & Selecting Books
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 5: 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 6: Finding Player Statistics
Finding Player Statistics You can find a player’s pitching and batting statistics by entering the player’s name. If a player is primarily a pitcher then his pitching statistics will be displayed first, or if a player is pri- marily a batter, then his batting statis- tics will be displayed first. -
Page 7: Finding Rookies
Finding Player Statistics More About Entering Names You can enter players by their first and last name, last and first name, last name alone, or even by first or nickname alone (e.g. MEL OTT, OTT MEL, OTT, or MEL). NOTE: By entering only a player’s first or last name, the encyclopedia will find all of the players who share that name. -
Page 8: Finding Team Statistics
Finding Team Statistics To find a team’s annual batting and pitching statistics, enter a team and a year. A team can be a team’s name (e.g., CUBS ), city (e.g., CHICAGO) , or city abbreviation (e.g., CHI) . If you don’t enter a year, you’ll view the team’s statistics for the first year of a team’s operation. -
Page 9: Correcting Team Names
Correcting Team Names If you enter a city or team name that is ambiguous or unclear, this encyclope- dia will give you a list of teams from which to choose. 1. Type BRAVES and press A list of team choices appears. 2. -
Page 10: Finding World Series And Award Winners
Finding League Standings 5. To view a previous year hold and press . To view the following year’s standings hold and press 6. Press when done. CLEAR More About Standings You can find teams’ won/loss records and winning percentages over several seasons by entering their league and a year range. -
Page 11: Finding Bests And Worsts
Finding Bests and Worsts You can find a list of the up to 50 best or worst players for a specific statistic by using the MAX and MIN keys fol- lowed by a stat abbreviation. NOTE: A list of all of the stat abbrevia- tions that can be used in a request can be found in “Appendix B Abbreviations”... -
Page 12: Using Ratios
Using Ratios A ratio is one stat abbreviation divided by another. You can type a ratio rather than a single stat abbreviation after MAX or MIN in your requests. However, • you can’t divide a batting stat abbre- viation by a pitching stat abbreviation or vice versa (e.g. -
Page 13: Adding A Limiter
Adding a Limiter To limit the statistical range of your re- quests, type a limiter following MAX or MIN and the stat abbreviation or ratio. A limiter searches for statistics that are greater than or less than a particular number. Requests with limiters always have this structure: MAX or MIN + a stat abbreviation or ratio + a stat abbreviation +... -
Page 14: Adding Qualifiers
Adding Qualifiers You can also limit a request with one or more qualifiers. Qualifiers limit an entry to a specific quality (e.g., a team or a year.) Team Qualifiers To narrow your lists to a single team, add a team qualifier to your requests. You can type only one team qualifier in a request. -
Page 15: Putting It All Together
Adding Qualifiers Other Qualifiers You can also narrow your lists by adding some of these 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. Use arrow keys to view players and statistics. 4. Press to view a player’s ENTER career statistics. 5. Press when done. CLEAR Bad Requests If you see the “Bad Request” mes- sage, check the following: •... -
Page 17: Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters
Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters Sample Ratios Qualifiers Limiters (only one per request) Batting HR/AB R/AB RBI/AB RBI/H 3B/AB Team team name city city abbreviation name + city Greater Than You are not limited to the sample ratios listed on this page Pitching Biographical HR/WT... -
Page 18: Appendix B: Abbreviations
Appendix B: Abbreviations Here are the abbreviations that you can use in your requests with the Total Base- ball Encyclopedia. Batting Stat Abbreviations at-bats ... AB batting average ... BA doubles ... 2B hits ... H home runs ... HR runs batted in ... -
Page 19: Cartridge Care & Optional Features
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 17 AC adaptor jack 18 Adding a limiter 12 qualifiers 13 Advanced requests 14 Arrows, following 5 Auto resume 3 Auto shutoff 3 Award winners 9 Bad requests 15 Bests & worsts, finding 10 Biographical information 10 Biographical statistics, limiting 12 BOOKMAN, resetting &...
- Page 22 Matching players 6 teams 8 MAX 10 MIN 10 Misspelling correcting 6 team names 8 moving the pointer 6 Other keys 2 Player, matching 6 Player statistics, finding 5 Player statistics from team list 7 Qualifiers adding 13 other 14 sample 16 team 13 year 13...
- Page 25 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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