Page 1: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Guide to Keys... 3 Getting Started ... 4 Installing Big League Baseball Starting Big League Baseball Adjusting the Display Color Getting Help Messages Finding Player Statistics ... 6 Individual Career Statistics Hall of Fame Players Annual Award Winners Rookies by Year Finding Team Statistics...
Page 2 • Focus and fine-tune your requests by team, year, league, and many other criteria. Based on sophisticated technology by Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Big League Baseball is a powerful way to become a baseball expert. It's like having your own baseball statistician!
Page 3: Guide To Keys
Guide to Keys Function Keys ____________________________________________________________________ Starts searches for statistical lists. Except at the Qualifiers menu, F1 works the same as the Enter key. Exits to the DOS prompt. Shows previous screen of statistics, alphabetically or chronologically. Shows next screen of statistics, alphabetically or chronologically.
Page 4: Getting Started
Getting Started Installing Big League Baseball To install and run Big League Baseball, your computer must meet these specifications: • an IBM PC or true compatible, • an MS-DOS operating system, version 3.0 or higher, • at least one 5.25 or 3.5 floppy disk drive, •...
Page 5: Starting Big League Baseball
Starting Big League Baseball You can always start Big League Baseball from a DOS prompt by typing the letter of the drive on which you installed the program, followed by a colon, followed by \HRS100. ____________________________________________________________________ 1. At a DOS prompt, type the drive on which you installed Big League Baseball, a colon, and then \HRS100.
Page 6: Finding Player Statistics
Finding Player Statistics Individual Career Statistics It's easy to find players' career statistics with Big League Baseball. Just highlight Player Statistics on the Requests menu and then type a player's name. You can type players' names by first name and last name, last name and first name, or last name alone.
Page 7: Hall Of Fame Players
Finding Player Statistics Hall of Fame Players You can see a list of all the Hall of Fame players, as well as the years they played, by typing or entering HOF at the Request line. Hall of Fame players are listed by their year of induction into Cooperstown.
Page 8: Annual Award Winners
Finding Player Statistics Annual Award Winners Big League Baseball records all the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year award winners. You can request them by typing or entering AW followed by the year. You can type years as four digits or two digits. To indicate nineteenth century years, you must type four digits.
Page 9: Rookies By Year
Finding Players' Statistics Rookies by Year Big League Baseball considers a rookie year to be the first year a player recorded any statistics. You can find every player who started his major league career in a given year by highlighting Rookies by Year on the Request menu and then typing a year.
Page 10: Finding Team Statistics
Finding Team Statistics Single Season Totals You can see team batting and pitching statistics, as well as statistics for each player on the team. Simply highlight Team Statistics on the Request menu. Then type a team name and a year. You can type teams by team name, city, or the city's common abbreviation.
Page 11: League Standings
Finding Team Statistics League Standings You can find American and National League final standings for any year simply by typing or entering the league and then typing the year. You can even find teams' cumulative won-lost records and percentages over many seasons by typing a year range.
Page 12: World Series Results
Finding Team Statistics World Series Results You can see the winning team, losing team, and number of games played for every World Series since 1903. Just type or enter WS, a space, and the year. If you want to see all the Series winners and losers, enter 1903- for the year. Note: Big League Baseball does not include individual player or game statistics for the World Series.
Page 13: Making Requests With Max And Min
Making Requests With MAX and MIN Best- and Worst-Ever List Requests With Big League Baseball, you can find best- and worst-ever lists in 23 statistical categories. Just type or enter MAX or MIN at the Request line. Then type a statistical category.
Page 14: Requests With Ratios
Making Requests With MAX and MIN Requests With Ratios Ratios are one statistic divided by another, such as HR/AB or SO/BB. Since Big League Baseball records up to 23 statistics for each player, you can create more than 500 ratios for use in list requests. For a list of useful ratios, see Appendix C in this manual.
Page 15: Requests With Numeric Limits
Making Requests With MAX and MIN Requests With Numeric Limits You can limit your requests to specific statistical ranges by typing or entering the numeric Limiters, GT, for greater than, and LT, for less than. GT limits your request to players with statistics greater than a number you specify. LT limits your request to players with statistics less than a number you specify.
Page 16 6. On the Focus Your Request menu, press the Enter key to select Greater Than (GT). 7. Type 3000. Your Request line should now display MAX SO/IP IP GT 3000. This request asks for the pitchers with the most strikeouts per innings pitched (MAX SO/IP) who have pitched greater than 3000 innings (IP GT 3000).
Page 17: Requests With Team And Year Limits
Making Requests With MAX and MIN Requests With Team and Year Limits You can also limit your requests by team and by year. Just type or enter a team or year Limiter. Team Limiters can be the name of the team, the team's city, or the city's abbreviation. For example, METS, NEW YORK, and NY are valid team Limiters.
Page 18: Requests With Qualifiers
Making Requests With MAX and MIN Requests With Qualifiers Like Limiters, Qualifiers limit list request that start with MAX or MIN. Unlike Limiters, however, you can use as many Qualifiers in a request as you like, and in any order. For example, MIN WT HR GT 20 SS AL BR.
Page 19: Typing Requests At The Request Line
Making Requests With MAX and MIN Typing Requests at the Request line Once you understand how list requests are structured, you can type your requests directly at the Request line rather than using the menus. Typing requests is the fast, expert way to find statistics.
Page 20: Appendixes
Appendix A Troubleshooting Guide Problem 1. I'm having trouble installing the software. 2. When I type a ratio, I see a Bad Request message. 3. I'm not able to type or enter BA, ERA, or SLG in my ratios. 4. When I type a simple request and press the Enter key, I see a Bad Request message.
Page 21: Statistical Categories
Appendix B Statistical Categories Here are the statistical categories, or statistics, that Big League Baseball records and that you can use in your list requests. Batting AB... at-bats BA... batting average HR ... home runs RBI ... runs batted in H ...
Page 22: Sample Ratios
Appendix C Sample Ratios You can create more than 500 ratios to use in your list requests. Here are some to try. Batting batting average... BA or H/AB home run frequency ... HR/AB runs scored frequency... R/AB RBI frequency ... AB/RBI RBI percentage ...
Page 23: Limiters And Qualifiers
Appendix D Limiters and Qualifiers Numeric Limiters GT... greater than LT ... less than GT and LT must be preceded by a statistic or a ratio to limit and followed by a number. For example, MAX 2B HR LT 25 asks for players with the most doubles (MAX 2B) who have less than 25 career home runs (HR LT 25).
Page 24: Technical Specifications
1992 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Customer Service If you have a problem with the HRS-100, refer to the limited warranty information. If you purchased the HRS-100 outside the United States, contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information.
Page 25: License Agreement
End User License Agreement The software in this package is provided to YOU by FRANKLIN ELECTRONICPUBLISHERS, INC., (``FRANKLIN'') under the terms and conditions set forth below. Read this End User License Agreement carefully, FRANKLIN grants YOU a personal, nonexclusive license to use...
Page 26: Warranty
(which shall not include problems relating to the nature or operation of the Licensed Product) under normal use, FRANKLIN will replace it free of charge (or, at FRANKLIN's option, refund your purchase price) within 30 days following the date of purchase.
Page 27: Index
Index Batting stats finding by player, 6 finding by teams, 10 list of batting stats, 21 Best- and worst-ever lists making with ratios, 14 narrowing with limiters, 15-17 City abbreviations, 10 Cy Young Award winners, 8 END key, 3 ENTER key, 3 Function keys, 3 GT and LT, as Limiters, 15 Hall of Famers,...
Page 28: Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide To find players' statistics At the Request line, type a player's first and last names. Then press the Enter key. BABE RUTH [ENTER] To find team statistics Type a team name followed by a year. BRAVES 1991 [ENTER] To find league standings Type or enter AL or NL, followed by a year or year range.
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Franklin HRS-100 User's Manual And Quick Reference Manual

Guide to Keys

Getting Started

Finding Player Statistics

Finding Team Statistics

Making Requests with MAX and MIN

Appendixes

Index

Quick Reference Guide

Quick Links

Table of Contents

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