👁 Retrosheet
Retrosheet's primary data release are its "event files" which provide play-by-play detail of games throughout major-league baseball history. These files are described and can be downloaded directly
here.
Retrosheet provides parsed play-by-play data which can be downloaded
here.
In addition, Retrosheet provides two pieces of software, BEVENT.exe and BGAME.exe, to parse its event files. These tools can be downloaded
here Documentation for these tools is provided
here.
The links below highlight additional resources provided by users of Retrosheet data to help make Retrosheet data more accessible, as well as highlight some of the analysis that has been done using Retrosheet data. If you have a suggested addition to any of these links, please contact Retrosheet at the e-mail provided below.
Resources for Using Retrosheet Data
Websites Using Retrosheet Data
Research Papers
In addition to the above resources, Charlie Pavitt has compiled
an extensive bibliography of more than 4,000 sabermetric research papers. Thank you, Charlie, for sharing this with the Retrosheet community.
Bibliography of Sabermetric Research
