Okay, here’s my blog post about the “padres managers by year” project, written in a casual, personal style:
So, I wanted to mess around with some baseball data, specifically about the San Diego Padres managers over the years. I love this kind of digging, kind of get the historical view.
First thing, I needed to get that data. I thought,”Where can I find all these details?”.
I’m not a database expert, so I started simply. I searched around and saw a table with the info I wanted. I manually copied the *, that’s good enough for my little side project.
Organizing the Info
After grabbing the data, I dumped it into a spreadsheet. Plain and simple. Just wanted to see it all in one place, you know? Columns for year, manager, wins, losses… that kind of basic stuff. It looked all messy.
Then, I cleaned up the data. There were some extra characters that I got rid of.
Displaying it!
Next, I decided to have a little fun. I took that structured data and did a simple presentation.
- Year: Showed the year.
- Manager: The manager’s full name.
- Wins/Losses: Display wins and losses for that year.
- And So On…:Any other data I added to the output.
It was pretty satisfying to go from messy copied data to a somewhat organized output. I know it wasn’t anything super fancy. My method for the presentation was very rough. But, hey, it’s all about learning and having some fun with data, right?
I am pretty happy, I’ve finished it.
