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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). You can use
only two numeric Limiters per request.
Team Limiters (examples)
team.............................................................................
YANKEES
city ............................................................................
NEW
YORK
name and city .........................................
NEW YORK YANKEES
city abbreviation.......................................................................
NY
Year Limiters (examples)
a single year .........................................................................
1969
a starting year......................................................................
1945-
an ending year.....................................................................
-1900
a year range ....................................................................
1981-91
Qualifiers
SS.......................................
single season bests and worsts only
QUAL..........................
players who qualify for league leader lists
P ..
...................
pitchers only (use only after H, HT, WT, or AGE)
BR, BL, BS .....................
bats right, bats left or switch-hitter only
TR or TL ...................................................
throws right or left only
HOF or NHOF............................
only Hall of Fame players or not
AL or NL .................................
American or National League only
Notes: (1) You can use as many Qualifiers in your list requests as you like and in
any order. (2) The Qualifier QUAL limits your requests to batters with sufficient
plate appearances, or pitchers with sufficient innings pitched, to qualify for league
leader lists. It doesn't mean that they are league leaders. (3) The Qualifier P is
used only after H, WT, HT, or AGE. After H, it designates a seach for hits
allowed. After WT, HT, or AGE it limits a search to pitchers only.