Retrosheet Event Files

Play-by-Play Data Files (Event Files)

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Detailed Description of the event files, including scoring codes and many examples (many thanks to John Jarvis)
How to use Our Event Files (all three have the same information)
Step-by-Step Example
Player, Manager, Coach, Umpire IDs
Ballpark Codes (for "info,site" record type)
Hit Location Diagram
Software Tools

Regular Season Games
All-Star Games
Post-Season Games

Many box score files were added on May 4, 2009.
For 1872 and 1874 there are no event files, only box score event files (see note 1 below).
For some seasons in the 1920s, there are no event files, only box score event files.


Regular Season Games

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                                1872NA                          1874NA

                        1911NL

1920AL  1920NL  1921AL  1921NL  1922AL  1922NL  1923AL  1923NL  1924AL  1924NL
1925AL  1925NL  1926AL  1926NL  1927AL  1927NL  1928AL  1928NL  1929AL  1929NL


                                                        1953NL  1954AL  1954NL  
1955AL  1955NL  1956AL  1956NL  1957AL  1957NL  1958AL  1958NL  1959AL  1959NL
1960AL  1960NL  1961AL  1961NL  1962AL  1962NL  1963AL  1963NL  1964AL  1964NL
1965AL  1965NL  1966AL  1966NL  1967AL  1967NL  1968AL  1968NL  1969AL  1969NL
1970AL  1970NL  1971AL  1971NL  1972AL  1972NL  1973AL  1973NL  1974AL  1974NL
1975AL  1975NL  1976AL  1976NL  1977AL  1977NL  1978AL  1978NL  1979AL  1979NL
1980AL  1980NL  1981AL  1981NL  1982AL  1982NL  1983AL  1983NL  1984AL  1984NL
1985AL  1985NL  1986AL  1986NL  1987AL  1987NL  1988AL  1988NL  1989AL  1989NL
1990AL  1990NL  1991AL  1991NL  1992AL  1992NL  1993AL  1993NL  1994AL  1994NL
1995AL  1995NL  1996AL  1996NL  1997ML          1998ML          1999ML
2000ML          2001ML          2002ML          2003ML          2004ML
2005ML          2006ML          2007ML          2008ML

Notes

Event files for most seasons prior to 1974 are each missing a few games. For a list of the games that are missing (although some of them are in the event files with some innings reconstructed based on a partial game account and box score) see the Most Wanted List. Games in these years that are not included the play-by-play event files are available in a separate file in the format of "box score event files" that include the data available in box scores. See Box Score Event Files for details.
The individual team archive files for each season 1996 and earlier contain a single event file with all the games for that team. The file name is of the form "ALLBAL71.EVX". This file also contains the team file for that season and all the necessary roster files. The archive files for an entire league contain separate zip archives for each team's home games, so each game will appear in exactly one file. The file extentions distinguish between files that contain all games for a single team (.EVX) and those that contain all the home games for a team (.EVA, .EVN depending on league).
For seasons starting in 1997, there are no separate league files. The advent of interleague play has changed the logic of how the games are presented here. Therefore, the downloading option is "All Major League Games" for these seasons. That archive has all .EVA and all .EVN files plus all rosters and team the team file. Individual teams may still be downloaded and the .EVX file for each team has all of its games in addition to all the rosters for all teams and the team file
Event files for post-season games are available through the links at the bottom of this page.

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All-Star Games
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Complete set of All-Star games in one file 

                  1933  1934  1935  1936  1937  1938  1939  
1940  1941  1942  1943  1944        1946  1947  1948  1949  
1950  1951  1952  1953  1954  1955  1956  1957  1958  1959  
1960  1961  1962  1963  1964  1965  1966  1967  1968  1969  
1970  1971  1972  1973  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  
1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  
1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  
2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008


Post-Season Games
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Complete set of Post-Season games in one file 

                           1903              1905     1906     1907     1908     1909     
1910     1911     1912     1913     1914     1915     1916     1917     1918     1919     
1920     1921     1922     1923     1924     1925     1926     1927     1928     1929     
1930     1931     1932     1933     1934     1935     1936     1937     1938     1939     
1940     1941     1942     1943     1944     1945     1946     1947     1948     1949     
1950     1951     1952     1953     1954     1955     1956     1957     1958     1959     
1960     1961     1962     1963     1964     1965     1966     1967     1968     1969     
1970     1971     1972     1973     1974     1975     1976     1977     1978     1979     
1980     1981     1982     1983     1984     1985     1986     1987     1988     1989     
1990     1991     1992     1993     1994     1995     1996     1997     1998     1999     
2000     2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006     2007     2008

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