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Cheers echo throughout the land. Baseball aficionados doff their caps. Database experts sigh with relief.

The 2006 Lahman Baseball database is now officially available with data on the batting, fielding, pitching, and managing prowess of America's finest players and baseball participants for 2006.

However, what makes theLahman database so much more - and compellingly so, is the fact that its data goes back, with complete statistics on all the players, to 1876. This body of facts is thus available to settle such disputes as did Ted Williams play in four different decades? Or what pitcher has the record for the most seasons of winning 20 games or more ? Or were the 1870-1899 pitchers statistically better than their new century counterparts?

Now what is even more interesting is that the database is free. It is available in two popular formats: Access .MDB file or a Zipfile with 21 .CSV dumped tables so you can load it up in your favorite system. And then its off to the diamond of your mind as you figure out what deeds were done in mighty fashion by Stan Musial, Ozzie Smith or what made Cy Young worthy of award in his name. So do consider using the database and making a contribution to its continuance.