Franklin BLB-2069 User manual

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ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
B OO K MAN
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USER’S GUIDE
BLB-2069
Total Baseball
Encyclopedia 1997
™

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Contents
also view team batting and pitching
statistics, league standings, World Se-
ries results, and Award Winners. Read
this User’s Guide to learn how.
Welcome to the world of BOOK-
MAN®! With your new
Total Baseball
Encyclopedia
book card you can find
career batting and pitching statistics
for players from 1876-1996. You can
Installing a Book Card and Selecting a Book ................... 3
Using the Color Keys and Viewing a Demonstration ........ 4
Finding Player Statistics .................................................. 5
Finding Rookies............................................................... 6
Finding Team Statistics ................................................... 7
Correcting Team Names .................................................. 8
Finding League Standings ............................................... 8
Finding World Series and Award Winners ........................ 9
Finding Bests and Worsts .............................................. 10
Using Ratios .................................................................. 11
Adding a Limiter............................................................ 12
Adding Qualifiers .......................................................... 13
Putting It All Together ................................................... 14
Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters ......... 16
Appendix B: Abbreviations ............................................ 17
Book Card Care ............................................................ 18
Specifications ............................................................... 18
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) .......................................... 19

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Key Guide
Color Keys
MAX
(red) Types MAX to find
maximum statistics.
MIN
(green) Types MIN to find
minimum statistics.
GT/LT
(yellow) Types a Greater Than
(GT) or Less Than (LT) limiter
in a request.
BAT/PIT
(blue) Switches between
batting and pitching statistics.
Direction Keys
Moves in indicated direction.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up or erases letters.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears your requests.
ENTER
Enters a request or selects a
list item.
HELP
Shows help messages.
MENU
No effect.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down
in help messages.
. ’
Types a decimal point.
Key Combinations*
✩
+
DN
Showsthenext orprevious
group of statistics.
✩
+ Types a dash (–).
✩
+ Types a slash (/).
✩
+ NLocks and unlocks the
numbered keys.
CAP
+ Zooms down or up.
CAP
+ Zooms left or right.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the BOOKMAN book
described in this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color key
functions, which are labelled on their
book cards and listed in their User’s
Guides. For more information, read
“Using the Color Keys.” or
*Hold the first key while pressing the other key.
or
UP
or

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Installing a Book Card Selecting a Book
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when your BOOKMAN is
turned on. If you do, information that
you entered in its built-in book, as well
as in any other installed book card may
be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs of the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the book card down
until it snaps into place.
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight
the book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another, infor-
mation that you entered in the re-
moved book card may be erased.
➤ Auto Shutoff and Auto Resume
If you forget to turn off your BOOK-
MAN, it will automatically shut off in
two minutes.
Also, you can turn off your BOOK-
MAN at any screen. When you turn
your BOOKMAN on again, the
screen that you last viewed appears.

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Viewing a Demonstration
Using the Color Keys
Before you start using this book, you
may want to view a demonstration of
what it can do.
Once you have installed the book card
and selected this book, type
DEMO
and press
ENTER
to view the demon-
stration. If you want to stop the dem-
onstration, press
CLEAR
.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on the top row of your BOOKMAN
change their functions according to
which book you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book,
the color keys function as labeled on
the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have
selected a book card, the color keys
function as labeled on that card.
Remember, when you have selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labeled on that card, not as on the
keyboard.
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➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any
screen by pressing
HELP
. Use the
direction keys or press
SPACE
to read
the help text. Then press
BACK
to exit
the message.
To read a tutorial about this book,
press
HELP
at the Request screen.
Use the Direction keys to move the
pointer to a topic and then press
ENTER
. Use the direction keys or
press
SPACE
to read the help mes-
sage. Then press
BACK
to exit.
➤ Changing the Contrast
You can change the screen contrast
by pressing
CLEAR
and then repeat-
edly pressing or .

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You can find a player’s pitching and
batting statistics by entering the
player’s name. If a player is primarily a
pitcher then his pitching statistics will
be displayed first, or if a player is pri-
marily a batter, then his batting statis-
tics will be displayed first.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a player’s name.
To erase letters, press
BACK
or .
3. Press
ENTER
to view his full
name and career totals.
To find a pitcher’s batting statistics,
or a batter’s pitching statistics, if
any, press
BAT/PIT
(the blue key).
4. Press repeatedly to view
his biographical information.
All Hall of Fame players have HOF to the
right of their biographical information.
5. Use the arrow keys to view
his statistics.
6. To zoom directly to the
bottom of the statistics, hold
CAP
and then press .
You can also zoom in any direction
by holding
CAP
and then pressing
the appropriate arrow key.
7.
To find statistics for the
player’s team, press
ENTER
when
the desired year is marked.
8. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Finding Player Statistics
Finding Player Statistics
➤ Just Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you
can press to move around the screen.

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➤ More About Entering Names
You can enter players by their first and
last name, last and first name, last
name alone, or even by first name or
nickname alone (e.g. MEL OTT , OTT
MEL
, OTT , or MEL ). Note: By enter-
ing only a player’s first or last name,
the encyclopedia will find all of the
players who share that name.
➤ Correcting Players’ Names
If you misspell a player’s name, or
type a name that is ambiguous or un-
clear, don’t worry. This encyclopedia
automatically provides a list of correc-
tions. Use the arrow keys to move
the pointer to the desired player, and
then press
ENTER
to select that player.
For example, type RODRIGUEZ and
press
ENTER
. All of the players who have
shared the name Rodriguez are listed.
Every player in this encyclopedia is listed
alphabetically by the year he began play-
ing major league baseball. Here is how to
find all of the rookies for a given year.
1. Type the desired year. For
example, type 1954.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view
player’s statistics.
4. Hold
✩
and press
DN
to view the
next rookie listed alphabetically.
To view a previous rookie, hold
✩
and press
UP
.
5. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ More About Finding Rookies
In addition, while viewing
any player’s
statistics you can view statistics of
other players who were rookies the
same year, by holding
✩
and press-
ing
UP
or
DN
. For example, you can
look up a player (e.g., Nolan Ryan)
and discover which players began
their career during the same year.
Finding Player Statistics Finding Rookies
➤ Typing Numbers
To type numbers, hold
✩
and
press the numbered keys. To lock
the numbered keys, hold
✩
and
press N. To unlock the numbered
keys, hold
✩
and press Nagain.

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Finding Team Statistics
Finding Team Statistics
To find a team’s batting and pitching
statistics for a certain year, enter a
team and a year. A team can be a
team’s name (e.g.,
CUBS ), city (e.g.,
CHICAGO) , or city abbreviation (e.g.,
CHI) . If you don’t enter a year, you will
see statistics for the first year of a
team’s operation.
1. At the Request screen, type a
team name and a year.
To type the year, hold
✩
and use
the numbered keys.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view
the team’s hitting statistics.
4. Press
BAT/PIT
(blue) to view
team pitching statistics.
5. Press repeatedly to view
team’s pitching statistics.
6. To view the following year’s
statistics hold
✩
and press
DN
.
To view the previous year’s statis-
tics hold
✩
and press
UP
.
7.
To find statistics for a player,
press
ENTER
when the desired
player is marked.
8. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ About the Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ from what
you view on screen. This does not
mean that your BOOKMAN or this
book card is malfunctioning.

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League standings include number of
wins and losses, won/loss percentage
(PCT), and games behind first place
(GB).
Eastern Division records are shown
first, the Central Division second, and
the Western Division last, when appli-
cable.
1. Type NL or AL and a year.
Type a space between the league
and a year. To type the year hold the
✩
key and press the number keys.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Press repeatedly to view
the standings.
4. To view a previous year’s
standings, hold
✩
and press
UP
. To view the following
Finding League StandingsCorrecting Team Names
If you enter a city or team name that is
ambiguous or unclear, this encyclope-
dia will give you a list of teams from
which to choose.
1. Type BRAVES and press
ENTER
.
A list of team choices appears.
2. Use the arrow keys to mark
1966-96 ATL BRAVES.
3. Press
ENTER
to view team
statistics.
4. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ Misspelling Team Names
If you misspell a team or city name
(e.g.,
YANKIES ), you will view a list of
players whose names are close to
what you entered (e.g.,
HUGH
YANCY, GEORGE YANKOWSKI,
and YANK TERRY ).

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Finding League Standings
➤ More About Standings
You can find team’s won/loss
records and winning percentages
over several seasons by entering
their league and a year range. For
example, enter
NL 1990-1995 .
Finding World Series
and Award Winners
You can find awards and achievements
with this encyclopedia. Note: You will
not be able to find a listing for the
1994 World Series due to the 1994
baseball strike.
1. Type one of the following
requests (e.g., AW 1993):
To View... Type...
World Series Results
WS + year
All Award Winners AW + year
Hall of Fame Players HOF
2. Press
ENTER
.
Note: Steps 3 and 5 do not apply to
Word Series results.
3. Press to move down the list.
Note: The next step does not apply
to the Hall of Fame player list.
4.
To view the next or previous year,
hold
✩
and press
DN
or
UP
.
5. Press
ENTER
to view a marked
player’s statistics.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
year’s standings hold
✩
and
press
DN
.
5. Press
ENTER
to view a marked
team’s statistics for that year.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.

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Finding Bests and Worsts
You can find a list of up to 50 of the
best or worst players for a specific sta-
tistic by using the MAX and MIN keys
followed by a stat abbreviation.
Note: A list of all of the stat abbrevia-
tions that can be used in a request can
be found in “Appendix B Abbreviations.”
1. Press
MAX
(the red key) and
then type a stat abbreviation.
The space after MAX is typed
automatically.
You can also type the word MAX.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Press to view the players
in the list.
To go to the bottom of the list, hold
CAP
and press .
Finding Bests and Worsts
5. Use the arrow keys to move
the pointer to a desired
player.
6. Press
ENTER
to view his career
statistics.
7. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ Biographical Information
You can request player lists using bio-
graphical stat abbreviations: HT for
Height, WT for Weight, and AGE for
Age. For example, enter MAX WT to
view baseball’s heavyweights.

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Using Ratios
A ratio is one stat abbreviation divided
by another. You can type a ratio rather
than a single stat abbreviation after
MAX or MIN in your requests.
However,
• you can’t divide a batting stat abbre-
viation by a pitching stat abbreviation
or vice versa (e.g. AB/IP),
and
• you can’t use stat abbreviations in ra-
tios that are already ratios (i.e., BA,
ERA, SLG).
1. Press
MAX
(red) and then
type a ratio.
To type a /, hold
✩
and press .
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view
the players and their ratios.
Using Ratios
4. To view a player’s career
statistics, press
ENTER
when
his name is marked.
5. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ About Infinite Ratios
The value of a ratio is infinite when
its denominator is zero. For ex-
ample, if you enter MAX W/L, then
press to view the statistics, you’ll
see this:
INF (infinite) means that Ben Shields
and others never lost a game.
➤ Using Ratios Realistically
When you type requests with ratios,
you’ll often want to limit the denomi-
nator to view players with significant
at-bats, innings pitched, and so on.
Read “Adding a Limiter” to learn how.

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Adding a Limiter Adding a Limiter
To limit the statistical range of your re-
quests, type a limiter following MAX or
MIN and the stat abbreviation or ratio.
A limiter searches for statistics that
are greater than or less than a particu-
lar number. Requests with limiters al-
ways have this structure:
MAX or MIN + a stat abbreviation
or ratio + a stat abbreviation +
GT or LT + a number
In this example, we’ll find the players with
the most home runs (MAX HR) who had
less than 150 at bats (AB LT 150).
1. Press
MAX
(red) or
MIN
(the
green key), type a stat
abbreviation or ratio, and
then type a limiter.
You can either type GT or LT or
press
GT/LT
(the yellow key). To get
GT press the key once; to get LT
press the key twice.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view the list.
➤ Understanding Limiters
Each limiter must be preceded by its
own stat abbreviation, even when that
stat abbreviation or ratio is the same as
the one following MAX or MIN. For ex-
ample, to view the players with the most
home runs who have at least 500 home
runs, you would need to enter MAX HR
HR GT 499. Notice the second HR.
When you’re limiting a ratio, you’ll
usually want to limit the denominator.
For example, to view the players with
the best home-runs-to-at-bats ratio
who have at least 1,000 career at-
bats, you would enter MAX HR/AB
AB GT 1000.
➤ Limiting Biographical Statistics
Type weight in pounds, height in
inches (e.g., 67 for players who are
5’7”), and age in years.
In a given season, each player’s age is
determined by how old that player is
on July 1. So a player who is 24 years
old on June 30, is considered 24
years old for the entire season.

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Adding Qualifiers
You can also limit a request with one or
more qualifiers. Qualifiers limit an entry to
a specific quality (e.g., a team or a year.)
Team Qualifiers
To narrow your lists to a single team, add
a team qualifier to your requests.
You can type only one team qualifier in a
request. If you enter a team that has had
more than one home city, or if you enter
a city which has more than one team,
you’ll see a list of team choices first.
1. Press
MAX
(red) or
MIN
(green),
type a stat abbreviation or ratio,
and then type a team qualifier.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view
more statistics.
4. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Year Qualifiers
You can use year qualifiers to limit your
request to a specific time frame. Here
are some examples.
Qualifiers Examples
a single year 1969
a starting year 1945–
an ending year –1900
a year range 1980–89
1. Press
MAX
(red) or
MIN
(green),
type a stat abbreviation or ra-
tio, and type a year qualifier.
To type a dash, hold
✩
and press .
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view
more statistics.
4. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Adding Qualifiers
▲
▲

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Adding Qualifiers Putting It All Together
To find highly specific lists, add a lim-
iter
and some qualifiers to your re-
quests. You can add a limiter, a team
qualifier, and as many other qualifiers
as make sense, up to 48 characters.
Your qualifiers can be in any order.
Advanced requests often will produce a
list of fewer than 50 players. In this ex-
ample, we’ll find pitchers with the lowest
earned run averages (MIN ERA), who
pitched more than 500 innings (IP GT
500), played for the Cubs (CUBS),
played from 1980 through 1989 (80-89),
and threw right-handed (TR).
1. Type the following request:
MIN ERA IP GT 500 CUBS 80-
89 TR.
2. Press
ENTER
.
Other Qualifiers
You can also narrow your lists by adding
some of these qualifiers to your requests.
Qualifier Meaning
AL, NL American or National League
BR, BL, BS bats right, left, or switch
HOF, NHOF Hall of Famers or not
QUAL qualifier for league leader title
P pitchers
SS any single season
TR, TL throws right or left
1. Press
MAX
(red) or
MIN
(green),
type a stat abbreviation or ratio,
and then type other qualifiers.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view
more statistics.
4. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
▲

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Putting It All Together Resetting BOOKMAN
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re-
spond, or if its screen performs errati-
cally, first press
CLEAR
and then press
ON/OFF
twice. If nothing happens, follow
the steps below to reset it.
Warning: Pressing the reset button with
more than very light pressure may perma-
nently disable your BOOKMAN. In addi-
tion, resetting BOOKMAN erases settings
and information entered into its built-in
book, and in an installed book card.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
.
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paper clip to gently press
BOOKMAN’s reset button.
To learn where the reset button is
located on your BOOKMAN, read
its User’s Guide.
3. Use arrow keys to view
players and statistics.
4. Press
ENTER
to view a player’s
career statistics.
5. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
This unit may change operating modes due
to Electro-static Discharge. Normal opera-
tion of this unit can be re-established by
pressing the reset key,
ON/OFF
, or by remov-
ing/replacing batteries.
➤ Bad Requests
If you see the “Bad Request”
message, check the following:
• that you typed correct stat abbreviations.
• that your ratio doesn’t mix batting
and pitching stat abbreviations or
contain another ratio (e.g., ERA,
SLG, etc.).
• that your request contains no
more than one limiter.
➤ Sample Advanced Requests
• MIN BA HR GT 30 SS
• MAX SO ERA GT 4.5
• MAX W/L IP GT 2000 NL
• MAX HR WT LT 151 SS

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Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters
Batting
HR/AB
R/AB
RBI/AB
RBI/H
3B/AB
Team
team name
city
city abbreviation
name + city
Greater Than
GT
Pitching
W/L
SO/IP
BB/IP
SO/BB
SO/H
Year
single year
starting year
ending year
year-range
Less Than
LT
Biographical
HR/WT
RBI/WT
3B/WT
HR/AGE
SO/HT
Other
SS
AL, NL
BL, BR, BS
TR, TL
QUAL
HOF, NHOF
P
Sample Ratios
Qualifiers
Limiters
(only one per request)
✽You are not limited to the sample ratios listed on this page
✽

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Here are the abbreviations that you can use in your requests with the Total Base-
ball Encyclopedia
.
Appendix B: Abbreviations
Batting Stat Abbreviations
at-bats ................................... AB
batting average ...................... BA
doubles .................................. 2B
hits .......................................... H
home runs.............................. HR
runs batted in ........................ RBI
runs scored .............................. R
slugging average .................. SLG
stolen bases .......................... SB
total bases ..............................TB
triples .................................... 3B
Biographical Stat Abbreviations
age ...................................... AGE
height .................................... HT
weight ................................... WT
Other Abbreviations
American League ....................AL
bats left ..................................BL
bats right ............................... BR
Hall of Famer........................ HOF
National League ..................... NL
not Hall of Famer ............... NHOF
Rookie of the Year ............... ROY
switch hitter ........................... BS
throws left............................... TL
throws right .............................TR
Pitching Stat Abbreviations
earned run average .............. ERA
earned runs ............................ ER
hits allowed .............................. H
innings pitched ......................... IP
losses ....................................... L
saves ....................................... S
strikeouts...............................SO
walks ..................................... BB
wins ........................................ W

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Specifications
Model BLB-2069
• size 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm
• weight 0.4 oz.
© 1997 Franklin Electronic Publisher,
Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA.
All rights reserved.
© 1996 Peter Palmer. All rights re-
served.
Total Baseball is a trademark of Total
Baseball, used under license.
U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,830,618;
5,321,609; 5,113,340; 5,396,606; 5,218,536
Euro. Patent 0 136 379.
German Pats. No. M9409743.7;
M9409744.5; Patents Pending.
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Rules. Operation is subject to the fol-
lowing two conditions: (1) This device
may not cause harmful interference;
and (2) This device must accept any in-
terference received, including interfer-
ence that may cause undesired
operation.
ISBN 1-56712-362-7
Book Card Care
LBS.
• Do not touch the metal con-
tacts on the book cards.
Caution: Touching these electrical
contacts with statically charged ob-
jects, including your fingers, could
erase information entered in a book
card or built-in book.
• Do not put excessive pressure
on the book cards.
•
Do not expose the book cards
to heat, cold, or liquids.