LansdowneSt's Facegen Checklist

[LansdowneSt]

Jurrjens quickly stepped into the Braves' starting rotation in 2008 and had excellent results, going 13-10 with a 3.68 ERA in 31 starts. In 2009, he took another step forward and established himself as the team's ace. Injuries slowed his ascent and with the passing of his father, he descended into depression, fell out of shape, and began drinking. In 2017, he fell further with an 80-game PED ban derailing a comeback attempt. This year, Jair is still taking the ball every fifth day and is 3-1 for the Guerreros de Oaxaca of the Mexican League.

I had redone this facegen...

[LansdowneSt]

Matt Garza had a horrendous first year in college at Fresno State University in 2003, going 1-6 with a 9.55 ERA and a WHIP of 2.17, yet he would be in the major leagues three years later. Drafted by the Twins, he had a meteoric rise through the system. In 2007, he became a key component of the Delmon Young Trade Tree (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...5-years-talent). The next season he was a major contributor to the Rays' unexpected run to claim the AL Pennant.

My facegen for Matt had gotten written over somehow. I swear patches in OOTP sometimes overwrite my facegens. I saved all the ones I've made of late with a different format (First_Last) so I've restored it but let that be a lesson to all to keep a separate back-up file of any facegens you replace so you can repaste it into the game post-update. Anyway, this was a smiling picture I replaced.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Matt Garza had a horrendous first year in college at Fresno State University in 2003, going 1-6 with a 9.55 ERA and a WHIP of 2.17, yet he would be in the major leagues three years later. Drafted by the Twins, he had a meteoric rise through the system. In 2007, he became a key component of the Delmon Young Trade Tree (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...5-years-talent). The next season he was a major contributor to the Rays' unexpected run to claim the AL Pennant.

My facegen for Matt had gotten written over somehow. I swear patches in OOTP sometimes overwrite my facegens. I saved all the ones I've made of late with a different format (First_Last) so I've restored it but le that be a lesson to all to keep a separate back-up file of any facegens you replace so you can repaste it into the game post-update. Anyway, this was a smiling picture I replaced.

I must admit I'm not even DLing patches unless they contain some key game element. The updates for 22 have been nothing short of horrendous in this regard, almost every one of them seems to have resulted in a flurry of posts about issues post-patch.

[LansdowneSt]

“I loved Fenway. I loved playing there,” said southpaw Bruce Hurst, who hurled for the Boston Red Sox from 1980 to 1988 before signing as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. Best known for his command performance in the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets, which included two impressive victories and a Game Seven start on three days’ rest. He was about to be announced as the MVP of the 1986 World Series when the Mets staged their improbable comeback. Hurst was one of the most consistent and underrated pitchers of his era. During a 10-year stretch from 1983 to 1992, he was the only big leaguer to notch at least 10 wins in each season, averaging almost 14 victories and 220 innings per campaign. - SABR & bRef Bullpen wiki

I've seen the pictures on-line of Bruce with that mustache, but growing up as a Sox fan in this era I can attest to the fact he only had it for a hot minute or two. He's clean-shaven in my memory so made my facegen reflect that.

[LansdowneSt]

Often referred to as the Pittsburgh Crawfords’ “normal fall back man” to Satchel Paige, Bertrum Hunter was among the many supporting stars who helped make the 1935 Crawfords the greatest Negro League baseball team of all time. For five years, from 1932 to 1936, the Crawfords were considered the “Yankees of the Negro Leagues” as owner Gus Greenlee aggressively acquired talent and assembled the best team money could buy. Hunter and other stars such as pitcher Leroy Matlock and outfielders Jimmie Crutchfield and Ted Page played, in relative obscurity, in the tall shadows of their five future Hall of Fame teammates (Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Cool Papa Bell, and Judy Johnson).

A two-time George Stovey Award winner, the right-handed-hitting and -throwing Hunter was a stocky 5-feet-9 and 175 pounds. An argument could be made that in the 1932 and 1933 seasons he may have been the best pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He featured a good fastball and an outstanding curve, but was also prone to losing his concentration. - SABR

Bert's a relatively new facegen for me, posted here for the first time.

[The Game]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Ron Davis wore glasses and there are plenty of pictures that can be used with said glasses that aren't sunglasses

So the top is FancySkunkle and the bottom is yours? I love most of your facegens and yours will replace many of his after I unzip his latest but on this one I kinda prefer the glasses version.

[LansdowneSt]

Ron's wearing glasses in both of them actually A lot of the online pictures have him in clear framed, big glasses that don't give the sunglasses raccoon effect. It was that look, the raccoon, I tend to replace when I see them. Yes, the order I lay them out is the CU Facegen Pack first, then mine. Not sure who did particular ones in the CU pack. A lot of them are quite old and before FancySkunk revived the CU Facegen project. But the spirit is to allow the reader to be able to say "I'm fine with the current one" or "Yeah, I kinda like the new alternative one". It's as much a QA/QC project for my own collection against my checklist as it is offering them up to anyone searching the forum for a replacement of Player X.

[LansdowneSt]

Candy Jim Taylor was a good-hitting infielder and a quick thinker who played mostly at third base prior to becoming a successful manager. As a player he was a member of three championship teams: the 1909 St. Paul Gophers, the 1912 Chicago American Giants, and the 1916 Indianapolis ABCs. As a manager he piloted another pair of teams to a championship. A master strategist with excellent managerial ability, he began his helm experience in 1919 as playing manager, and he was with sixteen different teams during a forty-five-year career as player and manager that spanned virtually the entire existence of the black baseball era.
- nlbemuseum.com

Said Candy Jim on the NeL: “I think that we have as many good players in our league as they have in the big leagues. The one big advantage they have is that they have more men on their teams, say from 23 to 24, to our 15 or 16. As a result, our pitchers are overworked and if our men get hurt they still have to play.” - baseballhistorydaily.com

Another new NeL attempt one for me. I used the painting for the facegen. I had to smooth it out to brighten it and lose the "dots" in the source file. Even though the screenshot shows him on the Crawfords, I was just too lazy to change the team name. I did give him the uniform of the ABCs though. There was no facegen in the CU pack.

[LansdowneSt]

Looking at Ralph Comstock’s career record today, it doesn’t seem that remarkable, but the Milwaukee Journal was very impressed in April 1917, and called him the “little spitball heaver” and “baseball’s original rover.” The newspaper said, “During his early days in the game, Ralph was a sort of freebooter. Few players of his age can count off as many leagues in which they have played. Although only 29, this is his tenth year in the paying end of the game, and he has changed club allegiances some twenty times." - SABR

Was scrolling through 1918 and saw his facegen and decided to redo it.

[LansdowneSt]

Ricky Horton pitched from 1984 to 1990, mostly with the Cardinals and is best remembered as a part of the1985 & 1987 pennant-winning teams. He also got a World Series ring from the 1988 Dodgers. After baseball, he became an announcer for the Cardinals.

Saw this facegen for Ricky and knew I had done a better one, so am posting it.

[LansdowneSt]

Thomas Jefferson "College Boy" Johnson played most of his career in the Pre-Negro league years. Like many, he played for several teams, but most of his career was spent with the Chicago American Giants. Seamheads notes him as going 62-40 in nine years of ball with 3.21 ERA (88 ERA+). Johnson missed 1918 and part of 1919 while serving in the US Army. With the 365th Infantry, he was sent to France and reached the rank of Lieutenant. After his pitching career ended, Johnson was a Negro National League umpire before dying of tuberculosis at age 37. - bRef Bullpen wiki & Seamheads

No CU Facepack facegen, so made this one based on the one picture available. Difficult to hold the detail on the NeL'ers with the newsprint photos. Put the Chicago American Giants uniform of the time on him.

[LansdowneSt]

His nickname was Boomer and he called his glove "Black Beauty". Red Sox & Brewer first-baseman George Scott was well-known for having a good sense of humor, and wore a necklace which he once identified to a reporter as being composed of "second baseman's teeth". To complement his unique attire, he also was known for wearing a batting helmet while fielding at first base due to an experience he had with a fan throwing hard objects at him once during a road game. I remember his homeruns, his strikeouts and his eight Gold Gloves. - Wikipedia & SABR

This facegen, like Tiant, is a tale of two different looks and simply user preference. I remember Boomer for his 70's facial hair (red hat as appears in the CU pack)... but in my facegen I went the other way and did him as he looked helping the Sox in the Impossible Dream year before he went to Milwaukee. This is also the 500th facegen I've posted between this thread and the CU Facepack one, 2.25% of the MLB players from 1875-2020. Almost there, eh?... :P

[LansdowneSt]

LaMarr Hoyt reached the majors in 1979 and bounced between the rotation and the bullpen until 1982, when he became a regular starter for the Sox. That season, he won a league-best 19 games, and the following year he captured the Cy Young Award winner with a record of 24-10. After the 1984 season, Hoyt was traded to the San Diego Padres in a seven player deal that brought Ozzie Guillen to the Sox. He returned to form with the Padres, going 16-8 and starting the 1985 All-Star Game. However, his career ended in 1986 after he was arrested three times on drug charges. He was suspended for the 1987 season; it was later reduced, but he never returned to the major leagues. - bRef Bullpen wiki

In his Cy Young year of 1983, I think he was in full wild beard mode so I defaulted to that look when I made this facegen.

[LansdowneSt]

If a movie of Ruppert Jones’s career were to be made, its title might be What Could Have Been. This gifted five-tool player was beset by injuries throughout his career. He could hit with power to all fields and run like a gazelle. Jones called homers “accidents,” maintaining that he was at the plate to make contact and get base hits. He hit 147 accidents in his career. He came to Seattle from Kansas City after being the very first pick in the 1976 expansion draft. Jones was the first Mariner to be an All-Star, in 1977 and made the team again, this time for the National League, for the San Diego Padres in 1982. As a Mariner playing in front of small crowds, Jones heard the constant chants of his name: “ROOP! ROOP! ROOP!” - SABR

The current CU Facepack has Ruppert extremely concerned about something over his right shoulder. I was far less concerned, so I made a new facegen. The mystery of what he was seeing there, however, remains...

[actionjackson]

Amazing!!! And...Two threads are better'n one.

[LansdowneSt]

The cover of the March 20, 1978, annual baseball preview issue of Sports Illustrated featured a picture of Kansas City Royals rookie Clint Hurdle looking ready for action, with the caption “This Year’s Phenom” in bold yellow letters right next to his smiling face. Keeping with the “phenom” theme, the article described the 20-year-old Hurdle as “tall, dark, handsome and brash and able to hit a baseball nine miles.” Batting instructor Charlie Lau described Hurdle as “the best hitting prospect I’ve ever seen in our organization.” Manager Whitey Herzog rated Hurdle “the best player in the minors last year.” General manager Joe Burke called him “one of the top prospects I’ve seen in the 17 years I’ve been in the major leagues.”

Hurdle’s playing career — politely described as “utterly modest” — fell far short of the hype. Appearing in 515 games over 10 seasons for the Royals, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals, Hurdle batted.259 with 32 home runs and 193 RBIs. In only three of those seasons did he make more than 200 plate appearances in major-league games. Hurdle made more of a mark in baseball as a successful manager, for both the Colorado Rockies and the Pittsburgh Pirates. - SABR

The current CU Facegen pack has Clint as either a manager or with a horrible skin condition. Here's a younger Clint. I forget which source file I used but here are a couple pics of him when he played...

[actionjackson]

Marking my spot as usual. The Clint Hurdle on the left looks like the old, weathered manager. Nice to have a more appropriate facegen for his playing days. Thank you!

[LansdowneSt]

Butch Wynegar was one of the youngest position players to be selected to the All-Star Game when he represented the Minnesota Twins at the age of 20 in the 1976 All-Star Game. He had been converted to catcher in his last year of high school, was selected in the second round of the 1974 amateur draft, then in 1975 had led the Appalachian League in batting average at .346. When he made the All-Star team in his first big league season, in 1976, then was selected as the Sporting News Rookie Player of the Year, he was expected to become a superstar. Instead, he settled into being a solid, but unspectacular player, catching for the Twins, New York Yankees and California Angels before hanging up his spikes in 1988. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen. I used an older Yankee Wynegar for the facegen and not the young all-star but at least the color's better

[actionjackson]

Marking my spot again.

[The Game]

Lans, have you or anyone else redone NeL players? i have a set someone did, i forgot who (yours?) I just want to see if the naming conventions for these are still accurate and if you plan on re-doing any of the NeL players.