[Comedian2004]

While working on a bug fix in the retired section, I found there are Orphaned players. These are players that were created, spent 1 year or even 3 or 4 years in the minors, but never made it to the big show. The OOTP program will not find these players. They never made it to the bigs. So, they will not be shown anywhere except in the minor league stats.

I can create a button to 'FIND ORPHANED PLAYERS'. Here is what it would do. It would go to the almanac and load in each player's page. Check to see if his ID number has been re-used. Then it checks to see if he is in the retired index. If he is not, then he is orphaned. I then look and find his last season and then copy his last season to the retired section with a new ID number. Each season would have to be checked, it could be a long process.

Here is how it would work. Season start: 2000 Current Season: 2010

Check almanac for 2000 P1.html. Exist? Yes, then check 2001 P1.html, same player? Yes, ok, check 2002 P1.html, same player? NOPE! Ok, check the retired index, is he listed? Nope, ok, he is orphaned. Do the copy and update index and move to P2.

Do all the P's in 2000, then move to 2001. Of course, start at P1 and he will be listed in retired now, so move to P2, P3, etc. then to next year.

Wow! A lot of work!! Is it worth it? Do people really care about that?

Would it be easier for you to browse the almanac folder with XP, find a player that is orphaned and then click on a button in the program called ADD ORPHAN and let you browse to that player to add him.

If it sounds confusing, just say no.

I should add, most of the orphans sucked. Most hit .202 in the minors, or had career ending injury while in the minors.

This could be related to a player that I have that pitched a no-hitter in 2000, yet I can't find his P file anywhere!