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Originally Posted by skunkle333

3. Does anyone know if OOTP's game engine use of the pitch by pitch is based on real contemporary baseball stats on such data?

Yes,, and if I remember properly it uses retrosheet data going back over the last 40 years, and 1994 specifically in some places.

Originally Posted by skunkle333

4. I only want to manage the White Sox but is there anyway to get the Computer managed teams to setup real life lineups without going in and giving all teams human control until all that work is done? In other words anyplace to import real life lineups/transactions?

The lineups will drive you nuts if you are a stickler. I made a feature request last winter to import from baseball-reference.com real daily lineups for the last 45 years, but this was not implemented. Without a great deal of micromanaging, the AI will set its lineups as it wants to.

It will also make trades as it wants to. You will see the Dodgers try to plug their hole at SS, maybe dealing a SP like Roger Craig or Stan Williams for someone that can hit, or maybe the AI will decide to play Maury Wills a whole lot more than 82 games.