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Pops Lives · 04-29-2002, 09:18 PM

Hey, all:

I've had no trouble importing individual seasons (or rookies for subsequent seasons) into the game, but I can't get individual players in. I go to the Free Agents screen and click on "import player from database," but the message always comes up "Cannot find player ID."

It's not a major thing -- I imported 1901 and am simming straight through to present day, keeping control of the Pirates. I'm only up to 1908, but looking ahead, I'd like to ...well, I'd like to integrate the leagues as best as I can before 1947. Which means, say, importing Satchel Paige into a season sometime in the 30s and making him 21 or 22 years old.

I've tried the following: last name only; first and last name; last name, first name; and S.Paige (the format shows up for rookies being imported before a new season).

Am I missing something? Is it even possible to do what I want to do? And the Baseball Reference doesn't happen to have Negro League stats, does it? (I mean, as much as anybody has Negro League stats.)

04-29-2002, 09:18 PM	#1
Pops Lives Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 47	Trouble importing individual players from the database Hey, all: I've had no trouble importing individual seasons (or rookies for subsequent seasons) into the game, but I can't get individual players in. I go to the Free Agents screen and click on "import player from database," but the message always comes up "Cannot find player ID." It's not a major thing -- I imported 1901 and am simming straight through to present day, keeping control of the Pirates. I'm only up to 1908, but looking ahead, I'd like to ...well, I'd like to integrate the leagues as best as I can before 1947. Which means, say, importing Satchel Paige into a season sometime in the 30s and making him 21 or 22 years old. I've tried the following: last name only; first and last name; last name, first name; and S.Paige (the format shows up for rookies being imported before a new season). Am I missing something? Is it even possible to do what I want to do? And the Baseball Reference doesn't happen to have Negro League stats, does it? (I mean, as much as anybody has Negro League stats.)