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MarkJ · 10-12-2013, 06:46 PM

I am attempting to simulate the 1941 Pacific Coast League. Perhaps there are more straightforward ways of doing this, but I created a fictional league, renamed all the teams, did some editing to get the ballpark names and dimensions as correct as possible, and started staffing the teams.

I got the complete rosters from Baseballreference.com which also gives me fairly complete basic statistics to build from. Where I might have given myself more work than is necessary is how I got the players. I imported a large list of fictional players (and since I didn't write it down, I can't remember what file I imported). I started taking random players and changing the details to match a real PCL player (for example, I might have taken the fictional catcher Leland Abbot and use the editor page to change him into the real-life catcher Bob Collins of the Seattle Rainiers. I would enter the 1941 AB, H, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, HPB, and K statistics into the editor and click on create current ratings based on stats (and potential). Then I'd assign the player to whatever team I was working on.

Aside from whether changing the statistics actually works for changing the player ratings (more on this later), is there a better way to stock the teams? Most of the players in the 1941 PCL also played in the majors at one time or another; is there an easy way to import them into my fictional league so I won't have to edit so many names, and can use the (presumably accurate) fielding ratings without having to try to guess on so many players? I hope this makes sense!

10-12-2013, 06:46 PM	#1
MarkJ Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Washington State Posts: 36	Pacific Coast League 1941 I am attempting to simulate the 1941 Pacific Coast League. Perhaps there are more straightforward ways of doing this, but I created a fictional league, renamed all the teams, did some editing to get the ballpark names and dimensions as correct as possible, and started staffing the teams. I got the complete rosters from Baseballreference.com which also gives me fairly complete basic statistics to build from. Where I might have given myself more work than is necessary is how I got the players. I imported a large list of fictional players (and since I didn't write it down, I can't remember what file I imported). I started taking random players and changing the details to match a real PCL player (for example, I might have taken the fictional catcher Leland Abbot and use the editor page to change him into the real-life catcher Bob Collins of the Seattle Rainiers. I would enter the 1941 AB, H, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, HPB, and K statistics into the editor and click on create current ratings based on stats (and potential). Then I'd assign the player to whatever team I was working on. Aside from whether changing the statistics actually works for changing the player ratings (more on this later), is there a better way to stock the teams? Most of the players in the 1941 PCL also played in the majors at one time or another; is there an easy way to import them into my fictional league so I won't have to edit so many names, and can use the (presumably accurate) fielding ratings without having to try to guess on so many players? I hope this makes sense!