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Originally Posted by thehef
Not exactly sure what you are experiencing & what happened with him in your game. However, I can say that there is not force-retire item in the historical txns file. I'm guessing if he retired after the '73 seasons it's because his ratings, combined with TCR/development, weren't great and OOTP AI decided to semi-randomly retire him.
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Gates struggled big time in both 72 and 73, hitting below .200 both years. In 72 he was a pinch hitter just as in real life. In 73 he played in 69 games, starting 36 of them. It was strange, because he would play LF in a good share of those starts. The Tigers manager kept Horton as the DH. In August of 73, the Tigers released him. He retired in October. Since Gates was a pinch hitter in real life, I'm guessing the make bad settings aren't kind to him