[coachbtown32]

Originally Posted by coachbtown32

Hello all, newbie here. Just purchased OOTP23 after speaking to support about game. I have been trying to navigate the interface but have not found a way to import from the historical database. I would appreciate any help.

Here is what I am trying to accomplish:

I only want to play a season, I am not interested in all the extras, finances, trades, owner, etc. I am just looking to make my own, all-time teams for all 30 MLB teams, with their rosters built from players who played from at least 1980-present. If a player played in 1980 or beyond, I can use any of their career best years prior to 1980 also. I am really only trying to incorporate players that I saw play while I was growing up.

For instance, if we take the Los Angeles Dodgers, I would like to build the roster with starting pitchers of Clayton Kershaw, Fernando Valenzuela, Don Sutton, Orel Hershiser, Zack Greinke (even though relatively few years in organization). Catcher would be Mike Piazza, Paul LoDuca, Mike Scioscia.

If I were to import best statistical/historical years for those players it would be:
Kershaw 2014, Valenzuela 86, Sutton 76, Hershiser 88, Greinke (best year in Dodgers uniform). Piazza 97, LoDuca 01, Scioscia 90.

I have heard from support and in forum that there is a quickstart, all-time rosters, but I am interested in creating my own rosters for my own league. How do I import each individual player to put it on each team? How do I create a league? Do I create a fictonal league, edit fictional teams to real, MLB teams, delete/release all fictional players and then sign historical players? But I still don't know how to import these historical players to sign. I see the historical player data but it has no ID number for me to use and I don't see a box/button, place to select to import.

I hope I have explained this well. I am sorry, I know newbies probably ask this question all the time. I am blown away by all the functions in this game. I was a beta tester for TBCB 2, the boxing sim, and I have always enjoyed simulations more than arcade style games. Any help would be appreciated and thank you in advance.

Okay, I watched the video and learned how to import historical players from the database into the free agent pool and how to assign them to specific teams. Now my question is, when I import, say, Mike Piazza 1997, it imports his career up until 1997. The only problem is I don't want the gameplay to be based on his entire body of work up until 1997, I want to base my gameplay on ONLY his one best year. Is there a way to only import the specific, one greatest year for each player or do I have to base my gameplay and simulation based on a player's entire career stats up until his career year. So, for somebody like Brady Anderson who had one outlier year, his stats would prevent him from having a monster-type year because prior to that year (50 HR's) his power numbers were nothing. Thanks in advance.