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A guy who would've given Bench a run for his money in the greatest catcher of all-time department, made the HoF in my OOTP21 game. Josh Gibson's career numbers were stupid great. Here's his plaque. Different FaceGen for the career numbers, than the plaque because Lansdowne St. put out a really good one.
Leon Day also made the HoF in OOTP21. Here's his plaque, and career stats. Getting 300 wins is really tough with 1984 settings, and Strict Rotations. I've only ever had one guy do it. Steve Carlton won 331 in the OOTP16 game. Day's 234 wins is really, really good. That would tie him for 23rd all-time, if you combine the two different saves, which span 98 total seasons. Different FaceGens on the plaque, and the stats, thanks to Lansdowne St.'s wizardry.
With Spritzey magic, I was able to take Hiroki Kuroda back to age 22, rather than 33. Still going at 42, although, he's definitely coming unglued. Check out that age 40 season, though. Managed to somehow come second in the Cy Young voting. Lemme see who was first. Tim Keefe. Both had excellent seasons. I'd have given it to Kuroda, but it was really close. Had I been able to continue with this game, I'd have been hammering the vote button for Kuroda, for the HoF, until they told me I can't vote no mo'.
My basic rule around taking a player back, or not, is:
1) Did something impede him from starting his MLB career as soon as he could? The colour barrier, and the posting system definitely qualify for me.
However, if a guy comes in, in the Inaugural Draft, no dice, just like everybody else in there. Was really tested on that one when Jackie Robinson showed up in my Inaugural in OOTP21, but a rule's a rule. Happened to Minnie Minoso in OOTP16, as well. I would've done it for him, because he played in the Negro League before MLB, but the Inaugural Draft age thing has to apply to everybody, so whatcha gonna do? Also, if a guy showed up in an organization's minor league system, at a reasonably young age, I won't take him back. Basically, if an organization's minor league system was his first taste of pro ball, it's no dice. If Japanese League or NeL was first, then I'll do it. Can't remember who I've done that with before, but I'm sure there have been a few.
I'll poke around, and see if I have more OOTP21 guys to check out.
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