Set up Battle of NY League with teams from 1927 - 2015

swp · 04-29-2026, 03:24 PM

I cannot figure out how to do that. I do not want to draft teams. I want to just create a 16 team league with, for example:

1927 Yankees
1955 Dodgers
1962 SF Giants
1986 Mets , etc.

I do not see any way to do this. Thanks.

millhousebc · 04-29-2026, 03:45 PM

Create a league and then you'll have to import all the teams you want into divisions. Believe its in league settings.

LansdowneSt · 04-29-2026, 06:23 PM

Google Gemini is getting pretty good at pulling stuff from the forum into summary answers. Here is its how-to:

To import historical teams in OOTP, navigate to Game Settings > League Settings > Edit League Structure and select "Import Historical Team". Select the historical database, choose the specific year and team, and click confirm to add them to your league. You can also choose to import players with their real stats or normalize them to a neutral era.

It also gave a video link to OOTP21 but the process is the same now as then...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH33MHFEFws

Hope it helps.

micropterus58 · 04-30-2026, 02:05 PM

You can use a text file to mass import players after you set up the league. Read Importing Historical Players section. Here's an example. You can add the destination team. I haven't done this in many years. I found that it was best to do one team at a time. Search the past forums. I added information along with others. The info is still relevant. Try searching on my name or "import historical players".
https://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com...orical_players

create a text file = orioles.txt (whatever name you want) then import historical player.
dempsri01,1985
mussimi01,1995
powelbo01,1970
surhob.01,1999
murraed02,1983
palmeji01,1975
ripkeca0,1991
robinbr01,1964

04-29-2026, 03:24 PM	#1
swp Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2026 Posts: 2	Set up Battle of NY League with teams from 1927 - 2015 I cannot figure out how to do that. I do not want to draft teams. I want to just create a 16 team league with, for example: 1927 Yankees 1955 Dodgers 1962 SF Giants 1986 Mets , etc. I do not see any way to do this. Thanks.

04-29-2026, 06:23 PM	#3
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,157	Google Gemini is getting pretty good at pulling stuff from the forum into summary answers. Here is its how-to: To import historical teams in OOTP, navigate to Game Settings > League Settings > Edit League Structure and select "Import Historical Team". Select the historical database, choose the specific year and team, and click confirm to add them to your league. You can also choose to import players with their real stats or normalize them to a neutral era. It also gave a video link to OOTP21 but the process is the same now as then... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH33MHFEFws Hope it helps. __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file

04-29-2026, 03:45 PM	#2
millhousebc Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 336	Create a league and then you'll have to import all the teams you want into divisions. Believe its in league settings.

04-30-2026, 02:05 PM	#4
micropterus58 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,264	You can use a text file to mass import players after you set up the league. Read Importing Historical Players section. Here's an example. You can add the destination team. I haven't done this in many years. I found that it was best to do one team at a time. Search the past forums. I added information along with others. The info is still relevant. Try searching on my name or "import historical players". https://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com...orical_players create a text file = orioles.txt (whatever name you want) then import historical player. dempsri01,1985 mussimi01,1995 powelbo01,1970 surhob.01,1999 murraed02,1983 palmeji01,1975 ripkeca0,1991 robinbr01,1964