Earliest year you can start

falcon4e · 02-09-2017, 03:00 PM

Will we be able to start leagues prior to 1800?

mitchkenn · 02-09-2017, 03:08 PM

the first year the game has teams is 1871, though it's not until 1901 that very much accuracy in teams and players is established in the historical game. Fictional worlds? i don't know what year you can start.

Romagoth · 02-09-2017, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by falcon4e

Will we be able to start leagues prior to 1800?

Why would you want to?

jpeters1734 · 02-09-2017, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Romagoth

Why would you want to?

does it really matter?

Padreman · 02-09-2017, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Romagoth

Why would you want to?

Because he wants too

DB930 · 02-09-2017, 07:52 PM

I've never tried going back earlier than 1871, but in a fictional league I'm guessing you could probably start it in any year you wanted. In historical leagues, 1871 is the earliest.

baseballonly · 02-09-2017, 10:52 PM

Give me dinosaur leagues!

EDIT: Pretty sure 1800 is the earliest. If you set it any lower it defaults to that.

Hrycaj · 02-10-2017, 05:59 AM

There was a thread on this or maybe just a post years ago where a player said he had a fictional league that started in the 1700's. I wish I knew who that was maybe you could do a search. The earliest I have gone back is 1865. (My backstory was something like baseball brings the country together after the Civil War, or something.) I used 1871 parameters until we actually made it to that year and then let the game adjust yearly as necessary.

If you haven't read Questdogs "A Chronicle of Baseball History" dynasty thread. You should. It is excellent. His league starts in the 1840's but I have no idea how much of it is based in ootp yet. He is creating a historically accurate fictional beginning to the game. The only stats the reader ever views are hand outs and runs. Not sure how or if he has manipulated the game in any way to create that sort of scenario. I would love to know because it is genius.

dunningrb · 02-13-2017, 09:21 PM

The Gregorian Calendar begins in October 1582. Starting earlier than that might cause problems.

thorpegiovanni · 02-13-2017, 09:30 PM

Tested it on OOTP18. I entered 1582 as the starting year, and it gave me:

The answer appears to be 1800.

nico1270 · 02-14-2017, 08:43 AM

Who wouldn't love to play some pre-revolutionary base-ball?

02-09-2017, 03:00 PM	#1
falcon4e Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 49	Earliest year you can start Will we be able to start leagues prior to 1800?

02-09-2017, 03:08 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	the first year the game has teams is 1871, though it's not until 1901 that very much accuracy in teams and players is established in the historical game. Fictional worlds? i don't know what year you can start. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

02-09-2017, 10:52 PM	#7
baseballonly All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 805	Give me dinosaur leagues! EDIT: Pretty sure 1800 is the earliest. If you set it any lower it defaults to that. __________________ Former OOTP Leagues: CBL-Admirals (2016-17 Champs) MMB-Phillies

02-10-2017, 05:59 AM	#8
Hrycaj All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,766	There was a thread on this or maybe just a post years ago where a player said he had a fictional league that started in the 1700's. I wish I knew who that was maybe you could do a search. The earliest I have gone back is 1865. (My backstory was something like baseball brings the country together after the Civil War, or something.) I used 1871 parameters until we actually made it to that year and then let the game adjust yearly as necessary. If you haven't read Questdogs "A Chronicle of Baseball History" dynasty thread. You should. It is excellent. His league starts in the 1840's but I have no idea how much of it is based in ootp yet. He is creating a historically accurate fictional beginning to the game. The only stats the reader ever views are hand outs and runs. Not sure how or if he has manipulated the game in any way to create that sort of scenario. I would love to know because it is genius. __________________ Click on my signature to read about the great game of baseball in Normington.

02-13-2017, 09:21 PM	#9
dunningrb Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 154	The Gregorian Calendar begins in October 1582. Starting earlier than that might cause problems. __________________ -- Rodney Dunning

02-09-2017, 07:52 PM	#6
DB930 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 302	I've never tried going back earlier than 1871, but in a fictional league I'm guessing you could probably start it in any year you wanted. In historical leagues, 1871 is the earliest.

02-13-2017, 09:30 PM	#10
thorpegiovanni All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 550	Tested it on OOTP18. I entered 1582 as the starting year, and it gave me: The answer appears to be 1800. __________________

02-14-2017, 08:43 AM	#11
nico1270 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 255	Who wouldn't love to play some pre-revolutionary base-ball?