Can I have historic players?

[cdidman]

I run a fictional league and I'm wondering is there a way to get historical player to pop up in drafts? I thought this was a option that I saw once, but I don't see this, so maybe I was dreaming.

Just wondering.

I like the idea of one day I look at my incoming draft class and see George Herman Ruth.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by cdidman

I run a fictional league and I'm wondering is there a way to get historical player to pop up in drafts? I thought this was a option that I saw once, but I don't see this, so maybe I was dreaming.

Just wondering.

I like the idea of one day I look at my incoming draft class and see George Herman Ruth.

If you want George Herman Ruth in your game, go into commish mode and bring him in via the historical player import tool via the Available Actions button, which is available both on your draft pool page (when available) and on your free agents page. You can even control how old he'll be when he gets there by selecting a year that makes him a young lad (1914ish) or an older chunkier fellow who hits HRs in bunches (say, 1918 and forward or so). So, what are you waiting for? Go get the man!

[DCG12]

The option is still there under league settings>options about 1/3 of the way down on the left. "automatically import real historical rookies" and "use random rookies from all era's." I checked and the choice is there even in a fictional league.

It is an all or nothing selection though. It will fill the entire draft with these players. If you just want a few players like Ruth you should do like actionjackson said and import individuals.

[mgom27]

I have those checked but still have real guys like Seth Beer or fictional people that I don't mine having but would also like Historical guys to. Iv'e had Mike Trout as a Rookie but had disable signing Draft Picks from a League from a 2016/17 League feeder it into my league for that to happen and do Draft in Offseason.

[cdidman]

Originally Posted by actionjackson

If you want George Herman Ruth in your game, go into commish mode and bring him in via the historical player import tool via the Available Actions button, which is available both on your draft pool page (when available) and on your free agents page. You can even control how old he'll be when he gets there by selecting a year that makes him a young lad (1914ish) or an older chunkier fellow who hits HRs in bunches (say, 1918 and forward or so). So, what are you waiting for? Go get the man!

How do I find player ID? I must of missed where I can find them. Also, the year below reads 1977. What doesn't that mean. I don't want to mess anything up, I just want to add like 3 historic players per draft.

[dewelar]

Player IDs are in the Master.csv file (MiLBMaster.csv for Negro league and minor league players) in your stats folder. Most, if not all, of the MLB player IDs are the same as the ones used by Baseball Reference. The year on that screen refers to the season you want to use, so if you want to import Ruth as a rookie you would change it to 1914.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by cdidman

How do I find player ID? I must of missed where I can find them. Also, the year below reads 1977. What doesn't that mean. I don't want to mess anything up, I just want to add like 3 historic players per draft.

Generally for MLB guys, the playerID is pretty simple: first five letters of last name, followed by first two letters of first name, followed by two digit numeric code. Where it gets tricky is when there are a lot of guys with the same letter codes, but they will usually have unique numeric codes that separate them from each other. As dewelar said, use the Master.csv file inside your stats folder to track them down and make sure you have the player that you want to import, and put the first year that is listed (1914 for Babe Ruth, or even 1913 if your draft takes place the year before the player is to debut - and for most of us with December drafts that is the case).