Complete Universe Facegen Pack

[Amazin69]

(Hello, again.)

So we're working our way through Spring Training, and Greg Cochran had a nice start for the Mets. (5IP, 2H, 0R, W) But things are still dire at Shea; they're considering putting their #4 pick, Dave Jensen, in the rotation, without going to the minors at all.

Now, Jensen is a good LHP, but still. IRL, he was also a Mets draftee (#9, IIRC). Pitched for four seasons, never above A-ball, but always good and getting better. Not a full season in either of his two final years, so perhaps some sort of recurring injury?

If there was an injury, it healed eventually. Which, sadly, we know, because he went to Scab camp 10 years later. But since scabs are disgusting scum and traitors to their fellow workers, we shall speak of that no more.

(Really, Doug Sisk? REALLY?? Shame, shame, shame, you sh*thead…)

Perhaps Dave quit out of shame that TCMA misspelled his name? Possible, I guess. (But not likely.)

[LansdowneSt]

Looking at his stats, unsure why he wouldn't have moved on... though anyone pitching a system next to a young Doc Gooden would look bad. Anyway, here's Dave Jensen both as a straight import from that card and after application of a texture pack to clean it up.

[LansdowneSt]

Grover Land was a catcher for 25 years from 1902 to 1926, seven in the Major Leagues and 21 in the minors. He also served in the U. S. Armed Forces during World War I. From 1908 through 1913 he was a backup for the Cleveland Naps and in 1914 and 1915 he was the with the first-string catcher for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

Redoing the Facegen was tougher than I thought it would be. I ended up putting a texture pack on it to finish it off as the bRef photo kept coming in with odd color splotches and unsalvageable dark spots around the eyes. I think it works though. I had tried to adjust the one that was there but it just didn't look like him.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Grover Land was a catcher for 25 years from 1902 to 1926, seven in the Major Leagues and 21 in the minors. He also served in the U. S. Armed Forces during World War I. From 1908 through 1913 he was a backup for the Cleveland Naps and in 1914 and 1915 he was the with the first-string catcher for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

Redoing the Facegen was tougher than I thought it would be. I ended up putting a texture pack on it to finish it off as the bRef photo kept coming in with odd color splotches and unsalvageable dark spots around the eyes. I think it works though. I had tried to adjust the one that was there but it just didn't look like him.

You've done brilliantly my son.

[LansdowneSt]

"Eddie Doheny has been pursued by a hoodoo, the likes of which has never been seen. The last six games he pitched have been lost. Game after game has the Green Mountain lad pitched that should have been an easy victory for New York. On several occasions he has allowed his opponents but four or five hits, and yet he has seen the games slip from his hands because of errors behind him at the most critical times, and because of the weakest kind of batting by Anson's boys. Doheny must feel greatly discouraged, and yet it seems that he is hoodooed." - Sporting Life of July 2, 1898 about a year when Eddie Doheny went 7-19

"Eddie Doheny is pitching the best ball of his life this summer. It took Doheny years to get good, and now he is a corker." - Sporting Life, July 12, 1902

Ed Doheny pitched nine years in the big leagues. During most of his big-league career, he pitched for the New York Giants and never had a winning record. However, during the last part of his career, he pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and went 38-14 over a 2 1/2 year period. Doheny's life, however, is a tragic story. He began to exhibit symptoms of mental illness during the 1903 season, and left the team. He came back, pitched well, and then was given a leave of absence. He was not present with the Pirates when they played in the first World Series in the 20th Century. His condition worsened and he was finally committed to an insane asylum. He died in another institution in 1916. - bRef Bullpen wiki

[luckymann]

Another one from this save that has somehow snuck through is Tim Jordan (1901-10) thanks bud.

[LansdowneSt]

Earle Gardner played five seasons for the New York Highlanders in the years immediately before they became known as the Yankees. In 1910, Highlanders pitcher Russ Ford, who had learned how to throw the emery ball, confided his secret only with Ed Sweeney, his catcher, as well as Gardner and Eddie Foster, his roommates. While playing with Toledo in 1912, Gardner taught Cy Falkenberg how to throw Ford's emery ball which considerably helped Falkenberg's career.

Redid the facegen.

[Amazin69]

Yeah, Jensen definitely needed that texture pack. Unfortunately, he's getting thrashed this spring, but least the rest of the staff seems in good Shea-p.

Certainly the Mets' pitching is better than the ongoing dumpster fire that is Cleveland. I mean, Sheriff Dane Anthony went 6-18, 5.64 last season…and he's now the #2 starter!

Fortunately, one of Mexican legend Arturo "King Arthur" Gonzalez's 32 pro seasons was with Chattanooga in 1980, so the sim has him in Cleveland's system, and he's in the rotation now. (Had a good spring, too.) Will Gonzalez show the form that made him a first-ballot inductee into the Salon de Fama?

Unknown, but even pitching as Gonzalez did in his early years, when he was primarily an outfielder, would be an upgrade for the Tribe.



BTW, the Rangers had the best spring training record (everybody except Mike Easler hit the crap out of the ball) and the AI predicts us to win 104 games. (Ulp!)

Of course Chet Lemon (whom I signed to that big deal after his near-MVP season in 1980) is going to be out all season with post-concussion syndrome. Sigh.

Good thing I bit the bullet and signed Claudell Washington before camp opened.

(i know, I know. Seriously, I KNOW. But he's coming off of two 200-hit seasons, he's only 27, and he has a gun for an arm. I'm weak, okay?

At least I'm smarter than the Yankees, who are replacing Reggie with…Ellis Valentine. I guess as long as there's no cocaine in New York, they'll be fine.)

[ThatSeventiesGuy]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Earle Gardner played five seasons for the New York Highlanders in the years immediately before they became known as the Yankees. In 1910, Highlanders pitcher Russ Ford, who had learned how to throw the emery ball, confided his secret only with Ed Sweeney, his catcher, as well as Gardner and Eddie Foster, his roommates. While playing with Toledo in 1912, Gardner taught Cy Falkenberg how to throw Ford's emery ball which considerably helped Falkenberg's career.

Redid the facegen.

Didn't he write the Perry Mason books?

[LansdowneSt]

"A hard hitter and classy fielder, George Perring was a product of the prairie school of baseball, developing his sure shot to first base by throwing green crabapples through the knothole in a barn door." - from the Beloit College website

George Perring was in the major leagues from 1908-10 with the Cleveland Naps, then played for Columbus from 1910-13 and came back to the majors with the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League in 1914-15. He was still playing professionally as late as 1919. - bRef Bullpen wiki

[LansdowneSt]

Tim Jordan was a repeat home run champ for the Brooklyn Superbas with 12 HRs in both 1906 and 1908. For the time they were also prodigious HRs. A 1908 article in the Pittsburgh Press once remarked: "If Tim Jordan would get over his unfortunate habit of trying to knock the cover off the ball, the Superbas' percentage of victories would be improved. The Bronx biffer hits long and tall flies with unceasing regularity, and it's no wonder he is far down in the batting averages." To read more of how Tim "Big City" Jordan foiled a possible murder outside a hotel one night or invented a baseball card game simulation. Here's a great article on him: https://sabrbaseballcards.blog/2020/...al-err-jordan/

As for the facegen, I didn't have one so made this one from a pic on said site.

[LansdowneSt]

Amazin' - this was an interesting player. I wish him well in your sim.

Overall, González was 232-169 in the Mexican League with a 3.26 ERA, 522 games, 3,228 innings pitched and over 1,750 strikeouts. In Organized Baseball, the man with the wicked slider, a low-90s fastball and other breaking pitches went 266-200. He also was 125-85 in the Mexican Pacific League. As of early 2006, he ranks 4th all-time in the LMP in wins, 6th in winning percentage, tied for 9th in ERA (2.81) and sixth with 1,079 strikeouts. In the Mexican League, he is tied for second all-time in seasons pitched as of 2005 with 25. That doesn't count his four years as an outfielder or three years strictly in US-based leagues - overall, he was a professional baseball player for 32 years. - bRef Bullpen wiki

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by FancySkunk

Showing off a quick example of some of the work happening on my end.




On the left are facegens I made in the past for Roberto Alomar and Bret Boone; on the right are ones made in my recent (ongoing) sweep through of the 1998 season. I feel like I'm getting a better understanding of maintaining personality in facegens now, and no longer creating the excessively neutral ones that, in retrospect, were a bit on the soulless side.

1998 Progress:
* Anaheim, Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago (A), Chicago (N), and Cincinnati are complete (MLB and reserve)
* Cleveland is in progress
* I most likely won't have every team finished by the time I want to push a pack update out, but I'll be including the work done to this point in the release on Thursday.

Hey Fancy. Having trouble figuring out whether to download the latest version of your FaceGen files, as I've been making some MiLB IDs, as I've gone along, and have completely lost track of which I've done, and which I haven't. If I write over what I've done, a lot of the ed- to edw, and bob to rob, and 001 to 003 corrections may get lost, because silvam14, and yourself may not have tracked them down and fixed them yet. I think I'm going to stick with 2.1 for now, but then I'll lose out on your corrections. Difficult to know what to do, and confused on how to proceed. Confused question from a confused poster here.

[LansdowneSt]

Fred Olmstead looked great in 1909 and 1910 as he settled into the White Sox with ERAs of 1.81 and 1.95 respectively. The next year though it got away from him and after going 6-6 with a 4.21 ERA, the Sox moved on...

Redid the facegen using the card as the basis.

[LansdowneSt]

Action, see if the files can be sorted by "Date Modified" and grab the most recent ones, maybe?

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Action, see if the files can be sorted by "Date Modified" and grab the most recent ones, maybe?

That might just work you genius, you! Only thing is, it'll write over the corrections I've made with files that may be older. What to do?

[LansdowneSt]

Irv Jeffries was a reserve infielder for the Chicago White Sox in 1930 and 1931 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1934. He had a .234 lifetime batting average with eight homers and 46 runs batted in.

Redid the facegen to try to get something closer to how I felt his face looked (when not smiling).

[luckymann]

Brilliant bud - so I think we're all up to speed. I'll go back to the AtHoL for a bit to mix things up, will shoot the next batch through later today.

G

[FancySkunk]

Originally Posted by actionjackson

That might just work you genius, you! Only thing is, it'll write over the corrections I've made with files that may be older. What to do?

Might be best to only copy the stuff from July and August into your install's fg_files folder. That *should* just be the stuff from this thread that LansdowneSt has posts, my stuff for the 1998 season, and a few random fixes. Worst case, there might be some official facegens for current players in that set, but everything else should be new work that's wouldn't overwrite anything.

I'd also suggest making a backup of your current folder so if anything does go wrong, you can just revert back to what you have now.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by FancySkunk

Might be best to only copy the stuff from July and August into your install's fg_files folder. That *should* just be the stuff from this thread that LansdowneSt has posts, my stuff for the 1998 season, and a few random fixes. Worst case, there might be some official facegens for current players in that set, but everything else should be new work that's wouldn't overwrite anything.

I'd also suggest making a backup of your current folder so if anything does go wrong, you can just revert back to what you have now.

I always just rename the folders. I think I'm up to like four or five of them now. Thank you very much for the suggestion Fancy.