Thinking of Buying...

GenXGamer · 02-24-2025, 07:16 PM

I am looking for a digital baseball sim, and this one shows up in a lot of places. I have played Statis Pro baseball for many years, starting way back in 1990, I think it was.

I thought I might tell you what I am looking for and then, if you have a moment, tell me if OOTP offers this type of experience.

With Statis Pro, I created 16 teams of all-time greats in which I averaged out their prime years and then created their player cards based on the 162-game average of all those years. The teams have a mix of modern and historical players. I then play out a season, keep track of the data, and then, in the end, just marvel at all the stats, leaders, etc.

Can OOTP do that? Can I create a bunch of fictional teams (example, All Time Yankees) with the players I want on the team (Gehrig, Ruth, A-rod, Jeter, etc) with stats that emulate their prime-years averages, and then just enjoy season after season without having to worry about finances, salaries, trades, etc?

Thank you!

Syd Thrift · 02-26-2025, 12:28 PM

If anything OOTP is probably more versatile when it comes to creating teams of all-time greats like that. You can bring in any player from any season (now including Negro Leaguers!) and put them in a league against each other. If you want to do a single-season replay you're going to want to turn off the development engine, although there too there's a way to play where you start your league in, say, 1901 and instead of having 1901 players you have players randomly selected from the history of the league so, like, your 1901 Giants might have Jim Eisenreich or Brian Downing on the team (of course you can also just do a "regular" replay).

I should add that all of the things that OOTP does to balance seasons, make the leagues work, etc. is algorithmic in nature and not hand-curated the way SOM seasons are. You also don't have to pay for each and every season, which makes the "all time" type leagues more feasible (I know SOM has pre-packaged "all time" leagues but if, say, you wanted like Mike Greenwell on your all-time Red Sox team because you were a big fan of Mike Greenwell, that's easier to accomplish in OOTP). I also think that the algorithms, frankly, tend to do almost as well / sometimes better than SOM, although there will certainly be differences of opinion as to how they work (for example, since this is a multi-season GM sim, guys with one year monster blip years like Roger Maris or Norm Cash will often come in with lower ratings even for 1-season recalc; personally I think this is exactly what should happen but people will disagree).

Orcin · 02-26-2025, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GenXGamer

With Statis Pro, I created 16 teams of all-time greats in which I averaged out their prime years and then created their player cards based on the 162-game average of all those years.

You can create the player "cards" using the Commissioner mode to edit existing players. You can import Lou Gehrig from a prime year and then edit the ratings to approximate your average calculation. You would need a bit of experience with the game to understand how the ratings in OOTP correlate to actual stats. The good news is that you can set up your league, save it, and then simulate a season to see the results. If Gehrig hits 70 HR, then you can roll back his power rating and try again from your save (which you copied elsewhere before running the simulation).

You can turn off the financials completely, along with most of the other things like roster rules, trades, etc. You can also prevent the AI from touching any of the rosters and set all of the lineups yourself. Again, it will take a bit of research and experimentation to become proficient at setting one of these leagues up.

I would suggest searching this forum for posts by Garlon on historical settings. It will give you an idea of what is possible and how accurate the simulation is. it will also let you know how serious some of the users are.

Bobbyraz49 · 02-28-2025, 10:53 AM

Just buy it. It is worth every penny. I stumbled across this game/sim when I had Covid. It is massive is scope.
I'd suggest starting with a team you won't use as for a long term save, Learn the game. The fine folks on this board will answer and and all questions, Superb people here.
I play as GM/Mgr for all the teams I've controlled. Playing as the O's.. there are budget constraints.
Best of luck !

02-24-2025, 07:16 PM	#1
GenXGamer Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2025 Posts: 6	Thinking of Buying... I am looking for a digital baseball sim, and this one shows up in a lot of places. I have played Statis Pro baseball for many years, starting way back in 1990, I think it was. I thought I might tell you what I am looking for and then, if you have a moment, tell me if OOTP offers this type of experience. With Statis Pro, I created 16 teams of all-time greats in which I averaged out their prime years and then created their player cards based on the 162-game average of all those years. The teams have a mix of modern and historical players. I then play out a season, keep track of the data, and then, in the end, just marvel at all the stats, leaders, etc. Can OOTP do that? Can I create a bunch of fictional teams (example, All Time Yankees) with the players I want on the team (Gehrig, Ruth, A-rod, Jeter, etc) with stats that emulate their prime-years averages, and then just enjoy season after season without having to worry about finances, salaries, trades, etc? Thank you!

02-28-2025, 10:53 AM	#4
Bobbyraz49 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 908	Just buy it. It is worth every penny. I stumbled across this game/sim when I had Covid. It is massive is scope. I'd suggest starting with a team you won't use as for a long term save, Learn the game. The fine folks on this board will answer and and all questions, Superb people here. I play as GM/Mgr for all the teams I've controlled. Playing as the O's.. there are budget constraints. Best of luck !