Historical information you wish OOTP would add to the game

David Watts · 09-23-2025, 12:09 PM

One of the things I hope OOTP will focus on for each new version is adding to the historical information that game offers us to peruse through. '

For example, I really wish the game offered us a list of the longest team winning/losing streaks in league history. I had a team lose 17 games in a row a few seasons back and would have loved to know where that ranked over the history of my league.

As I watch my Detroit Tigers crumble into the dust, I realized how it would be if OOTP provided us a list of the biggest collapses in league history.

I've probably beaten this horse into the dust by now, but I really wish OOTP provided a page very similar to the Awards page, but instead of awards, this page would display things like Batting Champion, Home Run King, Strikeout Leader(pitcher) Etc. on a seasonal basis. Like the awards page it would be cool if it also showed in parenthesis the number of times the player has led in that category. Since their would be little need of displaying entire stat lines(for example batting average would simply show .353. Home run king would simply show 52) I would think the page could display way more categories than the awards page can. I would love it if we the user could choose what categories we want displayed.

Would love to know my leagues historical team vs team records.

What are some of the things you would love to see added?

Bluenoser · 09-23-2025, 01:24 PM

In my wildest dreams - a program separate from OOTP that can read whatever files it needs to draw from your league folder and then produce a history similar to BBRef. The ability to run this program at anytime of year, so basically you could update your history daily if you wanted to.

Then just view it through whatever browser you use, same as when going to BBRef.

More on a realistic and maybe possible level, everything you said, really wish the game would track MOY Award history, and also in each team history, keep track who was GM and who was Manager, when they were hired/fired/retired.

Also in team history - career leaders for players and Managers.

mytreds · 09-23-2025, 01:50 PM

Ditto on better manager history stats.

David Watts · 09-23-2025, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

In my wildest dreams - a program separate from OOTP that can read whatever files it needs to draw from your league folder and then produce a history similar to BBRef. The ability to run this program at anytime of year, so basically you could update your history daily if you wanted to.

Then just view it through whatever browser you use, same as when going to BBRef.

More on a realistic and maybe possible level, everything you said, really wish the game would track MOY Award history, and also in each team history, keep track who was GM and who was Manager, when they were hired/fired/retired.

Also in team history - career leaders for players and Managers.

Love it. Thanks for posting this.

fredbeene · 09-24-2025, 01:46 AM

everything bbref has.
grand slams
triple plays
games missed to injury/manager decision
No hitters
Inside park HR
I can't think of the last new stat/report they have created

JaBurns · 09-24-2025, 08:45 AM

This would be a great add, being a computer Neanderthal I have no idea of the complexity of making this happen for long term on-line leagues.

luckymann · 09-24-2025, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

In my wildest dreams - a program separate from OOTP that can read whatever files it needs to draw from your league folder and then produce a history similar to BBRef. The ability to run this program at anytime of year, so basically you could update your history daily if you wanted to.

Then just view it through whatever browser you use, same as when going to BBRef.

More on a realistic and maybe possible level, everything you said, really wish the game would track MOY Award history, and also in each team history, keep track who was GM and who was Manager, when they were hired/fired/retired.

Also in team history - career leaders for players and Managers.

This, which I have been pushing for so long now even I am sick of the sound of my own voice on the subject.

In lieu thereof, a more robust and customisable tracking of all-time / single-season stats leaders, with a dedicated focus on any such chases, would be a great start.

It would only work, however, if you also had the ability to set the leaderboard timeframe manually, to eradicate the pre-1901 guys if so desired.

David Watts · 09-24-2025, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by luckymann

This, which I have been pushing for so long now even I am sick of the sound of my own voice on the subject.

In lieu thereof, a more robust and customisable tracking of all-time / single-season stats leaders, with a dedicated focus on any such chases, would be a great start.

It would only work, however, if you also had the ability to set the leaderboard timeframe manually, to eradicate the pre-1901 guys if so desired.

Would love the ability to select when we want our history to begin. I have zero interest in allowing the pre-1900 stuff into any of my games.

Highlander · 09-25-2025, 08:22 AM

Love these ideas....especially the BBRef one. Anything to add more ways to explore the rich history our leagues create would be great!

LoneRhino · 09-25-2025, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by David Watts

Would love the ability to select when we want our history to begin. I have zero interest in allowing the pre-1900 stuff into any of my games.

I my historical league beginning in 1901, I erased all stats before 1901.

LoneRhino · 09-25-2025, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

In my wildest dreams - a program separate from OOTP that can read whatever files it needs to draw from your league folder and then produce a history similar to BBRef. The ability to run this program at anytime of year, so basically you could update your history daily if you wanted to.

Then just view it through whatever browser you use, same as when going to BBRef.

More on a realistic and maybe possible level, everything you said, really wish the game would track MOY Award history, and also in each team history, keep track who was GM and who was Manager, when they were hired/fired/retired.

Also in team history - career leaders for players and Managers.

I wonder if OOTP could work with BBRef to make this happen. Whether or not it would make financial sense is another question.

phenom · 09-25-2025, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneRhino

I my historical league beginning in 1901, I erased all stats before 1901.

How do you do that and eliminate the Hugh Duffy 1894 problem?

Ilan · 09-25-2025, 03:46 PM

I second the idea that the best thing that this game could now develop would be the way to access all statistical screens while a game is in progress. I am spending months buildng a platform like this in MS Access, and while interesting to do so, it would be much easier to access all of the statistical depth the game offers while playing a game. DMB allows that by accessing reports during a game, but OOTP could do so much more. I feel like this was a capacity that existed in an earlier version of the game years ago

silvam14 · 09-25-2025, 03:54 PM

I think it would be cool, when doing a season replay, to have a link in the box score to the actual game in baseball reference for easy comparison.

Also would be cool if they could somehow show the historical score of the games (as an option)

David Watts · 09-25-2025, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silvam14

I think it would be cool, when doing a season replay, to have a link in the box score to the actual game in baseball reference for easy comparison.

Also would be cool if they could somehow show the historical score of the games (as an option)

Did you ever play Puresim Baseball back in the day?

Hrycaj · 09-25-2025, 04:08 PM

The ability to track stats from two points in history.

Ex: These are the list of "x" amount of players who have hit the most home runs since 2022 when your season is in 2025.

Or: Here are the strikeout leaders April 20th to June 2nd.

Some of these can be done using stats+ but it would be really cool if the game could do it.

LoneRhino · 09-28-2025, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by phenom

How do you do that and eliminate the Hugh Duffy 1894 problem?

What's the Hugh Duffy problem? Any records from before 1901 are removed.

phenom · 09-28-2025, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneRhino

What's the Hugh Duffy problem? Any records from before 1901 are removed.

Yeah, I was missing a step.

Bagpipes5 · 09-29-2025, 08:04 PM

I would like more stats across time like someone else has mentioned. Maybe a league statistics page where you can see OPS (or whatever stat) by league then split by position like BR has on their site. If the league is historical have the option to display IRL totals for the sake of comparison.

This would also encompass leaders by decade or as someone else has mentioned stats from this day in history to this day in history. Who lead the league in Ks in your save during the 90s? Who has hit the most HRs in AL East history? Things like that.

Also, it would be great to track combined no hitters. I've had a few team efforts the last few years and the game recap doesn't even make a mention of it. It would be great to see that improved upon.

Finally, streaks are long overdue. The game got a big shot in the arm when the Moneyball craze hit a decade ago and one of the big themes in the book/movie is "The Streak". It would be nice if OOTP would finally track streaks. Win streaks, HR streaks, scoreless inning streaks, et al.

pholmer · 10-09-2025, 12:05 AM

I have posted about these before, but I'll just mention them briefly here.

Editable Datapaths - I use a Mac and OOTP used to simply create an OOTP 23 (or 21, 24, etc.) that contained saved games, backups, etc. In 25 and 26, the game now has a more complicated file storage system, the path to which cannot be edited. The game will look for saved games wherever it's told to look so if the datapaths could be edited, problem solved. See my post "A Tale of Two Datapaths" for more details.

Home Run Derby - I know there's a Derby associated with the All-Star game, but I would like to see a Derby where the player can choose who participates. Perhaps this could be an option in the exhibition game function of OOTP (see poster below, fictional, of course). With the pitching and the era differences normalized, it could be fun to see how Ruth or Gibson would fare against Mantle or Mays or Aaron or Judge.

09-23-2025, 12:09 PM	#1
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,974 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Historical information you wish OOTP would add to the game One of the things I hope OOTP will focus on for each new version is adding to the historical information that game offers us to peruse through. ' For example, I really wish the game offered us a list of the longest team winning/losing streaks in league history. I had a team lose 17 games in a row a few seasons back and would have loved to know where that ranked over the history of my league. As I watch my Detroit Tigers crumble into the dust, I realized how it would be if OOTP provided us a list of the biggest collapses in league history. I've probably beaten this horse into the dust by now, but I really wish OOTP provided a page very similar to the Awards page, but instead of awards, this page would display things like Batting Champion, Home Run King, Strikeout Leader(pitcher) Etc. on a seasonal basis. Like the awards page it would be cool if it also showed in parenthesis the number of times the player has led in that category. Since their would be little need of displaying entire stat lines(for example batting average would simply show .353. Home run king would simply show 52) I would think the page could display way more categories than the awards page can. I would love it if we the user could choose what categories we want displayed. Would love to know my leagues historical team vs team records. What are some of the things you would love to see added?

09-23-2025, 01:50 PM	#3
mytreds All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 1,182	Ditto on better manager history stats. __________________ “Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding second.” “Once, centuries ago, it was the beloved national pastime of the Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and faster games. Lost to impatience.” “ The term ‘WAR’ should be replaced by ‘WAG’. WAR isn’t an actual measurement; it’s just a wild-ass guess” -Bill James RIP National League 1876-2022 Floreat semper vel invita morte. I make custom ballparks.

09-25-2025, 08:22 AM	#9
Highlander All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 992	Love these ideas....especially the BBRef one. Anything to add more ways to explore the rich history our leagues create would be great! __________________ "The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor." — Cincinnati Gazette editorial, 1879

09-25-2025, 03:46 PM	#13
Ilan Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2024 Posts: 13	Accessing records and stats while playing a game I second the idea that the best thing that this game could now develop would be the way to access all statistical screens while a game is in progress. I am spending months buildng a platform like this in MS Access, and while interesting to do so, it would be much easier to access all of the statistical depth the game offers while playing a game. DMB allows that by accessing reports during a game, but OOTP could do so much more. I feel like this was a capacity that existed in an earlier version of the game years ago

09-25-2025, 03:54 PM	#14
silvam14 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dedham, MA Posts: 9,974	I think it would be cool, when doing a season replay, to have a link in the box score to the actual game in baseball reference for easy comparison. Also would be cool if they could somehow show the historical score of the games (as an option) __________________ Senior "Nancy Boy" of the OOTP Boards _______________________________________________

09-23-2025, 01:24 PM	#2
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,224	In my wildest dreams - a program separate from OOTP that can read whatever files it needs to draw from your league folder and then produce a history similar to BBRef. The ability to run this program at anytime of year, so basically you could update your history daily if you wanted to. Then just view it through whatever browser you use, same as when going to BBRef. More on a realistic and maybe possible level, everything you said, really wish the game would track MOY Award history, and also in each team history, keep track who was GM and who was Manager, when they were hired/fired/retired. Also in team history - career leaders for players and Managers.

09-24-2025, 01:46 AM	#5
fredbeene All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,632	everything bbref has. grand slams triple plays games missed to injury/manager decision No hitters Inside park HR I can't think of the last new stat/report they have created

09-24-2025, 08:45 AM	#6
JaBurns All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Posts: 1,295	This would be a great add, being a computer Neanderthal I have no idea of the complexity of making this happen for long term on-line leagues.

09-25-2025, 04:08 PM	#16
Hrycaj All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,711	The ability to track stats from two points in history. Ex: These are the list of "x" amount of players who have hit the most home runs since 2022 when your season is in 2025. Or: Here are the strikeout leaders April 20th to June 2nd. Some of these can be done using stats+ but it would be really cool if the game could do it. __________________ Click on my signature to read about the great game of baseball in Normington.

09-29-2025, 08:04 PM	#19
Bagpipes5 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: TX Posts: 467	I would like more stats across time like someone else has mentioned. Maybe a league statistics page where you can see OPS (or whatever stat) by league then split by position like BR has on their site. If the league is historical have the option to display IRL totals for the sake of comparison. This would also encompass leaders by decade or as someone else has mentioned stats from this day in history to this day in history. Who lead the league in Ks in your save during the 90s? Who has hit the most HRs in AL East history? Things like that. Also, it would be great to track combined no hitters. I've had a few team efforts the last few years and the game recap doesn't even make a mention of it. It would be great to see that improved upon. Finally, streaks are long overdue. The game got a big shot in the arm when the Moneyball craze hit a decade ago and one of the big themes in the book/movie is "The Streak". It would be nice if OOTP would finally track streaks. Win streaks, HR streaks, scoreless inning streaks, et al. Last edited by Bagpipes5; 09-29-2025 at 08:08 PM. Reason: added

10-09-2025, 12:05 AM	#20
pholmer Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 181	Editable Datapaths & Home Run Derby I have posted about these before, but I'll just mention them briefly here. Editable Datapaths - I use a Mac and OOTP used to simply create an OOTP 23 (or 21, 24, etc.) that contained saved games, backups, etc. In 25 and 26, the game now has a more complicated file storage system, the path to which cannot be edited. The game will look for saved games wherever it's told to look so if the datapaths could be edited, problem solved. See my post "A Tale of Two Datapaths" for more details. Home Run Derby - I know there's a Derby associated with the All-Star game, but I would like to see a Derby where the player can choose who participates. Perhaps this could be an option in the exhibition game function of OOTP (see poster below, fictional, of course). With the pitching and the era differences normalized, it could be fun to see how Ruth or Gibson would fare against Mantle or Mays or Aaron or Judge. Attached Images