Historical Minor League Affiliation Fixes

textilemonster · 07-13-2026, 12:16 AM

Hello!
So, I was playing a historical game with real minors. I reached 1935 and saw Joe DiMaggio playing for the Dodgers--apparently they hadn't signed him, but had called him up from the San Francisco Seals.
The Seals were not affiliated with the Dodgers in 1935.
Long story short...

Dozens, possibly hundreds, of updated historical minor league affiliations. I mostly used Baseball-Reference and Stats Crew as sources; if they agreed, I assumed they were right. If they disagreed, I looked at the careers of players on that team's roster that year to see if it was more likely to be one team than the other. What was really frustrating is that neither site seemed to be more reliable than the other... I get that affiliations used to be complicated, but how do you see a team called the Cardinals, with several players who played for the Cardinals, on a team literally owned by the Cardinals at that point, and decide it must have been a Yankees affiliate that season? Hmm.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uTV...usp=drive_link
Unzip the zip file that should be linked into your "stats" folder and overwrite.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bfr...ew?usp=sharing
I also attached the modified MiLBTeams file, which you could theoretically drop into your "stats" folder, but whenever I do that myself it didn't work, so I guess the converting process that turns a lot of other files into .odb files also does something to MiLBTeams.csv.

textilemonster · 07-13-2026, 12:29 AM

I give full permission for the devs to take my work and incorporate it into the game if they wish. (They probably already could do that anyway, just trying to help make the base game better.)

I'm going to keep working on this to at least include all the Negro Leagues that have been 'promoted' to proper Major Leagues recently, though I'll upload different versions because some people may want updated affiliations for teams already in the game to prevent other situations of players debuting with the wrong team every run, but don't want even more minor leagues.

Let me know if you have thoughts! Or if I got something wrong (though I would greatly appreciate a source).

luckymann · 07-13-2026, 01:32 AM

He'll probably post in this thread of his own accord but I know he has been busy lately, so he might not. Either way you should be in touch with LansdowneSt about this. He has been diligently working away for some time now trying to unravel that mess, false entry by false entry.

textilemonster · 07-13-2026, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luckymann

He'll probably post in this thread of his own accord but I know he has been busy lately, so he might not. Either way you should be in touch with LansdowneSt about this. He has been diligently working away for some time now trying to unravel that mess, false entry by false entry.

Oh, good! I posted a list of changes in the Historical Database Issues thread a while ago but nothing has come of it--YET, although as I know firsthand, it's... a process.

07-13-2026, 12:16 AM	#1
textilemonster Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2024 Posts: 262	Historical Minor League Affiliation Fixes Hello! So, I was playing a historical game with real minors. I reached 1935 and saw Joe DiMaggio playing for the Dodgers--apparently they hadn't signed him, but had called him up from the San Francisco Seals. The Seals were not affiliated with the Dodgers in 1935. Long story short... Dozens, possibly hundreds, of updated historical minor league affiliations. I mostly used Baseball-Reference and Stats Crew as sources; if they agreed, I assumed they were right. If they disagreed, I looked at the careers of players on that team's roster that year to see if it was more likely to be one team than the other. What was really frustrating is that neither site seemed to be more reliable than the other... I get that affiliations used to be complicated, but how do you see a team called the Cardinals, with several players who played for the Cardinals, on a team literally owned by the Cardinals at that point, and decide it must have been a Yankees affiliate that season? Hmm. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uTV...usp=drive_link Unzip the zip file that should be linked into your "stats" folder and overwrite. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bfr...ew?usp=sharing I also attached the modified MiLBTeams file, which you could theoretically drop into your "stats" folder, but whenever I do that myself it didn't work, so I guess the converting process that turns a lot of other files into .odb files also does something to MiLBTeams.csv. Last edited by textilemonster; 07-17-2026 at 01:50 AM.

07-13-2026, 01:32 AM	#3
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 14,415	He'll probably post in this thread of his own accord but I know he has been busy lately, so he might not. Either way you should be in touch with LansdowneSt about this. He has been diligently working away for some time now trying to unravel that mess, false entry by false entry. __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS A'S RED SOX DODGERS PIRATES MARINERS CUSTOM SAVES LGB NEXUS

07-13-2026, 12:29 AM	#2
textilemonster Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2024 Posts: 262	I give full permission for the devs to take my work and incorporate it into the game if they wish. (They probably already could do that anyway, just trying to help make the base game better.) I'm going to keep working on this to at least include all the Negro Leagues that have been 'promoted' to proper Major Leagues recently, though I'll upload different versions because some people may want updated affiliations for teams already in the game to prevent other situations of players debuting with the wrong team every run, but don't want even more minor leagues. Let me know if you have thoughts! Or if I got something wrong (though I would greatly appreciate a source).