LansdowneSt's Facegen Checklist

[zappa1]

opps. my mistake. sorry.

[LansdowneSt]

zappa1,

Please remove the fg file from the previous post. I downloaded it and it is not mine. This is not the thread for community facegen postings (there's another great one for that (FancySkunk's)). Requests for me can come here. Comments. Critiques too... but I started a clean thread so that I could, for better or worse, be responsible for all fg's posted on it. Everyone's welcome to download them but I don't want others downloading off my thread thinking an fg is mine when it is not - regardless of the quality of the fg itself.

Here below is the Dave L_Stapleton.fg you posted (I changed the file name to my Testmy_Face player so as not to accidently save over my Dave).

I recommend mine Sorry!

silvam14, post the screenshot when time permits. The one I did, I own, and will correct as needed. Make sure it is Red Sox Dave and not Brewer Dave Stapleton as both are mid-80's. Looking at Brewer Dave S, he prob needs to be redone too...

[LansdowneSt]

Dave E Stapleton pitched for Grand Canyon University from 1982-83, posting a 16-5 career record and a 3.28 ERA, helping lead the Antelopes to the 1982 NAIA Championship. He was third player in school history to make it to the Major Leagues, pitching in 10 games for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1987-88. After his brief tenure in the majors, he returned to his alma mater to serve as head coach for many years.

Here's the other Dave Stapleton that played in the mid-late 80's. Redid the facegen.

[zappa1]

Sorry. Goodbye.

[LansdowneSt]

silvam14,

If the sunlight from his right ear to chin on the previous Dave L Stapleton was too strong on your monitor, here's an alternative one that might work. I had to start with a different picture - the sunlight wouldn't smooth out well enough imo. The new photo was a B&W one so the coloring is always a challenge.

I named the fg file the same as Dave Stapleton's in-game one with the exception of the capital X at the end. To those downloading it, I recommend downloading this and the one from post 105. Then, import Dave and, from the editor, add an X from his minor league ID code and refresh the fg to see the new option. Remove the "X" from the ID name to look at the old one again. It's a great way to toggle between options and then, once you know which one you prefer to keep, restore the ID code (remove the "X") and ensure the fg file you like is named "staple003dav".

To zappa1, sorry if I came off strong. I wasn't trying to be heavy-handed in my reply. Anyway, sorry if I did.

[silvam14]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

silvam14,

If the sunlight from his right ear to chin on the previous Dave L Stapleton was too strong on your monitor, here's an alternative one that might work. I had to start with a different picture - the sunlight wouldn't smooth out well enough imo. The new photo was a B&W one so the coloring is always a challenge.

I named the fg file the same as Dave Stapleton's in-game one with the exception of the capital X at the end. To those downloading it, I recommend downloading this and the one from post 105. Then, import Dave and, from the editor, add an X from his minor league ID code and refresh the fg to see the new option. Remove the "X" from the ID name to look at the old one again. It's a great way to toggle between options and then, once you know which one you prefer to keep, restore the ID code (remove the "X") and ensure the fg file you like is named "staple003dav".

To zappa1, sorry if I came off strong. I wasn't trying to be heavy-handed in my reply. Anyway, sorry if I did.

Thanks for this. I did have your latest, I had to re-load it in the game, so it looks good to me, but I think I prefer this new one better. Thanks again!

[LansdowneSt]

Matt Young’s place in baseball history is secure.

On April 12, 1992, the 33-year-old left-hander became only the third pitcher to throw a complete-game no-hitter and lose the game. Pitching in the first game of a doubleheader for the visiting Boston Red Sox against the Indians in Cleveland, Young lost 2-1. Since his complete game was only eight innings long, Young’s gem is not recognized as an official no-hitter. Official or not, Young, Andy Hawkins, and Ken Johnson (who had an “official” nine-inning complete game) remain, as of the end of 2016, the only major-league pitchers to lose a complete game in which they did not allow a hit. - SABR

Alas, as a Red Sox fan, this part of the SABR write-up is what I recall: In his first season for the Red Sox, 1991, Young started 16 games, relieved in three, and went 3-7 with a 5.18 ERA. He spent time on the disabled list with a slightly torn rotator cuff. His disappointing season earned him the nicknames “Sigh Young” and “Door Matt.” The Sporting News commented that the signing of Young and [Danny] Darwin was a “big blunder,” referring to them (along with [Jack] Clark) as the “Fenway Flops.” Additionally, Young developed the “yips” when it came to making throws. His “mental block” was so bad that during the entire 1991 season he did not attempt a single pickoff throw to first base.

As rough as his time with the Sox was, he was better with the Mariners and so here's a new facegen for him in that uni.

[LansdowneSt]

When Jeff Montgomery took the mound for the Cincinnati Reds on August 1, 1987, he was living out the storybook baseball tale. A three-sport athlete from small Wellston, Ohio, Montgomery grew up a couple of hours down the road from Riverfront Stadium in the era of the Big Red Machine. His idol, Reds manager Pete Rose, handed him the ball on that day, and Montgomery threw two innings in his major-league debut.

Six months later, he was traded.

Montgomery’s path to the big leagues was lined with obstacles and opportunities. When the dust settled, he was a member of the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, and the second major leaguer to reach 300 saves with only one team. - SABR

Redid the facegen. It was one of those too orange ones from the 80's...

[LansdowneSt]

“Frank Killen is certainly a natural born pitcher,” opined sportswriter John M. Roche in Sporting Life in 1892 as the burly 6-foot-1, 200-pound southpaw was preparing for his first full season in the big leagues. “He is well built, young and possessed of all the attributes which go to make up a winning pitcher.” That season Killen won 29 games for the lowly Washington Senators of the National League before being dealt to his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates in a stunning trade in the offseason. Known as much for his speed and curves as his stubbornness and temper, Killen paced the NL in victories in two of the next four seasons. For a brief time, Killen’s name was uttered with the likes of nineteenth-century stalwarts Amos Rusie, Kid Nichols, and Cy Young as the best hurlers in the game, but severe injuries, overwork, and a general combative disposition eventually took their toll on the left-hander, who posted a 164-131 record in parts of 10 seasons (1891-1900). - SABR

Was surprised that he had one of those fake "Bickford" faces in the CU Facepack. Redid it. The in-game weight adds some heaviness to the fg that isn't in the raw file and picture.

[LansdowneSt]

Jesse "Cyclone Jim" Duryea pitched five years in the majors. By far his best year was as a rookie in 1889, when he went 32-19. He ran a hotel after his playing days were over at 105 Call St in the sleepy town of Algona, Iowa. I checked. It's not there anymore. The vacant space where it used to be is now the parking lot of Greenberg Auto.

I used the newspaper print instead of the photo to redo the facegen and try and get something better. The mustaches of the nineteenth century are always a challenge...

[LansdowneSt]

Joe Fleet (1903 or 1904 – death date unknown) honed his baseball skills at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in the 1920s. He played for the prison's African American team, known as the "Booker T's", a team that produced three other future Negro leaguers: Roy Tyler, Albert Street, and David Wingfield. Fleet was paroled to the Chicago American Giants in 1930, and pitched in one game for manager Jim Brown. - wikipedia

Hopefully his birthdate gets updated in the game as it has him as 21 years old in 1930 which is too young.

There was no facegen for him. Made this one.

[LansdowneSt]

The story of Tom Thomas (1894-1900) is typical of many pitchers in the early history of the game. A blazing fastball provided an opportunity to escape a life of working the local coal mines. But wildness and constant conflicts with team management over his salary limited him to just ten major league games. His talent allowed him to pitch in the minor leagues for more than ten years, three times winning twenty games. But when this baseball career ended, he drifted back to his home in Ohio where he went back to work in the coal mines.

Thomas was a huge man for his era, standing 6 feet 4 inches and weighing around 200 pounds. His physical stature and ability to throw hard attracted attention from professional scouts. He had a reputation as an extremely slow worker and was known for his lack of control (he picked up the nickname “Savage Tom” and “the man killer” due to wildness resulting in many hit batsmen). That, and poor fundamentals such as fielding bunts and holding runners, prevented a longer career in the majors. - SABR

Redid the facegen. He's a bit pale from the source photo but not too pale, I think. Tom and a bunch of the players that follow are all part of my organization in my Random Debut league so I'm still using that to select random players to look at...

[LansdowneSt]

AstroDaily: Do you think your speed on the bases typecasted you into a certain role when you reached the big leagues? Did you get a good chance to be an everyday player?

Mike Felder: No, actually, I didn't get a chance to be an everyday player at all with Milwaukee. I think, at the time when I came up, Rickey Henderson was a big idol of mine with him being from Oakland, coming up with the A's and Billy Martin just letting him play his game. I saw how fast he rose to the big leagues and became a major player with the stolen bases, so I tried to pattern myself after Rickey Henderson. Speed was something that a lot of teams didn't have and, being in an organization like Milwaukee, I thought that was one asset I could bring to the club. Once I made it up, they didn't want to lose that stigma of being a power-hitting team. In 1982, my second year in the organization, was the year of the famous "Harvey Wallbangers" when they went to the World Series on home runs. They built the team around just power hitters. So when I finally made it up in September of '85, the only way they knew how to win was through power. It was like they didn't want to make that transition or change, and they were afraid that "if we change up and add a speed guy it would affect us." So basically I never got the opportunity. But because of the stats I put up in the minor leagues, they were still afraid of losing me for nothing and looking bad at the time.

Redid the facegen. I can distinctly remember the 1989 Topps card of him so I used that as the basis for him.

[LansdowneSt]

Glen Barker played three seasons for the Houston Astros, appearing in two postseason games. In 235 big league games, he crafted a .232/.330/.323 line with 8 extra base hits in 197 plate appearances. He was originally selected in the 1993 amateur draft by the Detroit Tigers and is one of only seven non-pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball (through 2006) to have played at least 100 games and have more games played than plate appearances. - bRef Bullpen wiki

The facegen was aligned with the photo but I wanted to eliminate as much of the teeth from the facegen as possible and for that reason redid it. He's tearing up the 1901 AA circuit in my sim at the moment...

[LansdowneSt]

Outfielder Jabari Blash grew up on St. Thomas. The Seattle Mariners selected him in the 8th round of 2010 draft. He had little opportunity to prove himself in the majors and quickly found himself going from organization to organization via trades...

In the 2015 Rule V Draft, December 10, 2015, Blash was plucked from the Mariners by the Oakland Athletics, then immediately flipped to the San Diego Padres as the player to be named later in the December 2nd trade that brought first baseman Yonder Alonso and pitcher Marc Rzepczynski to Oakland for Drew Pomeranz and Jose Torres. He was later traded to the New York Yankees in return for third baseman Chase Headley and pitcher Bryan Mitchell. It was a deal conceived to allow the Yankees to shed payroll in the wake of having acquired the mega-contract of outfielder Giancarlo Stanton the day before, and it appeared Blash would not get a chance to be more that someone who provides organizational depth at the AAA level. Indeed, in 2018, before he had had a chance to show anything in spring training, he was sent to the Los Angeles Angels in return for future considerations, in order to free up a spot on the 40-man roster. On November 29, the Angels waived him. Undaunted, he headed to [league redacted], slugging 33 home runs and driving in 95 runs for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2019. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen. bRef and the game have him at 235 lbs which is more than the pictures imply so it's the game and not the facegen that is widening and making the face appear heavier than the photos.

[luckymann]

Some of your best work right here bud. These are fantastic.

Do you have happen to have a Big Papi done?

[LansdowneSt]

During his 18-year professional baseball playing career, Darnell Coles spent complete, consecutive seasons in the same uniform only once. Originally drafted as a shortstop by the Seattle Mariners with the sixth overall pick in June 1980, he played parts of 14 major league seasons (1983-1997) with eight different teams, primarily as a third baseman and outfielder. In 1993, Coles was a member of the World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays. In addition to playing in MLB, he played in Japan and became a hitting instructor for the Brewers and D-bcks. “The game of baseball has given me everything that I have in life,” Coles said. “I just want to make sure that every day that I’m alive that I give back to the game of baseball everything that it’s given to me.” - SABR

Redid the facegen. The one in the CU Facepack is him as a coach and I wanted one that looked more like him as a player.

[LansdowneSt]

I'll see what I can do about David Ortiz. How do I turn down a request for one of my favorite players?

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

I'll see what I can do about David Ortiz. How do I turn down a request for one of my favorite players?

I knew I had you there... But kind of expected you'd have one at hand already... You're slipping...

This is the one I have, presumably from the CU. I mean, it looks somewhat like him but is really hard to discern...

[LansdowneSt]

Oh, I always "have one" of the greats but I always look them over if I'm posting them for the community. I try to have a higher standard for others than I do for my own game play

I'll give it a look tomorrow. Late here and work tomorrow. The rest I was going to post tonight will have to wait. I'll also get back to the several I still owe you on the other thread tomorrow.