Complete Universe Facegen Pack

[LansdowneSt]

Red Morgan was president of his class, captain of his ball club, and a popular man on the Georgetown campus. He was clearly on his way to a successful professional career. Yet, in 1905, Morgan signed a contract to play baseball with Providence of the Eastern League. By late August, Jack Dunn, his manager, was claiming that Jim Morgan was the best third baseman of the Eastern League. He attracted attention from big league scouts, though he returned to Georgetown to complete his studies. He signed with the Detroit Tigers, and reported to them immediately following his graduation from Georgetown in June 1906. Detroit loaned Morgan to Boston immediately.

Unfortunately for Morgan, he was replacing the injured, legendary glove man Jimmy Collins, and the Boston press was unmerciful. Several times Morgan’s fielding woes made Globe headlines. Following a dreadful showing on July 26, the Globe wrote, “His sins of omission were as great as his sins of commission.” - SABR bio

I had no facegen for him, so made one with the bRef photo

[hfield007]

do you have an Al Cowens in your set ?
He is inexplicably white in mine

[luckymann]

Been ultra picky this year, so the list is nice and short.

Hank Gehring BOS fictional 1907-08
Harry Coveleski BRO 1907-18
Branch Rickey CHC 1905-14
John McDonald CHC 1907
Denny Sullivan CLE might have been missed previously?
George Whiteman CLE 1907-18
Ed Smith DET 1906
Kid Butler NYY 1907
Baldy Louden NYY fictional 1907-16
Ham Wade NYG 1907
Harry Hinchman PHA 1907
Harl Maggert PHA 1907-12
Charlie Graham PHI 1906
Danny Moeller SLA 1907-16
Henry Mathewson SLA (brother of Matty) 1906-07
Clyde Goodwin STL 1906
Charlie Fritz STL 1907
Newt Randall WAS 1907
Jim Stephens WAS fictional 1907-12

Thanks bud

G

[LansdowneSt]

Here's Al Cowens. I remember him being tricky as I didn't want to lose the glasses by tweaking him too much and he imported as oddly yellow and purple at the same time making the coloring tough. But I've been happy with it. I deleted the image I used initially but he's generally the same be he an M, a Royal or a Tiger...

[LansdowneSt]

He was the regular center fielder for the Red Sox before Tris Speaker won the job late in 1908. A small left-handed hitter, Sullivan hit .245 in 1907 with just 19 extra-base hits in 144 games. In 1908, Sullivan was hitting .239 before Speaker took over in center. In September of 1908 Denny was purchased by the Cleveland Naps from the Red Sox and played with the Naps in 1908 and 1909, playing his final major league game on September 2, 1909 at age 26. He later became a medical doctor and was a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and served in both World War I and World War II. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen.

[LansdowneSt]

"And do you know that we ran Harry Coveleski clear out of the league the next season. It was the craziest, most foolish thing that had ever happened. McGraw was told by a friend of his who had managed Coveleski in the minor leagues... that Coveleski always carried some bologna in his back pocket and chewed on that bologna throughout the game... So this manager told McGraw, and McGraw saw to it that some of us players would always meet Coveleski as he was going to and from the pitcher's box whenever he pitched against us... Well, this so upset this fellow that he couldn't pitch against us to save his life. He never beat us again, word got around the league and the other clubs started doing the same thing and it chased him right back to the minors..." - Fred Snodgrass, point to Lawrence Ritter, The Glory of Their Times

"Most people think it was Merkle lost the 1908 pennant for the Giants. Well, they're wrong. It was Harry Coveleski. He was just a rookie but he beat the Giants three times in the last week of the season. Pitched every other day for a week and beat them three in a row... "Giant Killer" Coveleski they called him after that. They say McGraw never forgave Harry for that. A lot of nonsense. They also say that the Giants ran him out of the league the next season. Something about harmonicas or bologna or something. Supposed to have gotten Harry's goat. What a lot of bull that story is. Nobody ever ran Harry out of any league. What happened is that he got hurt the next season. Went back down to the minors for a few years. But his arm came back later and he came back up with Detroit and did fine." - Stan Coveleski, counterpoint to Lawrence Ritter, The Glory of Their Times

I've had this facegen for a while. It either looks too yellow or too purple to me depending on my mood. But it does the job...

[LansdowneSt]

In the early days of the 20th century, Danny Moeller was one of the few major-league players to strike out 100 times in a season. But Moeller was much better known for other things. He was a prolific base-stealer, an effective leadoff man, and a deft defensive outfielder during a seven-year major-league career, most of which was spent with the Washington Senators. - SABR bio

Had done this facegen some time back

[actionjackson]

I check out for about a week, and it's like Christmas morning when I check back in. Thanks Lansdowne St! A few of these came through in my game (I have about 2,500+ players after 30 years - should have about 3,250. Somehow can't get the game to stop deleting players who didn't manage to play in the big leagues - I use the setting every time, but to no avail. The few I've seen from you really pop! Thank you!

[LansdowneSt]

Harl Maggert was the father of Harl Maggert. He played almost all of his major league career in one season, for the 1912 Philadelphia Athletics. His son played all his major league career in one season, for the 1938 Boston Bees. Harl often led the Pacific Coast League in runs and triples after his MLB days. He was considered "temperamental" and "difficult toward managers". It was his acceptance of $300 from Babe Borton that led to the investigation into the allegation of games being thrown in the PCL. He received a lifetime ban in 1920. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen. Relative to the picture, the smoothing out of the shadows makes him look a bit younger.

[LansdowneSt]

"Wade, from the Connecticut League, one of McGraw's recruits, played two innings in left field last week. He accepted two chances cleverly, one of them a difficult catch running in." - Sporting Life, Sept. 21, 1907

That represents the entirety of Ham's career having just played that single, late-season game for the NY Giants. Did my best with the bRef picture to make a facegen but I think I can see that face in there.

[LansdowneSt]

Jim Stephens, "Little Nemo", was a catcher from 1907 to 1912 with the St. Louis Browns. He is generally considered a weak hitter, with a lifetime average of .220. In 1911, his image as a defensive catcher took a hit when the New York Highlanders stole 15 bases in a game on September 28. Nig Clarke was the catcher when 8 of the bases were stolen, while Stephens was behind the plate for the other 7. Hal Chase and Birdie Cree each stole four bases for the Highlanders. - bRef Bullpen wiki

I redid the facegen before even looking what I had. The "before" one could have been retouched but since I'd already made a new one, I replaced the old one.

[LansdowneSt]

John McDonald pitched one day in the majors, on September 3, 1907, for the Washington Senators against the Philadelphia Athletics. As a hitter that day he went 1-for-3, but as a pitcher he gave up 11 runs (6 earned) in 6 innings, explaining why there was no return engagement. - bRef Bullpen wiki

I had no facegen in my pack which isn't surprising. A tough one and while I could tweak it all day, I think it works.

[LansdowneSt]

"Henry Mathewson, Christy's brother, is fast coming to the front as a pitcher." - Sporting Life, April 14, 1906

Sporting Life featured his likeness and biography on April 28, 1906. He had played semi-pro ball for a couple of years prior to that, and the article stated that John McGraw planned to use the season mainly as a learning experience for Henry, with lots of time on the bench. His brother stated:

"He now has as much speed as I had when I broke into the game and he has control and a splendid assortment of curves. All he wants is experience . . ."

Brother of Christy Mathewson, Henry Mathewson pitched two seasons in the major leagues. Even though his brother was a big star, Henry didn't get much of a chance, pitching only 11 innings wherein he allowed 14 walks. Mathewson was tall and slim, at 6' 3" and 175 lbs. He died young, at the age of 30, after contracting tuberculosis in his late twenties.

The source file for the "before" picture was too purple to save so I redid the facegen starting with the newspaper sketch of the same photo. Mine is more gaunt than the photo implies but the narrative describes him as such, so I let it be.

[LansdowneSt]

According to The Sporting News (verbatim; undated): “One day, Uncle Bird [Burleigh’s uncle who played semipro ball] took Burleigh, then a 15-year-old schoolboy, with him to the South St. Paul, Minn., stockyards with a load of cattle. Being interested in baseball, the youngster suggested both go to Lexington Park, where St. Paul of the American Association was playing. Uncle Bird proved easy victim of this lure and off they went. The late Hank Gehring, little spitball pitcher, was on mound for St. Paul and young Burleigh watched him closely. Back home, he began experimenting with delivery. It worked and before long, Grimes was pitching for Clear Lake [Wisconsin] against much older players.”

Grimes expanded on the story: “Mike Kelley, then manager of the St. Paul club of the American Association, was a friend of my father. In 1909, I visited St. Paul and Mike took me to see a game in which Hank Gehring, the old spit-baller, was pitching. I was so impressed with his delivery that when I returned home, I immediately started practicing on a spitball delivery.”

Having mastered Gehring's spitball, Burleigh Grimes was on his way to earning 270 wins in the major leagues from 1916 to 1934, taking advantage of a grandfather clause to carry on the “slippery” tradition beyond its 1920 banishment.

Gehring would never know the enormous impact he had on Grimes, who was just an anonymous kid in the stands watching him pitch. Gehring passed at age 31 from a sudden onset of kidney failure but remained beloved in the Twin Cities having been a stalwart on the mound for years and respected by all as a teammate. - SABR bio

I had no facegen and the bRef picture wouldn't work. Thanks to the thread next door as there was a great close-up of him in the Photopack.

[LansdowneSt]

Kid Butler was an infielder for 18 seasons in the minors but with only 20 games in the majors as a 19-year-old in 1907 with the St. Louis Browns.

To get a better picture, I used the bRef photo, zoomed on the face, rotated & cropped it, greyscaled it, moved it to my phone and applied the Remini app to eliminate the digital distortion, moved it back to the PC, greyscaled it again and used that for the facegen, using the facegen program to colorize and make the typical tweaks.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Kid Butler was an infielder for 18 seasons in the minors but with only 20 games in the majors as a 19-year-old in 1907 with the St. Louis Browns.

To get a better picture, I used the bRef photo, zoomed on the face, rotated & cropped it, greyscaled it, moved it to my phone and applied the Remini app to eliminate the digital distortion, moved it back to the PC, greyscaled it again and used that for the facegen, using the facegen program to colorize and make the typical tweaks.

That one was a toughie - nice work brother.

G

[actionjackson]

Missed the turn to the next page. Oh boy! More Christmas presents! WOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[LansdowneSt]

Outfielder Newt Randall was one of many forgettable ballplayers who had a promising minor-league career, got a shot at the majors, and then faded away, never to return to the big leagues. He reached the majors at the age of 27 and played just one season, splitting the 1907 season between the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Doves in the National League. Injuries, a .915 fielding average, and a batting average barely above .200, resulted in his demotion back to the minors, where he continued to play until his early 40s. - SABR bio

Redid the facegen. Can't seem to shake the darkness under the eyes. It's not there in the facegen software but stands out on the image in the game. I'm calling it early usage of eye black and letting it go...

EDIT: Thanks guys - glad y'all are liking them. Some are challenges indeed. Soon my facegen file will be filled with the greatest players and those that only played for a week or two - I redid this facegen to lower the cheekbones to see if that helped the black under the eye. So action and luckmann, you may need to redownload it

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Outfielder Newt Randall was one of many forgettable ballplayers who had a promising minor-league career, got a shot at the majors, and then faded away, never to return to the big leagues. He reached the majors at the age of 27 and played just one season, splitting the 1907 season between the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Doves in the National League. Injuries, a .915 fielding average, and a batting average barely above .200, resulted in his demotion back to the minors, where he continued to play until his early 40s. - SABR bio

Redid the facegen. Can't seem to shake the darkness under the eyes. It's not there in the facegen software but stands out on the image in the game. I'm calling it early usage of eye black and letting it go...

EDIT: Thanks guys - glad y'all are liking them. Some are challenges indeed. Soon my facegen file will be filled with the greatest players and those that only played for a week or two

Got a download link for Mr. Newt sir?

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Got a download link for Mr. Newt sir?

And he posts it before I can finish writing my short post. That guy's good.