Complete Universe Facegen Pack

[LansdowneSt]

Hi Amazin'! Glad to see you back I'm putting my money on Russ making the roster but in the event central casting puts Gene in the role, here's a facegen for him. Took some work to get rid of the smile but I think it works.

[Amazin69]

Thanks!

Currently, my Rangers' DH is Mike Easler, whom I signed as a FA last offseason. Whereas IRL, when the Angels traded for Easler in 1977, they had to give up…Ronnie Farkas.



Farkas, a shortstop, went to spring training three times in four years in the Cardinal chain, which is where the Photopack thread got those Topps Vault pictures. (My thanks.) But they kept him at AAA, as did the Reds in '81-'82. Will he get a full shot now? Who knows…

[LansdowneSt]

Here's Ronnie Farkas, ready to see what the alternative world has to hold...

[LansdowneSt]

Dave Wehrmeister pitched parts of six seasons in the majors from 1976 to 1985, never pitching in more than 30 games. He was the San Diego Padres' first-round pick, and third overall, in the January regular phase of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft before debuting with the Padres. He ended his career with a record of 4-9 with a 5.65 ERA.

[LansdowneSt]

Greg Keatley was a star at the University of South Carolina who set the record there for the longest hitting streak. He also appeared in the 1975 College World Series. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round in the 1976 amateur draft, spent some time in the minor league organizations of the Cubs, Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals, and came up to the majors for two games as a catcher with the Royals in 1981. -bRef Bullpen wiki

The old facegen wasn't bad, just far too pale, but I redid it. I'm okay with the partial smile...

[LansdowneSt]

Chick Autry, also known as Martin Autry, spent six years in the major leagues as a backup catcher, never receiving as many as 100 at bats in a season. Autry was one of five players sent by the New York Yankees to the Salt Lake City Bees for Tony Lazzeri in September 1925. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1925 Rule V Draft before suiting up in Salt Lake. His best year with the bat came in 1928 when he hit .300. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Chick Autry, also known as Martin Autry, spent six years in the major leagues as a backup catcher, never receiving as many as 100 at bats in a season. Autry was one of five players sent by the New York Yankees to the Salt Lake City Bees for Tony Lazzeri in September 1925. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1925 Rule V Draft before suiting up in Salt Lake. His best year with the bat came in 1928 when he hit .300. - bRef Bullpen wiki

Redid the facegen.

Got a touch of the Gehrig about him our Chick / Martin, doesn't he?

[LansdowneSt]

Shortstop Henry Easterday began his career with the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association during the 1884 season. When the league folded he played in the Southern League in 1885, the Eastern League in 1886 and the International Association in 1887 before rejoining the Major Leagues with the Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association in 1888. He remained in the AA through 1890 with the Columbus Solons, Philadelphia Athletics and Louisville Colonels. He remained active in the minor leagues until his early death (age 30) in 1895. - Wikipedia

Redid the facegen.

[LansdowneSt]

"Pitch him low." - Bob Swift, Tigers catcher, telling his pitcher, Bob Cain, how to pitch to Gaedel

Same facegen but tweaked. Eddie was never in the minors so used his bRef and game import Historic ID for the facegen file. It's a legit very round face but tried to make the proportions more reasonable within the game.

[Amazin69]

In the early 1980s, the White Sox shifted their telecasts from WSNS (44) to SuperStation WGN. Flush with new television revenue, owner Eddie Einhorn told GM Roland Hemond to "sign some big-name pitchers".

Replied Hemond: "Dave Wehrmeister has 11 letters. That big enough for you?"

Back in St. Petersburg, another infield hopeful is Julian "Peachy" Gutierrez, the pride of Ponce P.R. IRL, he topped out with four seasons ('81-'84) at AA Arkansas, and it's not hard to see why: Peachy had a discerning eye, but he was only average in the field and didn't hit well enough.

Still, the Cards have him in camp, so maybe they'll give him a nibble.



(Sorry about the angle on that family FB page.)

Maybe the Cardinals will trade Gutierrez to Atlanta, so he can be a Georgia Peach?

[BigRed75]

For a second there I thought that "Proof Only" picture was being used IN the media guide...

I know that minor league teams back then were usually run on shoestring budgets, but that is a little ridiculous...

[FancySkunk]

Originally Posted by Scipio Africanus

People keep pointing that out but there have been 35 pages of new stuff since then.

That's mostly on me for not being around.

I'm going to try to get through everything that's been posted in my absence and get an updated zip out soon. I have a short trip scheduled from the 27th-29th but I should have time to get it done before then (and if not I can have it wrapped up shortly thereafter).

[LansdowneSt]

Here's the pride of the Arkansas Travelers, Julian "Peachy" Gutierrez, for ya, Amazin'... I darkened the facegen to try to offset the flash...

[FancySkunk]

Continuing working through the thread and downloading Lansdowne's work. Just wanted to speak on something real quick:

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

luckymann, I have about 65 or so NEL's that I've done. Send me a DM with your email and I'll send you a .zip file as I already have the NELs in such a file. Here are the ones I've been using for Torriente and Dihigo.

I really don't know what's up with the IDs for Negro League players. Most of them seem to be using incorrect IDs with numbers in the 40s, and I have no explanation on why. For example, here we had torrie049cri.fg and dihigo049mar.fg as the file names posted. When I look them up on Baseball-Reference, their IDs are torrie001cri and dihigo002mar, which are the IDs I used for the facegens I made a while back.

I'm guessing there's some kind of database issue with them? Could anyone confirm which IDs are actually appearing for these players in-game?

[luckymann]

I'll put AtHoL on hold for a bit as we have the newbies for 1908, again kept to a minimum for now.

Can I please lead with a couple of my guys:

Buck Herzog 1908-20
Vin Campbell 1908-15

And here's the rest:

• Harry Pattee BOS 1908
• Dick Egan BOS 1908-16
• Oscar Westerburg BSN 1907
• Frank Baker BSN 1908-22
• Harry Curtis CHW 1907
• Jack Flater CHW 1908
• Harry Eells CHW 1906
• Grover Land CHC 1908-15
• Al Mattern CIN 1908-12
• Earle Gardner DET 1908-12
• Walter Clarkson DET 1904-08
• Elijah Jones DET 1907-09
• Wally Clement NYY 1908-09
• Bill Grahame NYG 1908-10
• Burt Keeley NYG 1908-09
• Charlie Roy SLA 1906
• Harry Krause SLA 1908-12
• Claude Rossman STL 1904-09
• Art Wilson STL 1908-21
• George Perring STL 1908-15
• Fred Stem WAS 1908-09
• Fred Olmstead WAS 1908-11

Thanks bud.

G

PS FancySkunk, I'll let LSt answer that question of yours, he knows a lot more about it than I do.

[LansdowneSt]

Baseball-Reference overhauled its NeL database significantly a few months ago. The players now have Historical IDs that I hope OOTP 23 incorporates for importing. For OOTP 22, the IDs I used (the "49 ones") are the ones in the "historical_database.odb" file and are the ones that can import the players. Here's CT in 1921 and MD in 1923 imported in OOTP22 screenshots.

Let me know if you want the .zip file to review the other NeLs for consideration. Just DM me your email and I'll send it out. We'll all have to watch the NeL IDs in OOTP 23 though to see if OOTP changes them to align with bRef in both minor and major league IDs.

[FancySkunk]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Baseball-Reference overhauled its NeL database significantly a few months ago. The players now have Historical IDs that I hope OOTP 23 incorporates for importing.

The odd part is that from what I can tell, I did many of my Negro League facegens nearly a year ago (Torriente's file is dated September 2020, for example), so they should be from well before the BBRef overhaul earlier this year. As far as I know, the Negro League players have always had historical minors IDs on BBRef because prior to the overhaul the Negro Leagues were considered to be a minor league.

I'll see about messaging Lukas on the subject to get more info on how the game is handling them vs. what we're expecting.

[LansdowneSt]

Sounds good. I'm curious what he'll say. NeL imports have always been wacky and not just because the OOTP database is sparse on records.

They did always have bRef minor league IDs but one can't go back and see what they were before the site updated all the NeL players a few months ago. When I made mine I saved them as the bRef minor league code, the new bRef MLB code, the seamheads extension and the First_Last just to cover myself... only to find that there was another extension that OOTP was using. So when it came time to post them and make my NeL zip file I used the codes that worked as historical_databse.odb import IDs within OOTP.

[LansdowneSt]

"Baker is the greatest climax player of baseball." - Christy Mathewson

Frank Baker only hit 96 home runs during his career, which lasted from 1908 to 1922. But the third baseman in Connie Mack's $100,000 infield would gain lasting fame as "Home Run" Baker simply because of the two he hit for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1911 World Series against the New York Giants. The home runs came in critical situations off of two Hall of Fame pitchers – Christy Mathewson and Rube Marquard – and would help carry the Athletics to the second of three World Series titles they would win under Mack between 1910 and 1914. The home runs also touched off a war of words between Mathewson and Marquard, two teammates who were writing first-person columns in the New York newspapers during the Series. In all likelihood, it was their ghostwriters who were the ones that penned the offending words. But the most memorable journalism that emerged from the 1911 World Series was that the Athletics third baseman – who would be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955 – had a new nickname that would last forever. - bRef Bullpen wiki

I did the facegen awhile ago, luckmann, so no before shot. The only comment on his complexion was this note "Harry Grayson wrote in his 1942 book, They Played the Game: "Baker, dark-skinned and dour left-handed batter standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 173 pounds, had the bowed legs of Honus Wagner and walked like a soft-shelled crab. " As a result I didn't lighten it up too much.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Sounds good. I'm curious what he'll say. NeL imports have always been wacky and not just because the OOTP database is sparse on records.

They did always have bRef minor league IDs but one can't go back and see what they were before the site updated all the NeL players a few months ago. When I made mine I saved them as the bRef minor league code, the new bRef MLB code, the seamheads extension and the First_Last just to cover myself... only to find that there was another extension that OOTP was using. So when it came time to post them and make my NeL zip file I used the codes that worked as historical_databse.odb import IDs within OOTP.

Given the fact that a lot of the areas of the game are fairly much fully-developed and how topical this area rightfully is at the moment, it makes good business as far as I see it for the devs to straighten this all out so that 23 offers at least some advance, if not full compatibility, on the whole NeL situation. I hope this happens.