1990 League with Free for All Real Player draft

DenverRed · 06-22-2011, 09:45 PM

I probably should have checked if this was even possible before I purchased but it's too late now

I want to start a game in 1990 as the GM of a team with no players assigned to any team and be able to conduct a draft of the players that played MLB in 1990 (preferably from majors to minors). Is that at all possible? If so, could someone clue me in on the steps?

After the season is over will the 1991 crop of real players be available to draft? I have no interest at all in playing with fictional players.

Thanks in advance for the assistance.

JWay · 06-22-2011, 11:05 PM

Well you can sort of do what you're looking for. You can start a historical league in 1990. Then go into game setup, and there's a button that says something like "Reset and release all players and schedule initial draft". This will schedule an initial draft. Then from there on out you should get amateur draft with the rookies from each season being a part of the draft from year to year.

You can click an option to fill in the minor leagues with fictional players, or use ghost players (essentially players that don't show up, but the game still functions as if they were there).

To get a full draft where you had a complete world from 1990 (majors to minors) would be much more difficult and I'm not sure how possible. I do know that there's a few modified databases out there that may do something similar to this, but I can't help you out there.

Hope that helps some! The majority of what you want to do is very possible!

06-22-2011, 09:45 PM	#1
DenverRed Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 4	1990 League with Free for All Real Player draft I probably should have checked if this was even possible before I purchased but it's too late now I want to start a game in 1990 as the GM of a team with no players assigned to any team and be able to conduct a draft of the players that played MLB in 1990 (preferably from majors to minors). Is that at all possible? If so, could someone clue me in on the steps? After the season is over will the 1991 crop of real players be available to draft? I have no interest at all in playing with fictional players. Thanks in advance for the assistance.

06-22-2011, 11:05 PM	#2
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,021 Blog Entries: 3	Well you can sort of do what you're looking for. You can start a historical league in 1990. Then go into game setup, and there's a button that says something like "Reset and release all players and schedule initial draft". This will schedule an initial draft. Then from there on out you should get amateur draft with the rookies from each season being a part of the draft from year to year. You can click an option to fill in the minor leagues with fictional players, or use ghost players (essentially players that don't show up, but the game still functions as if they were there). To get a full draft where you had a complete world from 1990 (majors to minors) would be much more difficult and I'm not sure how possible. I do know that there's a few modified databases out there that may do something similar to this, but I can't help you out there. Hope that helps some! The majority of what you want to do is very possible!