Baseball - The Global Game

FernandoMania · 04-04-2020, 07:22 PM

Baseball – The Global Game

I’m playing out a baseball universe where baseball, not soccer became the globally played game. I’ve started a universe in 1875 with just an MLB-based historical league. Over time, I’ve added a few leagues to different countries, and I’ve tweaked the “program quality” settings of different leagues, reflecting the growing popularity of the game in different countries over time. In this thread, I’m going to post updates from this world, as the global game grows and expands.

Here’s a little overview of what I’ve set up between 1875 and 1894, which is when the first World Cup will be held.
• Major League Baseball – historical league based on real life MLB
• Brazil Serie A
• Caribbean Baseball League – with 20 teams in four divisions from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Curacao, Haiti, Aruba, and Trinidad & Tobago
• La Liga: 18 team from Spain and Portugal
• Liga Big Leagues: 16 teams from Mexico
• Ligue 1: 16 teams from France
• NBP: 16 teams from Japan
• Venezuelan Baseball League: 18 teams, mostly in Venezuela but also with teams in Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay
• Beisbol Patagonia: 18 teams from Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile
• British Premium League: 18 team from UK and the Republic of Ireland
• Canadian League: 8 teams from Canada
• Serie A: 16 teams from Italy

For a few other countries and regions, I’ve set the baseball quality level to Excellent, and set the player settings of neighboring countries with leagues to have a lot of players. Those countries are: Netherlands, Greece, all of Central America, Belgium, Switzerland, and Iceland.

FernandoMania · 04-04-2020, 08:57 PM

The first World Cup is in 1894. This would serve as the blueprint for the first Olympic Games in 1896. I followed the current structure of the real FIFA World Cup, with 8 groups of 4 and a 16 team knockout.

Knockout Round:

And the Final:

I think that I need to up the player creation modifiers on non-US leagues, since the American team is overpowering:

FernandoMania · 04-11-2020, 01:51 AM

1898 World Cup:

And the winners are the Spanish!?

Curious how the USA lost in the Semis? Here's the linescore:

Seems like a pretty exciting game

FernandoMania · 04-11-2020, 01:58 AM

And we are on to the 1902 World Cup:

And Spain wins it again:

The Final wasn't particularly close:

I'll make a post soon documenting the early "history" of the Spanish league, since they've been so successful in the World Cup.

FernandoMania · 05-02-2020, 04:24 PM

I ran through an simulated the next 16 years of the game. Here are the World Cup winners so far. I'm really happy with how many countries have strong competitive teams.
1906: Netherlands
1910: USA
1914: Mexico
1918: Japan

FernandoMania · 05-02-2020, 05:04 PM

OK, let's get into the history of the MLB so far, so that I'm through the 1919 season and officially out of the deadball era:

League History:

All Time WAR Leaderboards:
Batters

Pitchers

And here are some all time greats from the pre-1900 era:
George Davis

Toad Ramsey

FernandoMania · 05-02-2020, 05:06 PM

Let's check in on some "active" all-time greats that are at the top of the leaderboards now:
Babe Ruth

Ty Cobb

Tris Speaker

FernandoMania · 05-02-2020, 05:35 PM

Here are some really cool fictional international players.

Ilusuarte Yoshioka is a Japanese Brazilian Shortstop who played most of his career in Venezuela:

Nick Garcia is a Spanish pitcher who was basically unhittable until he went to the US to play with the St. Louis Browns:

FernandoMania · 05-02-2020, 05:41 PM

Goichi Fujii was an amazing Japanese pitcher:

Mexican lefty Orlando Garcia, who led Mexico to the 1914 World Cup:

04-04-2020, 07:22 PM	#1
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	Baseball - The Global Game Baseball – The Global Game I’m playing out a baseball universe where baseball, not soccer became the globally played game. I’ve started a universe in 1875 with just an MLB-based historical league. Over time, I’ve added a few leagues to different countries, and I’ve tweaked the “program quality” settings of different leagues, reflecting the growing popularity of the game in different countries over time. In this thread, I’m going to post updates from this world, as the global game grows and expands. Here’s a little overview of what I’ve set up between 1875 and 1894, which is when the first World Cup will be held. • Major League Baseball – historical league based on real life MLB • Brazil Serie A • Caribbean Baseball League – with 20 teams in four divisions from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Curacao, Haiti, Aruba, and Trinidad & Tobago • La Liga: 18 team from Spain and Portugal • Liga Big Leagues: 16 teams from Mexico • Ligue 1: 16 teams from France • NBP: 16 teams from Japan • Venezuelan Baseball League: 18 teams, mostly in Venezuela but also with teams in Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay • Beisbol Patagonia: 18 teams from Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile • British Premium League: 18 team from UK and the Republic of Ireland • Canadian League: 8 teams from Canada • Serie A: 16 teams from Italy For a few other countries and regions, I’ve set the baseball quality level to Excellent, and set the player settings of neighboring countries with leagues to have a lot of players. Those countries are: Netherlands, Greece, all of Central America, Belgium, Switzerland, and Iceland.

04-04-2020, 08:57 PM	#2
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	The first World Cup is in 1894. This would serve as the blueprint for the first Olympic Games in 1896. I followed the current structure of the real FIFA World Cup, with 8 groups of 4 and a 16 team knockout. Knockout Round: And the Final: I think that I need to up the player creation modifiers on non-US leagues, since the American team is overpowering:

04-11-2020, 01:51 AM	#3
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	1898 World Cup: And the winners are the Spanish!? Curious how the USA lost in the Semis? Here's the linescore: Seems like a pretty exciting game

04-11-2020, 01:58 AM	#4
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	And we are on to the 1902 World Cup: And Spain wins it again: The Final wasn't particularly close: I'll make a post soon documenting the early "history" of the Spanish league, since they've been so successful in the World Cup.

05-02-2020, 04:24 PM	#5
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	I ran through an simulated the next 16 years of the game. Here are the World Cup winners so far. I'm really happy with how many countries have strong competitive teams. 1906: Netherlands 1910: USA 1914: Mexico 1918: Japan

05-02-2020, 05:04 PM	#6
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	OK, let's get into the history of the MLB so far, so that I'm through the 1919 season and officially out of the deadball era: League History: All Time WAR Leaderboards: Batters Pitchers And here are some all time greats from the pre-1900 era: George Davis Toad Ramsey

05-02-2020, 05:06 PM	#7
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	Let's check in on some "active" all-time greats that are at the top of the leaderboards now: Babe Ruth Ty Cobb Tris Speaker

05-02-2020, 05:35 PM	#8
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	Here are some really cool fictional international players. Ilusuarte Yoshioka is a Japanese Brazilian Shortstop who played most of his career in Venezuela: Nick Garcia is a Spanish pitcher who was basically unhittable until he went to the US to play with the St. Louis Browns:

05-02-2020, 05:41 PM	#9
FernandoMania Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13	Goichi Fujii was an amazing Japanese pitcher: Mexican lefty Orlando Garcia, who led Mexico to the 1914 World Cup: