My creations thread

[ArcAngel]

This team is a stalwart of the minor leagues, the franchise having been around in one form or another since 1921!

The current incarnation has been around for 34 years, an astounding number considering the amount of changes that minor league teams and affiliations go through each year!

At any rate, here is a set based on the 2016 uniforms. The home jersey and cap is pretty accurate, but not sure about the away jersey or cap.

[ArcAngel]

This is my take on another long-standing minor league franchise based on the 2010 set.

[ArcAngel]

Not surprisingly, the only pictures I could find of this team were 1985 baseball cards, so the set is loosely based on a combination of that, and the parent set of the era.

I have included a representation of the parent club's road cap and uniform, circa 1989, along with two other road alternates that incorporate a more "traditional" gray, instead of sky blue.

[ArcAngel]

The only pictures I could find of this team were from baseball cards from the 1986-1993 years, so...I took some "liberties" and based earlier years off of the parent set.

What I was able to find for OOTP is now unavailable, so I thought I'd make a set for the newer players coming in who may want this set for their minor league affiliation.

1963-1971 - Caps and jerseys based off of the parent club.

1972-1986 - Again, caps and jerseys based off of the parent club.

1986-1991 - This set is based off pictures of baseball cards.

1992-1993 - Appears they used a cap similar to Detroit's in 1992, and also changed the logo. This logo was only used for two seasons.

1994-2006 - The parent club went to a cursive font on the road uniform in 1994, and I have tried to replicate it here within the limits of the web jersey creator. The parent club also went with an orange cap brim this season, until 1998.

Logos 1963-1991



Cap and home jersey 1963-1985



Road jersey 1963-1971



Cap 1986-1991 and home jersey 1986-1993



Logos 1992-1993 and 1994-2006



Cap 1992-1993



Home cap 1994-2006, road cap 1998-2006



Road cap 1994-1997



Home and road jerseys 1994-2006

[ArcAngel]

Wanting something more "traditional" for my Rookie league teams, I decided to base this set off the parent clubs current uniforms in use since 2007.

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As with the Goodyear Reds, I wanted the Goodyear Indians to sport the look of the parent club.

This set is based off of the Indians uniforms in use since 2011.

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Another "fly by night" team, the pictorial history of this team appears to be non-existent as I could not find any photo records for them, so...I based the set off the parent club.

Included two cap options as well.

[ArcAngel]

The photos I found for this team were of baseball cards from the 1993 and 1994 seasons, and as with Boston's standard, this team's uniforms were based off of the parent club, so that's what I went with here.

[ArcAngel]

Although this team was only around for 4 seasons (3 as the Guides, and 1 as the Phillies), I was surprised to find that the franchise lineage dates all the way back to 1901!

Another interesting fact I discovered through my research is that their away jerseys (and possibly their home jerseys) had numbers on the front, instead of their logo in the 1986 season, per the baseball card pictures I saw, so I have included a set with and without the jersey logo.

I couldn't find a good quality logo pictures, so I used the only one I could find for the main and jersey logos.

Colors used are from swatches from Colorwerx's site.

[ArcAngel]

Having seen that the Cubs' affiliate was created, I went about researching for the A's affiliate in the 1969 season.

As I expected, I didn't find a whole lot to go on. All I found was a cover of a 1969 program, and that really didn't show the uniform clearly, so I took some "creative liberties" with this set.

It's based off the Athletics's 1969 season uniforms. However, due to the limitation of the font, uniform and cap maker programs, I could not accurately recreate the 's after the C logo.

The font I used was a very close match to the Athletics' A. But, I had to "cheat" a bit to get the uniform stripes in the correct place. I used a combo of the web based uniform maker, along with Justafan's program, and think the result is pretty decent enough.

[ArcAngel]

This is another fairly obscure franchise that I could not find any reference pictures for, so I based this set off of the Milwaukee Braves' set for these years.

Credit to Chris Creamer for the jersey script, and the main logo from a youth league Twitter page, so not sure if it's accurate for this team or not.

I also found a flannel layer from somewhere, but forgot who made it.

EDIT: Made a new away jersey, and made the old one an alternate.

[ArcAngel]

This is a longstanding minor league franchise which is currently tied for having the longest active affiliation with one team.

Baseball in Reading, Pennsylvania dates all the way back to 1858, when the Reading Athletic Club was formed, and was a founding member of the Interstate League in 1883.

The team would suffer through an "identity crisis" when, beginning in 1970 and lasting through the early 1990's, the franchise looked just like the parent club, except for the ball cap.

So, pictures were somewhat abundant for this franchise, although I had to do a lot of scrounging around for a few logos. Somewhere around the early 90's, I couldn't really tell where one set ended an another began because they apparently used variations on a theme in those years, so I have tried to get an accurate representation of those years though I did have to take some "creative liberties" with them.

For the most part, this set is pretty accurate. Since this set is so large, I will provide a download link at the end of the post.

Logos, cap, and jerseys 1967-1969





Logo 1970-1991



Cap 1970-1972



Home and away jerseys 1970-1972



Home jersey 1972, away jersey 1973



Away jersey 1974-1982



Home and away jerseys 1983



Home and away jerseys 1984-1986



Home jersey 1987-1991, away jersey 1987-1988



Away jersey 1989-1991, batting practice jersey 1987-1991



Logo 1992-1998



Cap 1992-1993



Home and away jerseys 1992-1994



Cap 1994-1997, alternate jersey 1994



Home and away jerseys 1995-1997



Home and away caps 1998-2007



Home and away jerseys 1998



Logo 1999-2007



Alternate cap 1998-2007, alternate cap 2008-2009 (goes with the alt powder blue jersey)



Home and away jerseys 1999-2007



Logo 2008-2012



Home and away caps 2008-2012



Home and away jerseys 2008-2010



Home alternate jersey 2008-2012, away alternate jersey 2011-2012 (fictional)



Home alternate jersey 2011-2012 (fictional)



Home and away jerseys 2011-2012



Link to Reading Phillies SAGA 1967-2012

[ArcAngel]

Back to high school for a bit, up first is one of two teams from Pickerington, Ohio - affectionately called "Picktown" by the locals.

This school has existed since 2003 when the school district expanded to two high schools. The original Pickerington High School was renamed to Pickerington Central. Central has been a football powerhouse for years, being state runner-up in 2006 and 2011. North won their first state championship this past season, and was runner up in 2009.

I went with the most common uniform options that I found pictures of.

[ArcAngel]

The Rebels were around for 15 seasons in three different levels. Unlike most minor league teams, the uniforms of this team were not based on the parent club.

Could not find any logos, however I did find a television interview from 1969, so this set is based on that. The reason I know that it is from the '69 season is that the MLB 100th anniversary patch is seen on the left sleeve.

The color might be a tad too dark, owing to the age of the photos that I extracted the swatch from but, for the most part, this set is fairly accurate for the time period. The away jersey is fictional since I couldn't find any documentation of what they wore on the road.

I also tried to match the jersey script as best as I could.



1968 Home and away jerseys, also used from 1970-1971



1969 Home and away jerseys

[ArcAngel]

Haven't posted anything for awhile, because I took a break from OOTP and these forums for awhile.

But now, I'm back with an obscure team from history - the Tacoma Yankees, whose only season was 1978, and were affiliated with the New York Yankees (who would begin a long affiliation with the Columbus Clippers the following season).

Anyway, could not find any pictures of the away uniform, so it is based on the parent set.

[ArcAngel]

Thought I would be able to find some pictures of this team owing to the fact that they were affiliated with the Yankees, but I search to no avail, so as with the previous Yankees set above, they are based on the parent club of the era.

I had this set finished back in November, but hadn't gotten it uploaded until now.

[ArcAngel]

I really wish there were more pictures available of the minor leaguers of the 1960's. Makes it really hard to find stuff. Couldn't find any really useable color photos, and the b&w photo I found was barely enough, so - this set is loosely based on the parent club.

The cap logo isn't accurate, but again - couldn't really find any good pictures of it so went with the Red Sox font.

[ArcAngel]

Thought I would be able to find more useful pictures for this team, but again, as with the Reading Red Sox, all I could really find were black and white baseball card photos.

So, based on that, I concluded that the home uniforms were yellow/gold, with black "pillbox" caps. I made the road uniforms black, with yellow/gold pillbox caps.

This keeps things "inline" with how the parent club operated in regards to their uniform sets.

[ArcAngel]

Well, it appears that I have done quite a number of sets back in November that I have not uploaded as of yet. So, I will begin uploading these sets in the next few days.

It's quite a bit, and should fill in some holes.

Altoona Curve (1999-2010) - POSTED
Amarillo Giants (1968-1974) - POSTED 08/20/2018
Auburn Twins (1967-1971) - POSTED 08/20/2018
Billings Mustangs (1969) - POSTED
Bristol Tigers (1969-1994) - POSTED
Brooklyn Cyclones (2001-Present)
Burlington Bees (1963-1974) - POSTED 08/20/2018
Burlington Senators (1965-1971) - POSTED 08/20/2018
Caldwell Cubs (1967-1971) - POSTED 08/20/2018
Cedar Rapids Cardinals (1965-1970) - POSTED 08/21/2018
Connecticut Defenders (2006-2009) - POSTED 08/23/2018
Corning Royals (1968-1969) - POSTED
Decatur Commodores (1963-1974) - POSTED 08/23/2018
Duluth-Superior Dukes (1960-1970) - POSTED
Elmira Pioneers (1969-1970) - POSTED
Eugene Emeralds (1969-1973) - POSTED 08/23/2018
Geneva Pirates (1969) - POSTED
Geneva Senators (1967-1968; 1970-1972) - POSTED 08/23/2018
Great Falls Giants (1969–1983) - POSTED 09/21/2018
High Point-Thomasville Royals (1969) - POSTED
Jamestown Falcons (1968-1972) - POSTED
Johnson City Yankees (1964-1974) - POSTED
Kenosha Twins (1984-1992) - POSTED
Kingsport Royals (1969-1973) - POSTED
Kinston Eagles (1968-1972) - POSTED
Lewiston Broncs (1966-1974) - POSTED 09/21/2018
Medicine Hat Blue Jays (1978-2002) - POSTED 09/22/2018
Memphis Blues (1968-1973)
Miami Marlins (1982-1987) - POSTED
Midland Angels (1985-1998)
Modesto Reds (1967-1974)
New Britain Red Sox (1983-1994)
Niagara Falls Pirates (1970-1979) - POSTED
Ogden Dodgers (1966-1973)
Oklahoma Redhawks (1998-2008)
Oneonta Yankees (1967-1998) - POSTED
Pawtucket Red Sox (1970-1972, Eastern League era) - POSTED
Peninsula Astros (1969)
Provo Angels (2001-2004) - POSTED
Quincy Cubs (1965-1973)
Red Springs Twins (1969)
Rogue Valley Dodgers (1969)
Salt Lake City Bees (1969-1970) - POSTED
Savannah Senators (1968-1969)
Shelby Senators (1969)
Shreveport Braves (1968-1970)
Sioux Falls Packers (1966-1971)
St. Cloud Rox (1965-1971)
Sumter Braves (1987-1990)
Tampa Tarpons (1961-1987)
Tidewater Tides (1969-1979)
Visalia Mets (1968-1975) - POSTED
Walla Walla Bears (1969) - POSTED
Waterbury Dodgers (1973-1976) - POSTED
Waterbury Reds (1980-1983) - POSTED
Williamsport Astros (1968-1970) - POSTED
Winnipeg Goldeyes (1954-1964; 1969) - POSTED
York Pirates (1968-1969) - POSTED

[ArcAngel]

The spam notwithstanding, here are the Jamestown Falcons.

Didn't have a whole lot to go on here, just a picture of what appeared to be a reproduction jersey and cap, and an old grainy 8mm film. So, the away set is fictional since I don't know what it really looked like.

The main and small logos, as well as the cap logo were taken from the one ballcap photo that I was able to find.