Need help finding my great uncle in the game

BearsFan4Life · 09-20-2018, 08:42 PM

Hey everyone, I have a great uncle by the name of Bill Visser who pitched in the minor leagues in the early 50s and late 40s, specifically I think around 1952. I believe he pitched for a team in Texas, possibly in Lubbock.He also mentioned that he was in the Red Sox farm system. I've tried using the in game player search, but I worry that I may be missing something. Is there a way to just search every single player in the game?

mitchkenn · 09-20-2018, 09:02 PM

yes, you can look in the .csv for minor leaguers, it will list all players in the game database for minor leagues.
.csv file for mlb is also in the stats folder, but unless he was in the majors - he won't be listed there, so i didn't look.
He's not in the csv for minor leagues when i looked. closest i could find was a few named Vitters, but none with Bill. maybe i missed something. very possible.
i also looked on Baseball Reference, minor leaguers, and he's not listed there either.
At least not under the name Bill Visser. i did find a Jon Visser (1999) as a minor leaguer. and these 3 listed under other players and scouts:
Maarten Visser (2005)
/register/player.fcgi?id=visser001maa
Seb Visser (2009-2016)
/register/player.fcgi?id=visser001seb
Skip Visser (2009-2013)
/register/player.fcgi?id=visser001ski

strange. sorry couldn't find anything or be of much help.

09-20-2018, 08:42 PM	#1
BearsFan4Life Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 22	Need help finding my great uncle in the game Hey everyone, I have a great uncle by the name of Bill Visser who pitched in the minor leagues in the early 50s and late 40s, specifically I think around 1952. I believe he pitched for a team in Texas, possibly in Lubbock.He also mentioned that he was in the Red Sox farm system. I've tried using the in game player search, but I worry that I may be missing something. Is there a way to just search every single player in the game?

09-20-2018, 09:02 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	yes, you can look in the .csv for minor leaguers, it will list all players in the game database for minor leagues. .csv file for mlb is also in the stats folder, but unless he was in the majors - he won't be listed there, so i didn't look. He's not in the csv for minor leagues when i looked. closest i could find was a few named Vitters, but none with Bill. maybe i missed something. very possible. i also looked on Baseball Reference, minor leaguers, and he's not listed there either. At least not under the name Bill Visser. i did find a Jon Visser (1999) as a minor leaguer. and these 3 listed under other players and scouts: Maarten Visser (2005) /register/player.fcgi?id=visser001maa Seb Visser (2009-2016) /register/player.fcgi?id=visser001seb Skip Visser (2009-2013) /register/player.fcgi?id=visser001ski strange. sorry couldn't find anything or be of much help. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip. Last edited by mitchkenn; 09-21-2018 at 01:11 PM.