Wanna put Joe Bauman on my modern MLB team

BearsFan4Life · 09-20-2018, 02:42 AM

Hey all, I am doing a 2018 season with an MLB expansion team. I would like to put the historical minor league home run champ Joe Bauman on my team. I know he is in the game in the 1947 season I believe, but I can't figure out how to move him to the modern rosters so I can put him on a modern team. I don't want to put any other historical players in my game, just him.

Orcin · 09-20-2018, 09:20 AM

Joe Bauman never played in the majors, so he cannot be imported into the game. He can only appear in a game with historical minors enabled during the time period in which he played.

David Watts · 09-20-2018, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Orcin

Joe Bauman never played in the majors, so he cannot be imported into the game. He can only appear in a game with historical minors enabled during the time period in which he played.

Orcin, could Bears create one of the seasons Bauman played, look at all his OOTP ratings and use those to manually create Bauman in his league? I mean even if Bauman did have major league experience, bringing him into a fictional setting(2018) would mean bringing in the ratings and letting OOTP development take over. But, I've never tried this kind of thing, so I may be way off base.

ArcAngel · 09-20-2018, 12:14 PM

Wouldn't cloning him work?

NoOne · 09-20-2018, 12:25 PM

can't clone, since it'd be sourced from a different league or a historical player import, if possible or not for a mil-only player that exists in the DB. i don't see why not, but who knows.

screenshot the player's Editor page with commisioner mode on. may take a couple snapshots to cover all the info, unless a 4k reso shows it all?

hopefully there's some way to make the in-game historical player import work for that guy... i mean he exists in the db, he has all the required bits there. play around with it a bit.

he's got a bbref id -- bauman001joe

mitchkenn · 09-20-2018, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by NoOne

can't clone, since it'd be sourced from a different league or a historical player import, if possible or not for a mil-only player that exists in the DB. i don't see why not, but who knows.

screenshot the player's Editor page with commisioner mode on. may take a couple snapshots to cover all the info, unless a 4k reso shows it all?

hopefully there's some way to make the in-game historical player import work for that guy... i mean he exists in the db, he has all the required bits there. play around with it a bit.

he's got a bbref id -- bauman001joe

you'd need to make certain to include minor league database is checked if he never made it to the majors.

Orcin · 09-20-2018, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoOne

can't clone, since it'd be sourced from a different league or a historical player import, if possible or not for a mil-only player that exists in the DB. i don't see why not, but who knows.

screenshot the player's Editor page with commisioner mode on. may take a couple snapshots to cover all the info, unless a 4k reso shows it all?

hopefully there's some way to make the in-game historical player import work for that guy... i mean he exists in the db, he has all the required bits there. play around with it a bit.

he's got a bbref id -- bauman001joe

If you know a way, let’s here it. Otherwise, I maintain he can’t be imported.

David’s idea would work.

Spritze · 09-20-2018, 02:31 PM

I have not tried this but I have always meant to....

1) create yourself a directory
2) copy the minor league ODB file there
3) rename that file to match the major league ODB file
4) import from there

This used to work for the Spritze database. The game was too dumb to know it was being fooled.

mitchkenn · 09-20-2018, 05:33 PM

i just tried to import him into a fictional world, 1918.
Used the game's historical player import tool (on Free Agent page)/ Clicked historical database as my base to be used. checked include minor league database. typed the year (1918) and typed the name: bauman001joe.
clicked import and he showed up as a 22 year old 1B. his history shows 1941 (as a 45 yrs old?)- then a gap for WWlI and then 1946 to 1948 (as 52 yrs old - i think that's because i imported him into the game in 1918. if you bring him into a modfern world, those will obviously be different age.)

i do not know why this would not work for a historical game, but i didn't try it. As i understand (which may or may not be correct) if they are in the database, they can be imported to any year or type of game. It's not really different than random debut idea a lot of players use.

Try it and let us know if it works for you.

mitchkenn · 09-20-2018, 06:00 PM

tried a new game - created 2017 modern world, no minors (so it would load/create faster). had to be in commish mode to be able to import players and that tab to show up on the free agent page. tried to import Bauman same as above, historical db, check minors odb to be included in search - using games historical player import tool. he shows up as a catcher, but because i had no minors in creation, he did not show up with any minor league history. His minor league player id did appear, as well as bauman001joe used to import him.
so i think it works..... or should/could/might ??? let us know. if he shows up as a C rather than 1B, in commish mode you can edit him as correction would be necessary.

09-20-2018, 02:42 AM	#1
BearsFan4Life Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 22	Wanna put Joe Bauman on my modern MLB team Hey all, I am doing a 2018 season with an MLB expansion team. I would like to put the historical minor league home run champ Joe Bauman on my team. I know he is in the game in the 1947 season I believe, but I can't figure out how to move him to the modern rosters so I can put him on a modern team. I don't want to put any other historical players in my game, just him.

09-20-2018, 12:14 PM	#4
ArcAngel All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Bremen OH USA Posts: 1,019	Wouldn't cloning him work? __________________ My OOTP Creations thread My OOTP Creations on Photobucket

09-20-2018, 12:25 PM	#5
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,167	can't clone, since it'd be sourced from a different league or a historical player import, if possible or not for a mil-only player that exists in the DB. i don't see why not, but who knows. screenshot the player's Editor page with commisioner mode on. may take a couple snapshots to cover all the info, unless a 4k reso shows it all? hopefully there's some way to make the in-game historical player import work for that guy... i mean he exists in the db, he has all the required bits there. play around with it a bit. he's got a bbref id -- bauman001joe Last edited by NoOne; 09-20-2018 at 12:28 PM.

09-20-2018, 02:31 PM	#8
Spritze OOTP Historical Czar Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bothell Wa Posts: 7,254	I have not tried this but I have always meant to.... 1) create yourself a directory 2) copy the minor league ODB file there 3) rename that file to match the major league ODB file 4) import from there This used to work for the Spritze database. The game was too dumb to know it was being fooled. __________________ It's madness, madness, I tell you! For the love of God, don't do it!

09-20-2018, 05:33 PM	#9
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	i just tried to import him into a fictional world, 1918. Used the game's historical player import tool (on Free Agent page)/ Clicked historical database as my base to be used. checked include minor league database. typed the year (1918) and typed the name: bauman001joe. clicked import and he showed up as a 22 year old 1B. his history shows 1941 (as a 45 yrs old?)- then a gap for WWlI and then 1946 to 1948 (as 52 yrs old - i think that's because i imported him into the game in 1918. if you bring him into a modfern world, those will obviously be different age.) i do not know why this would not work for a historical game, but i didn't try it. As i understand (which may or may not be correct) if they are in the database, they can be imported to any year or type of game. It's not really different than random debut idea a lot of players use. Try it and let us know if it works for you. __________________ "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; 09-20-2018 at 05:35 PM.

09-20-2018, 09:20 AM	#2
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,798	Joe Bauman never played in the majors, so he cannot be imported into the game. He can only appear in a game with historical minors enabled during the time period in which he played.

09-20-2018, 06:00 PM	#10
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	tried a new game - created 2017 modern world, no minors (so it would load/create faster). had to be in commish mode to be able to import players and that tab to show up on the free agent page. tried to import Bauman same as above, historical db, check minors odb to be included in search - using games historical player import tool. he shows up as a catcher, but because i had no minors in creation, he did not show up with any minor league history. His minor league player id did appear, as well as bauman001joe used to import him. so i think it works..... or should/could/might ??? let us know. if he shows up as a C rather than 1B, in commish mode you can edit him as correction would be necessary. __________________ "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; 09-20-2018 at 06:36 PM.